| Bude Bridge Club |
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Bude Bridge Club meets for Face-to-face Bridge on Tuesday evenings at the Parkhouse Centre. - Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints - please arrive at 6.45 for a 7 p.m. start.
Please contact Val Ridding if you are a visitor or need a partner for Tuesdays (see below for details
We also play online on Fridays, starting at 7 pm. - 21 boards of competitive bridge , with friends from other clubs joining us.
See details below.
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| Annual General Meeting 2026 |
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Our Annual General Meeting and Prizegiving was held on Tuesday, April 7th in the Parkhouse Centre.
Club Chairman Steve Clifton presented Club Secretary Val Ridding with a bouquet in recognition of all her work throughout the year.
Prizewinners were:
John Ridding Club Champions: Rob Irish and Bob Bennett
Clifton Trophy: Neil and Sarah Trenaman
Linda Ashworth Trophy: Ian Curtis
June Justice Trophy: Tom Salt
Handicap Pairs: Doug Bussey and Peter Oldfield
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| EBU Spring Simultaneous Pairs |
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Congratulations to Chris and Steve, winners of our local heat of the EBU Spring Pairs 2026 - and , also, NATIONAL WINNERS!
Out of 232 Pairs nationally, Steve and Chris finished in 1st place with 69.95% and 216 Masterpoints - and £100
Ian and Rosemary came a magnificent 21st with 60.24% , picking up 167 Masterpoints, and Tim and Alistair 77th with 53.75%,, and 27 Masterpoints..
For the final results, see:
https://www.ebu.co.uk/sim-pairs
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| Latest Tuesday Result |
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Congratulations to Alisdair and Tim winners on Tues 2nd June with 59%
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| June Problem of the Month |
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A really complicated one this month, asking you to cover 'all bases' - assuming all possible plays by defence.
The contract is 6 Spades and the 9 of Clubs is led...
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A number of pitfalls are available to both the offence and the defence.
Declarer wins the opening club lead with the ace as east plays the ten, then cashes the ♠A-K. If east keeps a high trump, then the ♣K is cashed, discarding a small red card. A club is ruffed and the ♥10 is led, covered by east (although it doesn't matter). South's king wins, the last club is ruffed, and hearts are finessed again. If east ducks, dummy wins and leads the ♦10, jack, queen. If instead east covers the second heart, declarer wins, plays a third heart to dummy, then leads the ♦10.
In hand with the ♦Q, south cashes any heart honour he may still hold, then throws east in with a trump lead for an endplay in diamonds. What fun!
Now let's go back. Suppose east discards his trump honours on the first two leads! That changes everything. Declarer cashes the ♣A, discarding dummy's ♥3. East's best play is to unblock a club honour, in which case declarer must now lead the ♦Q! East grabs the king and can do no better than to return a club.
Dummy ruffs and advances the ♦10. If that is ducked, then the ♥10 is led, covered and won by south. Declarer cashes the ♦A and draws the trumps with dummy's ♠10. The long diamond and another heart finesse brings declarer to twelve tricks. Alternatively, if the ♦10 is covered, south wins and plays either a diamond or a spade to dummy for the first heart finesse.
Traps:
- If east plays the ♣2, declarer has fewer losing options. For example, he can afford to discard from either red suit on the second high club.
Assuming that east unblocks the first club:
- If declarer cashes a club at trick two and discards a diamond, east can defeat him by subsequently unblocking both his club and spade honors. Now when declarer leads the ♦Q, east even has the luxury of playing low! Alternatively, he could grab the ♦K and return any black card.
If declarer errantly discards a diamond at trick two:
- If east fails to unblock the second club, declarer can arrange to draw trumps, win three heart tricks, finesse once in diamonds, then throw in east with his last club for another diamond lead at trick twelve.
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| June Justice Trophy |
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Hearty Congratulations to Tom Salt, winner of the June Justice Individual Trophy played at Trencreek on January 24th.
Excellent play, of course, and helped by the soporific opposition after an excellent lunch.....and several puds....
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| Forthcoming EBU and Club Competitions 2026 |
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Future national events this year include:
PLEASE NOTE
These events are for Bude Bridge Club Members ONLY
EBU Summer Pairs Tuesday, July 21st
EBU Autumn Pairs Tuesday, September 8th
Save the dates!
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| Interesting Hand of the Month |
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Its unusual for any pair to score 100% on a hand in a National Simultaneous Pairs.
However, one Bude partnership managed it in the recent EBU Spring Pairs....
How would you bid the North/South hands here?
Nationally, most pairs were in 3 No Trumps, making 12 tricks, and some making 13 tricks.
Amazingly, 18 pairs didn't even bid game....
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What does South bid now?
At our club, South bid 4 No Trump, Roman Key Card Blackwood, asking for Aces.
North bid 5 Hearts, showing 2 of the 5 'Key Cards' (Aces and King of Trumps)
South bid 6 No Trumps.
West led the 3 of Hearts and 12 tricks rolled in, the King of Diamonds being onside
One Spade, 3 Hearts, 6 Diamonds and 2 Clubs.
Nobody else in the country bid it.... |
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