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 Welcome to Bude Bridge Club!
We welcome new members, Chris and Alison Catchpole, Pat Alexander and Barbara Crook.
New members are always warmly welcomed. Please contact the Club Secretary (bridge@budebridgeclub.com) to let us know you're coming.
New members pay a joining fee of £5 for the year, and their first two sessions (value £8) are FREE..
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| 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.
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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 Summer Simultaneous Pairs |
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Congratulations to Rob and Bob, winners of our local heat of the EBU Spring Pairs 2026 - and , also, 5TH NATIONALLY!
Out of 419 Pairs nationally, Rob and Bob finished in 5th place with 69.95% and 283 Masterpoints.
For full results, see https://www.ebu.co.uk/sim-pairs
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| Latest Tuesday Result |
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Congratulations to Neil and Sarah Trenaman NS 60% and Bob And Rob Irish 68% playing EW winners in mitchell event 13/10/26 .
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| Latest Friday Online Results |
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Congratulations to Robert and Rob Winners on 9th October,
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| October Spooky Problem of the Month |
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East overtakes West's Queen of Hearts opening lead and promptly switches at trick two to the two of Diamonds, a clear singleton.
Plan the play
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Say you win the King of Diamonds and lead the Queen of Spades. When West plays low, you, wisely, rise with the Ace and lead a second Spade.
No good, though.- East wins with the King, underleads his Hearts to West's Queen and receives a Diamond ruff. One down.
The key is to cut the defensive communication in Hearts so that West never wins to give East the Diamond ruff.
Win East's diamond switch in dummy and lead a club to the Jack - you expect East to hold the King from his opening bid.
The Club finesse successful, cash the Ace of Clubs.
You now cross to the Ace of Spades (perhaps cleverly leading the Queen to tempt West to put on the King, if he has it) and lead the Queen of Clubs.
East covers with the King, but you DO NOT RUFF IT - rather discarding your second Heart.
You have swapped a second Heart loser for a Club loser and, by doing so, have prevented East from reaching his partner.
You can ruff, say, his low Heart return, and peacefully force out his King of Spades.You'll soon be able to to draw his last spade and run the Diamond winners.
Ten tricks and game made.
Thanks to Andrew Robson for this hand.
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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
Children in Need National Pairs November 10th
Save the dates!
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| Interesting Hand of the Month |
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The EBU Summer Pairs threw up a couple of Grand Slam hands.
Everyone made 13 tricks, but only one pair managed to bid the Grand...
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Play is easy , with trumps 2 - 2 and Spades 3-3.
14 tricks off the top.... |
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