| 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 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 Pat and Barbara, Steve and Chris, joint winners on August 4th.
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| Friday Online |
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Congratulations to David and Steve winners on July 31st.
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| August Magic Trick of the Month |
Show Detail |
Spades are trumps and South is on lead.
How do you make 6 of the remaining 7 tricks?
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| Show Answer |
If North was on lead, this would be a breeze! Draw trumps and finesse against the King of Diamonds..
There is only one solution if South is on lead.
Cask the Ace of Clubs, throwing the Quen of Hearts from dummy.
Now lead the Jack of Diamonds.
West must win, and then they have to lead into dummy.
Cash the 2 Aces, throwing South's Diamonds, and the North Diamonds are then all winners.
Easy, eh?
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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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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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