| 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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| Latest Tuesday Result |
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Congratulations to Chris and Steve winners on Tues 24/2/26 with 61% a whisker ahead of Neil and Sarah.
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| Friday Online |
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Congratulations to Chris and Jane , winners online on February 20th with 71%
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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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| EBU WinterSim Pairs |
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Congratulations to Chris and Steve, winners of our local heat of the EBU Winter Pairs
However, Nationally it was Rob I and Bob who were the leading pair in 35th position, with Chris and Steve in 56th Toby and Andrewclose behind in 82nd out of 423 pairs nationally.
For the latest position, see:
https://www.ebu.co.uk/sim-pairs
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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 Spring Pairs Tuesday, April 14th
EBU Summer Pairs Tuesday, July 21st
EBU Autumn Pairs Tuesday, September 8th
Save the dates!
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| February Problem - weak or strong No Trump? |
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An interesting problem, depending whether you usea strong (15-17) or weak (12-14) No Trump.
What do you bid as East if West opens a Strong No Trump and North doubles?
If East now passes, what do you bid as South?
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If you play a weak No Trump, West will open 1 Diamond, North will bid either one or two Hearts and that will end the bidding.
8 tricks and + 110 to North/South.
If you play a Strong No Trump, you will open 1 No Trump.
Now North will Double and this will probably be passed by all.
Careful defence will hold this to 5 tricks - down 2 Doubled and Vulnerable.
Can you work out the defence?
Queen of Hearts led, taken by the King.
Now what?
Say a club is led to the King and Ace..
North now plays 4 more rounds of Hearts.
What discards are you going to make?
How can you avoid losing 4 Hearts, 2 Clubs and 2 Diamonds or any other combination.
If you try to establish Spades, South is your problem.
A problem with no answer!!
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| Interesting Hand of the Week |
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A nine-card suit....what do you open?
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So you're going to open , of course, but at what level?
Too strong for a pre-empt of 3, 4 or 5 Diamonds.
Not solid enough for a gambling 3 No Trumps.
In simple Acol, it will depend on whether you’re playing strong or weak twos in Diamonds (Heatrs and Spades).
With strong Twos, an opening Two Diamonds will show a minimum 8 playing tricks in Diamonds.
with weak Twos, you’ll have to open with One Diamond.
in either case, East will Double, and the bidding war will progress!
N/S can make 10 tricks in Diamonds, E/W 12 tricks in Clubs or Hearts
The optimum contract would be 7 Diamonds Doubled by North, down 3 for 500 to East/West.
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