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Farnham Bridge Club is regarded as one of the premier clubs in the area with members from other towns in the Waverley Borough, West Surrey and North East Hampshire. It is affiliated to the Surrey County Bridge Association (SCBA) and the English Bridge Union (EBU). Visitors and potential new members are always welcome. Email our secretary Mary Nolan (farnhambc@gmail.com) in advance for details.
Members can enjoy playing duplicate Contract Bridge in accordance with the EBU rules and EBU membership is now included.
Bridge is currently being played online using RealBridge for our main club sessions (see notice on the right for details). BCL can be used for those who wish to play individual pairs or club league games.
FARNHAM BRIDGE CLUB IS CURRENTLY PLAYING F2F ONLINE RB on MON and WED. We have schedules F2F Duplicate Bridge on the second Wednesday of each month (April 8th, May 13th, June 10th, July 8th, Aug 12 & Sept 9th). See below for details.
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| F2F SIGN UP FORMS & VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR ROLES IN F2F SERIES |
CLICK HERE to SIGN UP for the F2F duplicate bridge session at the Bourne Club on WED, APRIL 8th. Farnham Bridge Club will hold a series of 6 face to face(F2F) sessions on the second Wednesday of each month (April 8th, May 13th, June 10th, July 8th, Aug 12 & Sept 9th). They will take place at the Bourne club, 12 Frensham Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8HB. F2F DUPLICATE AT THE BOURNE CLUB SIGN UP FORMS WED, JUNE 10th - THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CHANGED TO AN ONLINE REALBRIDGE SESSION. LINK FOR SESSION IS ON THE RIGHT OF THIS PAGE WED, JULY 8th (AGM) SIGN UP WED, AUG 12th SIGN UP WED, SEPT 9th SIGN UP HELP NEEDED We NEED help from the members for each session. We cannot continue to rely on the same volunteers to do all the work, and F2F sessions will only be viable if we have support for several key roles on the night. We will need the following: Event Organiser, Director, and Scorer. TO VOLUNTEER for a F2F session VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER SIGN UP SHEET
The session on July 8th will include the club's AGM. The cost of £3 per session (quests £4, AGM evening free) will be deducted from member's accounts with the club. Players will be asked to sign up to play closer to the dates. There is a limit of 9 tables each evening and the game will be cancelled if fewer than 10 pairs are signed up by midnight on the preceding Sunday. These evenings will continue to qualify for the club's Delft Cup and Phil Garner trophies but there will also be a "F2F Series winner". This will be calculated by taking the total of each individual's 3 highest scores of the 6 evenings. The Sidney Chishick trophy will be awarded to the winner. |
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| FIND A PARTNER - SIGN UP |
Farnham Bridge Club members who are looking for a partner can now add their name to the session date they would like to play.
Notes:
- You must be a Farnham Bridge Club member to use this system. If you are a visitor looking for a partner email the club secretary at farnhambc@gmail.com.
- If you are a member but have NEVER logged into the "MEMBER & FIND PARTNER LINK" email the club secretary at farnhambc@gmail.com to get the Club Member's Registration Code.
Members who can LOG ON:
- On the Home page of FBC website, Click on the MENU LINK (MEMBER ONLY & FIND A PARTNER), on the left side of the page.
- Click on the TAB "FIND A PARTNER" (page top just below your name). You may find the others tabs (Messages, Personnal Analysis etc.) useful.
- Find the date you want a partner and TICK the box "PR" (Partner Required). Please note there is NO need to tick "NP" or "PL"!
- If you find another member has requested a partner, contact them by email or text to make your arrangements.
- Once you have found a partner, please REMOVE your request from the date by taking the TICK off the "PR" box.
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| FBC MEMBERS WELCOMED at BOURNE BRIDGE CLUB FARNHAM |
Farnham Bridge club members are invited to play bridge with The Bourne Bridge Club Farnham F2F on Thursday evenings.
Details for Bourne Bridge Club Farnham: F2F evenings are held in the hall of the Methodist Church, central Farnham. Start time is 7pm, with a view to finish by 10pm.
The venue can happily accommodate at least 15 tables, is light and airy, has excellent kitchen facilities for tea/coffee making, is just 50 yards or so walk from Sainsbury's central car park (part of the Spire church in South Street, Farnham, on the same side of the road as Sainsbury), and has good disabled access and toilet facilities.
Register with Shuna King (Shuna.bournebridge@yahoo.com) in advance. Note if you are playing with a member of BBCF, they can sign up for you(there is no need to contact Shuna).
NEW INFORMATION
We are changing our payment system for these sessions from 15th Jan 2026, and are now asking people to pay using a credit or debit card on the night, as they would in a shop or restaurant. We prefer not to accept cash (no banks available!) unless essential. Cost is currently £2 per session.
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| RESULTS - PRESIDENT'S SALVER TEAMS & SYLVIA ROSE |
Use THIS LINK to view the FINAL RESULTS of FBC's President's Salver Teams Competition.
Use THIS LINK to view the FINAL RESULTS of FBC Sylvia Rose Team Competition.
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| BRIDGE DIARY - OPT IN |
Bridge Diary "Opt In"
If you would like to get an EBU Bridge diary in September, EBU Members must OPT IN by either logging in to My EBU or calling the EBU on 01296 317200.
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| RealBridge IMPORTANT INFORMATION |
1. If you LOSE YOUR LINK or you have to switch device during the session, You MUST login with the SAME "FULL NAME", this includes capital letters i.e "jane" or even "jane Doe" instead of "Jane Doe" will not let you back in.
2. If you LOSE YOUR LINK permanently in the first half of the match, your scores are all removed from the session and you will not appear in the final ranking lists.
3. If you LOSE YOUR LINK permanently in the second half of the match, you retain your scores on the played boards but you will score just 40% on all the boards you miss, your opponents will score 60%.
4. UNDOs. NOT permitted during play. UNDO's permitted during bidding for misclicks or late alerts & not for change of mind or inattention."
5. RB matches on Mondays that have 12 or more tables will have both North/South and East West winners and will have a random start. Wednesday matches will continue to have only 1 winner and will not have a random start.
6. As a courtesy to others, at the beginning of each round, please PASTE your basic system in the chatbox. First Copy (ctrl/C) and then Paste (ctrl/V) everytime a new pair appears at your table.
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