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Club Venue

Wesley Methodist Church

Wesley Slope

Frome BA11 1HA

Looking for a partner

 

If you are looking for a partner contact:

Margaret Donkin
01373 671 835

 

Welcome to Frome Bridge Club
Tyler Hill Teams Event

Frome BC is taking part in a second online Teams match against Canterbury-based Tyler Hill Bridge Club on Wednesday 10 December, 7pm start on BBO.  We currently have five teams but we can field one more. The event is free to enter. If interested, please contact Margaret Donkin: margkdonkin14@gmail.com

Club Competition & Award changes

A new Prizes and Awards format was agreed at the club's committee meeting on 27 October 2025, including two key changes: 

a) on the basis Bridge is a pairs game, it was decided to lapse the Individual Championship with immediate effect

b) the Percentage Pairs, known as the Club Pairs Championship, will continue but will in future run from Easter to Easter, instead of September to Easter

For more details, including info about new prizes & awards, please visit the News Page in Left Hand menu.

Bridge Lessons

Frome Bridge Club’s new teaching year - friendly lessons for Beginners, Improvers & Intermediates - got underway in October. If you're interested in learning the game, or improving your play, see details below. Meanwhile, if you want to refresh areas of your play, do check out some of the Club’s excellent lessons, including six new PowerPoint lessons: Click on Bridge Lessons in Left Hand menu.

Bridge Lessons
Frome Bridge Club

The club is affiliated to the EBU and aims to provide friendly but competitive duplicate bridge for members and visitors.

Boards are electronically duplimated and tablets are used for scoring with results available as soon as the last board is completed.

The club meets every Monday at 7pm in Wesley Methodist Church at Wesley Slope, Frome, for Face-to-Face play.

In addition, we provide lessons followed by assisted play on:

Thursday mornings from 9.30 to noon and  Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm.

For further details contactJohn Perry on 01373 467508

What are Master Points and the Ranking System?

Master Points(MP) and the Ranking system

After each Monday session the results for the evening are uploaded to the EBU.

The EBU allocates MPs to each player in the top ranks for that evening

depending on the number of tables in play.

The ranks start with:

 Local Master               100 MPs

  Club Master                 200 MPs 

  Area Master                500 MPs

  District Master          1000 MPs

 County Master            2500 MPs

      Master                     5000 MPs
   
and then upward

Xmas Closure Dates

The last Bridge session of 2025 will be on Monday 22 December. The first fixture of 2026 will be on Monday 5 January. See Calendar in LH column for more details.

Recent Winners of Duplicate Sessions

Monday 1 December

1st: Sarah Miller & David Alsford

2nd:  David Brown & Diane Bishop 

 

Monday 24 November

N/S  Ian Bell & Mike Porteous

E/W  Sarah Miller & David Alsford

 

Monday 17 November

CANCELLED!

 

Monday 10 November

1st: Richard King & David Clayton

2nd:  David Brown & David Alsford

 

Congratulations to all the winning pairs

EBU Master Points Promotions

Congratulations to Stan Christie for his promotion to 3 Star Master in October 2025

Calendar
8th December 2025
Duplicate Pairs 7pm Start
Director: Ray Nicholson
Scorer: Ray Kenzie
10th December 2025
Teams v Tyler Hill - 6.45 for 7pm on BBO
11th December 2025
Thursday Teaching & Pairs 9.30am
Director: Marianne Lewin
Scorer: Marianne Lewin
Results
Thursday Teaching & Pairs 9.30am
Director: Stan Christie
Scorer: Ray Nicholson
Tuesday Bridge Lesson & Play 6.30pm
Director: Ray Nicholson
Scorer: Ray Nicholson
Duplicate Pairs 7pm Start
Director: Stan Christie
Scorer: Steve Douglas