Welcome to Grantham Bridge Club, an EBU club and part of the Leicestershire CBA  We play a mixture of face-to-face and online bridge to suit all abilities including duplicate, gentle duplicate and supervised play sessions. 

New members are welcome, but please complete the Membership Application Form.

Check the calendar here and find out more information about our Club here.  You can contact us at 

granthambridgeclub@gmail.com

Beginners' Resources

For our current class of Beginners, there is a quick link to the Beginner Course Notes here.

Venue and Weekly Sessions

Every Monday evening at 7pm we hold a F2F duplicate pairs session at Barrowby Memorial Hall. 

A Next Steps supervised and mentored session is run every Tuesday evening at 6:30pm at Barrowby Reading Rooms.  We welcome all players who want to gain confidence and develop their Bridge under the supervision of experienced players in a relaxed and friendly environment. No partner required.

Tuesday evening at 7 pm (log in by 6:45) we (in partnership with Keyworth Bridge Club) are holding a Duplicate session on Realbridge.    

We run an Online Duplicate pairs session every Wednesday morning at 9.30am ( register by 9:20am) on Bridge Base Online (BBO).

A Gentle Duplicate pairs session is held every Wednesday morning at 9:30am at Barrowby Reading Rooms. 

Every Thursday afternoon at 1.45pm, we hold a Friendly Duplicate session on RealBridge. (Currently suspended over the Summer period.)

For RealBridge, we are pleased to tell you that we have several club members  who are very willing to support anyone needing advice on getting the best use of Realbridge to suit their needs.  Links to the RealBridge Player Guide and their camera/microphone test page are in the panel below the EBU Master Points Promotions Panel to the right, and it is recommended that players new to RealBridge have a look at these.  Members who would still like additional support should contact us at granthambridgeclub@gmail.com.  

14/2/24

Pastoral Support

You may be a club member, or know of a club member, who would like to be contacted for any number of reasons - they may be poorly, isolating, have suffered a bereavement or, more happily, be celebrating a major event in their lives. If so, Carol Hulse would be happy to hear from you and to follow up as appropriate. Tel: 01949 842027 or 07935 050751; email: granthambcpastoral@gmail.com.

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Beginners' Course

Beginners' Course starting September 2026

A  three term Beginners' course is starting on the evening of Tuesday 22 September 2026 and finishing mid July 2027.  

The course will be held in  Barrowby Reading Room, Church St, Barrowby NG32 1BX. and will be every Tuesday commencing 22 September 2026 at 6:45 pm and finishing by 9.00pm.  The cost is  £65 per term.

The Course Leaders are qualified Bridge teachers and will be Bill Barclay and Jennie Rea.  They will be ably assisted by other club members.

To register please click here. If you would like discuss further details of the course,please contact Judy Hulland (Secretary) at  granthambridgeclub@gmail.com

Last updated : 16th Apr 2026 10:43 BST
Club News

 


AGM and Prize Giving

The AGM and Prize Giving is to be held on Monday 11 May 2026 at 6.30pm in the Barrowby Memorial Hall.  This will then be followed by a free session of Bridge.  Please click the link here for further information including a link to Committee Nomination forms.  The voting form will be able to be accessed from Monday 4 May 2026.

17/4/26


EBU Stratified Sim Pairs

Congratulations to Carol Fisher and Martin Mellor who finished 5thin this competition on Monday 2 March and to Mark and Deborah Taylor who came 6th in the same competition on Wednesday 4 March.

18/4/26


Next Steps Seminars

 The next seminar is on Tuesday 9 June 2026  between 6:30pm and 9:30pm.  The topic is Competitive Bidding and the Course Leader will be Bill Barclay and he will be assisted by experienced players. Details of registration will appear here nearer the time


Summer Social

Our Summer Social this year is to be held on Monday 6 July 2026 starting at 1.30pm at Barrowby Memorial Hall.  Our chosen charity this year is Grantham Stroke Club.

Further details will appear here later.

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Last updated : 18th Apr 2026 09:59 BST
Results
Wednesday Online Duplicate
Director: Patsy Scriven
Scorer: patricia scriven
Wednesday Gentle Duplicate
Director: Carol Hulse
Scorer: Carol Hulse
Tuesday On-Line Duplicate Pairs
Director: Jacob Florijn
Scorer: Jacob Florijn
Next Step Bridge
Director: Jennie Rea
Host: Tom Rea
Calendar
27th April 2026
Monday F2F Duplicate Pairs
Barrowby Memorial Hall 7.00pm
Director: Judy Hulland
Scorer: Bill Barclay
28th April 2026
Tuesday On-Line Duplicate Pairs
RealBridge 7pm
Please login by 6:50pm
Director: Jacob Florijn
 RealBridge Login
28th April 2026
Next Step Bridge
Reading Room Barrowby 6:30 pm
Director: Bill Barclay
Host: Jenny Armitage
29th April 2026
Wednesday Online Duplicate
BBO register by 9.20 9:30am
Director: Patsy Scriven
EBU Master Point Promotions

 

Our Masterpoint Champion for 2025 was David Paine who amassed a grand total of 895 points over the year at Grantham Bridge Club.  Well done, David.

Congratulations to the following members who have received a Masterpoints promotion recently:

Advanced Master
Neil Henfrey

District Master
Linda Maynard-Springall

Area Master
Wes Wright

Local Master
Claire Dring

16/3/26

 

Grantham Bridge Club Policy on UNDOs when Playing Online

As an EBU affiliated Club, Grantham Bridge Club follows the EBU policy on UNDOs for online play as expressed in the EBU Player Handbook (The Blue Book), dated 1st August 2024.  In short:

  • Requests for UNDOs during the auction, where the request is made following a genuine mis-click or mis-tap, may be allowed provided that the partner of the player requesting the UNDO has not called.  UNDOs should not be requested after a change of mind and the Director should be called in the event of any doubt1.  After a player has requested an UNDO, no player should make a further call (i.e. bid, double, redouble or pass) until the UNDO has been accepted or refused.
  • Requests for UNDOs during the play will not be allowed for any reason except when authorised by the Director after a play has been influenced by misinformation.
  • Players wishing to reduce the chance of a mis-click or mis-tap occurring should adjust the settings on the platform to require a double click or double tap to confirm calls and plays. 

1  On BBO, Club Policy is that all UNDO requests during the auction should be accepted provided that the UNDO is requested straight away and before Partner has called.  However, if a player requesting an UNDO subsequently replaces a bid with a PASS, DOUBLE or REDOUBLE, that is suggestive of a change of mind and the Director should be called.