Beginners' Course starting September 2024

Learn Bridge Now

We are launching a new programme of weekly lessons for Beginners on Tuesday evenings starting on Tuesday, 24 September 2024.    The course will be held in Barrowby Reading Room and will be led by two EBED qualified and experienced Bridge teachers, John Ronan and Bill Barclay.  The cost will be £60 per term.  We aim to take you from Beginner to competent player in three terms of twelve lessons. 

For further details email granthambridgeclub@gmail.com or complete the Registration form here

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

Venue and Weekly Sessions

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

Tuesday evening at 6:45 pm we are holding a Duplicate session on Realbridge.  

We run a Gentle Duplicate pairs session every Wednesday morning at 9.45am on Bridge Base Online (BBO)

A Next Steps session is held every Wednesday morning at 9:30am 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.

Every Thursday afternoon at 1.45pm, we hold a Friendly Duplicate session on RealBridge.

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.  

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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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Club Competitions
Criteria for Club Competitions

The Club Champion Plate

(Pauline Ibbotson Memorial Trophy)

To be Determined for 2023-24 season.

 

The Monday F2F Cup

Played for over the whole club year, (1st April to 31st March), on every Monday night when pairs are played (excluding any specific Club Competitions) and when there is 4 or more tables in play. The winner is decided on on the best percentage of ALL results, with at least 20 plays to qualify.

 

The Monday F2F Handicapped Cup

As per the Monday F2F Cup but with the handicap adjusted score being used instead of the raw % score.

 

The Wednesday Handicapped Plate

(Irene Pacey Challenge)

Played for over the whole club year, (1st April till 31st March), on every Wednesday morning when pairs are played (excluding any specific Club Competitions) and when there is 4 or more tables in play. The winner is decided on the handicapped adjusted percentage of ALL results, with at least 20 plays to qualify,

 

The Wednesday Online Individual Trophy

This trophy is played for on one morning only (specified in each year's calendar) and is awarded to the individual winning on that morning. To qualify a member must have played at least 20 times on a Wednesday morning in the previous 12 months.

 

The Achiever’s Cup

This cup is awarded to the most improved player, based on a committee decision.

 

Chair’s Cup

This cup is awarded by the Club Chairperson to the person considered to have contributed most to the club over the previous year.

 

Random Pairs F2F vase

(Desma Samsom Vase) 

This vase is played for on one night only (specified in each year's calendar). Each player will be partnered with a randomly selected partner and the trophy will be awarded to the pair winning on that night.

 

Seeded Teams F2F vase

This vase is played for on one night only (specified in each year's calendar). Each team will comprise of the highest ranked pair with the lowest ranked pair on a decreasing scale, and the trophy awarded to the team winning on that night.