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Welcome to Hatfield Heath Bridge Club
About the Club
About the Club

Hatfield Heath Bridge Club has been in existence for over 50 years. It originated in the homes of a group of friends in the neighbouring village of Little Hallingbury and expanded into the Institute Hall and then again into the well appointed village hall at Hatfield Heath.

The objective of the club is to play competitive bridge in a friendly atmosphere.  We cater for different levels of skill, with all assured of a friendly welcome.

We have been operating our own version of the EBU’s Better Behaviour at Bridge since opening and the emphasis being upon friendliness, our Directors are instructed to interpret the rules (where possible) in the most lenient of ways.

Michael Shine (Chairman)

HHBC Quiz night

 HHBC  QUIZ NIGHT - RESULTS

Congratulations to Hannah Shine's team.  A narrow win; but a top is a top as we all know!

Mike East's team should have taken the second prize but as they had won the table quiz prize, they were not allowed claim another and so the prize was given to the next team.

A good night was had by all and the money raised will be much appreciated.

Sincere thanks to the workers;  David Wood's family set up all the hall and Michael and Dave did very well with the Q&A and scoring.

 

 

Annual Social Event

Following our very successful and enjoyable summer social events for the past few years we look forward to our next one on 24th August 2025.  Add the date to your diary.

End of winter season 2024

The AGM was held on Wednesday 21st  May.  The winners of the 4 competitions - Pairs League, Handicapped Pairs League, Individual League and Handicapped Individual League - are as follows:

Winter 24/25

Pairs League:  1st Michael and Roy, 2nd Gill and Jules, 3rd Bob and Eddie.

Handicap:  1st Dave and Fiona, 2nd Tim and M, 3rd Alan and Sue

Summer Individual 24

Individual:  1st Roy, 2nd Michael, 3rd Alan

Individual Handicap:  1st David Powell, 2nd Gill, 3rd Adrienne

Well done everyone!!

The summer season starts on  28th May.

There have been some recent changes to the BLUE BOOK which is the handbook of EBU Permitted Understandings.  These changes are outlined in the Ask Robin section on pages 34/35 of the September 2022 edition of the EBU magazine that all members received and is available in the magazine archive on the EBU website.

The changes involve what bids are announced or alerted and what defines a strong opening bid.  The article explains these changes in detail.

There is a summary chart on the EBU website that details what bids need alerting or announcing.  

 

The following links might help:

EBU Blue Book Changes

Announcements Summary table

Or if you would like to peruse the whole Blue Book it is here.

Lessons available

Bridge lessons are available from our qualified bridge teacher.  See Education for details.

 

 

Results
Summer 3
Scorer: Adrienne Tinn
Summer 2
Scorer: Adrienne Tinn
Summer Pairs 1
Scorer: Adrienne Tinn