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Heighington Bridge Club is a EBU affiliated club that plays twice a week at the Hammond Hall Bassingham. We meet on a Monday evening from 6.45pm for our main competitive sessions and on a Friday afternoon at 1.20pm for a relaxed duplicate session of usually 21 boards stopping for a tea break and a chance to chat.  Our venue is modern and spacious and benefits from air conditioning. New members and visitors are always welcome.

If you wish to visit or join please contact Derek Crumpton at derek.crumpton@live.com and if you are a single player we will try to find you a partner.

Entries so far

Charles  and Lynda        Nigel and Pat 

Brian  and Sheena        Mo and Debbie

Rosie  and Sheila      Tom and Tim

Derek and Pat      Salma and Sheila

Fiona and Veronika     John and Tina

Dave and Sally          Chris and Paul

Roger and Margaret    Liz and Suzanne 

Roger and Iain       Chris and Anne

Jean and Jackie

The first competition of the Club year was the Handicap Pairs held on the 27th October. On the evening Debbie and Veronika finished in top position and when the Handicaps were added they were even further in front of anyone else with a massive 72%

Our Individual Championship took place on January 26th. Andy Milner finished in first place narrowly ahead of last years winner Brian Adams with Pat Lucas and Tom Jolliffe tying for third place.

Our Pairs Trophy named in honour of Roy Hughes was held on May 4th with the top honours going to Derek Crumpton and Pat Lucas. Shirley Holmes and Jim Wallace finished as Runners Up.

Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association started their new year in September.

The first County event was the Lincs Sims pairs, the best performance in this competition was by Fred and Derrick who finished 5th out of the 67 pairs taking part.

Mo and Debbie continue to do well at the County events held at Dunholme finishing 2nd in the Ghost Pairs and winning the Random seeded teams. In the Mixed Pairs Event Debbie and her partner finished first with Mo and her partner finishing second.

A very strong showing from Heighington in the December Lincs Sims pairs with Derek and Pat finishing in first place with Rob and Brian second and Mo and Debbie in fourth.. 68 pairs took part in the competition.

The full committee is as follows

Chairman         Fred Myers

Secretary         Derek Crumpton

Treasurer         Pat Lucas

Members         Charles Day

                        Corinne Cole

As well as our normal duplicate sessions including the SMM competition the club will hold four annual competitions

HANDICAP PAIRS  October 27th 2025. Each pair will be given a handicap according to last season's average

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP 26th January 2026. You will play each board with a different partner. Pre-entry required

ROY HUGHES PAIRS TROPHY  May 4th 2026

TEAMS OF 4 TROPHY Sept 7th 2026  Random seeded teams Pre-entry required

We work in close cooperation with Bassingham Bridge club. The two clubs have many members in common and share facilities and equipment. Bassingham bridge club provides social bridge on Tuesday afternoons, beginner and improvers courses on Wednesday evenings and duplicate evenings on Thursdays.

In order to facilitate the smooth running of the weekly pairs events, would players please follow the following guidelines.

1. The hall is usually available from 18.30  so early arrivals are asked to assist the director in the preparation of up to ten tables with cloths and bidding boxes.

2. Players are asked be seated by 18.45.

3. On arrival the director will issue a playing card to each pair. A black card indicates for that pair to sit N/S at the number drawn and a red card to sit E/W. When the director has started play each North should  activate the Bridgemate, fill in the table number and players ID numbers and check they have the correct boards.

4. At the completion of each board North will enter the result and hand it to East or West for verification. East/West please check carefully before accepting the result. . At the end of the round North is responsible for passing the boards on to the next table in the correct order for play.

5. Players should be prepared to play two board rounds in 15 minutes and three board rounds in 21 minutes. Any table falling badly behind may be instructed not to play their final board and the score will be averaged at the director's discretion.

6. At sitting tables, for some movements, there will arrow switches for some rounds. (Usually rounds 2 and 3) The Bridgemate will always indicate the correct orientation and all players should be aware of this. If a table has failed to arrow switch please inform the director immediately.

7. After play the scorer will usually score and upload the results to Bridgewebs by 22.10 hrs. The scoring will then be submitted to the EBU