Hitchin BC visit from Students

Members of the Hitchin club go every Thursday lunchtime to teach Year 5 and 6 children at Samuel Lucas JMI School how to play Bridge. Recently the club ran a session where the students came along to observe and play some games with the members. See the Hitchin website for more details.

Marjorie Lukyn Charity for 2023-24 Season
Marjorie Lukyn Charity for 2023-24 Season

The HBA charity for the 2023-24 season is Open Door St Albans. Their aim is to support people who have experienced homelessness or are at risk of sleeping rough.  The Charity funds improvements to the Open Door shelter, as well as covering the costs of outreach services and the volunteer coordinator.

Master Point Promotions

Congratulations to all those recently achieving new master point promotions.   
Click here.. to see the full February list.

HBA Committee Meeting

Key points from the Committee Meeting of January 26th are available here..

Latest from the EBU

For all the latest news articles from the English Bridge Union, click here.. 

Release 2.19r
Learning Bridge in Herts
Learning and Development

The Hertfordshire Bridge Association (HBA) encourages the playing of bridge throughout the county. It looks to encourage the learning of the game and also the enjoyment of the game by all its members.

Several of our clubs run regular classes which will enable individuals to learn the game and migrate to becoming full members of clubs. A summary is shown below and potential students should check a club's own website to get the full details:

Club Details Club website
HARPENDEN Beginner's Course commenced in October click here..
HITCHIN A Refresher Course for players wanting to re-boot their game started on 12th September
Beginner's Course commenced in October
click here..
LETCHWORTH HERITAGE Lessons and supervised play at 09.30 every Friday. Beginners and intermediates welcome. click here..
LEVERSTOCK GREEN A new teaching course started in January 2024 for complete beginners. This runs alongside the existing Friday morning teaching program. The new classes commenced on Tuesday January 16th at Adeyfield Community Centre and run from 19.00 to 21.30. The first week is free and is a taster session for those interested. Afterwards the cost will be £5 a week.  If you are interested or have further questions please contact Alan Woof (ajwo56@hotmail.com – 07714 430650). click here..
SOBELL Beginner's Course commenced in October click here..
WATFORD AND BUSHEY Please refer to the club's website. click here..
WELWYN GARDEN CITY A wide range of student classes for both Beginners and Improvers. Face to face or online, starting in September.   click here..

Updated: August 01 2023

The transition from being a student to participating in a bridge club session can be daunting and clubs take steps to ease this as much as possible.  Unfortunately, we hear from time to time of new players at a club not enjoying their first experience and this does of course result in their not returning.  The English Bridge Union (EBU) has a code of conduct (Best Behaviour at Bridge) which all our clubs enforce - but sometimes things do go wrong.   If you become aware of any instance of this please contact the club contact for that club shown on our website – or contact Alan Woof (HBA Membership Secretary) directly in confidence on either 07714 430650 or ajwo56@hotmail.com – and we will try and ensure that things are improved for the future.

Other ways to learn

There are many individuals who teach bridge. English Bridge Education and Development (EBED) who operate alongside EBU run training programs for teachers and also maintain a register of qualified teachers. The EBU home page on their website (www.ebu.co.uk) contains a link to enable individuals to find their nearest affiliated club and qualified teacher.