Mondays and Thursdays at 7:00pm

Monday Relaxed Pairs: online on BBO or face-to-face at Kesgrave Community Centre, Ipswich, both sessions start at 7:00pm. The same boards are played and all participants receive follow-up notes on the deals, distributed by email, usually within two days.

Thursday Club Pairs: also on BBO or face-to-face in the Ropes Hall, Kesgrave Community Centre, Ipswich. Both sessions start at 7:00pm and although the results are separate, all participants play the same deals.

Visitors: always welcome, for any session we run. Before your first session you must register with us; see the Visitor Information Form. Online players for Monday or Thursday can use the respective links from the Online Bridge Club box, right.

At Kesgrave we run a cashless system for collecting table money and players are billed for sessions played at the end of each month.

Any questions, about any format, please let us know, we're here to help.

AGM: 5th November, 6:15pm

The club's 2026-27 AGM will be held on Thursday 5th November at 6:15pm, in person in Ropes Hall and on Zoom.

Details, including a draft agenda, can be found in the topmost pink menu-item. There members can nominate club officers and committee members and propose motions. The minutes of the 2025 AGM are available for inspection as is the club's constitution. Nominations and proposals must be received by end, Thursday, 22nd October.

Autumn Charity Week is the week after the AGM and in favour of Families in Need (FIND) Ipswich; details below.

More below; scroll down or click on:

• Deal of the Week
• Autumn Charity Week
• BBO Membership Repercussions

Missed any? All past articles have their own page (also menu-item, left).

BBO Membership

Many of you who play online will have received notification from BBO or the EBU about the imminent introduction of the platform's new membership structure. This is mainly aimed at those playing social bridge, currently free and unlimited.

The new arrangement has no impact on paid-for club games such as we offer on Mondays and Thursdays.

BBO currently receive 30 cents of each BB$ paid as table-money and access remains unrestricted, requiring only a login. That is now known as 'Basic Membership' and you can read the letter of how BBO says it will work.

The most significant impact is in match play. The new scheme requires a Premium Members to create the match. It seems that the introductory offer granting free Premium status is quite liberal but is of a year at most and may become more of a problem in future. However, there is no need for players, invited to a created match, to be anything other than a Basic Member of BBO, simply by possessing a login as now.

It is possible to book a table for social bridge (or two for a team match) on RealBridge: see this from the EBU.