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Above: In play on Thursday evening at our new venue St Pius Church Hall
Welcome to Kingston's own bridge club. Post-lockdown, we have now succesfully restarted our Thursday evening club duplicate session at a brilliant new venue, St Pius Church Hall in Norbiton..
- Thursday evenings: St Pius X Church Hall, Norbiton, KT1 3RU. Good standard club duplicate, playing 24 boards. Start at 7.30pm and finish promptly by 10.30pm. New players always welcome. Partners found for single players; everyone guaranteed a game. Electronic scoring; results posted promptly to the internet.
The pre-pandemic afternoon games remain in suspension at present.
Friendly & Sociable Club
Everyone is welcome at Kingston Bridge Club, including those new to duplicate. There is no membership fee: you simply pay 'table money' for those sessions you attend. Kingston Bridge Club aims to be a friendly and sociable bridge club. We look forward to welcoming you to our games.
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| Duplicate Bridge at Kingston Bridge Club |
All Welcome: Partners Found
In duplicate bridge you play as pairs, playing with the same partner throughout the session. There is a host system at all of our games so single players are always welcome and will be paired up. Our duplicates are professionally directed, usually by Ned Paul.
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| Online Bridge Also Available |
Full Programme of
Online Tournaments
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When Covid restrictions came into force, Kingston Bridge Club in common with other clubs in Ned Paul's 'stable, started to meet online.
Since live bridge resumed, the online programme has continued. All players are welcome and we provide a safe, friendly and mainly Acol-based experience for all players.
The games are hosted so everyone including single players is guaranteed a partner. We use the bridge playing site https://www.bridgebase.com/ (known as 'BBO') to run these games.
There are three evening games a week. These games are open to all but we require your BBO username and if appropriate your EBU membership number. Online tournaments last about two hours.
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* Monday evening - 7.30pm |
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* Wednesday evening - 7.30pm |
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* Friday evening - 7.30pm |
For complete details, including cost, and results of past games, see Ned's other website
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| Bridge for Improvers |
Our Kingston programme of informal afternoon bridge is currently suspended for the pandemic. However a sister game at New Chiswick BC IS running live on Tuesday afternoons (2.00pm-4.30pm). This takes place at Chiswick Tennis Club, W4 3EU which is located up the A316 behind Chiswick House Gardens (and NOT in central Chiswick).
The bridge is supervised social bridge and is aimed at those wanting to improve and polish their game. You should know a little of the basics to join the game; absolute beginners are recommended to Ned Paul's beginner lessons including his highly successful "Learn Bridge In A Weekend" - see dates opposite. If you do know the basics, even from a long time agio or from internet play please don't be shy in coming along - support and advice from an experienced tutor will be available throughout.
Our recommended bidding system is modern Acol with a weak NT, as widely taught in England, but other bidding systems are equally welcome. We encourage players to learn and use modern conventions such as Weak Two opening bids and Transfer Responses to 1NT and 2NT. If you would like to upgrade your game to include these and other modern ideas come along and we will support you throughout the learning process. The group is very sociable and welcoming. Please trust us: we have a lot of exeprience in helping new players find their 'bridge legs' and going on to enjoy the game.
There is a similar social supervised play game at East Sheen Bridge Club on Thursday mornings 9.30am-12noon. See the website for details.
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| No Bridge on December 7th |
The hall heating has not been fixed yet, so we are not holding bridge on Thursday December 7th Hopefully we 'll be ok on the 14th, when we will our Christmas party Duplicate. Please bring a contribution for the buffet table.
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