Above:  In play on Thursday evening at  St Pius Church Hall

Welcome to Kingston's own bridge club.  The Thursday duplicate is currently suspended, pending the appointment of a new Tournament Director.

Our Kingston programme of informal bridge is currently suspended. However a sister game at East Sheen Bridge Club IS running live on Thursday mornings (9.30am-12.00noon).   This takes place at the Church Hall, Our Lady Queen of Peace, 222 Sheen Road, Richmond TW10 5AN.  This is located directly across Richmond Park.  Click the East Sheen link above to see details and a map. There is free parking in the Church car park. A similar game at New Chiswick BC runs 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). Warning:  Do not use Staveley Road off the A316 - it's a low traffic ghetto with cameras and fines.  Go round by Hogarth Roundabout and use Sutton Court Road]

The bridge at both the above venues 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 ago 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.  Both the above groups are 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.

'Café Bridge' has become very popular in South West London with many events taking place.  Café Bridge is a form of duplicate bridge where the deals or boards are distributed across a number of venues in a town centre and the players tour the venues to play the bridge.  Lunch is included and the events are usually in aid of a local charity.   For full information see - www.brianbridge.net/cafe.  Local results Café Bridge are often posted here.

We have an online sister group, the Cam-Bridge Bridge Group, that meets on Monday evenings for 'improver Bridge' on the video bridge system RealBridge.  The group is named after the Cambridge Arms pub where we played F2F before Covid.  Since going online the group has prospered and now attracts 8 or more tables each week.  It is a group for newer players, recent learners, improvers and refreshers.  There are more established games elsewhere for competitive and adavanced players.  We play a 12 board duplicate tournament but support and advice are available at any time on request. New players are always welcome but you need to book your seat in advance. During play can see and talk to your partner and tablemates across the RealBridge system, using your computer or tablet's camera. This makes for an enjoyable social game. 

In addition to the tournament, there is a weekly bridge Tip which is circulated to all registered players before the game.  After the game, a short of summary of how the 12 hands might have been bid and played is sent to all those who took part.  The weekly cycle  - tip, game, summary - is valued by the players as a great learning experience.

See www.bridgewebs.com/bridgewithned for more details or email to be added to the mailing list.

We had a great Christmas Party Duplicate on Thursday December 14th 2023.  Thank you all for coming and contributing to the occasion.  However there was sadness too, as we said goodbye to Ned Paul, our regular tournament director.  Ned was one of our founding TDs over 11 years ago. Ned puts on a lot of bridge in many places and is needing to cut down to spend more time at home. We wish him well!

So far we have not been able to find a replacement for Ned but we are still looking.  We will let players know when we are able to restart.