The club is closed until further notice.

Unfortunately, you can't play bridge and maintain 'social distancing' or avoid touching bidding cards and playing cards other players have just touched.  Many of our members fit the 'elderly' demographic and quite a number have underlying medical conditions.

Now, after much careful thought, we have decided that the only prudent route, for the safety of all our members, is to close the club for the next few weeks.  We'll keep a close eye on relevant news and listen to the expert advice before considering when we can reopen, but you should assume for now that the club will be closed until at least the end of April - and it will probably be longer!

Take care, look after your loved ones and spread only kindness.

Welcome to the website of the

  Kingston Seymour   Bridge Club

We hope you'll find it both interesting and informative.

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The club meets in the Village Hall, Kingston Seymour, near Clevedon, where duplicate bridge is played once a week on a Tuesday evening, starting at 7:15pm - although we ask players to arrive by 7:05pm so that the number of tables and movement can be established and play started promptly.

We usually play 24 boards, have a tea and biscuit break half-way through the evening and aim to be packed up and out of the hall by 10:30pm at latest.

We use computer generated hands and BridgeTabs electronic scoring devices.  Results are usually available at the end of the evening and are also published on this website, together with hand records and optimum contract information.

We like to think of ourselves as being a pretty friendly bunch, with an enjoyable evening being as important (and more achievable for most of us!) as topping the table.

Table money is £2.00 for members and £3.00 for guests and visitors, with the tea, coffee and biscuits included at no additional charge.

Visitors and prospective new members are always welcome but we do ask that they contact one of our committee members (whose details are in the 'club information' section) in advance - in order to check we'll have room for them and to enter their details in our electronic scoring system!

We are affiliated to the English Bridge Union (EBU) via the Somerset Contract Bridge Association (SCBA) and as such all of our members are entitled to the benefits of EBU membership as described here.

Master points are awarded for all events except improvers evenings.

Improve your Bridge in 2020!!

Following on from his very useful 'back to basics' refresher session on 22 January, John Cockram will now be taking us to the next step on Wednesday, 11 March.  This session will help develop your bids and responses in both no-trumps and suits, all based on a simple Benji Acol system.

As usual, the session will start at 2:00pm in the Kingston Seymour Village Hall and will be charged at £2 for members or £3 for non-members, to include refreshments.

Advance booking is essential so that we can make sure we have enough copies of the handout paperwork and practice boards.  Please click here to email your booking.

Please let us know if there are any topics you'd particularly like us to cover in future sessions.

Looking beyond our own walls, provisional dates for more Andrew Robson and Caroline Macpherson training events over the next year have now been published by the SCBA and added to our club calendar.  Why not have a look and at least pencil them in your diaries whilst they're in your mind?  They're always excellent value.

Both of our teams played their last matches of the 2019-20 season on 21 February, with mixed results on the night, but plenty to be positive about from the season as a whole.

The glory goes to our 'A' team, represented this time by Tricia Ewing, Liz Hale and Terry and Ann Yearsley, who finished in style, winning 15-5 against a team from Cossington and securing promotion as champions of the division.  Many congratulations to them!

The 'B' team, represented by Graham Daniel, Tony Bowler and Christine and Andrew Weller lost 2-18 to the very strong team from Weston which has pushed our 'A' team at the top of the table all season.  They finished the season in seventh place, with exactly the same points total as last year, but with three more wins - so they're definitely not downhearted.

Click here to see the table and details of all the matches played.