Any member seeking a partner should contact secretary Peter Eager.

25th Mar 2025 - Our last winter bridge tourney at Largs Bowling Club will be on Monday 21st April.  Summer afternoon bridge will start at the Clark Memorial Church hall  annex on Monday 12th May at 1.30pm.  Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning bridge continue as normal all year round.

12th Mar 2025 - The LBC AGM has been scheduled for Monday 28th April 2025 at 2.00pm at The Willowbank Hotel.  Following the meeting an afternoon tea will be provided.  All members (including away members) are invited to attend where you will be able to vote on a number of topics including our annual charity donations.  Last year the club donated a total of £1000 to 5 local and national charities.  Please come along and have your say.

25th Feb 2025 - Thanks to Ian Jones we now have a video with sound showing how to analyse hands on this web site  https://youtu.be/1eB1kGgniCM (please note this is a YouTube video).  It is also available here where you can view it as a full page LBC Hand Analysis  Ian has noted that you will need a reasonable sized screen for viewing (smartphone too small).  He has also noted that the analysis is 'Double Dummy', where a member sees and plays all 4 hands, when trying to make a contract.

25th Feb 2025 - Many congratulations to Fiona Brown and Morag Douglas on winning the inaugural  Sadie Morton Memorial Cup on 24th February 2025.   Lotta Brown and Debbie  Hodge were runners-up, and Emma Jackson and Jim Meldrum were in third place.  The Trophy will be presented at our AGM Prizegiving on 28th April.  Our next tournament is the Easter Pairs Trophy on  31st March, and all members are welcome to participate.

8th Jan 2025 - During the current fiscal year one of LBC's focussed areas has been providing bridge training to its members free of charge.  This has proved very successful and is therefore continuing.  The training is open to all members and it takes place in the St John's church hall at 2.30 pm on the following Thursdays;

                                           16 January - Jacoby 2NT responses, 23 January - Defence to 1NT opener, 30 January - 4th Suit Forcing, 6 February - Deceptive Play, 13 February - Discard Systems, 20 February - Splinter Bids, 27 February - The Missing Link, 6 March - Your 1NT opener is doubled, 13 March - Dummy Reversal Play 

The training is conducted by a Scottish Champion.  If you are interested just turn up.

3rd Jan 2025 - We wish a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all our members and online players.  The winter bridge season has now recommenced after the Christmass and New Year break.  At LBC you can play bridge every weekday either face to face (Mon, Wed and Fri) or online (Tue and Thur) see our schedule below.  You do not need to be a member to play with us online at BBO, if you would like to play please contact us via this website. 

3rd Jan 2025 - the LBC Christmass party was held at The Willowbank Hotel on 16th Dec 2024.  Over 60 members were entertained with a welcome drink, a festive 2 course dinner with wine followed by party bridge.  LBC would like to thank The Willowbank Hotel and their staff for the excellent service they provide.  LBC dinners are open to all members, both home and away, usually for a heavilly subsidised fee of £10 per person.  Any member who had paid but was unable to attend due to illness is eligible for a refund, please contact the Treasurer.

17th Oct 2024 - Some competition dates for your diary;

Autumn Pairs - 4 Nov
Stone Trophy - 2 Dec (Team event)
Club Pairs - 13 Jan
Sadie Morton Memorial Cup - 24 Feb
Easter Pairs - 31 Mar

12th Oct 2024 - A big thank you to The Willowbank Hotel and to Isabelle Winnington and her group of musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland who provided an evening of entertainment including popular songs from the 60s and 70s, opera and musical theatre.  The evening commenced with welcome drinks and an excellent dinner including wine.  This was followed by an hour of musical entertainment by a very talented singer, pianist and guitarist.  Many compliments were made by the 40 members who attended about the high quality of the entertainment, the meal and the hotel staff.