Welcome to Maidstone Bridge Club |
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With 150 members, MBC is EBU affiliated and has been providing top class bridge and beginners lessons for over 60 years
The Club meets on Monday afternoons and Wednesday evenings for face-to-face bridge at the Maidstone Civil Service Club and Thursday evenings on-line with computer scoring and pre-dealt hands
Table money is £3 for members (£3.50 visitors who are very welcome) and free tea, coffee and biscuits are available. Please note: card payments are required on Wednesday evenings
There is ample on-site parking at the rear of the Club, particularly on Wednesday evenings
Play starts at 1315 on Mondays and 1900 on Wednesdays; we normally play 24 or 27 boards with play finishing around 1615 or 2215
Please note we do not operate a Host system but if you contact Linda for Mondays or Richard for Wednesdays they will try to pair you up.
Scores are normally posted on this site about half an hour after play finishes
Players looking for a partner for either session please give Barry a ring on 07442 132119. For general bridge enquiries please email ras15h@virginmedia.com or see our Facebook page
On-line bridge is also available on Thursday evenings starting at 1915 using the RealBridge platform; details of how to take part are shown in the adjacent column
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Last updated : 9th Apr 2025 12:33 BST |
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EBED Spring Sim Results |
The final results of the EBED Spring Sim are now available; click on this link Sim Pairs
Well done Catherine Grant & Geoff Hayday for finishing highest amongst the MBC rankings along with five other MBC pairs who earned Master Points. A special mention for two of our newest members, David Brown & Michael Bishop, who finished 41st out of the 218 pairs in the Sim with 56.67% earning themselves 80 Master Points plus .27 Blue Master Points - well done lads!
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Last updated : 18th May 2025 13:17 BST |
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Thursday Night Online Bridge |
Please note due to a number of issues the Thursday night on-line RealBridge session has been cancelled. We will review the position later in the year to see if enough people are available to play. Face-to-Face Bridge is available Monday afternoons and Wednesday evenings and we are currently getting 10 to 12 tables.
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Last updated : 9th May 2025 07:28 BST |
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Hand of the Week |
Show Detail |
Monday 5th May, Board 16: After West opens 1NT should North bid on his shapely 7 count? Vulnerable this is unwise. Fortunately, N/S can subside in a Spade contract possibly at the 2 level, but this should still be doubled and cost 200 for what should be a bottom score. Left to their own devices, E/W will probably reach 3NT, a reasonable contract, but which should not make. After the event, we can see that in defence, N/S have four spade tricks and will take a Club or Heart. West as declarer only has eight tricks – two hearts, two clubs and four diamonds. 5+8=13 What could go wrong for the Defence?
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Show Answer |
Looking at the hands after North played four rounds of spades then switches to a club, West then plays four rounds of Diamonds leaving the position as follows with South to discard on trick 9:
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If South parts with a Club, East cashes KC, then AH then West has winning KH and 10C. If South parts with 8H, East leads 7H to KH, then 6H back to AH felling souths Q and making JH for his ninth trick.
Assuming North starts by leading a Spade, the only winning defence is to switch (to a Club or Heart or even a Diamond!) at trick 2! Any other play will find South squeezed after West plays four rounds of diamonds.
South can now afford to part with a spade as when he takes his Club or Heart trick he can rely on partner to cash their sides four spade tricks. North is not squeezed as he can afford to part with anything but his Spades on the play of clubs.
Well played those E/W pairs that made 9 tricks – but did N/S help?
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Last updated : 7th May 2025 09:48 BST |
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