Maidstone Bridge Club
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Beginners' Bridge Lessons 2025

The next round of lessons for beginners will commence on 20th January at the Civil Service Club

See the Bridge Lessons 2025 tab above on the Main Menu for further details

Beginners' Bridge Lessons 2025
Last updated : 3rd Dec 2024 12:15 GMT
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Wednesday Evening F2F Punctual Start at 7pm

If likely to be delayed, please phone Richard on 07780681405

If the movement has been set up and we are not aware you are coming we may have difficulty in accommodating you

Last updated : 10th Jun 2024 08:10 BST
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Thursday Night Online Bridge Gets Underway

Thursday RealBridge online sessions got off to a positive start on 9th January with 5 tables. We have great hopes the uptake will follow a similar pattern to Monday afternoon F2F sessions, which have grown from from a standing start of 4 tables to 12 tables in a little over 18 months. As a reminder: to join a session you will need to be a member and should login to the Members Only area of the website. Once you have access to the Members Only area, go to Member Only Notices where you will find a link to that evening's online game.

Last updated : 10th Jan 2025 12:57 GMT
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Welcome to Maidstone Bridge Club
Welcome to Maidstone Bridge Club

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With more than 100 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 1300 on Mondays and 1900 on Wednesdays; we normally play 24 or 27 boards with play finishing around 1600 or 2215

Please note that there is often a host available on Mondays but not Wednesdays
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

Last updated : 9th Jan 2025 10:27 GMT
Hand of the Week

Board 20 from January 15th: this week’s theme is hand evaluation. An interesting deal and hand evaluation issue for West - do they Pass or open? If they open, should they do so with 1S or 2S? See below for the answer.

Pass? With just 6 losing trick count (LTC) and a good suit you should not pass. Weak 2? 2S is very poor given you also hold 4H and yet, for many, with 10pts the hand is too strong for a weak 2 opening! 1S? This opening cannot come to grief: North will pass and West with 4S and 8LTC will bid 3S. That sequence of bids shuts South out of the bidding and West will raise to 4S for an easy make on just 19 pts. If West had fallen into the trap of passing, South would have undoubtedly entered the auction to find a diamond fit – even 5D is only -1! Three points to note:

  1. When evaluating your hand: despite being told to add up points before bidding, always consider the LTC when you have a shapely hand
  2. When partner opens a major suit and you have 4 or more ALWAYS support partner.
  3. Trust the LTC: if you have opened on 10 pts with 6LTC, and partner bids 3 of your suit - don't hesitate to bid on to 4. This hand shows that 19pts with the right shape is all you need!
Last updated : 16th Jan 2025 16:14 GMT
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Ladders Pairs 2024

Congratulations to Jenny Kendall and Richard Sissons for winning this years Ladder Pairs Competition. They scored 63.22% with Barry Quinnell and Eugene Hood a close second on 62.79%. Third were Daran Steele and Geoff Smith on 62.14%.

Last updated : 6th Dec 2024 17:44 GMT
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The 2024 Learn Bridge Class's Final Lesson
The 2024 Learn Bridge Class's Final Lesson

Catherine and Geoff held the final wrap-up session with the Class of 2024 on 2nd December

We look forward to this talented group of students joining the Club's duplicate play

Congratulations to all!

Well done Michael Bishop & David Brown - the first of this year's students to win Master Points

Last updated : 2nd Dec 2024 18:01 GMT
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The Perfect Christmas Party
The Perfect Christmas Party

This year's unforgettable Christmas party was testament to the tremendous spirit amongst MBC's members with plenty of festive cheer, laughter and bridge. Let's raise a glass and give a big thank you to Richard & Jenny for organising and running the Teams session in which 60 members competed in 15 teams during the evening. Also, a big thank you to Cynthia & Amanda for an amazing festive buffet with the most expansive range of tasty treats imaginable which kept the members returning to the spread throughout the evening. 

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SIM Results and Diary Dates for 2025
SIM Results and Diary Dates for 2025

26 pairs (online and F2F) from MBC played in the hugely successful Children in Need simultaneous pairs (SIM) run by ECatsBridge on Wednesday 13 November. The Club donated £262 towards the overall total of £59,000 raised by bridge clubs across the country for Pudsey from the 5 SIM sessions held that week.

Overall, 1,448 pairs from across the country played in our SIM with Barry Quinnell & Eugene Hood finishing 35th as the highest placed MBC pair followed by Geoff Smith & Daran Steele in 62nd place. Ten MBC pairs finished in the top 33% and earnt Master Points. The final placings with Master Points awarded can be downloaded from 006143-Final Results-13-November-2024.pdf

SIM Diary Dates

SIM sessions in 2025 are on the following dates: 5th March, 9th April,14th May, 23rd July, 3rd September, 8th October and 12th November for Children in Need

 

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Results
Thur Pairs 16 Jan 2025
AGM and Wednesday Pairs F/F
CSC and Zoom Meeting
Monday Pairs F/F
CSC
Thur Pairs
O/L
Wed Pairs F/F
CSC
Monday Pairs F/F
CSC
Mondar Pairs F/F
CSC
Monday Pairs F/F
CSC
Christmas Party
Monday Pairs F2F
Calendar
Thu 16th Jan 2025
Thur Pairs
O/l 1915
Director: RS
Mon 20th Jan 2025
Monday Pairs F/F
CSC 1300
Director: RC
Wed 22nd Jan 2025
Wed Pairs F/F
CSC 1900
Director: RS
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Thu 23rd Jan 2025
Thur Pairs
O/L 1915
Director: SD
Mon 27th Jan 2025
Monday Pairs F /F
CSC 1300
Director: RC
Wed 29th Jan 2025
Wed Pairs F/F
CSC 1900
Director: RS