| 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
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| Last updated : 9th Jan 2025 10:27 GMT |
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| Hand of the Week |
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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.
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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:
- When evaluating your hand: despite being told to add up points before bidding, always consider the LTC when you have a shapely hand
- When partner opens a major suit and you have 4 or more ALWAYS support partner.
- 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!
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| 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%.
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| Last updated : 6th Dec 2024 17:44 GMT |
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| 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
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| Last updated : 2nd Dec 2024 18:01 GMT |
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