It is with great sadness we have to report the death of our Club Secretary and Bridge Teacher Jacquie Day who died today after a brief illness. Jacquie will be known to most members of the Club either through the length of time they have been playing or as recent newcomers who Jacquie had taught to play. Jacquie had been playing at Maidstone for the last 30 plus years and struck up partnerships with amongst others Margaret Thom and Pauline Ballard. She had since covid found a number of different partners on-line and had recently returned to face to face bridge on Monday afternoons with Barry Quinnell. Jacquie could always be relied on to take on a job if no-one else wanted to and she has been a rock in running the Club for many years. She will be missed. Funeral arrangements will be annouced in due course.

 The winner of the Brook Trophy which was played on 30 September was Maureen Miles. 36           players, a few more than orignally expected, took part and Chairman and Director Richard, with Barrys' help, were in the Club until after 1900 confirming the result. Pictured is Maureen receiving the Trophy from Richard at Mondays afternoon session.

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The Club meets on Monday afternoons and Wednesday evenings for face-to-face Bridge at the Maidstone Civil Service Club 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

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 boards with play finishing around 1600 or 2200
Please note that there is 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 learnbridge@btinternet.com.

On-line bridge is also available on Wednesday evenings starting at 1915 using the Realbridge platform. Details of how to take part are shown in the adjacent column.

Information to all members agreed at the AGM held on 7 February 2024:

• Club annual membership fee to be held at £5.
• Table money and fees to remain at £3 for F2F and £1.50 for Real Bridge.   The difference is due to extra expenses at the club and also the provision included of hot drinks and biscuits.
• Guest money to remain at £3.50 for F2F and £2 for Real Bridge (in this case, only with a member who is responsible for payment of the fee).   Maximum of 3 attendances as a guest, after which the player will be invited to join as a member.
• New ladder pairs competitions starting from January 2024 on first Wednesday of each month.   Wednesday competition will be joint F2F and online.
• Reintroduction of Chairmans Bowl. The best five scores for any member who has played with at least five different partners during the year.
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Slow play online -  Players are responsible for maintaining their own connection and slow play will have a board stopped or removed with an adjusted score of 60/40 awarded to the opposition.  

Games on Real Bridge will cost £1.50 per player per game;  payment will be due retrospectively at the end of each month and amounts due with payment advice will be posted in the Members' Only Notices at the end of each month.

Visitors -  Visitors are welcome to play at the Club - please contact Chairman beforehand.   Members may invite a friend as a guest to online sessions for one complementary session;  to action this please email learnbridge@btinternet.com with the name and email address of the guest, and state which date you wish to play.    Thereafter visitors may play for a maximum of 3 online events as a guest as a cost of £2 per player per game;  the member inviting the guest will be responsible for this payment and the cost will added to their invoice at the end of the month.