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With 150 members, MBC is EBU affiliated and has been providing top class bridge and lessons for new members for over 60 years

The Club meets on Monday afternoons and Wednesday evenings for face-to-face bridge at the Maidstone Sports & Social Club in Recreation Close Maidstone 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 that card payments are the preferred payment method on both days

Car parking is available at the rear of the Club but be aware Monday afternoon can be congested so please follow any instructions given.

Parking on the grass is not permitted. There is no shortage of parking space on Wednesday evenings 

Play starts at 1300 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

 Linda Catt on 07748967416 Mondays or Richard Sissons on 07780681405 Wednesdays 

For general bridge enquiries please email Pauline Davis pjdvs28@gmail.com or see our Facebook page
Scores are normally posted on this site about half an hour after play finishes
 

It was with sadness we learned of the passing of Colin Mahrer only a day after after he had participated in the 70th anniversary game. Colin was 90+ and is pictured at his birthday party. He returned home after the party but felt unwell in the evening and was taken to A&E having suffered a major heart attack. He was concious with his wife and neice beside him when he passed away on Tuesday. Colin was born and bred in Jersey on the Channel Islands but chose to live and work in the mainland. In accordance with his wishes there will be just private funeral arrangements.

On Monday 28th September, 70 members filled the Maidstone Sports & Social Club to celebrate MBC's 70th anniversary with a fun afternoon of bridge by competing for the Handicap Pairs Plate. Congratulations to Salvatore and Tudor the winners of the handicapped section and Bill & Brenda for coming top in the unadjusted duplicate pairs. The adjusted handicap results can be accessed from the Main Menu under the Maidstone Competitions tab.

Many thanks to Cynthia and Amanda for the sumptuous afternoon tea comprising sweet and savoury treats, Robin and Richard for directing and running the session along with Jenny and Linda for helping to get things set up. Richard, as MBC's longest-serving member, is seen below cutting the birthday cake and amongst the players was Jill Hood whose mother Martha Griffiths was one of the founder members of the Club. Also, It  is with sadness we learned today that Colin Mahrer another long serving member who attended Mondays event died in Maidstone Hospital the following day.

This was also the occasion for the introduction of the new Bridgemate III's which will, as the latest technology, take the club into its 8th decade.  

Wednesday 14th October: Championship Pairs

Wednesday 25th November: Mixed Pairs (separate trophy for highest placed married couple)

Monday 7th December: Brooke Trophy Individual 

Wednesday 30th December: Christmas Party

A Reminder: Ladder Pairs are held on the first Monday/Wednesday each month with a year end result

Monday 28th September: Board 7

Duplicate Bridge was devised to compare the skills of opponents holding the same cards as you and your partner, and not the luck of what you are dealt. It achieves this by giving you 2 Matchpoints  for each of your opponents that you beat and 1 Matchpoint for each pair you draw with. Board 7 from our Club’s 70^th Anniversary game drew 35 pairs in an unusual hand where E/W can make contracts in all four suits and No Trumps. The unlikely 4S contract would have been the best score (the computer tells us), but with a 5-1 fit, unsurprisingly, nobody played in spades. The 4D contract was equally unattractive with the combined 25 points and everybody avoided it. With East being 5-5 shape in S and D, and West being 5-5 shape in H and C, 9 pairs chose to play in 3NT, and 2 others in 2NT. How many tricks can you make?