| Wednesday 1st July: Bridge as Normal |
Wednesday Night Bridge 1st July. Please turn up at usual time as we intend to play bridge as normal. We anticipate the England game should finish by 1845 at the latest.
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| Last updated : 30th Jun 2026 08:28 BST |
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| Monday 29th June Scores |
Unfortunately, owing to technical problems with the BridgeMates, the scores for Monday 29th June have been scrapped and the session will not affect members' NGS gradings nor count for Master Points
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| Last updated : 30th Jun 2026 08:32 BST |
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| Welcome to Maidstone Bridge Club |
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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 Civil Service 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
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| Last updated : 25th Oct 2025 14:08 GMT |
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| David Richards |
It is with sadness we have heard of the passing of David Richards who played bridge for many years with Pat Jarrett both on-line and face-to-face at the Wednesday night Club.
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| Last updated : 27th Jun 2026 13:41 BST |
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| Club Competitions 2026 Diary Dates |
Wednesday 29th July: Club Pairs Championship
Wednesday 30th September: Mixed Pairs (separate trophy for highest placed married couple)
Monday 5th October: Brooke Trophy Individual (we will ask Tracey to provide some light refreshments and open the bar)
A reminder: The Ladder Pairs competitions are held on the first Monday/Wednesday each month with a year end result
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| Last updated : 24th Jun 2026 09:23 BST |
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| Hand Of The Week |
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Monday 22nd June: Board 10
Mondays board 10 proved easy bidding for most N/S pairs to find their 5/5 fit in hearts, and find that with 13 pts opposite 7, a part score was the limit. Three pairs bid on to game, and should have been defeated, but two were not. How should the defence have gone?
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After 1H from South followed by 2H from North, West has to find that most crucial card of the defence – the opening lead. “If you have an ace-king, you do not have a lead problem” is a common bridge mantra: it gives the leader a free look at dummy whilst retaining the lead (assuming no one trumps) and they can judge whether to continue the suit based on what they see in dummy and how partner signals. So, AD is a pretty obvious lead and partner should play 7D (the start of a Hi-Lo showing a doubleton). West can now see that North has Q108 of diamonds, but cannot see 653. This is a good indication that the 7 is the start of a Hi-Lo signal, so continues with KD. All is as expected with East and South each having 2 diamonds. What next?
The QD has now been setup as a winner, and with North having 5H, South must have at least 4H, it cannot cost to lead another diamond and get East to ruff this winner before trumps are drawn. Seeing all the hands, it is easy to see that provided E/W do not touch Spades, declarer must lose two tricks in that suit – making 4 tricks for the defence. The bidding suggests that there is nowhere for declarer’s losing Spades to go unless the defence help.
Four pairs out of six pairs in a heart contract went on to make 10 or more tricks. If only E/W had got the defence right it would have been worth 10 out of the 14 available matchpoints. Don’t always rush to cash Aces unless you fear that declarer can discard all his losers in that suit.
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| Last updated : 27th Jun 2026 13:33 BST |
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