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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
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| Last updated : 9th Jul 2026 07:50 BST |
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| Club Competitions 2026 Diary Dates |
Monday 28th September: Club 70th Birthday Celebration - Handicap Pairs
Wednesday 14th October: Championship Pairs
Wednesday 11th 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
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| Last updated : 28th Jul 2026 09:00 BST |
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| Hand Of The Week |
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Monday 27th July: Board 1
Board 1 from Monday 27th July enables us to revisit the part-score battleground. This is the area where you assess that your partnership lacks the values for game with both sides having 18-22 points between them; consequently, pairs need to be careful not to overbid as illustrated by this board.
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| Show Answer |
Superficially, the hands look easy to bid – East opens 1H, South bids 2S (assuming the partnership play Weak Jump Overcalls "WJO") and East bids 3H. Based on the WJO, North should recognise that N/S have a 9 card fit, and they have 3 certain tricks, so 3S must be correct. Many would describe this as “bidding to the 9 card level of the fit”. North knows that their side has between 16 and 20 points if South is placed with 5-9 points (as per the criteria for the WJO), and they have a 9 card Spade fit. East or West should recognise that they cannot make 10 tricks, but -1 not vulnerable doubled is only -100 points – cheaper than allowing N/S to make 3S (140).
4H should be a good contract particularly if N/S “forget” to double. (North has still got these 3 tricks – did he think his partner was worth nothing?)
When you have found a fit in this part-score range take care not to allow your opponents to play a low-level contract. Those who allowed N/S to play in 2S got 0 or 2 out of 14 matchpoints. Those who bid on to 4H and went one off got 6/14 matchpoints. Those N/S who allowed E/W to play in 3H got a paltry 3/14 matchpoints.
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| Last updated : 29th Jul 2026 08:58 BST |
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