Malton Bridge Club is a small, friendly club with, currently, fewer than 50 members.  The membership spans the full range of experience and expertise, all enjoying and benefitting from playing together in a congenial atmosphere.

There are two distinct parts to the club’s playing season.  From October to early May on Wednesday evenings there is a programme of four different seven-session pairs competitions, though non-qualifying or visiting pairs are also very welcome to attend.  There are also Thursday afternoon sessions throughout the year for players to enjoy a more relaxed, social game, with help and advice available and a partner guaranteed.

From May to September a ‘host’ system also operates on Wednesdays so that partners do not need to be pre-arranged.  In this period many members play with a variety of different partners, providing a good opportunity for experience to be shared, systems to be developed and new partnerships to be formed.  Results are handicapped and an individual winner is declared at the end but there is no strong competitive element and this is a time when many Thursday afternoon players gain the confidence to compete on Wednesdays.

The club enters one team-of-eight in the Yorkshire League and two teams-of-four in the online Leagues.

With sadness we have to record the recent death of Beryl after a couple of years of decline.  Beryl, along with her husband John, first joined the club in early 2005 after attending York Bridge Club for many years.  She and John were among the most regular attenders over the years and joined in the Thursday afternoon sessions when those started in 2019 as well as the Wednesday evenings.  She was the most kind and gentle of opponents and is much missed.  The funeral takes place at Octon at 1.30 pm on Thursday June 19th.

The club is holding lessons for beginners, or near-beginners, on Thursday afternoons at St Mary's Community Centre, Old Malton at 2 p.m.

There will be a fee of £3 which will include a break for tea/coffee and biscuits.  Each lesson will last for about 2 hours.  The first few lessons will be gently-paced introductions, 

The lessons take place alongside the "social bridge" afternoons to which the learners can graduate after a while.

Those interested may just turn up on the day or can contact the Secretary, Richard Hilton, at richardhilton@fastmail.com or on 01653 693501 for more information or to introduce themselves.