SANTA CLAUS PAIRS

SUNDAY 14^th DECEMBER

Doors open 1pm for mulled wine and mince pies accompanied by carol singer

Bridge will start promptly at 2pm

This is a Two Session Pairs Event with lavish buffet between sessions.

Open to all

CASH PRIZES!

….and everyone goes home with a gift!

Entry fee: £30 per player payable in advance by bank transfer to: Manchester Bridge Club, sort code 01-02-02, account number 21867577 with reference SCPAIRS

If you need a partner we will do our best to accommodate you but cannot guarantee to do so      

Please register below – places are limited - your email address is for our info only in case we need to contact you

FESTIVE BRIDGE PARTY NIGHT

THURSDAY EVENING 18TH DECEMBER

DOORS OPEN AT 6.15PM

WELCOME FESTIVE DRINK & BUFFET

ACCOMPANIED BY A CAROL SINGER

A VERY RELAXED GAME OF BRIDGE

WILL START AT 7PM

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF 16 BOARDS

Prize for best Xmas jumper/outfit

£10 PER PLAYER

PLEASE REGISTER BELOW

We are limited to 12 tables and are now close to the maximum.  But please still enter and add your email address (which won't show on the website) and for the later entries we will confirm your place a few days prior to 18th December

Michael's next seminar is on Friday 12th December starting at 1.30pm.  

Michael will look at how you can 'Defend against Conventional Bids'.  When the opposition bid 2NT over your partner's opening bid of 1 heart, how can you continue the bidding to find your spade fit with your partner?  What are the best ways to still find your contract when the opponents use a transfer bid?  And finally - a very relevant one for Manchester Bridge Club players - how do we still find our contract when the opposition use Bergen Raises?

Michael's seminars are always very informative but also really enjoyable.  We had over 30 people at the last seminar.  As usual there will be notes for the seminar and details of the hands played.  Michael will also be baking special Xmas treats.

Please complete the form below if you will be attending this seminar or email grasan30@gmail.com

Thanks Susan

Beginners Bridge Taster Courses.

We are running currently running two beginners bridge courses which started late September.  There is an Monday evening course and a Thursday morning course.  If you want to learn to play bridge - please still get in touch and we maybe able to include you in one of these courses

If you are interested in joining one of these courses please complete the online form below.  If you are interested in joining one of our future courses - also please complete the form.

Please be careful when you enter your email address. You will always receive a personal response in 24 hours. 

Each course will last 10 weeks and covers the basics of play and bidding. We teach the 5 card major, strong No Trump and short club system.  We will also cover basic defensive tactics.

Most importantly, the classes will be friendly and sociable. Bridge can be a complicated game and will stretch your mind, but we aim to make bridge fun to learn and hope you will quickly come to love the game as much as we do.  Once your course is finished we have a wide range of supported, follow on sessions for you to join to continue to learn this wonderful game.

The course will cost £80 payable in advance.

Interested?  Find out more by emailing Susan on grasan30@gmail.com or completing the online form below

We are delighted to announce that the following Members of the Club achieved an EBU Master Point ranking promotion in October

Premier Regional Master - Tony Hodgson

1 Star Master - Andy Brocklehurst

Master - Sally Dunscombe

District Master - Mike Ward

Area Master - Caroline Blake

Area Master - Carole Gavin

Area Master - Bruce Moreman

Area Master - Shailesh Patel

Area Master - Matthew Stibbe

Area Master - Brian Thompson

Club Master - Stephen Dauncey

Club Master - John Dunn

Club Master - Shaida Shipping

Local Master - Astrid Bieger-Farhan

Local Master - Brian Bradley

Local Master - Paul Dickinson

Local Master - June Ellicott

Local Master - Hari Gupta

Local Master - Susan Holden

Local Master - David Lowman

Local Master - Lorraine Lowman

Local Master - Jackie O'Donnell

Local Master - Nitin Shah

Local Master - Garry Singh

Local Master - Anita Westmoreland

 Congratulations to you all

We currently have two IntoBridge sessions each week.  These are on a Monday and Friday afternoon at 2pm.  All these sessions are well supported and will continue. We are no longer running the online Swiss Pairs on a Thursday evening.

We now have supervised sessions for beginners, learners & improvers at the club:

Monday afternoon at 1pm for Improvers with Paul Murray.

 Monday evening at 7:15pm for beginners with Frank/Chris

Tuesday evening at 7pm all levels 

Wednesday morning at 10:30 for improvers with Susan Triggs

Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 for beginners with Susan Triggs.

Members £6 & Visitors £8

Everyone is welcome

Please be aware that the BridgeWebs attendance Module is not a real time system. It reflects entry fees spent on online and face-to-face games but does not reflect money paid into your online account until it is manually updated from the Club's bank statement. Our 'WebMaster', Dave Fernley performs these updates periodically- usually weekly. If you need to know your balance between updates, call Paul or Dave.

The new Bridgewebs Attendance Module for tracking payment money for online games is now live.

It provides you with a real-time view of the games you have played, the current balance of your account and payments made and received by your account. 

To see this information you will need to log on to the Members Only area of the website and then select thePayments Account tab.
Detailed instructions logging onto this area are available here

A detailed description of the Online Account, how it works, etc, is also available here within the Members Only Area (log-on needed).

Account statements will also be sent out periodically by email. This ensures that people who choose not to actively monitor their account balance are still aware of it. The statement provides a regular update to non-members who play in our online games who do not have access the member's area and therefore the real time benefits of this system.

See Calendar on the right of this home page for our Weekly Schedule

Face to Face table fees for Duplicates at the Club are £4 for fully paid-up MBC members & £6 for Guests

Supervised Face to Face table fees at the Club are £6 for fully paid-up MBC members & £8 for Guests

(includes free tea/coffee & biscuits and occasional treats! However, sandwiches/supper will not be served)

Online bridge entry is £3.75 for members & £4.50 for non-members

For Online games a pre-arranged partner is preferable. However, if possible, partners can be found after you log on to our tournaments. Just wait on Partnership Desk on IntoBridge. 

Please transfer entry fee (or more for convenience / multiple games) into the MBC bank account (see below).

MBC will reduce your balance after each session played and email you with a regular statement to help you stay in credit.

The Manchester Bridge Club Bank details are –

Natwest Sort Code 01-02-02   Account Number  21867577

Please put your First Name and Surname as the payment reference

Thank you for supporting The Manchester Bridge Club