Michael's next seminar is on Friday 23rd January starting at 1.30pm and the topic is 'Looking for Clues In Defence'.  This seminar will be suitable for both improvers and more experienced players.  Defence is an often neglected subject and is something most of us can improve on.

Michael will provide his usual brownies.  All are welcome.  We have increased the cost of the seminar to £12 for members and £14 for non-members - which is the first increase since 2022.

Please complete the online form below to confirm you will be coming to this seminar.  There will be notes available at the seminar on the topic and the hands.

Advance notice about Michael's future seminars - on Friday 27th February - Michael will tell us everything we need to know about Splinter Bids and on Friday 20th March - we will be look at Slam Bidding.  Please put these dates in your diary.

Any queries, please email me on grasan30@gmail.com

Thanks Susan

Manchester Bridge Club will be hosting a special Charity event on Wednesday evening 28^th January at 7.15 to raise money for UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund ) .  For more details about UNICEF please click here https://www.unicef.org.uk/donate/?2.

The Club will be paying all the costs of hosting this event and ask everyone attending to make a minimum donation of £5 on the night all of which will be paid to UNICEF.   

We will be playing 24 Boards.  

As an added incentive the EBU are awarding Master Points for this event.

This is also a Simultaneous Pairs event which means that you will be playing the same hands at the same time as people at other clubs throughout the country. All of the results will be merged together so that you can see where you finished compared to everyone that plays in the competition. What more could you ask for !

We hope for an excellent turn out so please arrive early on Wednesday 28^th and sign up below

The Manchester Bridge Club Newcomers Cup

Sunday 22nd March 2026 at 2pm

Manchester Bridge Club 81 Wellington Road, Fallowfield M14 6BN

A special duplicate for recent beginners, novices and inexperienced duplicate players

All welcome

Entry Fee £10 

Generous prizes £100 for winning pair, £50 for 2nd placed pair and £30 for 3rd placed pair

18 boards in One Session - finish by 6pm

Buffet served during Interval

This is a social, fun competition for less experienced bridge players - for those who have recently learned or mainly play in supervised sessions.  Inexperienced bridge players from all clubs can enter

Book now via the online form below.

Please pay in advance to The Manchester Bridge Club Nat West Bank 01-02-02 21867577

The first Thursday in January is the 1st, when the club is closed

So for January 2026, the Relaxed Duplicate evenings will be on the 8th and 22nd of the month

Beginners Bridge Taster Courses.

We have recently completed two beginners courses.  We are likely to run a day time course, probably on a Wednesday afternoon, starting in March 2026.   If you are interested in joining this course or another of our future courses -  please complete the form below.

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

A huge Thank You to everyone who bought the Christmas puddings and knitted chocolates. By treating yourselves to these festive items you have helped raised over £1,000 towards fighting pancreatic cancer

Sunday 14th December saw 56 people competing for in our annual Santa Claus Pairs event

It was a chance to catch up with old friends, as this event draws in a lot of people that we don't see regularly at the club

Mulled wine, mince pies, and carol singing welcomed people as they arrived on a wet Sunday afternoon

At half time Jeff Morris and John Hassett were leading the field, as everyone took a break for an excellent spread of tasty food from the buffet

They maintained their edge in the second half, emerging clear winners

Many thanks to Jeff Smith for keeping the play running smoothly, and to all of the volunteers who put in the time and effort to decorate both our card room as well as the tennis club's bar and lounge - it helped create a great atmosphere

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

Judith Gay  Local Master
Usha Murugan  Area Master
Michael Donegan  Local Master
Barbara Honey  Local Master
Jake Heeckeren  Local Master

 

 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