SANTA CLAUS PAIRS

                                                                                                                                                                                                            SUNDAY 15th DECEMBER 

                                  Arrive by 1.30pm to grab a mince pie, a glass of mulled wine and a good seat!  

Play will start promptly at 2pm and we intend to play two sessions with 18 boards in each.  The likely finish time is between 7pm and 8pm.

This year's buffet is being  provided by First Choice Catering and as usual we need to complete the online form below to ensure the appropriate catering arrangements and also any dietary requirements are met.  

The Entry Fee is £25 for members and £30 for non members which will include a free entry into the Raffle

Dress Code is Casual but there will be a prize for the Best Christmas Jumper

              SANTA CLAUS PAIRS IS NOW AT FULL CAPACITY & REGISTRATION IS CLOSED         

If you would still like to play please email mikekwood@btinternet.com so I can put you on the standby list in case we have a late withdrawal 

Swiss Pairs FREE for the next 5 weeks starting Thursday November 21st at 7.15   !!

Thursday evening online Swiss Pairs on Intobridge at 7:15pm

Come and join us every week!

Click on  Intobridge.com to register your account  and come and join us to play 

the following youtube videos explain:

     The IntoBridge platform, how to register and available controls

     How to register for an IntoBridge game, how to join a game, and how to use the partnership desk

Registration is straightforward, but does involve receiving an email with a confirmation link to activate your account.

If you have any problems please contact Dave Fernley on 07388 398 919

Once you have registered you can invite your partner using his/her user name or join the Partnership Desk to signify you are looking for a partner.

An IntoBridge host will play with you if cannot find one via the Partnership Desk

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

Stuart Shalom  Premier Regional Master
Tessa Connolly  Master
Ron Butler  County Master
Carole Gavin  Club Master


Congratulations to all 4     

On Thursday we held the first of the 5 weeks of free Swiss Pairs. We had 6 tables , no robots and just one host. Some people played for the first time in Swiss Pairs and a number of the regulars returned to the fold.. We played 18 Boards and were done and dusted in just over 2 hours and all from the comfort of our own homes. If you played this week and enjoyed it please come back and if you were otherwise engaged please give it a go next week.      

The next date in Michael Byrne’s popular seminar series will be at The Manchester Bridge Club on Friday 20th December  between 1:30pm and 4pm.

^{The topic will be: "Slam Bidding Exclusion Key Card Blackwood "}

An exciting Christmas convention to help us bid hands with voids more accurately. A great way to welcome the festive season by making some exciting grand and small slams, and having fun at the same time by learning a new convention that will help improve your partnership bidding.

Exclusion key card blackwood is fun and for everyone, and you can learn all about it at Michael's Seminar

Please help us to print the correct number of handouts by completing  the form below if you intend to come to this seminar.

Nicholas Greer's final seminar for this year is on Friday 13th December starting at 10.30am. The topic will be: Placing the Cards (What can we work out about the unseen hands? How can we use that to improve our chances? Might my partner have the cards we need to beat the contract?)

We are currently arranging further seminars to take place next year on Friday mornings, Sunday afternoons and possibly also on a Thursday evening to enable more of our members to benefit from Nicholas' expertise.

These seminars are open to all and cost £8 for members and £10 for non members.

Please sign up for the seminar on Friday 13th December by using the online form below

Beginners Bridge Taster Courses.

Our latest Beginner's Bridge Courses started at the end of September.

We are currently running both a Monday evening and a Wednesday morning course.

If you are interested in joining one of our future courses, (likely to start early 2025) please fill in the form below and we will keep you updated about our plans for our next courses.

Please be careful when you enter your email address. There have been a couple of incorrect email addresses entered so if you have not had a reply please try again.  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 now have three IntoBridge sessions each week.  These are on a Monday and Friday afternoon at 2pm and on Thursday evening (Swiss Pairs) starting at 7.15pm.  All these sessions are well supported and will continue.  The Manchester Bridge Club Committee decided that we would have to cancel the Sunday afternoon session because there have been so few people playing on a Sunday in recent weeks.

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

Monday afternoon at 1pm for Improvers with Paul Murray.

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

Tuesday evening at 7pm all levels with Nicholas

Thursday morning at 10:30 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