Nicholas Greer's Summer School 2025 |
Nicholas is running another Summer School for us this year - after a very successful Summer School last year. The Summer School this year will take place on Wednesday mornings starting at 10.30am and finish at 12.30pm (or untl you have finished the set hands!)
The topics have been chosen by the amalgamated Wednesday morning and ex-Thursday morning supervised play classes but the topics are suitable for all improvers and also for more experienced players. All club members (and non-members) are welcome to come to these seminars. The cost will be £8 for members and £10 for non-members and you don't need a partner to attend.
The topics and dates are:
Wednesday 16th July - Planning the play using information from the opening lead and bidding
Wednesday 23rd July - Trial Bids - how to check whether a game contract is on
Wednesday 30th July - Cue Bidding - essential tool to investigate slam possibility - often v helpful to check whether you and your partner have control of all suits before you use Roman Key Card Blackwood
Wednesday 6th August - Negative Doubles - very helpful when you play strong and fives
Wednesay 13th August - Competitive Bidding - how do you decide to sacrifice, bid higher and hope you make, pass or double?
Wednesday 20th August - Techniques for competing when the opponents have opened the bidding Part 1
Wednesday 27th August - Techniques for competing when the opponents have opened the bidding Part 2
These last two seminars will cover Two Suited Overcalls (Michael's and the Unusual 2NT, Landy) and the Unassuming Cue Bid
If you are intending to come to the seminar - please add your name to the list below - the list will be updated on a weekly basis - it's not possible to create one list to cover all the seminars at the same time.
Please add your name to the list below if you intend coming to the seminar on Planning the Play on Wednesday 16th July
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Jugglers Cup Winners Tammy and Chris |
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On Wednesday 2nd July we held the 3rd Juggler's Cup event in memory of Ben Beever. Vera gave a warm and moving account of her time being taught by Ben before play commenced. We had 11 tables spread over 2 rooms and the ( to some at least ) complicated arrow switch movement was superbly managed by David Sarabowski and Ray Ashleigh. A selection of high quality cheeses were sourced by Dave and Vera and it wasn't long before they were gone ! In a high quality field Tammy and Chris climbed into first place as the final scores were recorded - congratulations to them both. Runners up were Eddie Thornton-Chan and Ray Ashleigh. We were pleased to welcome Ben's Mum Pru and his sister Beth. Pru expressed her delight that the Club continue to remember Ben's legacy and presented a very happy Tammy and Chris with the magnificent trophy. Thanks to all of you who came and to the many who helped make this another event to remember.
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Masterpoint Achievements in June 2025 |
Congratulations to the following members on achieving a Master Points promotion in the month of June
Eddie Thornton-Chan Premier National Master
Caroline Blake Club Master
Bruce Moreman Club Master
Well done all
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Beginner's Course |

Beginners Bridge Taster Courses.
We are running two beginners bridge courses starting this September. There is an evening course which starts at 7.15pm on Monday 15th September and a day time course starting on Thursday 18th September at 10.30am
If you are interested in joining one of these courses please complete the online 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 which will include membership of our club until the end of December 25
Interested? Find out more by emailing Jan on jelancaster021@gmail.com or completing the online form below
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New IntoBridge Schedule |
 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.
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Supervised Sessions |
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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 with Nicholas
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
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Online Account for Online Games |
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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.
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Weekly Schedule |
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
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