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Welcome to

THE

MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB

81 WELLINGTON ROAD, FALLOWFIELD,

MANCHESTER

M14 6BN

 

manchesterbridgeclub@hotmail.com

 

The Club’s regular opening and closing times are:

Monday - 12.30 to 16:30

Monday evening- 19:00 - 22:00

Tuesday - 13.00 -16.30

Tuesday evening - 18:45 - 22.00

Wednesday - 10.00 -16.30

Wednesday evening - 19.00 - 22.30

Thursday am - 10:00 -13:30

Note: Our opening times may differ when we host special events such as Halloween, Special Duplicates, Santa Claus Pairs and for Michael Byrne's seminars. Please check the Calendar on our website for the updated details. 

Closing times can only be extended by prior arrangement and need to conform with the Club’s obligations to our landlord and building security protocols.

Please ensure that you arrive at all our scheduled events at least 10 minutes before the start time as shown on the calendar so that we can start play at the scheduled time. If you are coming but are delayed please let the TD or event organiser know.  

Ring/Text Paul Murray on 07393 579962 for any clarification

or email paul.murraysafc@gmail.com

5 Card Majors
5 Card Majors

For all our members who have already switched or are considering moving to 5 Card Majors and 2 over 1 Game Forcing, this book by Neil Rosen is perhaps the closest to the systems taught at Manchester Bridge Club.

It is easy to read, structured and offers many quizzes and examples to test your understanding. Highly recommended!!
If you would like a copy the ISBN is 978 108 915 4877

RECEIVING OUR E-MAILS?
RECEIVING OUR E-MAILS?

Are you receiving e-mails from the bridge club? If not, here are a number of possible reasons:

 1) Your email address has been blocked from receiving emails from Bridgewebs. Check the status of your email address, and resubscribe if it is blocked or suspended

2) We do not have your correct email address registered. You can check this via attempting to set/reset password in the Members Only login screen

3) If we do not have your correct email address, please let us know via the Contact Form or speak to any committee member

 

Welcome to The Manchester Bridge Club
Charity Duplicate for Cancer Research
Charity Duplicate for Cancer Research

On Tuesday 10th September we were delighted to have 28 pairs playing in our Festival of Bridge event to raise money for Cancer Research UK (not to mention 4 rubber bridge players and our excellent non-playing TD David Sarabowski).

At the time of writing we will have raised £560 for this very worthy cause with some promised donations still to come from those unable to attend.  Many thanks to all of you.

The planning for the event was a tour de force by the Club team with not only a lot of furniture to be moved, refreshments to be set out in two rooms, last minute movements to be designed etc and the recruitment of a parking attendant.  Lots of people were needed to make all this happen but our bank of Committee and other volunteers pulled it off admirably.

Credits go to:

David Sarabowski and David Fernley - technical design

Jeff Morris and Susan Triggs - refreshments

Anne Naylor and Frances Nagel - cash management

Almost everyone else - cleaning up

Great team work.

In the actual bridge itself Frank and Maria Eade came top closely followed by Irene Davies and Karen Reissmann.  Well done to them but also well done to a band of less experienced players who acquitted themselves really well.  Thank you all for your support.

Michael Byrne Seminar Registration

The next date in Michael Byrne’s popular seminar series will be at The Manchester Bridge Club on Friday October 25th  between 1:30pm and 4pm.

The topic will be: "Cue Bidding to Game"

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 - further seminars in the Autumn

Nicholas has now completed his very successful series of seminars over the summer - we had 20 plus people attending each seminar.  Nicholas will be doing 3 further monthly seminars for us on Friday mornings starting in October.  The dates are Friday 18th October and then the second Friday in each month, so Friday 8th November and Friday 13th December.  Attendees at the final session completed an evaluation form (produced by Anne Jerrold) and we used the responses and further comments from the combined Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning supervised play groups to determin the topics for the next 3 seminars.  The topics will be:

Friday 18th October - Opening Leads (eg Which suit should I lead?  When should I lead a non-standard card?

Friday 8th November - Signalling - a topic for defenders (Do we want partner to continue the suit they led or try another one? Can we make declarer's life difficult by taking ruffs or holding up?)

Friday 13th December - 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 will also try to arrange some seminars on a Thursday evening or a Sunday afternoon to enable more of our members to benefit from Nicholas' expertise.

Beginner's Course
Beginner's Course

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Beginners Bridge Taster Courses.

 

Our next Beginner's Bridge Courses will start in September.

We will be running both an evening and day time course.

Each course will last for 10 weeks and will start towards the end of September.  At the moment we plan to run one course on Monday evenings starting at 7.15pm on 23rd September and one during the day starting on Wednesday 25th September at 10.30am.

If you are interested in joining one of our future courses, 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

  

 
New IntoBridge Schedule
New IntoBridge Schedule

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.

Membership Promotions
Membership Promotions

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

Cob Culverwell Local Master 


Congratulations to Cob     

Swiss Pairs on IntoBridge
Swiss Pairs on IntoBridge

Click here to sign on to IntoBridge

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

Come and join us every week!

Click on the links below to register your account on IntoBridge and come and join us to play on this new innovative online platform that offers much more than than BBO. 

If you haven't already, Click here to Register on the IntoBridge platform

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 cannot find one via the Partnership Desk

Supervised Sessions
Supervised Sessions

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

Online Account for Online Games
Online Account for Online Games

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.

Weekly Schedule

Download our latest interactive activity schedule - BBC Tiny Happy PeopleSee 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

3rd October is the date of the next Thursday Evening Duplicate Session

Our next Thursday Evening Duplicate will take place on Thursday 3rd October. This is open to all, but aimed at the people currently attending the supervised duplicate sessions - so expect a relatively leisurely pace and an informal and relaxed atmosphere

It will run on the first Thursday of each month with a 7:15pm start time. Our online Swiss Pairs session on a Thursday evening will continue, and is not affected by this new event

Save the Date

Dates for your diary - more details will follow 

 

The next relaxed duplicate will be on Thursday 3rd October at 7.15pm

Wednesday evening 9th October we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jeff Morris taking over the running of Central Bridge Club, which would go on to become Manchester Bridge Club. Expect cheese, biscuits, prizes - all welcome (POSTPONED - new date to be announced shortly)

Friday morning 18th October - Nicholas Greer seminar on Opening Leads - which suit should I lead? When should I lead a non-standard card?

Michael Byrnes next seminars are on October 25th - "Cue Bidding to game"  and on November 22nd - "Which Plan to go for"  . .   

Sunday afternoon 15th December, Santa Claus Pairs. Expect a sumptuous festive feast....

Watch this space

Bridge and Cakes

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Our cake makers on Tuesday 3 September  will be Jenny and Judith

  Many thanks to all of our cake providers for their delicious and generous contributions over the past year . Shop bought cakes are equally welcome as are those provided by “Rubber” players or a very friendly cleaner!!😉
Please contact Ann Wood if you would like to provide a bake for any Tuesday session and join the bustling queue for a place in this popular cake rota!

 All abilities are welcome to play bridge and kindly remember that to enable us to make a prompt start and timely finish at 4:00 we endeavour to be seated by 1:05. Hosts are generally available but not guaranteed.

We play a very relaxed 18-21 boards over the session and look forward to welcoming both new visitors and much missed old friends.

Annual Subscriptions 2024

If you haven't already paid your 2024 membership subscriptions, now is the time to do so.

Subs are £50 for the year.

Those of you who live more than 20 miles from the Club can subscribe for £10.

You can pay by cash or debit card at any F2F session at the Club or via online banking using the reference of your name followed by ‘2024 subs’.

The Manchester Bridge Club Bank details are –

Nat West

Sort Code 01-02-02   

Account Number  21867577

A reminder- please do not pay subs ( or table money ) to our old HSBC bank account

Club Bank Account Change

Please note that the Club's bank account has changed from HSBC to NatWest

Please transfer funds into your Club account via the new NatWest account with immediate effect

The Manchester Bridge Club

Bank : NatWest

Sort Code 01-02-02

Account Number 21867577

Transfers made in error to the HSBC account will be credited as normal until the HSBC account is closed. Thereafter, they will automatically be transferred to our NatWest account by HSBC. 

If you have any questions, please call Paul Murray or Dave Fernley

IntoBridge Board Analysis
IntoBridge Board Analysis

Our friends at IntoBridge will be sending feedback and hand analysis for selected boards played in this Friday afternoon's game.

This promises to be a useful and educational addition to their service, and depending upon feedback may become a regular feature of our games

So why not join us on Friday 21th at 2pm and see if you find this an interesting and beneficial extra

Results
Improvers Supervised Play
Club Evening Duplicate F2F
Wednesday Pairs (20241002 wednesday evening.pbn)
Club Afternoon Duplicate
Paul's Supervised Duplicate with Lesson
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
Improvers Supervised Play
IntoBridge Swiss Pairs
Wednesday Pairs
Club Evening Duplicate F2F
Club Afternoon Duplicate
Calendar
Fri 4th Oct 2024
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
2:00pm
Mon 7th Oct 2024
Paul's Supervised Duplicate with Lesson
1:00pm
Mon 7th Oct 2024
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
2:00pm
Mon 7th Oct 2024
Beginners Supervised Play
7.15pm
Tue 8th Oct 2024
Club Afternoon Duplicate
1:15pm
Tue 8th Oct 2024
Supervised Play, all abilities
7:00pm
Wed 9th Oct 2024
Club Evening Duplicate F2F
7:15pm
Thu 10th Oct 2024
Improvers Supervised Play
10:30am
Thu 10th Oct 2024
IntoBridge Swiss Pairs
7:15pm
Fri 11th Oct 2024
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
2:00pm
Mon 14th Oct 2024
Paul's Supervised Duplicate with Lesson
1:00pm
Mon 14th Oct 2024
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
2:00pm
Mon 14th Oct 2024
Beginners Supervised Play
7.15pm
Tue 15th Oct 2024
Club Afternoon Duplicate
1:15pm
Tue 15th Oct 2024
Supervised Play, all abilities
7:00pm