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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 -16.00

Wednesday evening - 19.00 - 22.30

Thursday evening - 19.00- 22.00

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.  

Call the Club on 0161 455 3712 for any clarification

or email a committee member

BRIDGE ETIQUETTE

 *GREET OTHERS IN A FRIENDLY MANNER, PRIOR TO START OF PLAY ON EACH ROUND

* BE A GOOD "HOST" OR "GUEST" AT THE TABLE

* MAKE BRIDGE ENJOYABLE - ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT LESS EXPERIENCED PLAYERS

* GIVE CREDIT WHEN OPPONENTS MAKE A GOOD BID OR PLAY

*  AVOID INQUESTS PARTICULARLY DUE TO THE NOISE LEVEL IT CREATES

* ENSURE THAT YOUR MOBILE PHONE IS ON SILENT

* ENJOY THE COMPANY AS WELL AS THE GAME

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
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

Jugglers Cup Winners Tammy and Chris
Jugglers Cup Winners Tammy and Chris

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.          

 

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 

Beginner's Course

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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

  

 
New IntoBridge Schedule
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.

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.

 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

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

Save the Date

Dates for your diary - more details will follow  

Nicholas Greer's Summer School starts on Wednesday 16th July at 10.30am -  topic for the first seminar is Planning the play using info from the opening lead and bidding

The next Relaxed duplicate will be on the 17th July  at 7.15 

The next Swiss Pairs event  will be on Thursday 24th July at 7.15. There will be hosts waiting to partner anyone who hasn't got one.  

Nicholas Greer's next Friday Seminar is Friday morning 8th August - Dummy Reversal aka How to break the ruffing rules and ruff in the long hand.

There will be an Autumn Charity Fund Raising afternoon tea on Tuesday 9th September. Details to follow . 

Michael Byrne's next seminar will now not be until the Autumn.  The date we have pencilled in is the afternoon of Friday 19th September - topic to be arranged - any suggestions contact Susan - grasan30@gmail.com 

Santa Claus Pairs will be on Sunday 14th December 2025 - you heard it here first !  Carol singer booked.  Let us have your requests nearer the time.

A new event - Christmas Party Duplicate Thursday evening 18th December. Carol singer booked.  Let us have your requests nearer the time.

Watch this space

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

Results
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
Evening Swiss Pairs F2F
Beginners/Improvers Supervised play
Club Evening Duplicate F2F
Club Afternoon Duplicate
Paul's Supervised Duplicate with Lesson
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
Club Evening Duplicate F2F
Beginners/Improvers Supervised play
Ben Beever Memorial
Club Afternoon Duplicate
Calendar
Mon 14th Jul 2025
Paul's Supervised Duplicate with Lesson
1:00pm
Mon 14th Jul 2025
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
2:00pm
Mon 14th Jul 2025
Beginners Supervised Play
7.15pm
Tue 15th Jul 2025
Club Afternoon Duplicate
1:15pm
Tue 15th Jul 2025
Supervised Play, all abilities
7:00pm
Wed 16th Jul 2025
Club Evening Duplicate F2F
7:15pm
Wed 16th Jul 2025
Beginners/Improvers Supervised play
10.30am
Thu 17th Jul 2025
Improvers Supervised Play
10:30am
Thu 17th Jul 2025
Club Evening Duplicate F2F
7:15pm
Fri 18th Jul 2025
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
2:00pm
Mon 21st Jul 2025
Paul's Supervised Duplicate with Lesson
1:00pm
Mon 21st Jul 2025
IntoBridge Afternoon Duplicate
2:00pm
Mon 21st Jul 2025
Beginners Supervised Play
7.15pm
Tue 22nd Jul 2025
Club Afternoon Duplicate
1:15pm
Tue 22nd Jul 2025
Supervised Play, all abilities
7:00pm