We held our first Newcomers' Cup on Sunday 22nd March.  As well as players from our club we also had pairs from Trafford BC,  Bramhall/Cheadle and Manchester University Bridge Club taking part.

We had a relaxed but competitive duplicate with an extensive buffet during the half time break.  Everyone enjoyed themselves,

The Winners were Joanne Finn and Pam Williams with an impressive score of 68.4%.  Shaida Shipping and Steve Polley were 2nd and Mel Wong and Elly Lau finished in 3rd place.

Thanks to Fiona Goode for directing and Anne Naylor (and her granddaaughter Verity) for their support to make this a successful event.

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

Ron Lowe 1 Star Master 

Mathew Stibbe Club Master 

and the following in February

Wendy Burton  Advanced Master
Brian Thompson  District Master
 Congratulations to all of you 

Congratulations to Michael and his team for winning the European Transnational Championship in Prague which has just taken place.  It was a great win for Michael and his team Knottenbelt.  Come to Michael's seminar next week on Friday (27th Feb)  and hear all about it and maybe even see his Gold Medal.  We are so lucky to have a World Class player as a member of our club and presenting regular seminars to our members where you learn not only about the topic but also pick up many other tips from Michael on all aspects of bridge.

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