The New Melville Bridge Club
The place to learn and play bridge in Edinburgh
Results
OnLine MP Pairs
F2F MP Pairs
OnLine XIMP Pairs
Calendar
Mon 5th Jun 2023
F2F MP Pairs
Pinkhill 12.45 pm
Director: Damien+Rona
  (Bookings)
Mon 5th Jun 2023
OnLine MP Pairs
BBO 7.00 pm
Director: Rona
Tue 6th Jun 2023
OnLine XImp Pairs
BBO 7.00 pm
Director: Andrew
Tue 6th Jun 2023
Improvers Pairs
Pinkhill 7.00 pm
Director: Edward
Wed 7th Jun 2023
F2F MP Pairs
Pinkhill 1.00 pm
Director: Simon
Wed 7th Jun 2023
Novices & Improvers
Pinkhill 1.00 pm
Director: Rose
Wed 7th Jun 2023
Accumulator 8
Pinkhill 7.00 pm
Director: Damien
Thu 8th Jun 2023
F2F XIMP Pairs
Pinkhill 7.00 pm
Director: Damien
  (Partner?)
Thu 8th Jun 2023
OnLine XIMP Pairs
BBO 7.00 pm
Director: Simon Rowbottom
Fri 9th Jun 2023
OnLine MP Pairs
BBO 1.30 pm
Director: Wanted
Fri 9th Jun 2023
F2F MP Pairs
Pinkhill 7.00 pm
Director: Jeff
Mon 12th Jun 2023
F2F MP Pairs
Pinkhill 12.45 pm
Director: Damien+Rona
  (Bookings)
Mon 12th Jun 2023
OnLine MP Pairs
BBO 7.00 pm
Director: Rona
Tue 13th Jun 2023
F2F Teams of Four
Pinkhill 7.00 pm
Director: Damien
Release 2.19r
Welcome to The New Melville Bridge Club
About our club
About our club

We are the largest bridge club in Scotland and one of the largest in the UK with 637 members and 150 students learning bridge in our Academy.

If you know how to play bridge and are interested in joining our club then click HERE for more information and an application form.

If you are interested in learning how to play bridge, click on the Melville Bridge Academy button for information about our classes.

Click HERE for a virtual tour of the club.

Last updated : 3rd Jun 2023 13:28 BST
Melville v Carlton

The annual match between the New Melville and the Carlton was on Wednesday night at the Carlton with a convincing win for the New Melville by over 9,000 aggregate points. Well done to all those that took part.

Last updated : 3rd Jun 2023 14:23 BST
Hunter Cup
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Why not play in the East District Swiss Teams for the Hunter Cup?
It starts at 11.00am on Sunday 25th June 2023 at the Carlton Bridge Club and is played over two sessions of 24 boards per session. ..........

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Last updated : 4th Jun 2023 15:12 BST
Bronze to Silver Weekend

Club member and Scottish Internationalist Iain Sime is running a ‘Bronze to Silver weekend’ at the club on the 17th and 18th June. He will cover a wide range of topics based on his popular Bronze to Silver classes which he started five years ago. The aim is to bridge the knowledge gap between experienced tournament regulars and the ever-increasing bronze category. The content is wide-ranging and may also be very useful to newly promoted Silver players and Gold players who need a refresher.

Click HERE to download further information about the weekend.

Last updated : 1st Jun 2023 12:46 BST
Positions Vacant

POSITIONS VACANT AT THE  NEW MELVILLE BRIDGE CLUB

With the retirement of the Club Manager at the end of August 2023 the Board has taken the opportunity to restructure the business. Firstly, we will have a Bridge Operations Manager - looking after the day to day running of bridge tournaments and secondly, a Facilities Manager looking after the premises. If you are interested, or know anyone  who maybe, please ask them to contact either Stewart Morris, Rose Simpson or Rhona Goff of the Board for more details or email: applications@melvillebridge.club 

BRIDGE OPERATIONS MANAGER (BOM)

This is a remunerated part time position (circa 10 hours/week) which offers the opportunity to promote this great game in Scotland’s largest and most prestigious Bridge Club.

FACILITIES MANAGER (FM)

This is a new remunerated part time position (2.5 hours/week). The Board are seeking an individual to ensure the Club’s premises at Pinkhill, Edinburgh are kept safe, secure and clean and maintained to a high standard. The FM will ensure the Club carries out all activities in line with Health and Safety, Data Protection and Bar and Food regulations.

Last updated : 19th Apr 2023 11:16 BST
Supervised Sessions for New Players
Supervised Sessions for New Players

Supervised F2F Sessions for Novices and Improvers

We offer two supervised F2F sessions each week aimed at people making the transition from classes to playing regularly in the Club.  

One of the sessions, known as the Improvers Pairs, is held on Tuesday evenings, starting at 7.00 pm, apart from the second Tuesday in the month. The primary aim  of this session is to give players more confidence to enable hands to be played in under 8 minutes - the club standard is a maximum of 7 minutes per board. The play will be supervised with help available. Additional guidance will be given intermittently on aspects of bidding, play and table organisation. Partners and those without a partner are most welcome.

The other session, which is for Novices and Improvers, is held on Wednesday afternoons starting at 1.00 pm. This session caters for a wide range of player levels, from students in our bridge Academy who have completed at least lessons 1-20, to experienced beginners already playing in club tournaments.  You should aim to arrive at least 10 mins before the start time and you can turn up on your own or with a partner. Visitors are welcome. An estimated 15-18 hands will be played.

David Briggs (Director of the MBA) writes a commentary on the hands played for theses sessions and they will be available to take away with you.

Table money will be £3.00 payable by debit or credit card.

Last updated : 20th Mar 2023 17:07 GMT

The New Melville Bridge Club is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. 

Registered Office: 1 Pinkhill, Edinburgh EH12 7BA. Telephone: 0131 334 4467

Company Registration Number: SC 437291. Charity Registration number: SC043594, 

The Club is affiliated to the Scottish Bridge Union and the SBU East District.

Email: manager@melvillebridge.club

Last updated : 12th Sep 2022 19:13 BST
Our Weekly Bridge Schedule

We have a mixture of Face-to-Face and Online bridge each week.

Face-to-Face Bridge

We have five F2F duplicate pairs sessions each week at Pinkhill. These are on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings starting at 7.00 pm. We aim to play 24 hands of bridge with a finish time of no later than 4.00 pm for afternoon sessions so that people can park on the main road if needed.

In addition, the second Tuesday evening of each month is a F2F teams of four tournament. 

Visitors are always welcome at our F2F tournaments.

OnLine Bridge

We hold  four BBO tournaments each week at the following times. They are:  Monday, Tuesday* and Thursday evenings starting at 7.00 pm and Friday afternoons starting at 1.30 pm.

*Except the second Tuesday of the month, when we have F2F teams at Pinkhill.

The table money for these tournaments is set at $4 and 22 hands of bridge are played.

Please note: Our BBO sessions are restricted to members only.

Last updated : 4th Jun 2023 15:10 BST
Social Bridge
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We offer daily games of social bridge on the RealBridge platform for use by players making up their own tables of four for which there is a £2 charge which has to be paid by one of the four players who acts as the host player using this HOST LOGIN link Click HERE for the free Guest login. ..........

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Last updated : 25th Apr 2023 09:29 BST
Finding Bridge Partners
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It can sometimes be difficult to find regular bridge partners for F2F games, but don't despair as help is available. ..........

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Last updated : 25th Apr 2023 09:29 BST