The New Melville Bridge Club
Located not far from Edinburgh Zoo
The place to learn and play bridge in Edinburgh
Results
F2F MP Pairs
Ronaldson Bowl
Improver Pairs
F2F Pairs
OnLine MP Pairs
OnLine MP Pairs
OnLine XIMP Pairs
Calendar
Thu 28th Mar 2024
F2F XIMP Pairs
Pinkhill 7.00 pm
Director: Rob H
Thu 28th Mar 2024
OnLine XIMP Pairs
BBO 7.00 pm
Director: Simon
Fri 29th Mar 2024
OnLine MP Pairs
BBO 1.30 pm
Director: Troy
Fri 29th Mar 2024
F2F MP Pairs
Pinkhill 7.00 pm
Director: Jeff
Mon 1st Apr 2024
F2F MP Pairs
Pinkhill 12.45 pm
Director: Rona
  (Bookings)
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 612 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 on the Membership button above for more information and an application form.

Members can also read pages reserved for them using the membership button.

Click HERE for a virtual tour of the club.

 

 

If you are interested in learning how to play bridge, click on the Melville Bridge Academy button at the top of the screen for information about our classes and an application form. Classes for the current term started on 8 January and will finish at the end of March.

Last updated : 17th Mar 2024 10:58 GMT
Strathpeffer Successes

Congratulations to the following club members who had a successful weekend at the Strathpeffer Congress.

In the Pairs Final Lucia Barrett and Lindsay Herbert were second equal.

The Consolation Pairs was won by Damien and Margaret Anne Byron.

In the Teams Final Lindsay Herbert, Lucia Barrett, Tim Mckay and Jim Hay were second.

The Consolation Teams was won by Anne Perkins, Veronica Guy, Dilys Gellatly and Bron McWinney.

Laura Middleton and Shone Anderson came first EW in the 'Play with the Internationals' competition on Sunday night.

                                                        

                                                        

Last updated : 25th Mar 2024 15:44 GMT
Oban Congress

Congratulations to Jim Hay and Finlay Marshall who won the Teams Championship at the Oban Congress on the weekend of 15 - 17 March.

Bron McWhinney and Dylis Gellatly won the subsidiary event, the Congress Teams.

                                         

Last updated : 26th Mar 2024 17:03 GMT
Annual One-Day F2F Spring Congress
Annual One-Day F2F Spring Congress

Why not come and play in our our annual one-day F2F congress at the club which this year is being held on Sunday 19 May. 

The congress, which attracts cash prizes and enhanced SBU master points, is open to all.

Full details and entry forms are available by using the Congress menu button at the top of this page.

Last updated : 13th Mar 2024 16:27 GMT
Bridge Sessions for Players New to the Game

On Tuesday evenings at Pinkhill we hold an Improvers Pairs session at 7.00 pm. These sessions are aimed at people making the transition from student to club player. They will help to build confidence enabling new players to play hands in under 8 minutes - the club standard is a maximum of 7 minutes per board. Help and guidance will be given intermittently on aspects of bidding, play and table organisation. Players with, or without a partner are most welcome.

On Wednesday afternoons at Pinkhill we hold a Novices Pairs session aimed at players who have completed one or more years of lessons. Help with the bidding and play will be provided from an experienced player.

Table money for each of the above sessions is £3 payable by debit or credit card at the bar.

Written commentaries of the hands will also be available to take away after play has finished.

 

Last updated : 25th Feb 2024 12:21 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: bridge.manager@melvillebridge.club

Last updated : 13th Jan 2024 12:55 GMT
Our Weekly Bridge Schedule

Monday F2F and Wednesday F2F

starting at 12.45 pm at Pinkhill.

Thursday F2F and Friday F2F

starting at 7.00 pm at Pinkhill.

N.B. Pre-Booking is required by members for our Monday afternoon tournament as it is very busy.  Visitors are requested to phone the club on: 0131 334 4467 if they wish to take part or by email to the the bridge operations manager.


OnLine Bridge on BBO

Restricted to members only.

Monday and Thursday evenings

starting at 7.00 pm

Friday afternoons

starting at 1.30 pm.

Last updated : 21st Mar 2024 09:56 GMT
Social Bridge

We offer weekly games of social bridge on the RealBridge platform for use by players making up their own tables of four. The charge is £4 for a table.

A new set of 24 hands is created on Mondays and these remain the same for seven days.

Players are requested to submit their payment after they have finished playing by using this Payment Link or the link above the lobby table view on RB.

One of the four players should login using this LOGIN link. That player can add a table IF the ones showing have been used, or partially used, by using the + late table button. That player can also start the round, if nobody else has, by clicking on the Start round 1 button.

Please DO NOT open the TD table, it serves no purpose for the purposes of social bridge.

The other players should login by clicking HERE .

Last updated : 21st Mar 2024 09:55 GMT