| About our club |
We are the largest bridge club in Scotland and one of the largest in the UK with over 660 members and circa 140 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.
Click HERE for a virtual tour of the club.
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| The Future of Scottish Bridge visits NMBC |
 On Friday 13th, 29 children between the ages of 8 and 13 descended on the club in order to play in a heat of the National Mini Bridge Tournament. Several turned up with packs of cards and were practising feverishly while waiting for the tournament to start, the club piano also got a serious workout from some talented musicians.
It was tremendous to have so many young bridge enthusiasts in the club - maybe there are one or two budding Scottish Internationalists among them.
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| Melville members are winners of the Rayne Trophy - Scotland's premier team's competition |
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Congratulations to Brian Short, Alan Goodman, Derek Sanders & Gints Freimanis who won the Rayne Trophy in Dundee on Sunday.
The Rayne is Scotland's premier teams event.
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| Summer BBQ and Bridge - 2nd August 2025 |
Buy your tickets for the New Melville Summer BBQ
The Summer Barbecue will be on Saturday the 2nd August. Buy your ticket here.
13:00hrs Welcome drinks
14:00hrs 24 boards of bridge
17:00hrs Brian's famous barbecue
18:00hrs More bridge, 18-24 boards depending on exact start time and state of players!..
Cost £33, which includes a welcome drink, the bridge, the meal, more bridge, and two more free refreshments, the bar will of course be staffed all day and well stocked.
Places are limited to 100 so don't hesitate.
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Buy your tickets for the New Melville Summer BBQ
The Summer Barbecue will be on Saturday the 2nd August. Buy your ticket here.
13:00hrs Welcome drinks
14:00hrs 24 boards of bridge
17:00hrs Brian's famous barbecue
18:00hrs More bridge, 18-24 boards depending on exact start time and state of players!. ..........
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| Our Weekly Bridge Schedule |
Face-to-Face Bridge (Open to members and visitors)
Monday and Wednesday afternoons at 12.45 pm.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at 7.00 pm.
N.B. Tuesday evenings are primarily aimed at bronze players but all are welcome.
N.B. Pre-Booking is required by members for our Monday afternoon tournament by no later than 11 am, as Monday afternoons are very busy. Visitors are requested to book by phoning the club on: 0131 334 4467 if they wish to take part or by emailing the bridge operations manager, Andrew Harborow.
OnLine Bridge (Restricted to members only)
Monday and Thursday evenings at 7.00 pm on BBO
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| The Summer Accumulator |
This annual, summer long F2F evening competition, runs on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm until the end of August.
If you would like to play but do not have a partner for a particular night, you can use the Partner Matching Service; if a potential match is made, an email will be sent out to both parties.
Players of all standards and experience are welcome and a handicap, based upon SBU master point ranks, is applied.
The winner of the Accumulator is the player who gets the best six handicapped scores playing with a minimum of three different partners over the course of the summer; this is a great opportunity to play bridge with many different partners.
There will be cash prizes down to tenth place at the end of August as well as a trophy for the winner.
Scale of Handicaps
Novices & Club Masters have a handicap of +6%
Local Masters have a handicap of +4%
District Masters and Masters have a handicap of +2%
*Masters and Regional Masters have a zero handicap
Scottish, & National Masters have a handicap of -2%
Life Masters & Senior Life Masters have a handicap of -4%
Grand Masters have a handicap of -6%
The handicaps of each player is averaged with their partners
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This annual, summer long F2F evening competition, runs on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm until the end of August.
If you would like to play but do not have a partner for a particular night, you can use the Partner Matching Service; if a potential match is made, an email will be sent out to both parties. ..........
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| Learn to play Bridge at The New Melville |
Are you interested in learning how to play Bridge? If you are, we offer lessons at the best bridge academy in town with a team of dedicated teachers and excellent facilities.
Bridge is fun, sociable and good for your brain. For most people, playing around a card table is the most enjoyable format of the game but it can also be played on-line from the comfort of your home.
A new term of classes will start on Monday 21 April.
Click on our Academy button above for more details and an application form.
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| Bridge Sessions for Players New to the Game |
On Tuesday evenings at Pinkhill we hold an Improvers Pairs session at 7 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 £3.50 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.
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On Tuesday evenings at Pinkhill we hold an Improvers Pairs session at 7 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. ..........
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| Social Bridge |
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 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
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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. ..........
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The New Melville Bridge Club is a company limited by guarantee with registration number SC 437291 and a charity with registration number SC 043594
Registered Office: 1 Pinkhill, Edinburgh EH12 7BA. Telephone: 0131 334 4467
The Club is affiliated to the Scottish Bridge Union and the SBU East District.
Email: bridge.manager@melvillebridge.club
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