Following the recent survey of members, RBC are pleased to announce that the club have restarted Face-to-Face (F2F) sessions on Thursdays at 7:15pm at Jesse Terrace. The online sessions have been moved to Tuesdays at 7pm on BBO.

If you intend playing in any of the sessions, whether F2F or online, please sign up as early as possible by clicking 'Attending' on the relevant calendar entry.

Find a Partner

There is an option on the website to enable members to let others know that they are looking for a partner.

Please click here for a guide to how to use the option.

This is a reminder that when playing in online sessions on BBO that players must self-alert bids that would be announced or alerted when playing face-to-face. Please provide a short system summary to new opponents but remember that the point range of all NT opening bids and rebids must be stated when making the bid, including them in the system summary is not sufficient. All opening 2 bids and all conventional bids must also be self-alerted with an explanation of the bid. 

Doing this avoids confusion and saves time in not having follow up questions. Please remember to self-alert and help to make our sessions run more smoothly.

52 members have completed the member survey as of 11^th June. These are the results.

Q1. Would you play F2F or online if the sessions suited you?

• Only F2F             9
• Only online        12
• Either/both         31

Q2. Preferred F2F Session?

• Monday afternoon           7
• Monday evening              5
• Tuesday evening             8
• Wednesday evening        1
• Thursday evening          19

Q3a. Preferred online session?

• Monday evening               4
• Tuesday evening              7
• Wednesday evening         2
• Thursday evening           27

Q3b. Preferred online session if F2F takes place on Thursday evenings?

• Monday evening             10
• Tuesday evening            23
• Wednesday evening         8

***** MEMBER SURVEY *****

Having contacted some of our members who played regularly at the club before the pandemic, but have not played regularly since, the committee think that there is sufficient interest to restart a face-to-face (F2F) session at the club. We would also like to continue an online session for those unable/not yet ready to attend a face-to-face session.

It would be much appreciated if ALL members could complete a short survey which is intended to try and identify the best timings for both the F2F and online sessions for our members. Please complete the survey even if you have already given your views by responding to previous emails.

The AGM of the Reading Bridge Club was held on Thursday 12 May. Minutes of the meeting can be viewed by clicking here.

The minutes and associated reports can also be accessed from the Information ... Meeting Minutes section of the website.