Welcome to Richmond Bridge Club, the most popular and successful EBU affiliated club in the country!  A friendly and progressive club, we are housed in the old Bowling Club Pavilion in Cambridge Park, nestled between Richmond & Twickenham.  Our Clubhouse has multiple playing rooms, teaching facilities and a fully licensed bar.

We offer a range of duplicate bridge sessions every day of the week for players of all abilities - our full schedule of regular events may be found here.

Our Academy offers lessons for new players, beginners and improvers, and seminars for more experienced players. For more detail about the different sessions for novices and improvers, please click here.

Please note that extensive rail replacement works on Kew Railway Bridge mean there will be no District Line or Overground services to Richmond on the following weekend dates (mainline services to Waterloo not affected) : Sat/Sun 28/29 Sept and 5/6 Oct.

If you are interested in learning, please register by clicking here.  

Wednesday evening @ 19.30, Oct 9th, the club will organise its next monthly teams event.

These are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.

A team is made up of 4 players playing together as 2 pairs. There are some differences to the scoring method, and therefore the best tactics - but if you are unfamiliar with the format don't worry, just play your usual game ! 

There is no obligation to play every month. Normal table money of £7 will apply for members, £10 for visitors.

The details of how things are organised on the night will depend on the number of teams taking part.

There is free street parking (so do not use the bowls club car park) and the bar will be open throughout.

I want to encourage less experienced players to have a go

so don't just ignore this because you're not sure what's involved !

For the moment my focus is on gathering names and  helping arrange everyone into teams of four

To register an interest - as an individual, a pair, or a full team - please click HERE

This Thursday, Tim Chanter continues his popular review of three boards via Zoom and screenshare.  This week, Tim will be Counselling on Defence and the quiz to review in advance is here: please click here in advance to review the quiz for the session.  To attend, simply click this Zoom link from 10.20 for a 10.30 kick off (no pre-booking required).  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86037429431

The session will take about 1 hour and costs £5.  There will be a follow up of answers to the quiz.

Please find our latest Improvers Seminars below – just click the links in blue to see the syllabus, and to register. 

Course	Lead		Start Date
Bidding in the "Protective" Seat	Richard (Face to Face)		Thurs 10th Oct @ 14:00
Defence: When to cover an honour ? "Second hand plays low and third hand high" - what does it mean ??	Richard (Face to Face)		Thurs 24th Oct @ 14:00
More on transfers - how to develop the auction afterwards ?	Richard (Face to Face)		Thurs 7th Nov @ 14:00
"Holding up" - how to break communications (by declarer and by the defence)	Richard (Face to Face)		Thurs 21st Nov @ 14:00

Looking to learn or refresh your Bridge in a friendly and supportive environment?  Please find below our forthcoming Beginner's Courses.  

Please find below details of our next online course - "Intermediate 3".  This 9-week, online course is ideal for players who have previously completed the Beginners Courses, or improvers who want to further their skill and knowledge. This course is now sold out - please continue to sign up if you would like to be a reserve in case anyone drops out or is unavailable on any given day so that Tim can contact you to discuss. 

Looking to improve your Declarer Play?  If so, then we have just the course for you!

Our "Improve Your Declarer Play" course is most suitable for: players who have completed the Beginner's Course; anyone attending supervised play, gentle duplicates or Richard's workshops; and also players returning to the game. The topics covered will be:

• Week 1 - Declarer Play Techniques and Planning the Play.
• Week 2 - Declarer Play in No Trump contracts.
• Week 3 - Declarer Play in Suit Contracts.
• Week 4 - Information from the Auction, and Card Placement.

This is a face-to-face course, which will be held in the clubhouse on Monday mornings at 10:30, starting on 7th October and running for 4 weeks.  The cost is £60 for all four sessions - please note that there is a limit to 20 places (up from the original planned 12) - This course is now sold out and will be run again in 2025.  

Please click here to book.

Our next Saturday Supper is at 18:00 on Saturday, 28th September - with food supplied by a Turkish restaurant in Richmond, "Mada Anatolian".

They have a 5* rating on Trip advisor - and were one of our venues for the Cafe Bridge earlier this year

We will have (a) a duplicate for our more experienced members and (b) a separate supervised session/mini duplicate for students.  

Menu

Aubergine with Stuffed Vegetables, served with rice and salad

One chicken breast and 4 lamb koftas, served with rice and salad

Dessert:

   Cheesecake or profiteroles

Please click here to book.

Our next BLUE POINTED SWISS PAIRS will take place at 12:00 on Sunday 29th Sept in the CLUBHOUSE. Everyone welcome. The entry fee is £15 per player. Richard Banbury will be directing the 36-board event which will be played across two sessions.

There will be a break for complimentary scones, Devonshire clotted cream and speciality jams. A full bar service will also be available on the day.

PRIZES (*dependent on at least 15 tables):

£100 for the winners & £50 for the runners up

NGS<=9 - £50 for the highest placed eligible pair:

Click here to book your place

We are delighted to welcome back to the club Andrew Robson (OBE) on Thursday 3rd October to lead a day of bridge from 10am to 3.30pm (with a break for lunch).

Andrew is widely regarded as one of the finest bridge players/teachers/writers in the world and is the bridge columnist for the Times. As a player, Andrew won the World Junior Championships in 1989, the European Championships in 1991, and the list of tournament successes is too long to list. His teaching is also legendary with seminars run regularly at clubs all round the country. Click here for more info about Andrew

The program will cover "Using Fourth Suit Forcing (much than just looking for NT) - Elimination and Throw-In - Hand Evaluation". Please don't miss this chance to learn from the maestro. CLICK HERE to book. You do not need a partner - but if you will be attending as a pair please let us know on the booking form. We expect the majority will wish to book for both morning and afternoon - but if you can only do one or the other please tell us on the form and we will do our best to organise the numbers accordingly. Surplus funds made from the event will be donated to one or more charities chosen by the club (details TBC). 

Payment will be taken on the day - Members £30 (from your club member account), Visitors £35. Reduced rate if attending for a half day only. For additional information - or to change any details of your booking please let us know by emailing manager@richmondbridgeclub.com  

Richmond Bridge Club is delighted to announce that we have teamed up with Wimbledon Bridge Club to offer joint online Supervised Play sessions!

Online Supervised Play sessions run every week on Wednesday mornings, 10:30am-12:30pm on RealBridge.  There is no need to book, just click on the appropriate link below about 10 minutes before the start of play and you’ll be taken to the RealBridge login page.  Enter your full name and EBU number to log in to the session.  If you can get a table of three or four together, you’ll be guaranteed a game.  You are welcome to come as a pair or single and we will try and make up tables, but we can’t guarantee you’ll get a game.

See above and to the right under "Realbridge Links" for the link to access this Supervised Play session

Cost is £6 per session which will be charged to your RBC member’s account.