| WELCOME TO RICHMOND BRIDGE CLUB |
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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.
If you are interested in learning, please register by clicking here.
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| Come and Join us for Assisted Duplicate |
Do you fancy playing in one of our Gentle Sessions, but aren't quite sure how they run? If so, our Assisted Duplicate sessions are ideal for you!
Assisted Duplicate sessions are run along the same lines as Gentle Sessions - gently competitive with a generous 8 minutes per board. You learn how to use a Bridgemate, which table you move to for the next round, and if/when you should call the Director. Not only all this, but Lyn & Glen are also on-hand to answer any queries you may have.
These sessions are ideal both for improvers who have been attending Supervised Play, and students who have recently completed the Beginners Course.
These will be run on alternate Tuesday mornings by Lyn & Glen - our next session will be at 10am on Tuesday 21st January (please see the Calendar for full details). There is no need to book and you don't need a partner - just come along and have fun!
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| COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENCE - Thursday 16th Jan at 10:30 |
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| Monthly Wednesday Evening Teams |
Wednesday evening @ 19.00, Feb 12th, NB Earlier Start Time the club will organise its next monthly teams event.
These are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month (ie the following one will be March 12th).
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
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| SATURDAY SUPPER - 25th January |
Our next Saturday Supper is at 18:00 on Saturday, 25th January
with food supplied by our local restaurant Thai on Thames
We will have (a) a duplicate for our more experienced members, and
(b) a separate supervised session/mini duplicate for students.
Menu
Chicken Stir Fry with cashew nuts
Vegetable Penang Curry
Lamb Massaman (+£2 extra)
All served with plain rice
Dessert:
Choice of ice creams [or other, to be confirmed]
Please click here to book.
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| RICHMOND BRIDGE ACADEMY - New Beginner's & Intermediate Courses |
Looking to learn or refresh your Bridge in a friendly and supportive environment? Please find below our forthcoming Beginners & Intermediate Courses.
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| RICHMOND BRIDGE ACADEMY - Improve Your Declarer Play |
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 3rd February and running for 4 weeks. The cost is £60 for all four sessions - please note that there is a limit of 16 places.
Please click here to book.
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| BLUE POINTED SWISS PAIRS - Saturday 1st Feb 2025 at 12:00 |
Our next BLUE POINTED SWISS PAIRS will take place at 12:00 on Saturday 1st February 2025 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.
NB: There will be no cash prizes.
Click here to book your place
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| ONLINE SUPERVISED PLAY |
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.
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