| 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 full range of duplicate bridge sessions every day of the week for players of all abilities. Renowned for the quality of our teachers, teaching and courses, our Academy offers lessons for new players, beginners and improvers, and seminars for more experienced players. If you are interested in learning, please register by clicking here.
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| CLUBHOUSE AND ONLINE SCHEDULE |
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| 'WELL, I DO DECLARE' - Thursday, 5th Oct |
This Thursday, Tim Chanter will continue reviewing three boards from Declarer's perspective via Zoom and screenshare. Please click here in advance to review the quiz for the session
If you wish to attend, simply click this Zoom link from 10.20 for a 10.30 kick off (no pre booking is required). https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86037429431
If you cannot make it, but wish to be copied in on the recording and the commentaries then please let Tim know to add you to the distribution list.
The session will take about 1 hour and costs £5. There will be a follow up of answers to the quiz.
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| BLUE POINTED SWISS PAIRS - Sunday 29th October at 12:00 |
 Our next BLUE POINTED SWISS PAIRS will take place at 12:00 on Sunday, 29th October 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
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| RICHMOND BRIDGE ACADEMY - Upcoming Courses |
Here at Richmond Bridge Academy, we help players learn to play Bridge in a friendly and supportive environment. Please find our latest programme of Beginner's Courses below – just click the links in blue to see the course syllabus, and to register.
If you prefer to plan ahead for a course in the new year we are aiming to start a course on Jan 4th (Thursday mornings) with Margaret.
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| RICHMOND BRIDGE ACADEMY - 'Next Steps' Online Course |
"Next Steps" is an 8-week ONLINE course suitable either for those who have recently completed a Beginner Course, or those who would like to brush up on some of the core aspects of the game. It will run on Monday mornings at 10:30am from 2nd October, with a half term break on 23rd October, and the last lesson on 27th November. This course is led by Tim Chanter and will be entirely online using Zoom and Realbridge. It is run jointly by Richmond and Wimbledon Bridge Clubs and is open to everyone - you don't need to be a member of either club to join.
The topics covered comprise: Major Suit Transfers; Counting Tricks in NT contracts; Opening Leads in Suit Contracts; Weak 2 Opening Bids & Responder's actions; When to Delay drawing Trumps; Attitude signals and discards; Take-out Doubles and Responder's actions; Finesses.
The cost of this 8-week course is £130 (which included two free online Refresh and Practice sessions on Tuesday mornings). Click here to book on the course.
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| RICHMOND BRIDGE ACADEMY - Autumn Online Seminars |
After their successful re-introduction over the Summer, we have scheduled further seminars for the Autumn! These seminars are all 'stand-alone' and are aimed at intermediate players, who are familiar with at least Supervised Duplicate. They will run on Thursday afternoons at 14:00 - please see below for dates and topics.
The seminars are led by Tim Chanter and will be online using Zoom and RealBridge. They are run jointly by Richmond and Wimbledon Bridge Clubs and are open to everyone - you don't need to be a member of either club to join.
Notes and joining instructions will be sent out before each session. On the day there will be a full seminar on Zoom, followed by play on RealBridge of several boards illustrating the topic. After the seminar you will receive a recording of the Zoom presentation and hand commentaries on the boards played.
Seminars will be of a minimum of 8 participants and a maximum of 16. Each session is bookable separately and costs £18 – just click on the name of the seminar below to go to the booking form.
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| ANDREW ROBSON |
 We are delighted to welcome back to the club Andrew Robson (OBE) on Thursday 9th November 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 "Tips round the Table and Negative doubles - with some defence thrown-in !". 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
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| ONLINE SUPERVISED REFRESH AND PRACTISE |
Richmond Bridge Club is delighted to announce that we have teamed up with Wimbledon Bridge Club to offer joint online Supervised Refresh and Practice sessions!
Online Supervised Refresh and Practice sessions run weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:30am-12:30pm on Zoom and Real Bridge. These sessions are aimed at refreshing your knowledge on a particular topic that you may find tricky or on which you may like to refresh your memory. Before each session, you will receive notes. The session will start with five minutes of Q&A on the topic. This will be followed by the bidding and play of 12 specially prepared hands for you to practice. You do not need a partner.
These sessions require registration: Please click the appropriate session to book by 4 pm on the day before the session to receive the joining instructions.
Have a look at the mini-clip on the booking form to see why students love these sessions!
3 Oct: Vulnerability (Tim)
10 Oct: Bending the rules when responding in a suit (Marianne)
17 Oct:
Cost is £6 per session which will be charged to your RBC member’s account.
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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 twice a week on Wednesday and Friday 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.
Click here for Wednesday 4th October 10:30am supervised play
Click here for Friday 6th October 10:30am supervised play
Cost is £6 per session which will be charged to your RBC member’s account.
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