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CONTACT DETAILS

If you need general information
please
E-mail: 

manager@richmondbridgeclub.com or

admin@richmondbridgeclub.com

Alternatively call: 020 8892 2170

 or

Richard - 07753 239 830

Cerith - 07307 977 044

            

Results
CLUBHOUSE - Saturday Supper
18:00
Director: Richard Banbury
Saturday Student Pairs
Director: Richard Banbury
RealBridge - Supervised Play
10:30
CLUBHOUSE - Friday Morning Gentle
Director: Vic Martin
CLUBHOUSE - Friday PM
Director: Richard Banbury
BBO - Morning Gentle Duplicate
10:00
RealBridge - Swiss Pairs
17:30-18:45
BBO - Evening Duplicate
19:30
Calendar
1st Oct 2023
CLUBHOUSE - Coffee & Cake Duplicate
14.15
Host: Margy Malston
2nd Oct 2023
CLUBHOUSE - Afternoon Duplicate
13:30
Host: Wanted
2nd Oct 2023
CLUBHOUSE - Gentle Duplicate
13:30
Host: Wanted
2nd Oct 2023
CLUBHOUSE - Evening Duplicate
19:30
Host: Wanted
2nd Oct 2023
CLUBHOUSE - Bidding and Play Workshop
19:30
2nd Oct 2023
BBO - Monday Gentle Duplicate
10:00
2nd Oct 2023
RealBridge - Swiss Pairs
17:30-18:30
3rd Oct 2023
CLUBHOUSE - Gentle Duplicate
10:00
Host: Wanted
Welcome to Richmond Bridge Club - England's largest affiliated club
WELCOME TO RICHMOND BRIDGE CLUB
WELCOME TO RICHMOND BRIDGE CLUB

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.  

CLUBHOUSE AND ONLINE SCHEDULE
CLUBHOUSE AND ONLINE SCHEDULE

Please come and join us for a game of Bridge!  We have regular sessions each day of the week - please click here for our CLUBHOUSE and ONLINE schedules.  

We also offer numerous opportunities for new and improving players to practice and hone their skills - please click here to find out more about these.

We look forward to seeing you - in the clubhouse or online!

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 welcomeThe 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

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.

 

Course 

Teacher 

Start Date 

Beginner’s Course – Term 1

10 lessons 

James

(Clubhouse)

Thurs 28 Sept @ 19:00

Beginner’s Course – Term 3

10 lessons 

Cerith

(Clubhouse)

Wed 4 Oct @ 19:00

Beginner’s Course – Term 1

10 lessons 

Margaret

(Clubhouse) 

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Tues 17 Oct @ 19:00

Beginner’s Course – Term 1

10 lessons 

Margaret

(Clubhouse) 

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Thurs 4 Jan @ 10:30

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.

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.

 

Seminar

Date 

Placing the Cards as a Defender

Thurs 5 Oct @ 14:00 

Transfers 2

Thurs 19 Oct @ 14:00 

Further Declarer Play in Suit Contracts

Thurs 2 Nov @ 14:00 

Different Discarding Systems

Thurs 16 Nov @ 14:00 

Stayman - Recap and Advanced Uses

Thurs 30 Nov @ 14:00 

ANDREW ROBSON
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  

ONLINE SUPERVISED REFRESH AND PRACTISE
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!

 

 

19 Sept: Pre-empts & responding to them (Richard)

26 Sept: Defending against pre-empts (Tim)

3 Oct: Vulnerability (Tim)

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

ONLINE SUPERVISED PLAY
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.

CAR PARKING

Mon/Thurs & weekends - street parking only.  Street parking is free after 4.30pm and at weekends.

Tues/Wed/Fri - you must vacate the bowls club car park by 5pm.

Parking in the bowls club car park outside the above days & times will result in the bowls club issuing a parking fine which will be passed on to you.

Show Your Hand - Nirmal & Joy Dutta

The latest in our occasional series "Show your Hand" profiling our members is now online - CLICK HERE to find out more about our long standing members Nirmal and Joy 

Fancy learning Bridge in a friendly and supportive environment?  Please click here for details and to register your interest.

AT A GLANCE - WHAT'S NEXT
AT A GLANCE - WHAT'S NEXT

 

Congratulations !
Congratulations !

Congratulations to the winners of Surrey's Green Point Swiss Pairs on 24th Sept. Flying the flag for Richmond were David Arundel and Andrew Bannock as joint winners, as well as Stella David and Frances Gerth who won the Improvers prize with the best performance in the second half of the event.

 

There were 26 tables overall with about a third of the field from Richmond. The club will be hosting another similar event for Middlesex on Dec 2nd (Pairs) & 3rd (Teams) - which can now be booked via the Middlesex Website - why not organise a partner and sign up now ! 

THE HARD WORK IS OVER - NOW THE FUN CAN BEGIN !
THE HARD WORK IS OVER - NOW THE FUN CAN BEGIN !

Congratulations to our latest group of students to finish their beginners' course with James Thrower (far left).

For these new players and all our other students we have started an extra Supervised Play session on Thursday evenings at 7pm.

For additional information about opportunities for new players to practice and hone their new found skills please CLICK HERE

CONGRATULATIONS - MASTER POINT PROMOTIONS

Well done to our members promoted to a new master point ranking during July - especially for those gaining their first rank as a Local Master!

Nina Fordred Local Master
Gerry Neilan Club Master
Robin Crewe Club Master
Sue Hearn Club Master
David Witchell Club Master
Christine Wright Area Master
Julia Hammans Area Master
Arthur Haynes Area Master
Peter Hinton District Master
Sue Perin County Master
Paul Mullarkey Master
Vaughan Bishop 1* Premier Master
Jon North 1* Regional Master
SOCIAL MEDIA
SOCIAL MEDIA

Like, Share, Save!  Our online presence is growing and we want you to be a part of it! We are active on Facebook and Instagram where we post information about upcoming events, tutorials, courses, social sessions and personal interest stories. Like our club, our online community is a welcoming and friendly space for members and non-members alike, and a great way for us to advertise one of Southwest London’s premier social clubs. Join us online, and like, share, save!

PRIVATE MATCHES
PRIVATE MATCHES

The club is available for private matches day & most evenings. The cost includes a great tea and a set of boards. Please email manager@richmondbridgeclub for availability.

UNDO POLICY
UNDO POLICY

The club allows undo requests for genuine bidding mistakes made as a result of a mechanical error, not a lapse of concentration or forgetfulness, and only when the request is made prior to their partner's bid at the latest.  We do not allow undos for playing.

Any awkward exchanges should be referred to the director. 

Members are reminded that you can change your settings to ensure you double click to make a bid.