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AT A GLANCE - WHAT'S NEXT
AT A GLANCE - WHAT'S NEXT
Lucja Turner Pairs Cup (NGS<=8) - 14 Apr
Surrey County Pairs (at Richmond) - 19 Apr
Richmond Cafe Bridge - 23 June

 

Calendar of Events - Apr to Jun 26

CONTACT DETAILS

Our Address: The Old Pavilion, Cambridge Park, East Twickenham, TW1 2PG

(by the Bowls Green, entrance Opposite No. 3) 

 

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 - Tuesday morning gentle
Director: Dominic Wallace
CLUBHOUSE- Mon Afternoon
Director: Richard Banbury
CLUBHOUSE - Monday Evening
CLUBHOUSE - Assisted Duplicate
10:00
Director: Lyn Poole
BBO - Monday Gentle Duplicate
10:00
RealBridge - Swiss Pairs
17:30-18:30
CLUBHOUSE - Sunday Cakes
Director: Vic Martin
CLUBHOUSE - Friday Morning Gentle
Director: Vic Martin
Calendar
7th Apr 2026
CLUBHOUSE - Gentle Duplicate
10:00
Host: Jill Osborne
  (Partner?)
7th Apr 2026
CLUBHOUSE - Afternoon Duplicate
13:30
Host: Wanted
  (Partner?)
8th Apr 2026
CLUBHOUSE - Bidding and Play Workshop & Learning Duplicate
10:00
8th Apr 2026
CLUBHOUSE - Afternoon Gentle Duplicate
13:30
Host: Wanted
8th Apr 2026
CLUBHOUSE - Gentle Duplicate
19:00
Host: Wanted
  (Partner?)
8th Apr 2026
CLUBHOUSE - Supervised Play
19:00
Director: Margaret
8th Apr 2026
RealBridge - Supervised Play
10:30
Host: Wanted
8th Apr 2026
BBO - Wednesday Afternoon Duplicate
14:00
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 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.

 

NB EASTER OPENING HOURS

ALL SESSIONS (AT CLUB AND ONLINE) AS NORMAL - EXCEPT NO MONDAY EVENING WORKSHOP 

 

RICHMOND BRIDGE ACADEMY - For New Players

Looking to learn Bridge in a friendly and supportive environment?  Please find below the details for our next course 

 

To register an interest in this or any of our beginners courses, please click HERE

 

Course 

Teacher 

Start Date 

The Contested Auction Mini Course

4 Sessions 

Lyn & Glen

(Clubhouse) 

Lyn Poole & Glen Kirton

Tues 14 Apr @ 10:30

Weekend Intensive Introduction  Julia (Clubhouse) Julia Davies

Saturday and Sunday

9/10 and 16/17 May

Casual Drop-In Sessions introducing Minibridge and card play

(come when you can, no need to pre-book)

Julia

(Clubhouse)

Julia Davies

Thursday Afternoons and evenings

throughout the summer

Introduction to MiniBridge and card play

Julia

(Clubhouse)

Julia Davies Saturday August 22nd
Fast Track beginners Course (12 weeks)

Julia

(Clubhouse)

Julia Davies

Wednesday evenings and or Thursday Afternoons

Starting Sept 2nd/3rd

 

RICHMOND BRIDGE ACADEMY - For Improvers

Looking to improve your game, or add to your skills? Pls find below our forthcoming courses for improvers – just click the links in blue to see the syllabus, and to register.  Although no partner is required, feel free to sign up with you partner if you think a course will benefit you both... 

 

Course 

Teacher

 

Start Date 

Declarer Play

4 sessions

Luiz

(Clubhouse)

 

Tuesday evenings @ 7pm &

Thursday Mornings @ 10am

(Starting 7th April,  finishing 30th April)

 

Pre-emptive Bidding

3 sessions

Margaret

(Clubhouse)

Margaret Page

 

Tuesday evenings @ 7pm

(12th, 19th & 26th May)

 

 

RICHMOND BRIDGE ACADEMY - For Intermediate Players

Looking to further enhance (or refresh) your skills? Pls find below our forthcoming courses for intermediate players - just click the links in blue to see the syllabus, and to register.  No partner required. 

 

Course 

Teacher

 

Start Date 

Introduction to Jacoby 2NT

1 session

Richard

(Clubhouse)

Richard Banbury

April 14th Tues evening

@ 7.00pm

Intermediate Refresher Online Course

5 sessions

Tim

(Clubhouse)

Mon @ 10.30am /Tues @ 19.00pm

Starting April 13th

PRACTICE SESSIONS

Regular practice is the key to developing your bridge skills and confidence.

We run lots of supervised sessions throughout the week. Guests always welcome. No need to have a partner

 

Monday 10am (Lyn & Glen) - Assisted Duplicate - 12 boards, practice with all the help you need

 

Monday 7.30pm (Richard) - Workshop/Supervised Play  - 12 boards on a bidding/play theme, with commentary

 

Wednesday 10am (Richard) - Workshop - 12 board duplicate on a bidding/play theme, with commentary

 

Wednesday 10am (Tim) - online supervised practice online if you can't make it into the club

 

Wednesday 7pm (Margaret) - Gentle Duplicate (15/16 boards) or Supervised Play

 

Thursday 7pm (Richard) - Supervised Play

 

Friday Morning 10am (Lyn & Glen) - Supervised Play 

 

Free Play vouchers can be used at any of these sessions

For advice on any of these sessions, please speak to any of the teachers or contact Richard/Cerith in the office.

Bookings are now open for our very popular Cafe Bridge on Tuesday, June 23. 

Arrive from 10.45 am at your initial venue (ie no central reservation point). There will be 3 rounds before lunch and another 3 after. 

This year's venues are : 

The Old Ship, The Britannia, Cote, Buenos Aires, Pizza Express, Adesso, & Noci

 

 

This is a fund raising event for a local charity CROSSROADS CARE

 

 

The cost per person is £40.00 (for bridge and food - drinks are excluded).

Bookings will be taken via credit/debit card or BACS transfer through the BriAnBridge website (i.e. not through your club member account)

Many thanks to our cafe bridge team : Victor Lesk, Janet Leffler, Zita Crewe, Sally Durant, Jonathan Hird & Caroline Owens.  

Detailed information about the event, your starting position and route will be sent out by email on June 22nd.

 

Please book by clicking here

Rest In Peace
Rest In Peace

After a sudden illness George Goddard passed away on February 20th.

George gained a great of enjoyment from both social and competitive bridge, always eager to help others improve their game.

In his younger years when working in both the Sudan and Jordan helped organise tournaments and fundraising events for charities.

He had been a member for more than 20 years, often playing 3 or 4 times every week, most recently with John Mullaly.

Congratulations to the winners of the Club Championship Teams
Congratulations to the winners of the Club Championship Teams
Congratulations to the winners of the club's annual Championship Teams event. The team was captained by Margaret Page, partnering with Luiz Lima, two of the club's teachers - along with Ed Scerri and Gilly Cardiff. 
Congratulations - 2026 Championship Pairs Winners
Congratulations - 2026 Championship Pairs Winners

Many congratulations to Alan Bamford and Lyn Poole on their win in the club's main event of the year, the Championship Pairs on Feb 14th with 58%, ahead of Chris Bonser and Kathy Gee on 56%.

This was a great come back - they were placed just off the bottom after the first half of the session.

Alan's son, Andrew, won the same event 19 years ago in 2007 playing with Angela McCready who also played in this year's final! 

CAR PARKING

Parking in the bowls club car park is available on Monday & Thursday afternoon, and on Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday morning and afternoon

You must vacate the car park by 5pm.  Parking outside the permitted days/times will result in the bowls club issuing a parking fine which will be passed on to you.

Please note cars are parked at the owners' risk and the club is not responsible for any damage to/theft of cars or their contents. 

Street parking is free after 4.30pm and at weekends.

For full details of parking either in the bowls car park or on the street, please click here

Winners Prizes

Prizes will be awarded to the winning NS & EW pairs in our open or gentle F2F sessions, excluding Sunday cake session. Prize sessions must have at least 8 full tables and only members will be eligible to receive a prize voucher for £7 which will be credited to the member’s account. For Tues/Thurs/Fri Gentle, winners must be NGS <=8. For Mini Swiss and "single winner" movement events, prize vouchers will be awarded to the top two pairs. Any ties will be split.

Phil Lee Cup - Congratulations
Phil Lee Cup - Congratulations

Congratulations to Richard Raine and Ian Glennie on winning the Phil Lee Cup. This is a duplicate pairs competition for players rated NGS 10 and below

CONGRATULATIONS - MASTER POINT PROMOTIONS

Well done to our members promoted to a new master point ranking during February - with special congratulations to all those reaching their first masterpoint rank

Alick Fraser Premier Regional Master
Richard Hazell 2 Star Premier Master
Duncan Hyde 2 Star Master
Diana Wilson 1 Star Master
David A Hill 1 Star Master
Pat Barbour County Master
Kerry Burrows District Master
Elizabeth Wilmshurst Area Master
Rob Jenkins Area Master
Sue Ramus Area Master
Rosie Fetherston-Dilke Area Master
Alison Davis Area Master
Andrea Staib Area Master
Cynthia Griffin Club Master
Philip Edmonds Club Master
Anneli Collins Club Master
Mark Annesley Club Master
Harvey Woolfe Club Master
Mary Cook Local Master
Judith O'Connell Local Master
Michelle Pearson Local Master
Adrienne Miller Local Master
Julian Wadham Local Master
Andrea Hopley Local Master
Tamsin Carlisle Local 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.