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AT A GLANCE - WHAT'S NEXT
AT A GLANCE - WHAT'S NEXT
Richmond Bridge Club AGM - 13 Sept
Surrey Green Point Swiss Pairs - 20 Sept
Club Director Training : 11 & 25 Oct
Andrew Robson Day - 26 Oct
Middlesex Green Point Swiss Pairs - 14 Nov
RBC Student Christmas Party - 5 Dec
RBC Club Christmas Party - 12 Dec

 

Calendar of Events - Aug to Oct 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 - Morning Gentle Duplicate
10.00
Director: Cerith
Host: John Hughes
CLUBHOUSE - Afternoon Duplicate
13:30
Director: Richard Banbury
Host: Anna Goldsmith
CLUBHOUSE - Morning Gentle Duplicate
10.00
Director: Cerith
Host: Daulat Haji
CLUBHOUSE - Afternoon Cross IMP Pairs
13:30
Director: Dominic Wallace
Host: Luiz Lima
Realbridge Teams 5-30pm Sept 3rd
CLUBHOUSE - Bidding and Play Workshop & Learning Duplicate
10:00
Director: Richard Banbury
Host: Anne East
CLUBHOUSE - Afternoon Gentle Duplicate
13:30
Director: Phill Tait
Host: Christine Reside
CLUBHOUSE - Evening Gentle Duplicate
19:00
Director: Margaret Page
Host: Wanted
Calendar
6th Sep 2026
CLUBHOUSE - Coffee & Cake Duplicate
14.15
Host: Bilkish Japanwalla
7th Sep 2026
CLUBHOUSE - Assisted Duplicate
10:00
Director: Lyn Poole
7th Sep 2026
CLUBHOUSE - Afternoon Duplicate
13:30
Host: Ian Budden
7th Sep 2026
CLUBHOUSE - Evening Duplicate
19:30
Host: Valerie Parker
7th Sep 2026
CLUBHOUSE - Bidding and Play Workshop
19:30
Host: Wanted
7th Sep 2026
BBO - Monday Gentle Duplicate
10:00
7th Sep 2026
RealBridge - Swiss Pairs
17:30-18:30
8th Sep 2026
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 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.

 

The club no longer runs a Thursday morning BBO session due to reduced numbers.

 

NB Sept 13th Cake Session will start early - 2pm (free to play)

The Club's AGM will take place during the half time break with free tea and cake

 

 

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 

Fast Track beginners Course (12 weeks)

Julia

(Clubhouse)

Julia Davies

Wednesday evenings

Starting Sept 2nd

Beginners Course - Part 1 (10 weeks)

Lyn & Glen

(Clubhouse)

Lyn Poole & Glen Kirton

Tuesday Mornings

Starting Sept 15th

 

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 

Defence Play Foundation Course

4 sessions

Luiz

(Clubhouse)

Tues evenings & Thurs mornings 

starting 8th Sept

Scoring and How Scoring & Vulnerability Influence Bidding

1 session

Cerith

(Clubhouse)

Cerith Lewis

 

Thursday evening @ 7pm

(10th Sept)

 

 

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 Standard American

The pros and cons of playing 5-card majors and a strong NT

2 sessions

Tim

(Online)

Mon @ 10.30am /Tues @ 7pm

Starting Oct 12th/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 - or supervised play

 

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 2pm - Casual play and practice, unsupervised - but practice a topic using our teaching hands 

 

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.

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. The players must have played at least 20 boards. Any ties will be split.

CONGRATULATIONS - MASTER POINT PROMOTIONS

Well done to our members promoted to a new master point ranking during June - with special congratulations to Chris, Jill and Jose reaching their first masterpoint rank

Sally Young 2 Star Premier Regional Master
Denise Grimston 3 Star Regional Master
Sue Chinn 2 Star Master
Betsy Mainwaring 1 Star Master
Stephen Fordred 1 Star Master
Vince Purton County Master
Gilbert Townsend County Master
Simon Catherall District Master
Rosie Fetherston-Dilke District Master
John Reed District Master
Harvey Woolfe District Master
Tom Walker Area Master
Sumant Naidu Area Master
Amrit Gill Area Master
Ros Stewart Club Master
Marcus Tregilgas-Davey Club Master
Dhruv Simmonite Club Master
Chris Palk Local Master
Jill Marshall Local Master
Jose De Lorenzo Local Master

 

 

SOCIAL MEDIA
SOCIAL MEDIA

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