| ROYSTON BRIDGE CLUB - Competitive yet Friendly |
 Our ♣ sparkles like a ♦, has a big ♥ and ♠♠♠ of bonhomie, boosted by beverage, biscuits, and banter before bridge begins.
Sessions held every Thursday at 7.00pm at the Coombes Community Centre, Burns Road, Royston.
The club has electronic scoring and computer-dealt hands so results and deals are available straight away.
Visitors are always welcome but need to come with a partner. If you are new to the area, use Find a Partner (Public) and the club will make every effort to provide a suitable partner for you.
◄ For further details, see Information and Calendar.
◄ Do you want to learn to play bridge, or improve your play? See Learning Bridge.
◄ We also feature a few interesting hands played at the club recently, see Hand of the Month.
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| Bridge 22nd January |
Congratulations to Andy & Dave who came first this week with a score of 64%. Four pairs bid small slams on boards 1, 5 and 16 — in 6♦, 6♠ and 6♥ respectively.
But the slam highlight last night was a 7NT grand slam also bid on board 5, most unusually for a no-trump grand slam being bid on a mere 28 HCP. But the 7NT grand slam was completely laydown as the cards lie, as would have been 7♠ by North and 7♦ by South, all three making easily with thirteen tricks off the top and aces to spare. On the night, a mere 6NT would have been enough for a match-point top, but maybe the 7NT grand slam was a sign of a pair desperate to retain their slam trophy for the 2026 season, or maybe it was the expert bid worried about a first round ruff in 7♦ or 7♠ ... either way, very well bid!
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| HBA Championship Pairs semi-final 18th January |
There were some familiar names competing in the HBA Championship Pairs semi-final on Sunday: Saroj & Alan, Colin W & Paul S, Brian & Valerie and Andy.
In a large field of fifty-two pairs, which included many of the strongest pairs in the County, Saroj & Alan finished in fourth place with an impressive score of 59%... very well done to them and good luck in the final.
The full results can be found on the HBA website in the usual way.
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| Club Website |
This is Royston Bridge Club's official website, Dave Simmons is the current web administrator.
Please have a browse through the website. Some pages are only available to Members. To access these pages click on the link to Members Only on the top right of the Home page to login.
Any comments or suggestions for improving the website are welcome. Members can email me direct, and non-members via Contact Us under the Information tab.
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