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Welcome to Royston (Herts) Bridge Club
ROYSTON BRIDGE CLUB - Competitive yet Friendly
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.

Bridge 12th June

Congratulations to Malcolm & Norma who came first this week with a score of 65%.

One pair each bid and made a slam on boards 13, 15 and 18, in 6, 6♠ and 6NT respectively..

Teams event 10th July

There's a Teams trophy event coming up next month, on 10th July. This is the first of two Teams events on the club calendar this year, both with club trophies to be won. This Teams event is for teams selected at random from the pairs who turn up on the night (the second is for teams whose pairs have arranged before-hand to play together as a team, and is scheduled for October).

As an even number of pairs is by definition required for a Teams event, it is unlike a normal Pairs evening, where a pair can always turn up expecting to get a game (via a sit-out table, if necessary). To make sure no-one who wants to play is turned away on the 10th July, each pair who want to play that night should make a reservation in the club calendar.

To do this, one member from each pair intending to play should use the reservation system, which is available on the club's website via Members Only. The mechanism is fully described on the club website under Documents, see Using Reservations to book an event

For those members who have already used it, the mechanism is almost identical to that for "Find a Partner" except that you are making a reservation rather than requesting a partner. However, if you are unfamiliar with the mechanism, and are baffled by the documentation and/or the Bridgewebs mechanism, just email me and I can make an entry on your behalf -- it only takes a few seconds [once you know how], honest!

The club will monitor numbers and send out a reminder when it's getting nearer to the date. As it happens, both Royston teams events last year had 14 pairs signed up to play, ie 7 teams, which is an ideal number for a teams movement.

Beyond that number, it could be a case of "first come, first served", so it would be both sensible and helpful to get your reservation in well in advance if you want a game that week, as the club will need to review and finalise numbers in the week before the event.

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.

Calendar
19th June 2025
Third Thursday Pairs
7.00pm
Director: Jules Davidoff
Scorer: Ron Raine
26th June 2025
Thursday Pairs
7.00pm
Director: John Watson
Scorer: Steve Ogilvie