Release 2.19n
Ruff Club Now Meeting Live

The Ruff Club is now meeting live for duplicate bridge every Friday.  Result links are given opposite. The Ned Paul Online Friday Evening game usually uses the same deals and combined Friday Evening results are also available.

BriAn Electronic Scoring

Ruff Club duplicates are often scored using the BriAn electronic scoring system.  The BriAn system (= "Bridge on iPhone and Android") uses mobile phone technology to replace traditional tabletop scorers.  Players can use their own smart phones or other devices, such as iPads, or use android scoring tablets supplied by the club.

We believe BriAn is a very player-friendly system that has advantages over other systems.  When results are entered for each deal, the next screen shows the full lay-out of the deal, the available tricks in each suit and a full travelling score slip in a single screen. Results of previous boards and a full table of current rankings can be accessed from any device via a  menu. The bridge director can create and modify games, adjust scores if necessary and create final files suitable for posting to the web.

If you have a suitable android or iPhone you can become a scorer simply by downloading the free BriAn Bridge app.  Go to the app shop in the normal way and search for "Brian Bridge". It's free to install and easy to use,  You can read more about BriAn Bridge on the website http://www.brianbridge.net.   Becoming a scorer is fun but entirely optional - extra scoring tablets are always available from the club.

Ladder on Hold
Ladder on Hold

The Ruff Club's popular Ladder competition came to a juddering halt in 2020 with the Covid Lockdowns.  WE will restart when attendance justifies running a meaningful competition. 

Click on the News Page to read in full how the Ladder works, 

Past winners:

  • February 2020 - Elsa Nelson
  • December 2019 - Tony Gomes
  • October 2109 - Sheila Cooper & Len Dreebin
  • August 2019 - Sean Moruzzi
  • June 2019 - Roy Cooper
  • April 2019 - John Veal
  • February 2019 - Elsa Nelson
  • December 2018 - Juanita Escudero
  • October 2018 - Tony Gomes
  • August 2018 - Alan Lewis
  • June 2018 - Sean Moruzzi
  • April 2018 - Roy Cooper
  • February 2018 - Tony Gomes
  • December 2107 - Elsa Nelson
  • October 2017 - Sean Moruzzi
  • August 2017 - Elsa Nelson
  • June 2017 - Alan Lewis
  • April 2017 - Roy Cooper
  • Feb.2017 - Juanita Escudero
Ladder Standings

 Click the "Competitions" link in the menu above to see the current position.

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Welcome to The Ruff Club
Friendly Partnership Duplicate Bridge in Camden London NW1. Friday Evenings 7.15pm. Now Live Again!
Friendly Partnership Duplicate Bridge in Camden London NW1. Friday Evenings 7.15pm.  Now Live Again!

In play at the Ruff Club.  This is the new hall in Plender Street.

The Ruff Club is a friendly club for playing duplicate bridge close to central London. We meet on Fridays at the St. Pancras Community Centre, 67 Plender Street, London, NW1 0LB.  The Centre is a short walk from Mornington Crescent or Camden Town underground stations (Northern Line) and there is reasonable on-street parking in the evenings.

New players and visitors to London are always welcome; partners are guaranteed for single players.  In the live game, we aim to play a full 24 board duplicate game with instant electronic scoring using the BriAn mobile phone app. Results posted promptly to this website.

Our start time is 7.15pm and we aim to finish by 10.30pm. Table money £10.00 per player (hoping to reduce this when numbers recover after Covid). Look at the information link on this page to find out more.

Ned Paul Bridge Continues Online

Full Programme of Online Tournaments

When Covid restrictions came into force, the Ruff Club in common with other clubs in Ned Paul's 'stable, started to meet online.  Since live bridge resumed, the online programme has continued. All players are welcome and we provide a safe, friendly and mainly Acol-based experience for all players.  The games are hosted so everyone including single players is guaranteed a partner.

Tournaments

We use the bridge playing site https://www.bridgebase.com/ (known as 'BBO') to run these games. There are now three games a week.  All games are 20 or 21 boards, matchpointed pairs.  These games are affiliated to the EBU and you can win master points. Current games are:

  Monday evening  - 7.30pm
-------------------------------------  Wednesday evening  - 7.30pm
-------------------------------------  * Friday evening  - 7.30pm

For complete details, including cost, and results of past games, see Ned's other website

To play, make sure that you are registered on BBO (free of charge) - then mail me (ned_paul@outlook.com) with your BBO user name, your real name, your EBU number if you have one, and your contact email.

To find the tournaments, log on, click 'Competitive', then, 'Tournaments', then 'All Tournaments'.  Scroll down the time-ordered list until you find the 'Ned Paul Online Tourney', Click 'Register' to play.  

If you are unfamiliar with BBO, please watch this Youtube video which will guide you through the access process and answer many questions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahu_wyTYGGw

Wednesday Night Online Supported Bridge

While Friday remains the main night at the Ruff Club we are also now running an online "improver" game on Wednesday evenings.  This we refer to as the 'Walmer Castle' game, after the pub in Notting Hill where we met before Covid. We play duplicate bridge starting at 7.30pm, playing 15 or so boards at a fairly relaxed pace.   We use a video bridge syetem called "Realbridge" where you can see and talk to your partner and opponents via the camera and microphone on your device so it's all pretty frfiendly.

This is very much a social game for refreshers, returners and improvers. Our host Ivan Brajkovic acts as Tournament Director and is also available for impartial advice and support as needed.  Single players are always welcome, especially players who may not have played much (or any!) duplicate before. If this sounds ,like you please email for details, and we will add you to the weekly invitation list.

Results
Ruff Club + Ned Paul Friday Online Merged 7.30pm
Director: Ned + Ivan
Main Duplicate
Director: Ned Paul
Scorer: Elaine Kay
Ruff Club + Ned Paul Friday Online Merged 7.30pm
Director: Ned + Ivan
Main Duplicate
Director: Ned Paul
Scorer: Ned Paul
Main Duplicate
Director: Ned Paul
Scorer: Ned Paul
Ruff Club + Ned Paul Friday Online Merged 7.30pm
Director: Ned + Ivan
Calendar
13th Dec 2024
Main Duplicate
SPCA 7.15pm
Director: Ned or Elaine
20th Dec 2024
Main Duplicate
SPCA 7.15pm
Director: Ned or Elaine
27th Dec 2024
Main Duplicate
SPCA 7.15pm
Director: Ned or Elaine
3rd Jan 2025
Main Duplicate
SPCA 7.15pm
Director: Ned or Elaine
10th Jan 2025
Main Duplicate
SPCA 7.15pm
Director: Ned or Elaine
17th Jan 2025
Main Duplicate
SPCA 7.15pm
Director: Ned or Elaine
24th Jan 2025
Main Duplicate
SPCA 7.15pm
Director: Ned or Elaine
31st Jan 2025
Main Duplicate
SPCA 7.15pm
Director: Ned or Elaine
Contacting the Ruff Club

The organiser of the Ruff Club is Ned Paul. 
Contact Ned on 07792 715517 or email to ned@ruffclub.co.uk 
See also Ned Paul’s other site at www.bridgewebs.com/bridgewithned

Learn Bridge in a Weekend

Learn Bridge in a Weekend is a complete introduction to bridge for beginners over two days.    Next dates in London are:

  • Sat/Sun October 12th /13th 2024 - venue TGRs Bridge Club, W2 3BP.
  • Sat/Sun November 2nd /3rd 2024 - venue TGRs Bridge Club, W2 3BP.  
  • Click here or email ned@nedpaul.com for full details of the course and a registration form.

"Just a note to say thank you for an excellent course. I learned no end and thoroughly enjoyed it all. I was particularly impressed by the effort you put into to making it as enjoyable as possible for us." Clive Newton

For other playing and practice sessions see www.aceshibridge.co.uk.

Enjoyable Swiss Pairs
Enjoyable Swiss Pairs

The Ruff Club's first 'Mini-Swiss' Pairs Evening was a great success. Twenty five pairs enjoyed a great evening's bridge accompanied by wine and cheese refreshments  The players played short matches against pairs with similar overall scores to their own, going up and down the league according to their results. At the end of the evening the winners were John Drummond & Ned Paul ahead of Tony Gomes & Alan Lewis.   We will do it all again possibly in the spring.

Great Winter Bridge Bash - Sat. Dec. 7th
Great Winter Bridge Bash - Sat. Dec. 7th

Thirteen tables of players joined the Ruff Club team of Ned Paul, Victor Lesk and India Leeming for an end of year celebration of bridge on Saturday December 7th 2019 at the famous Young Chelsea Bridge Club. The assembled company enjoyed food, drink a couple of fun quizzes from Philip Watson.  Oh..and there was bridge as well, both duplicate and socal.  The duplicate winners were Liz Fairclough & Janet Matthews (North/South) and Mehul Shah & Ann Bessell (East/West). Results here.  We hope to be able to repeat this event in 2022.