| Ruff Club Re-Opens for Bridge on November 3rd |
St Pancras Community Association, our playing venue in Plender Street, is re-opening at the beginning of November after an extended closure for refurbishment.. Grand Re-opening Day for ther bridge is Friday November 3rd. Plase make a note of the date and we hope to see you there. Confirmation reminders will be sent to regular players shortly!
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| Friendly Partnership Duplicate Bridge in Camden London NW1. Friday Evenings 7.15pm. Now Live Again! |
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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.
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| Ned Paul Bridge Continues Online |
Full Programme of Online Tournaments
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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.
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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:
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* Monday evening - 7.30pm |
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* Wednesday evening - 7.30pm |
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* 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
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| 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.
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