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| How To Join Monday Evening On-line Sessions & Tuesday Evening at Tyler Hill |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Monday 7pm is online bridge on Bridge Base Online - do you want to know how to join?
Join us as a pair or as a single and play with RBC from the comfort of your own home, second home, hotel from anywhere in the world on your lap-top or tablet.
- Step 1. Download the BBO app. Load the account with US dollars. It’s 3$ to play
- Step 2. Advise Alan Webb aw5636548@gmail.com of your name, BBO log-in/ username and EBU number if you have one! It’s not essential.
- Step 3. Go to “bookings “on the RBC website and book-in with a partner or “request a partner. We do ask local players to join the club and play as a member.
- Step 4. At 6.45pm on the Monday, you are playing. GO TO BBO. Click “Virtual Clubs. Click EBU “England”. Click the Rugby Event and follow the instructions.
Tuesday 7pm on BBO with Tyler Hill Bridge Club
We will hold merged online sessions with Tyler Hill Bridge Club on both Monday and Tuesday nights. So on Monday night you can play at Rugby BC on BBO at 7pm and on Tuesday night you can join Tyler Hill Bridge Club on exactly the same basis. If you are interested in playing on a Tuesday night, whether regularly or not, kindly let Peter Baines know and he'll forward your name, BBO alias and EBU number to them.
Helpline!
Alan Webb aw5636548@gmail.com,
Peter Baines peter.baines75@gmail.com
Maria Smyth mariafanone@hotmail.com
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♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Monday 7pm is online bridge on Bridge Base Online - do you want to know how to join?
Join us as a pair or as a single and play with RBC from the comfort of your own home, second home, hotel from anywhere in the world on your lap-top or tablet.
- Step 1. Download the BBO app. ..........
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| ANDREW ROBSON BRIDGE STORE |
From Peter Baines (peter.baines75@gmail.com)
For those of you who may be interested in self-help, finding out more about our great game, that is one for life- long learning and enjoyment, booklets are available from the Andrew Robson Bridge Store! I get a discount of 30% off the listed prices! He has just issued a new booklet on 'Modern Bidding Developments' (listed price £10) I place the order, pay and deliver to you, you reimburse me.
Booklets start with Beginners Bridge at £8.00 and then there are 21 Bridge lesson booklets. A boxed set of 20 is £100.00. Singles, assuming we order 10, are £5.00 if not they are £6.00. Forcing or Non-Forcing at £6.00 is not part of the 20 pack but anyone taking the 20 should add!
The books and booklets are in line with our year 1 and 2 lessons and suitable for all and in particular those who wish to continue to learn. It is MODERN ACOL. The books start with:
Bridge: What Should Have Happened (2-5-1 hands!) £14, then moves through to
Bridge: A pack of Do’s and Don’ts £13,
Tips for Intermediates, £14, to the Next Level £15,
To the brilliant and more challenging Andrew Robson’s Top Tens - 4 sections:
A) Bidding B) Declarer C) Defence D) Top 10 Conventions. Each section has 10 sub- sections and a Quiz! £17.50.
Need help deciding where to start or how best add to what you have or to order, please contact Peter Baines 07774 891669 peter.baines75@gmail.com
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From Peter Baines (peter.baines75@gmail.com)
For those of you who may be interested in self-help, finding out more about our great game, that is one for life- long learning and enjoyment, booklets are available from the Andrew Robson Bridge Store! I get a discount of 30% off the listed prices! He has just issued a new booklet on 'Modern Bidding Developments' (listed price £10) I place the order, pay and deliver to you, you reimburse me. ..........
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| OVER 70% CLUB 2026 |
Congratulations to the pairs below who have achieved over 70% in 2026 at one of our regular mid-week sessions. There has to be a minimum of 5 tables to qualify for the over 70% club.
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Chris Longthorn & Graham Clarke
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Fri 9th Jan
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71.09%
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David & Marilyn North
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Thurs 22nd Jan
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70.42%
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Roger Ward & Alan Webb
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Mon BBO 26th Jan
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71.67%
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Margaret Aitchison & Chris Longthorn
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Thurs 29th Jan
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70.00%
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| Maria Smyth & Peter Baines |
Mon BBO 9th Feb |
75.42% |
| Alan Webb & Lo Tolbutt |
Tues 17th Feb |
70.49% |
| Brian Mawby & Yolanda Wilcock |
Thurs 12th March |
71.90% |
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| Wednesday Evening Rota |
| 18/02/2026 |
Paul |
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10/06/2026 |
Graham |
| 25/02/2026 |
Richard |
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17/06/2026 |
Gavin |
| 04/03/2026 |
Gavin |
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24/06/2026 |
Clare |
| 11/03/2026 |
Clare |
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01/07/2026 |
John |
| 18/03/2026 |
John |
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08/07/2026 |
Paul |
| 25/03/2026 |
Paul |
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15/07/2026 |
Gavin |
| 01/04/2026 |
Graham |
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22/07/2026 |
Graham |
| 08/04/2026 |
Gavin |
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29/07/2026 |
Clare |
| 15/04/2026 |
Clare |
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05/08/2026 |
John |
| 22/04/2026 |
John |
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12/08/2026 |
Paul |
| 29/04/2026 |
Paul |
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19/08/2026 |
Graham |
| 06/05/2026 |
Gavin |
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26/08/2026 |
Gavin |
| 13/05/2026 |
Graham |
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02/09/2026 |
Clare |
| 20/05/2026 |
Clare |
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09/09/2026 |
John |
| 27/05/2026 |
John |
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16/09/2026 |
Paul |
| 03/06/2026 |
Paul |
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| FACEBOOK |
Rugby Bridge Club is now on Facebook. If you use Facebook and would like to join the RBC group please let Maria Smyth (mariafanone@hotmail.com) know and she will add you to the group.
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