Scarborough Bridge Club is a friendly bridge club with over 100 active members ranging in experience from beginners through to experienced masters of the game. We run weekly sessions designed to meet the full range of our members needs from those looking for introductory lessons, or maybe a relaxed sociable game or those wanting to play in a serious competitive environment.

We have our own premises dedicated to the needs of the membership where we play face-to-face duplicate bridge five times a week. We also run online SBC bespoke tournaments on Bridge Base Online (BBO) for those who prefer the convenience of online play. We play every weekday, with sessions held throughout the day - mornings, afternoons, and evenings to suit all.

The Club has a Hosting System in place for all the sessions at the Club, so any member arriving without an arranged partner is guaranteed to find one. 

We offer a range of support services for new members including bridge lessons to improve players skills, and special "tutored” sessions for inexperienced players and improvers, where participants can ask for advice during play. They can then move on to our Next Steps events where they can play more competitive bridge unaided.

The Club has an extensive library of bridge books available to members and the more experienced players are always on hand to provide advice and guidance for anyone needing help.

We welcome new members whatever their experience and non-members are welcome to join in the face-to-face sessions held at the Club premises.

Feel free to have a tour of our website and then contact us to find out more about us, or come along to the club and introduce yourself.

Congratulations to all Members winning the Annual Prizes in 2024/25.

The Annual Trophies and Prizes were presented at the Club AGM by Phyllis Watson:

Kieron Dowling Trophy - Most Improved Player - Malcolm Rook

Martin Carlile Trophy – Dorothea Richardson and Margaret Jackson / Liz Cairns and Stuart Barker (shared)

Dorothy Salmon Memorial Pairs - Dorothea Richardson and Margaret Jackson

Roncoli Teams Cup - Valerie Hotchin and Ann Wyatt / Colin Fallows and Gill Copeland

Improve Your Bridge

For our beginners and improvers, there are various tools you can use to analyses and improve your play.

You can watch these video here if you maximise them to fullscreen, or head over to the Club Youtube Channel to view them there.
Maximising the videos will also make them much easier to read.

Pause the videos and/or rewind, if you need more time to digest something.

Club Play

If you've played at the Club, you can:

i) view your tournament results

ii) compare them with other pairs, and

iii) play the hands again at your leisure, whilst the solver will show you what contracts could be made and the optimum line of play.

Play on BBO

BBO is a free bridge site where you can practice your bridge, analyse your play and join club competitions.
Unfortunately, BBO is based in America, so their robots, along with most players on BBO, do not play Acol as we do at the Club.
This video will show you how to:

i) Practice your bidding and play daily against 3 Acol robots
ii) Analyse your play in an on-line Club tournament
iii) Find the Acol Club in BBO, where you might find other Acol players to play against.

Beginners and Key Skills Lessons 2024

After 30 weeks of tuition and playing sessions 17 students completed their studies in August 2024. They received a Certificate of Achievement and, after their "Class of '24 Tournament" which was held in the final week, could then apply for membership of the Club.

Many are now playing our Wednesday morning supervised bridge sessions, including regular "Bid and Natter" sessions where we recap and discuss bidding and play. Some players have also moved on to the Friday morning "Next Steps" sessions which are more competitive, but still played in a relaxed environment, and a few have already joined the formal club competitions.

We wish them many years of enjoyment playing Bridge and look forward to playing with, and against, them in the months and years to come.

Playing sessions have now been supplemented with monthly "Bid and Natter" events where the bidding process is discussed at length with experienced players.

If you use Facebook, you might like to join the Scarborough Bridge Club Facebook Group.

It can be found at https://www.facebook.com/groups/446841141302907 or just search Facebook for Scarborough and District Contract Bridge Club.

It is a Private Group for members only, so you will have to apply to Join it, and we will approve you immediately.
This is so that we can both minimise spam posts and maintain your privacy.

Please feel free to have a look at the content and comment on it. If it proves popular we will continue to update it regularly.

Connecting with your bridge friends on Facebook might be a useful way to keep in touch, find a partner, discuss bridge hands and share interesting bridge materials.

Club Website Updates and the Club Partnership Desk

Members can login to the club website from the Members Area tab. 

Some Detailed Instructions on the workings of your members account and the Partnership Desk are also available.