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Stafford Bridge Club meets  at the Beaconside Conference Centre, building A, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 0BF for more detailed directions, for session times click here,

Contact Numbers:

• 07811750460 (Chairman)
• 01889 801996 (Captain)
• 01785 812812 (Communications Secretary) 
• 07301 777735 (Club mobile number during sessions only).

If you have not already notified the club communication secretary of your present car registration number please do so now for easy club access to the car park, if possible a few days in advance of your first visit with this car. Once a car is registered, it is permanently on record.

For further information in the first instance contact the club captain Terry Maltby who will give you further information on lessons, all club sessions and how to find the club. For parking information please contact the communications secretary, Angela Hensby. For general information click here, for membership form click here

The main entrance to the building is shown below with the "out of  working hours" door on the left.

Stafford Bridge Club meets  at the Beaconside Conference Centre, building A, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 0BF for more detailed directions, for session ..........

Please support the STAFRD club Thursday evening club session - turn up in the club room no later than 6:40 with your partner. 

Message from Sean, 21^st July 2026

1. All Stafford BCL members wishing to play should gather in the Stafford lobby by 6.40pm at the latest.
2. Sean will ask if those present wish to continue in the Stafford Room (12 people or more) or go to Teams (8 people), or go to East Cleveland.
3. If the latter, they must come out of the Stafford lobby and go to the BCL Club list and select 'East Cleveland' as their club. They must click the button to join that club and they can play there.
4. The next time they play they must leave East Cleveland club and rejoin Stafford Club, as BCL only allows membership of one named club at a time. We can then repeat the process above.  

Did you see new website feature Hand of the Month in May 2026 used a STAFRD hand?

If you would like to give Bridge Club Live a try click here for the basic instructions, around 27 SBC members are active on BCL. A Stafford BCL virtual SBC club runs on Thursday evenings and a friendly BCL club runs on Tuesday mornings.  The SSCBA set up a County wide Bridge Base Online virtual club that meets on Wednesday evenings, see here for advice on how to get started with BBO.  A new third option is RealBridge where Newcastle Under Lyme, EBU and Midlands regional events take place.  Please don't see these as either/or options but rather as different ways of enjoying online bridge which add variety to your game.

Please support the STAFRD club Thursday evening club session - turn up in the club room no later than 6:40 with your partner. ..........

• Lessons for Beginners: Free 12 week course started Monday 21st September - not too late to join the group
• Robin's intermediate lessons: Thursday morning lesson on 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursdays, on 2^nd  and 4^th Thursday of the month this will will normally be played as a duplicate session  watch the calendar and/or this space for any changes 
  • 1st Thursday - lesson
  • 2nd Thursday - Duplicate
  • 3rd Thursday - lesson
  • 4th Thursday - Duplicate
  • 5th Thursday - lesson
• Terry's improver lessons: Every Friday morning.

Robin and Terry will cover these lessons between them with Dave Nelson covering in their absence.  If  you wish to attend these lessons  - please contact Robin or Terry. 

Robin has produced plenty of material for the website, including one on Splinter bids, Gambling 3NT, CRO, Redoubles, Trial Bids, Jacoby and his all time most read page on McKenny signals and Discards. Summary of his lessons can be seen here with links to the individual lessons. See also Dave's lesson hands in a video format.

• Lessons for Beginners: Free 12 week course started Monday 21st September - not too late to join the group
• Robin's intermediate lessons: Thursday morning lesson on 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursdays, on 2^{nd ..........}

The WhatsApp club group for players, who play at the Monday afternoon, Tuesday evening and Thursday morning club duplicate sessions is now active.   Please email Angela if you wish to join the club WhatsApp group if you have not already done so.

Friday evening players have a less techy method to keep the director informed.  Just email to Ann only if you wish to play at the Friday evening club duplicate session and need a partner.

Guidance to players to keep the system running smoothly

1. Each member wishing to attend a session should look out for the Director’s poll on the Club WhatsApp group and vote by clicking on the ‘YES’ button.
2. Changing your vote from Yes to No or No to Yes is very simple. First, simply click again on the button you chose the first time and your vote will disappear. Then click on the other button to list your name there.
3. Members should NOT post text messages on the site except in the following circumstances:
   1.  Seeking a partner
   2. Notifying a partner found
   3. Adding the name of a player who is not on WhatsApp so cannot vote for themselves. (NB: NEVER name a partner who is already in the Whatsapp group, as they should vote directly for themselves and might be counted twice).
4. Members wishing to speak to one other member (eg to request a lift, running late, etc) should click on the name of the person concerned to send them a private message. They should NOT send such messages to the whole group.
5. For Monday PM bridge, 9am – 9pm the day before (Sunday) and 9am – 11am on the day.
6. For Tuesday EVE bridge, 1pm – 9pm the day before (Mon) (and 9am - 12pm on the day)
7. For Thursday AM bridge, 9am - 6pm the day before (Wed).
8. Members having last minute emergencies just before a session should first phone their bridge partner, then if need be phone the Director on the Club phone number (not the Director’s personal number).
9. PLEASE DO NOT phone the Directors on a Sunday.  

The WhatsApp club group for players, who play at the Monday afternoon, Tuesday evening and Thursday morning club duplicate sessions is now active.   Please email Angela if you wish to join the club WhatsApp group if you have not already done so.

Friday evening players have a less techy method to keep the director informed. ..........

BCL members may enjoy playing in many roll up and play events that are run generally with no extra payment.  For the timetable of specific events click here. 

Bridge Club Live is the online favourite Stafford Bridge Club Members are invited to use to enjoy the on line club activities, to get going click here to see the basics and here for general information.

BCL members may enjoy playing in many roll up and play events that are run generally with no extra payment. ..........