Welcome to the web site of Hellesdon & Taverham Bridge Club. We are primarily an online club and play club pairs duplicate bridge on Monday evenings on Realbridge.  We start at 7.00 and request that pairs are at their tables just after 6.45.

We welcome guests and new members at any time, but ask that guests play with a member if the evening is a "Sim Pairs". There are six of these events throughout the year.

We also play Face to Face 2 to 3 times per year at a selected venue, these start at 10:00 am. 

We strive to provide a friendly atmosphere and to cater for novices as well as more experienced players, as such we discourage psyche bidding.

Norfolk

Norfolk Congress at Wensum Valley Hotel Sat 7th and Sun 8th March see Norfolk CBA website for details

Committee Cup Sun 29th March at Costessey Village Hall - We plan to enter a team and need 4 pairs, if you would like to play please contact the club

EBU - Green Points

Master Pairs will be held on Sunday 22nd Feb, at a local venue, open to anybody with a rank below Regional Master (less than 25 green points). Details are here

Ranked Master Pairs will be held on RealBridge, 21st-22nd Feb on Real Bridge. Details are here

EBU Regional Finals (Eastern) for National Pairs, held on Sunday 22nd March, if you score over 55% on either 2nd Feb or 9th Feb you will get an invite from the EBU. This event will be held on BBO and RealBridge. Details here

The following are all online on Real Bridge

The Super Sunday Special. Held every Sunday at 7pm on RealBridge for a quick-paced national online pairs event the  Super Sunday Special -20 boards in just over 2 hours. Hosted by Cumbria on behalf of the EBU, it's £2.50 per player.

Kent County Bridge Association is running a weekly game every Saturday afternoon at 2:30pm on BBO; the  NGS 2-9 game  is an 18-board game designed for players with NGS ratings between 2 and 9.

The Midlands County are hosting a 9-High Event on 7^th February 2026 on RealBridge.

on Promotions to 

Madeleine Harris  5 Star Master

Philip Sutton  10 Star Regional Master
Yvette Douglas  Advanced Master
Mary Derbyshire  Master
Edward Acton  1 Star Master
Karen Read  National Master

The club's bridge teacher Graham Hardman is offering a range of bridge lessons - either on line or in face to face classes - for complete beginners or those who would like a refresher course. Graham is an accredited English Bridge Teacher and will be following the English Bridge School syllabus.

If you know of anyone interested please get in touch by emailing

Congratulations to 

Karen Read Taverham Trophy (July to Dec)

Bryony Seppings & Mervyn Scutter for winnng the Chris Dawson Salver

Chris Mallon for winning the Handicap Trophy (July to Dec)

Bryony Seppings & Mervyn Scutter for winning the Challenge Trophy (July to Dec)

Phil Sutton for winning the Taverham Trophy (Jan to June)

Bryony Seppings & Mervyn Scutter for winning the Spring Cup

Bryony Seppings & Mervyn Scutter for winning the Handicap Trophy (Jan to June)

Maria Budd for winning the Challenge Trophy (Jan to June)

Please see the Roll of Honour within the Competition/Competition Information section for a full list of past winners.

Here are the final positions for the current handicap competion calculated after the final event on 29 December 2025

To find your current handicap and status of the current competition please go to Competitions - Competition Information which has a link to the relevant Google Doc.

For anyone interested in finding out more about Real Bridge please visit their web site RealBridge with Real People.

If you are interested in seeing how things work for a club please read this article. The link below will take you to a document prepared by the Harpenden Bridge Club and it is the most comprehensive I have found as an introduction.

Realbridge Getting Started.pdf (bridgewebs.com)

Sessions are available here at Helleson and Taverham on Mondays, Wymondham on Tuesdays and Noverre on Thursdays.

The Norfolk League is held on Friday once a month September to April.