| Hellesdon & Taverham Bridge Club |
 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. Anyone wishing to become a member is encouraged to play Club Pairs.
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.
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| Christmas Face to Face and AGM |
The Christmas Face to Face and AGM will be held at Wensum Valley Hotel and Golf Club on Monday 14th December.
Details will be sent out in due course.
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| Congratulations.... |
on Promotions to
Ian Walsh 2 Star Grand Master
Hazel Carney Tournament Master
Jane De la Tour 4 Star Premier Master
Michael Sabberton 3 Star Premier regional Master
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| Bridge Classes |
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
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| EBU announcing rules |
Here are the latest EBU rules covering announcements and alerting
Any queries or questions then ask one of the club directors
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| Competition winners 2025 |
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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.
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| Handicap Competition 2026/1 - Final Positions |
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.
| Rank |
Person |
Handicap |
Best 12 Score |
Score |
| 1 |
Christine Buchanan |
1 |
701.22 |
701.22 |
| 2 |
Mike Sabberton |
0.99 |
701.22 |
694.21 |
| 3 |
John Stroud |
0.96 |
714.2 |
685.63 |
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Sarah Chamberlin |
1.06 |
638.79 |
677.12 |
| 5 |
Gavin Mann |
1.32 |
512.39 |
676.35 |
| 6 |
Nasir Shukri |
1.31 |
512.39 |
671.23 |
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Graham Hardman |
0.93 |
717.85 |
667.6 |
| 8 |
Trish Raywood |
1.12 |
593.72 |
664.97 |
| 9 |
Tam Payne |
0.93 |
713.47 |
663.53 |
| 10 |
Diana Eke |
1.18 |
561.9 |
663.04 |
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| Real Bridge information |
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.
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| Probabilities - do you know them? |
Here, for anyone interested, is an article about probabilities of card distribution.
When you are missing 4 trumps, how likely is it that they will be split 2 - 2?
When did you last get dealt a hand with 13 cards in one suit? How long might you have to wait until it happens again?
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