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About the Club
About the Club

We are a large friendly bridge club with over 500 members.  We aim to cater for all standards of players, from beginners to internationals.  Whatever your experience, we have a session to suit you, and visitors are always welcome. 

Duplicate sessions are held on weekdays at the Club House, 40 London Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1DL.   Contact us on 01892-530739 or by email to the Membership Secretary  .

In our large and comfortable premises we normally offer refreshments and bar facilities.  We host County and other events, and we are affiliated to the EBU.

Please also refer to Information and Weekly Timetable on LHS. 

Bridge Classes by Stephen Pierce in 2024

We are scheduling a programme of bridge classes by Stephen Pierce.  These will take place in the Club.  Details are below.

 

New courses starting throughout the year

A range of courses for complete beginners, improvers, bridge returners and social players who wish to improve their bridge results.

 

Starting April 2024 or later

One-day Introduction to Bridge- Sunday 23 June 2024 10am-4.15pm

Complete Beginners - Monday 10-12am September 2024

Beginners, The Next Step - Thursday 10-12am April 2024

Intermediate - Thursday 10-12am September 2024

Intermediate Continuation - Monday 1.15-3.15pm April 2024

Intermediate Continuation - Thursday 7.45-9.45pm April 2024

Bid Better Slams - Monday 1.15-3.15pm April 2025

Improve Your Competitive Bidding - Monday 1.15-3.15pm January 2025

Three Weak Twos - Monday 1.15-3.15pm April 2024

Three Weak Twos - Thursday 7.45-9.45pm April 2024

Tel:- 07973 207218    E-mail:- spchair@hotmail.com

Website. www.bridgeforfun.org. uk

'Bridge with Angela' 5th edition
'Bridge with Angela' 5th edition

 

Angela Tompson has updated her guide for students and improvers;  this is the fifth edition following upon the success of the earlier versions. The basics are unchanged but Angela has taken the opportunity to include further conventions currently and commonly played, including Benjaminised Acol, commonly known as "Benji".

This book commences with the very basics of bridge and goes on to describe the essential elements of bidding.  Guidance on play of the cards and defence is included followed by explanations of conventions commonly played.

 

The price is £7.95 and it can be purchased at the club bar or phone Angela on 01892 525536.

Honours Boards
Honours Boards

 

 

 

The Honours Boards for recent years can be viewed as full-size images by going to the relevant item on the left-hand menu.  There you can see the winners of all cups and trophies awarded in Club Competitions for Pairs and for Teams during that year.  They also show the winners of individual trophies in the year.

Sue Holden

We are very sad to advise that Sue Holden, who had been in Pembury Hospital for several weeks, passed away on Sunday evening.
She joined the Club in 2002 and was a very popular member, having been largely responsible for the introduction of Friday afternoon duplicate in 2008.
Her husband, David, is also a member of the club and played regularly with her on Friday afternoons.  She and David have two sons, Richard and Duncan.  Sue and Duncan played regularly on-line on Monday afternoons until recently.  The funeral will be private for close family members only.

Sunday DupliCAKE 19 May 2024

The next Sunday DupliCAKE  is on 19 May with a prompt start at 2pm . As usual it will be limited to easily explainable conventions  ( same as Tuesday or Friday afternoons) and is a social event for those who want a more relaxed session. For your enjoyment the session stops for a cake break half way through. To make things easier, these will be available in the Diana Hill room as well as the Centenary room together with tea and coffee facilities. There will be approximately 20/24 boards and we aim to finish between 5.15 and 5.45pm. If you are looking for a partner  one will be arranged for you when you arrive at the club. Do come along and enjoy the afternoon and register your interest on the "Tell us" tab which is available now. 

 

 

May events at TWBC

Monday 6th - Monday evening bridge will go ahead on the Bank Holiday

Monday 13th - EBED Spring Simultaneous Pairs 7.15pm, members £6.70, visitors £9.20

Tuesday 21st - Lushington Cup and Plate 1.30pm. This event is open to all members, but eligibility for the trophies is restricted to pairs whose average NGS ranking does not exceed 9.  Thus two 9s would be eligible, also 10 + 8, J + 7, Q + 6, K + 5, AC + 4 etc. 

Sunday 19th - DupliCAKE 2pm

Wednesday 22nd - 4th Wednesday NON-NGS 1.30pm (host available)

Tuesday 28th - Winter Cup (Pivot Teams) 7.30pm

International bridge festival of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage

This year will be the 67th occasion this Festival will be held. The Bridge Festival of Le Touquet is one of the most famous French festivals, one of the oldest ones, with important endowments in cash and in kinds, and, maybe most important, the most friendly Festivals, acknowledged by all the past attendees: "you come once to the Bridge Festival of Le Touquet, you come back every year"!
Easy access, 40 minutes from the Channel Tunnel, nice resort, created by English people more than 100 years ago, Le Touquet is The Favourite Resort of our British friends. Moreover, the English rugby squad had selected Le Touquet, as a hub, to stay during the last year rugby world cup which has been held in France. 
The dates of the 67th INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE FESTIVAL OF LE TOUQUET-PARIS-PLAGE: From Tuesday August 27th to Sunday September 1st, 2024.
3 main tournaments during 6 days of competition, the Festival is sponsored by the French Bridge Federation (FFB) and the Municipality of Le Touquet. 
Do you want to register? Easy! Send us a mail at the following address: contact@letouquet-festivaldebridge.com 
Do you need help for accommodation? We can help: same e-mail address
www.letouquet-festivaldebridge.com
 

EBU Promotions for our Members

Congratulations go to the following members who have obtained EBU promotions listed here during April 2024

Nick Osler  1 Star Premier Master
Catherine Rankin  Area Master
Margarita Tinley  Local Master

 

Patricia Wheeler  Club Master
Jamie Donald  County Master
Keith Eldridge  1 Star Master

Diane Ribbins  Local Master
Carol Nowell  Club Master
Andrew McIndoe  Club Master

 

Committee Meeting

The Committee meeting minutes of 19 and 23 April 2024 plus AGM 2023 can be viewed in the members only section together with a history of previous minutes.  The next Committee meeting will take place on 10 May 2024.

Members' Contact Details

A list of members' telephone numbers and e-mail addresses is held within a private area of this website, in accordance with the Club's Privacy Policy.  Members who wish to contact other members can do so by clicking on Members Only above, and logging in.   The Club's Privacy Policy can be viewed within "Information" in the menu on the left.

Members' county and national bridge successes

Congratulations to:

Helen Erichsen Selected for English Women's
team - European Championships
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Norman Selway & partner Portland Cup 2nd
Anton Mauve & partner Ranked Masters Pairs
(Life Masters section)
1st
Philip Williams & Chris Morgan
Diane Rogers & Jonathan Wittmann
Arnold Plate
(KCBA k/o teams)
Won
Jeremy Willans & partner George Griffiths Cup
(KCBA Senior Pairs)
1st
Ian Draper & partner Larsky Cup (KCBA Pairs) 1st
Jeremy Willans & Norman Selway
Ravi Athwal & partner
KCBA green -pointed
Swiss Pairs
1st
3rd
Jeremy Willans & partner
Colin Wilson & Gerald Soper
Hunter Homines
KCBA Men's Pairs
1st
2nd

 

Members' club successes

Congratulations to

 Diane Rogers  &  Jean Paxton

Chairman's Cup Won

 Croz Croswell & Jon Thoresen

Putt Cup (Men's pairs) Won

 Diane Rogers & Angela Treen

Warner Cup (Ladies' pairs) Won

 Jill Skinner & Jeremy Willans
 Frances Connell & Gerald Soper

Podmore Cup Won

 Mark Mortimer & Mike Griffiths
 Helen Erichsen & Luke Kerr

Abergavenny Cup Won
New Committee Email addresses

Here are the new email addresses for members of the committee:

chairman@twellsbridge.club   

treasurer@twellsbridge.club

membershipsec@twellsbridge.club   

controller@twellsbridge.club