As the national lockdown ended on Monday 19 July, we re-opened for face-to-face bridge in our new premises at Thornes Park.  The first few weeks have seen a very encouraging response from members, and we look forward to welcoming more and more of you back as and when it feels right for you.....

We are currently offering the following sessions:

Monday morning: 10.00 - 12.30 - a Stepping Stones session for beginners and early improvers - supported play, no NGS or Master Points

Monday evening: 19.00 - 22.30 - Pairs

♦ Tuesday morning: 10.00 - 12.30 - a teaching session for beginners/improvers, building on the recently completed YCBA Online course; see the calendar for topic titles.

Tuesday evening: 19.00 - 22.00 - Pairs, but a slightly shorter session than Mondays and Thursdays.  A host is always available for this session, so you are guaranteed a partner.

♦ Wednesday evening: 19.00 - 21.30 - a teaching session for beginners/improvers, building on the recently completed YCBA Online course; see the calendar for topic titles (a repeat of Tuesday morning's session)

Thursday evening: 19.00 - 22.30 - Pairs

Friday morning: 10.00 - 12.30 - Pairs, a slightly shorter session

♦ These teaching sessions are open to all, but will be aimed very much at beginners and very early improvers; and will depend on demand.  For further information, please call the Secretary, Stephen Hanslip, on 0781 555 3130

For directions on reaching Thornes Park, see below.

Wakefield Bridge Club

The club was founded in Autumn 1953 and currently has about 200 members.  On 19 July we re-opened in our new home at Thornes Park, where we have taken part of the ground floor of the former grammar school/college, now part of the Penny Appeal Campus.  The aerial view here shows the college/Penny Appeal buildings at the top left, and the main car park; the thin grey line running through the trees from the bottom right of the photo marks the line of the road up from the park entrance on Horbury Road.  For detailed guidance on finding us please click one of these links.

Directions to Wakefield Bridge Club - Maps and Photos.pdf

Directions to Wakefield Bridge Club - Written.pdf

The post code of the club is WF2 8QZ; the what3words /// address is flank.inspector.waving.  (Find the what3words app on your smartphone.)

The Secretary is Stephen Hanslip.  Please contact him on 0781 555 3130 - or at secretary@wakefieldbridgeclub.org.uk.

The club subscribes on members' behalf to Pianola, an online tool which helps you review your performance, analyse where you went wrong - and see how you can do things better in future.  If you have accepted the invitation from the club to join, just click the button below to log in to Pianola.  If you would like another invitation simply email or phone the Secretary.

The Online Bridge Lessons for complete beginners have been a great success, with most of the 20+ starters staying the course - congratulations!

The last of the ten weekly lessons, followed by online practice sessions, took place on Tuesday 27 April, with the final (delayed) Wednesday sessions on 28 April and 5 May.

With our new premises now open Wakefield is not continuing with the further tranches of lessons, but we invite all our beginners to join us at the club for face-to-face lessons.  

Many thanks to all the Wakefield members who acted as assistants to the playing tables of beginners - we couldn't have done it without you all.  Special thanks must go to Jim Edwards for his brilliant BridgePlay practice program, which has proved both very popular and quite invaluable; and not forgetting Brian Davison of Olicana Bridge Club who prepared the hands and wrote up the commentary, and David Guild who organised the whole course.  It was truly excellent, all round!

The table below shows all of the winners of the competitions for the 2019-20 season.