Since July 2024, we have been offering an online session on RealBridge, jointly with Antrobus Bridge Club.

All Warrington Bridge Club members are eligible to play. People who are members of both Antrobus and Warrington Bridge Clubs will be charged for their playing fees by Antrobus.

It is not an EBU-affiliated session, so Master Points and NGS gradings are not affected, and the Club does not have to pay the EBU pay-to-play charges. Also there will be a playing TD, rather than a paid TD, so there are no TD costs to pay for. Therefore the playing fees will be very low, at only £1 per session. The playing fees for those players charged by Warrington Bridge Club will be collected in the usual way, as part of your quarterly bill. Antrobus Bridge Club have their own arrangments for charging. 

Please be fixed up with a partner in advance if you can. However, if you don't have a partner, please log in anyway, and sit at a table, so that we can speak to you. We will do our best to fix you up. BUT PLEASE LOG IN AT LEAST 10 MINUTES BEFORE PLAY STARTS. If you roll up later than that, you might well be turned away. 

Click on the link for the session. You can find the link on the Homepage, in the box headed Links for RealBridge- click below 

You will be redirected to the RealBridge log on screen. You will be asked for your name and ID number. Enter your real name as you would like to see it presented in the results. 

Your ID number is your EBU number. In case you don't know what that is, you can find it in the member area. You will need to log on to the Warrington Bridge Club website member area. If you've never done that before, or have forgotten your login details, please follow the instructions HERE. You will probably only need to enter your EBU number once- the log on screen will remember your details.

Please be seated at the table 10 minutes before start of play. This gives the TD time to set up the movement and sort out any problems. If you turn up less than 5 minutes before the start of play, you might well be turned away. 

Very occasionally there might also be a problem with the link for a session not working, eg an update which hasn't been recorded. If you have trouble accessing a session, please try the website of our partner bridge club, Antrobus for Tuesday evenings Antrobus Bridge Club, and Stretford for Friday evenings,  Stretford Bridge Club Homepage, and click on the session link there. 

If you have problems using an iPad for playing on RealBridge:

There is a problem where some iPads freeze when they arrive at a table. To solve this problem, RealBridge have updated their advice for iPads with iOS 15, and there are some more settings changes to make.

If you have an iPad, and you have iOS 15, please follow the instructions here:

     https://realbridge.online/media-support-ios-15.html

If you are not sure whether you have the latest settings, either go and check whether your iPad has the recommended changes, or contact RealBridge to check.

RealBridge are very happy to help people with this. If you need help, please contact them at:

    Email: support@realbridge.online

    Telephone (UK): 0794 232 2209

    Telephone (non-UK): +44 794 232 2209

Playing on RealBridge

Warrington Bridge Club offers on-line bridge using the popular platform RealBridge. It's the nearest thing to face-to-face bridge you can get, without actually being in the same room as the other players round your table. It incorporates video and voice, so the 4 players can see and talk to each other.  If you are uncomfortable with using the video feature, you can block your camera function and use voice only, though things tend to work far better when we can see each other. 

For those who have not tried it before, the RealBridge website offers excellent guidance, a blow by blow description of the features of RealBridge and how to use them. It is well worth your time to go and have a look. Go to the RealBridge website, and click on Players, Player Guide. It is all beautifully and clearly presented, with screenshot illustrations. 

Before you play on RealBridge for the first time (and it's a good idea to do this well in advance): 

• Check your device capability for RealBridge: visit here:  https://play.realbridge.online/camera.html. Here is a quick summary of which devices and browsers will work with RealBridge: RealBridge Devices and Browsers. You only need to do this once, but you can check your device capability anytime with this link. If you are using a tablet or an iPad, the system will use your built-in camera and microphone. If you are using a PC or laptop, you will need to use the webcam function for the video to work- most modern PC's and laptops have that built in.  If you find you are not able to use your camera you can still log in and play, although it's not ideal. However, you will need to be able to speak to and hear the other players at your table, because, for example, the process of alerting and explaining bids works just the same as in face-to-face bridge. 
• Make sure you know your EBU number, as you will need to use it as your ID when logging on to play. If you don't know it, you can find it in the Member List in the Member Area of the website. If you’ve never logged in before, or have forgotten your password, you will find instructions on the page about what to do.  If you are really stuck, you can email for help to the Club email address  Club email

To play in a RealBridge Session:

Log in by clicking on the RealBridge link at the top right of the Warrington Bridge Club website Home Page,  at least 10 minutes before the session starts. Please note that if you log in less than 5 mins before a session, you might not be guaranteed a place.  

By all means bookmark the Club’s Home Page, but please don’t bookmark the ‘click here’ link: that won't work, because the link changes every session. 

Type in your real name. Please type it carefully, as this is the way it will appear in the results, for example Joe Bloggs (not joebloggs, JOEBLOGGS,  joe bloggs, Joe,  joe123, etc). If you don't do this properly, you will create a lot of extra work for the administrator, who then has to engage in a time-consuming process to edit the results file.

Under ID Number – enter your EBU Number.

Please sit at an available table.  It really doesn’t matter if you sit N/S or E/W. If your partner is already seated, please sit opposite them.

You’ll notice the bidding box looks familiar, and you and your partner should alert as playing in a normal club.  There are various buttons that you’ll see on the bottom right-hand side corner, which are generally self-explanatory. You can try them out the first time you play, or have a look at this Help guide: RealBridge Help.

The Tournament Director moves you on at the end of each round, and as in a normal club, as long as you are near finishing, you’ll be allowed to.  However, sometimes when you move, you may appear to be on a sit-out table but in fact at a ‘limbo table’ and are just waiting for the pair in front to finish off.  There may be a sit-out table, but we’ll notify you of that at the start of the session.

You will be able to see the scores while you play, and the results will be uploaded to the websites as normal.  

Background noise can be distracting when you’re playing, so please try to keep this to a minimum. For example, switch your phone to silent, don’t have the dishwasher/washing machine on if they’re close to where you play. It’s a good idea to practice muting/unmuting your microphone, as you might need to do this quickly – sometimes noise can crop up outside your control, as you will be playing in your home environment. 

Enjoy your bridge! The ethos of the Club is friendly bridge. If a problem arises, please call the TD (Tournament Director).

PLEASE NOTE - When you finish a session on RealBridge, clicking on “Leave” merely lets you leave the table - it doesn’t log you off, but places you in the RealBridge session “lobby”. You must close the tab on your browser. This is usually obvious for PC users, but might be less obvious if you’re on a iPad.