Wimbledon Bridge Club is run by a volunteer Committee which is elected by the members:
Click here for the current committee

General enquiries:
  Email: manager@wimbledonbridgeclub.co.uk
  Clubhouse: 020 8947 0147 during opening hours
  Urgent matters only outside opening hours:
  Janet: 07890 024 172
 We are all volunteers, so please be patient if we cannot reply straight away.

Learning Bridge enquiries:
  Email: teaching@wimbledonbridgeclub.co.uk

Regular updates are sent by email to all members. If you don’t receive these updates, please check we have your correct email address on the membership database (pianola)

Wimbledon Bridge Club, 56a Worple Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 4EY

Please see the playing calendar for opening hours.  The club is normally open 45 minutes before the start of play.

Congratulations to the WBC members below, who have received a Master Point Rank promotion in July, especially Rosemary, Jim and Mehmet, who have achieved their first Master Point ranking

The ladders for Autumn/Winter run from 1st September 2026 to 31st March 2027.  Two ladders have not been run since 2020 and they are now back in a different format.  The Jim Reynolds ladder (formerly Thursday evenings) will now be run on Tuesday mornings and the Malcolm Willcock ladder (previously Monday evening) is now a new ladder covering both Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon sessions.  The Don King ladder which was previously only Tuesday morning is now a partnership ladder covering Tuesday and Friday mornings.

All duplicate sessions now have a ladder:

Perry Griffin - all sessions partnership ladder
Don King - Tuesday and Friday morning partnership ladder (NGS and MP restrictions)
Malcolm Willcock - Friday and Saturday afternoon individual ladder
Jim Reynolds - Tuesday morning individual ladder (NGS and MP restrictions)
Norman Robson - Tuesday evening individual ladder
Bill Medd - Wednesday individual ladder
Doreen Charteris - Thursday afternoon individual ladder
Robert Pope - Friday morning individual ladder (NGS and MP restrictions)
Winter Novice Ladder - Thursday morning and Thursday evening supervised sessions (NGS and MP restrictions)

Congratulations to Virginia Wright and Gillian Martin who won the heat of the National Handicap Pairs held at WBC on Sunday 6th September.  Their unhandicapped score was 63.89%.  Handicapped results will be available on EBU once all the heats are complete: https://www.ebu.co.uk/sim-pairs

Luiz will continue with his mini courses on card play with a three week course "Building on the Foundations" starting Tuesday 22nd September, repeated on Wednesdays and then a three week course called "Thinking Ahead" starting Tuesday 20th October, also repeated on Wednesdays.  Please click below for content and booking:

Building on the Foundations - Tuesday 22 September.  Wednesday 23 September.

Thinking Ahead - Tuesday 20 October.  Wednesday 21 October.

Supervised play is the first step out of the classroom - bid and play at your own pace with help when you need. Suitable for students who have completed a few lessons on bidding and want to put what they have learnt into practice. No movement and no recorded scores.  Members £8, visitors £11.  

We are delighted to introduce a new style learning and play session, led by Luiz Lima.  Teacher-led duplicate combines the atmosphere and procedures of duplicate bridge with structured teaching and post-play analysis, allowing participants to learn while experiencing tournament conditions in a friendly and low-pressure setting.  The objective of Teacher-Guided Duplicate Play is to provide a supportive stepping stone between supervised learning and regular club duplicate sessions, while also offering a valuable learning experience for existing Supervised and Gentle Duplicate players.

This session will run for an initial 4-week period and will cost £12 per player.
Visitors are welcome: £15.
There is no need to have a partner - but if you wish to play with your regular partner and build your partnership understanding together, please register both players separately.

Please register by clicking here.  

The calendar of Special Events for September 2026 to August 2027 is now available.  Please click here for details.  Printed copies are now available to collect at the club.

New for 2026/7 - there will be a qualifying ladder for the Gullick Cup Club Pairs Championship.  The ladder will include all full duplicate (24+ board) games from 1st October 2026 to 31st December 2026.    Both players must be members.  The average of your best 5 games is taken.  The top 14 pairs will be invited to play in the Championship to be held on 17th January 2027 starting at 12 noon.  This will be a Blue Pointed, all play all event with 39 boards.  Pairs who cannot play on 17th January 2027, please let us know so you can be excluded.  Players who are qualifying twice with different partners, please let us know who you will be playing with.

We are delighted to announce that Ned Paul will be running his "Learn Bridge in a Weekend" course at Wimbledon Bridge Club in October 2026.  Ned is a full-time professional bridge teacher and has run the weekend courses for over 10 years with excellent results.  Ideal for busy people who don't want to commit to 10-week courses.  Families and juniors welcome, minimum recommended age 14.  As well as two days of bridge tuition and playing practice, you will get full course notes, lunch on both days and membership of Wimbledon Bridge Club to 31 March 2027.  We will also give you a voucher for a free supervised play session at WBC as your next step into learning bridge.  Book direct with Ned - click on the flyer for all the details.  Learn Bridge Weekend Flyer (Wimbledon Oct. 2026)

The Summer Ladder results are:
Main Ladder (full duplicates): 1st: Janet Cahm, 2nd Joan Peel, 3rd Lars McBride
Summer Morning Ladder (18 board duplicates): 1st Alan Wakenshaw, 2nd Mark Gilbert, 3rd Fiona Glennon
Summer Novice Ladder (supervised duplicated): 1st Mark Reece, 2nd= Sally and Tim Dawson, 4th= Scott Halford and Tara Yamashita

It was another full house for the first August Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs held at WBC, 48 pairs all competing in a friendly and welcoming environment.  Thank you to our regulars and welcome to the newbies.  Congratulations to the winners: 1st Eduard Malhasyan and Mobin Rahman, 2nd Naomi Cohen and Tim Pelling, 3rd Camilla Blackburn and Mike Rafferty, Non experts Sylvia Scott-Laws and Virginia Wright.  Thank you to our TD Richard, assistant TD Issy, host Julia and catering team Ellen and Ted.

We are sorry to let members know that John MacLeod died on 28^th July, 2026, peacefully in his sleep. He was aged 95. John played at Wimbledon Bridge Club for many years, in person and latterly online, and also more recently at his residential home. John not only enjoyed the social aspect of playing bridge, but the mathematics behind the game. During his long retirement John corresponded with people around the world and he published many papers about the game of bridge; in the 1990’s he also developed one of the first programmes to play bridge on a home computer. He was a great enthusiast of the game. His funeral will take place on Friday 28^th August in Wimbledon. Please contact his daughter helenaellis17@gmail.com for further details.

Congratulations to the WBC members below, who have received a Master Point Rank promotion in July, especially David, Roy, and Will who have achieved their first Master Point ranking

The calendar of Special Events for September 2026 to August 2027 is now available.  Please click here for details.  Printed copies will be in the club soon.

We are sad to learn that Jennie George passed away on 13th July after suffering from an aggressive form of dementia.  Many of you will remember that Jennie was very full of life and always on the go and this was sadly robbed from her during her last couple of years.  She was smiling to the end, although her last game of bridge at the club was about 2 ½ years ago.  Please see the club noticeboard for funeral details.

Defence Card Play - Foundation 4-week mini course with Luiz Lima.  Starting Tuesday 18 July repeated on Wednesday 19 July.  Suitable for players who have completed at least terms 1 and 2 of the Beginner’s Course and would like to strengthen their Defence card play.  It is particularly suitable for those attending Supervised Play and Supervised Duplicate sessions.  Please click here for topics and booking.  Tuesdays full - places available on Wednesdays.

Well done to everyone who has completed a year's course with Wimbledon Bridge Club.  Certificates were presented at the Graduation Cheese and Wine on 9th July, followed by a mini duplicate session.  Now that the hard work of learning is over, the fun of playing can begin.  Enjoy your Bridge!

Congratulations to the WBC members below, who have received a Master Point Rank promotion in June, especially Brian, Scott, Deirdre and Tracie who have achieved their first Master Point ranking

We are delighted to announce that Ned Paul will be running his "Learn Bridge in a Weekend" course at Wimbledon Bridge Club in October 2026.  Ned is a full-time professional bridge teacher and has run the weekend courses for over 10 years with excellent results.  Ideal for busy people who don't want to commit to 10-week courses.  Families and juniors welcome, minimum recommended age 14.  As well as two days of bridge tuition and playing practice, you will get full course notes, lunch on both days and membership of Wimbledon Bridge Club to 31 March 2027.  We will also give you a voucher for a free supervised play session at WBC as your next step into learning bridge.  Book direct with Ned - click on the flyer for all the details.  Learn Bridge Weekend Flyer (Wimbledon Oct. 2026)

Tuesday mornings 10:30am: Declarer Play 4-week mini course with Luiz Lima.  Starting 14th July.  Suitable for players who have completed at least terms 1 and 2 of the Beginner’s Course and would like to strengthen their Declarer play. It is particularly suitable for those attending Supervised Play and Supervised Duplicate sessions.  Please click here for topics and booking. Second date added on Wednesdays at 11am from 15 July.  Click for topics and booking

Thursday evenings 6:45pm: Revision tutorials with Hilary.  Starting 16th July.  This is a free 30 minute session before the evening mini duplicate - so do please stay to play.  It will cover bidding topics (for declarer play, try the Tuesday morning mini course).  No need to book for the tutorials, just come along for a prompt 6:45pm start.  First topic will be what is the bidding barrier and why does it matter (aka the reverse).

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February 2026