Thursday evening Special Offer |
 **Special offer Mulled wine and Mince Pies** from 30th November to 21st December
18-21 board competitive duplicate PLUS supervised play for students and novices.
Visitors and guests welcome.
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CHEESE & WINE TUESDAYS @ 19:00 and Surrey Dorin Salver Sims |
 Cheese and Wine Tuesday 5th December. Please come along to enjoy a glass of wine with friends old and new and a good game of bridge. Served from 19:00 with bridge at 19:30.
Tuesday 5th December it's the Surrey Dorin Salver Sims.
We are holding another heat of the Surrey Dorin Salver Sims on Thursday, 7th December at 1:30pm.
The Dorin Salver is Surrey's annual charity Sims, hosted by Clubs, in aid of the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation Brain injury centre in Banstead. Table money is £3 extra, which is passed directly to Surrey County Bridge Association for the charity.
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CHARITY PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP |
 Thank you to everyone who supported the Charity pairs by playing in the event, buying a raffle ticket, donating a prize or helping to organise the event. It was truly a team effort and as a result, we raised £5,000 for the Don's Local Action Group. Tim Marshall, Deputy Head of Operations at DLAG, came to speak on Sunday and told us about how the charity came about and how the money we raised will be used to buy much needed mattresses for families in need across the Borough.
After a closely fought last round, in which the top spot changed three times, the winners were Kirsty Platts and Marianne Tudor-Craig, pictured being presented with the Trophy by Billie Stephens. Runners up were Greg and Maks Blicharz with Tim and Naomi in third place.
Raffle prize winners have been notified by email and prizes can be collected from the office (ask the session director).
   
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL EVENTS |
 Bookings are open for Christmas events:
Christmas Fun Bridge Party - Wednesday 13th December: £12 each including welcome drink, festive finger buffet and fun bridge suitable for all levels of student, novice and social bridge player. Doors open 6pm, bridge approx 7pm, finish approx 9:45pm. Click here to book (no partner needed)
Members' Christmas Party - Saturday 16th December: £30 each including 1/2 bottle of wine, buffet dinner, quiz, entertainment and 18 boards of duplicate bridge or social bridge. Doors open 5pm, entertainment 5:30pm, buffet 6pm, bridge approx 7:30pm, finish approx 10:15pm. Click here to book (with your partner)
Christmas Ploughman's - Wednesday 20th December: normal table money includes a drink, nibbles and a slice of Christmas cake. Click here to book and order your lunch (with your partner)
Plus more special events, no booking required:
Monday 18th December 12:30pm - it's a Festive Social Bridge Session with extra treats included in your normal table money
Tuesday 19th December - it's a Christmas cheese and wine, served from 7pm with your usual 24-board duplicate at 7:30pm
and during December mince pies will be served at all sessions (until 23rd December)
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
the WBC Committee
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WIMBLEDON BRIDGE CLUB |
 Welcome to Wimbledon Bridge Club, one of the best bridge clubs in the UK, catering for players of all abilities. Visiting players are most welcome, please do join us for a session. There is generally a host to make up numbers, so visitors don't need a partner to come along, but please check on the calendar. Click here to see the regular playing schedule for our session times and descriptions, including sessions for beginners and novices, so you can select a session appropriate to your level. The club no longer accepts cash so visitors should bring a debit card for payments. We use Bridgemates and computer scoring so the results are available immediately after the session finishes. We are affiliated to the English Bridge Union and Master Points are awarded for all duplicate sessions. Special events are held throughout the year.
We offer a complete learning programme for all levels from complete beginners to intermediate players. Our team of experienced teachers will guide you through the fundamentals of this endlessly fascinating game. Please click here if you would like to register interest in learning.
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2024 COURSES AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING NOW! |
 We offer a complete learning programme for all levels from complete beginners to intermediate players
2024 Courses start in the week commencing 8 January
Don't see the course you want? CLICK HERE TO REGISTER INTEREST IN LEARNING.
For more information on our learning programme, take a look at the Learning at WBC section of the website. If you need advice, please email teaching@wimbledonbridgeclub.co.uk
Course Schedule January 2024
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Beginning Bridge Term 1 |
Tuesdays 10:00 |
Starts 9 January 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to book |
Beginning Bridge Term 2 |
Tuesdays 19:00 |
Starts 9 January 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to book |
Beginning Bridge Term 2 |
Thursdays 19:00 |
Starts 11 January 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to book |
Beginning Bridge Term 2 |
Fridays 10:30 |
Starts 12 January 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to book |
Improve your Bridge 1 |
Mondays 19:00 |
Starts 8 January 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to Book |
Improve your Bridge 2 |
Mondays 13:30 |
Starts 8 January 2024
10 weeks |
Click HERE to Book |
Intermediate 1 ONLINE |
Mondays 10:30 |
Starts 22 January 2024
8 weeks |
Click HERE to Book
(Richmond BC) |
“Many games provide fun, but Bridge grips you. It exercises your mind. Your mind can rust, you know, but Bridge prevents the rust from forming.” – Omar Sharif
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ONLINE LEARNING |
Supervised Play sessions run twice a week on Wednesday and Friday mornings, 10:30am-12:30pm on RealBridge. There is no need to book, just click on the link on the RBC website about 10 minutes before the start of play and you’ll be taken to the RealBridge login page. Enter your full name and EBU number to log in to the session. If you can get a table of three or four together, you’ll be guaranteed a game. You are welcome to come as a pair or single and we will try and make up tables, but we can’t guarantee you’ll get a game.
Cost is £6 per session which will be charged to your WBC member’s account.
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Refresh and Practice sessions run weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:30am-12:30pm on Zoom and Real Bridge. These sessions are aimed at refreshing your knowledge on a particular topic that you may find tricky or on which you may like to refresh your memory. Before each session, you will receive notes. The session will start with five minutes of Q&A on the topic. This will be followed by the bidding and play of 12 specially prepared hands for you to practice. You do not need a partner.
These sessions require registration: Please click the session on the RBC website to book by 4 pm on the day before the session to receive the joining instructions.
Have a look at the mini-clip on the booking form to see why students love these sessions!
Cost is £6 per session which will be charged to your WBC member’s account.
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Counsel for the Defence/Well I do Declare! Sessions run weekly on Thursday mornings at 10:30am
These Intermediate-Advanced sessions each feature 3 particularly interesting boards for group discussion. Each week alternates between boards from the declarer perspective (Well I Do Declare) and a defender's perspective (Counsel for the Defence). A quiz is set in advance with questions about the given auction, and placement of cards with the other players over the first few tricks. At a critical point the quiz asks how you would continue. At the actual session, the boards are loaded onto BBO and we play through as a group discussing the queries via Zoom and a screenshare. Each board is analysed in detail including an assessment of the result on different lines of play, and a post mortem to review the upshot of different bidding actions / possible contracts. Commentaries on the quiz are issued afterwards.
The cost is £5 per person, and no booking is required.
To join, please click this Zoom meeting (from 10.20 for a 10.30 start): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86037429431
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SESSIONS FOR BEGINNERS and NOVICES (F2F) |
 WBC offer a range of play sessions suitable for all levels of beginners. We encourage our students and novice players to attend at least one play session a week to practice and consolidate what has been covered in lessons.
Monday afternoons 12:30pm - Supervised Play. No movement and no recorded scores, play at your own pace. Set hands available if you are not ready for random deals!
Monday evenings 7:30pm - Mini Duplicate. 10 boards with movement and recorded scores. Review of selected boards after play.
Thursday mornings 10:30am - Supervised Duplicate and Supervised Play. 12 to 15 boards are played in a competitive format with help available if wanted. Supervised Play also available.
Thursday evenings 7pm - Club Night. All levels welcome. Scoring and movement depending on numbers.
Saturday afternoons 2pm - Gentle Play All levels welcome. Scoring and movement depending on numbers.
Hosts are available at all sessions so you do not need to come with a partner. No booking required.
When you are ready, our shorter 18-Board Duplicate sessions on Tuesday and Friday mornings and Thursday evenings are suitable for novice pairs.
Here are our Monday afternoon players enjoying their game!
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Surrey County Bridge Association |
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Going to be LATE? |
 If you are going to arrive later than 10 mins before the start of the session, it is essential that you call the club on 0208 947 0147 at least 15 minutes beforehand so that you can be included in the movement. If you don't do this you may not be able to play.
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Hosting and Arriving without a Partner |
 If you do not have a partner for an occasional session, a host is normally available to make up numbers. If you do come on your own, please arrive at the Club at least 15 minutes before the start of play so that you can be partnered in good time with another single player or the host without causing delay to the start of play.
Members with an NGS of at least 4 are asked to volunteer to host a minimum of once a year and preferably twice. To host at any session other than supervised sessions, Tuesday or Friday mornings and Thursday evenings, you should have an NGS ranking of at least 6. Please be kind and courteous to your partner and remember that it is important to find yourself a regular partner and not rely on the host system entirely.
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Best Behaviour at Bridge |
 Regular sessions at WBC are intended to provide a friendly and enjoyable environment to play the game of Bridge, and members should conduct themselves in the spirit of this aim. If you feel you have been affected by anything at the table that is not in the spirit of the Best Behaviour at Bridge code then the director should be called immediately. The other players should not retaliate or enter into an argument or discussion. Please click here to see the BB@B code.
It is hoped that most incidents can be resolved at the time. If any player wishes to make a formal complaint, they should do so at the time so that the director can complete the appropriate report, which must be signed by all parties. Where the incident occurs outside a play session or, if occurring at a play session is, for a valid reason not reported to the director, it must be reported in writing (or via e-mail) to the Chair or Secretary of the Club within two weeks of the incident.
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