Welcome to Wimbledon Bridge Club, one of the best bridge clubs in the UK, catering for players of all abilities. Visitors are most welcome, please do join us for a session.  See the weekly programme of play for our session times and descriptions. We generally have a host but please check on the calendar.  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.

The Teams of Four Championship for the Bochsler Cup will be held on Sunday 12th February at 11am.  A two-session event, open to all members.  The winners will represent the club in Surrey's Wanborough Cup on 11 June 2023.  Holders: Roger Pratt, Henryk Klocek, John Osmond and Elisabeth Bingham.  Please click here to book.

The Martin Warner Cup will be held over two Tuesday morning sessions on 7th and 14th February.  The sessions are open to all, but only a pair who are members with an NGS of 8 or lower can win the Cup.  Holders: Dave Starling and Maureen Duffy  Booking not required.

We are delighted to be holding the next WBC Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs live in the clubhouse on Sunday 19 February at 13:00.
First Prize £200 per pair, smaller prizes for the second and third placed pairs and for the highest achieving pair, NGS 8 or below. 6x6 board matches. £12 per player.  20 minute break for coffee and cake (included in the entry fee)
Please click HERE to book

Junior Squad Sim Pairs - February 2023  WBC will be taking part in the EBU Simultaneous Pairs on Tuesday evening 7^th February and Thursday afternoon 9th February.
All are welcome to join in the "Junior Squad Sim Pairs" which aims to celebrate and promote junior bridge in England.  The event remains in the familiar fun format, suitable for everyone to play, not just juniors!  Funds raised from the event go directly into the junior squad budgets.  This year three junior teams will represent England at the World Youth Bridge Championships in the Netherlands this August.  These Sims Pairs games will also count as qualifiers for the National Pairs Regional Finals.

EBU National Pairs: Now in three stages - any pair that gets over 55% in a club game between 5th Feb and 18th Feb will be invited to play in the Regional Finals on 26th March. There will be five regional finals held online on BBO and RealBridge and then the top 50 pairs will qualify to play in the National Pairs Final on RealBridge on 15th - 16th April 2023.  You don’t need to do anything to enter the first stage.

Click this link for more information:  https://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/national-pairs

EBU Masters Pairs for the Ann Staveley trophy- 26th February 2023  WBC will be running a heat of this national competition at the clubhouse, start time 11am.  This event is aimed at players with less competition experience and, to enter, you must have a Master Point rank of less than Regional Master on 1st January 2023.  It is a two session event with approximately 24 boards each with a break in between for lunch.  Green Points are awarded.    Please click here to book

For more information on our learning programme, take a look at the Learning @ WBC section of the website.  CLICK HERE for the current course schedule.  Online and face to face classes are available.  If you need advice, please email teaching@wimbledonbridgeclub.co.uk

“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

There are two 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.
Supervised sessions are:
Monday afternoon -  Supervised Play. No movement and no recorded scores, play at your own pace.  Set hands available if you are not ready for random deals!
Thursday morning -  Supervised Duplicate for those who are ready for the next step.  12 to 15 boards are played in a competitive format with help available if wanted.
Hosts are available at all sessions so you do not need to come with a partner.
When you are ready, our shorter 18-Board Duplicate sessions on Tuesday and Friday mornings and Thursday evenings are suitable for novice players.

It would be lovely to welcome back to the club some of our members who have not played face-to-face in the last year.  If that is you, or you know someone who has been thinking about coming back to face-to-face bridge, then come and play for free in January!  If you have not played at the club in 2022 then your first game in January is free.  If you have played in 2022 but bring a member or visitor who has not, then you both play for free.  Please tell the session director to claim your free game.

Complimentary bacon rolls will be back from Tuesday 10th January on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings.

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 - Thank you -