We are running a "Begin Bridge" weekend, on Sat 4th/Sun 5th March, at Whittington Village Hall; it's very affordable (just £40 for the whole weekend); if members have friends who have asked how to get into this game which obsesses us all so much do please point them in our direction!

Flyers etc, plus contacts for signing up can be found HERE, with more information HERE.

More to follow

We are delighted to be welcoming Andrew Robson OBE back to WBC on Friday 17th March, at Claines RBL, for his fourth visit.

Priority booking has been open to members for a few weeks, and the afternoon (1pm) session is nearly full, though there is plenty of space in the evening (5.30pm) session. Booking is now open to the wider Worcestershire Bridge community; contact Steve, with payment, to secure places, using the details in the flyer and booking forms in the side menu.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Club

A superb £830+ raised for Children in Need (including the gift aid) from the combined efforts of Worcester and Ridgeway BCs!

Many thanks indeed to all who contributed!

Click HERE to access the JUST-GIVING page.

WELL DONE to our Healey Cup team of Maureen, Steve, Jimmy and Geoffrey,  who won the Healey Cup on Sunday, beating teams from Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Bewdley and Pershore. Our first Healey Cup win since 2017.

WBC CAFE BRIDGE took place on Thursday 13th October, and was much enjoyed by all. We were truly sorry to have to turn some people away - a measure of the popularity of these events.

This year, we were supporting The Foundation Dementia Café, an excellent initiative from the Worcester Warriors Foundation. Early calculations suggested that we managed to raise a stunning £560++, with a few final details to be checked

The Bridge was keenly contested, and various re-calculations kept coming up with different winners...

Jimmy's NICKO team (Jimmy, David, Ross, Mel) reached the FINAL of the Plate competition -  They lost out in a closely fought event; commiserations, and best wishes to both our teams for 2022-23!

Please continue to book in in advance of sessions, via Roland for Tuesdays and via Maureen for Wednesdays. Booked-in pairs appear in the menu on the left, under Face-to-Face Bridge.

TUESDAY 8th November will be a Children-in-Need SIM, at Hallow, details in separate panel.  ALL WBC Bridge this week will be CiN-orientated, and there will be no table money charged at either session. Players (inc those playing online!) are encouraged to pay "table-money" to our Just Giving page, in conjunction with Ridgeway BC.

Please note that  all Wednesday sessions are now face-to face. Wed 2nd November + 7th December sessions will be held at Claines RBL.

Wednesday venues:

Wed 9th Nov:  Whittington (Pairs P)

Wed 16th Nov:  Whittington (Pairs P)

Wed 23rd Nov:  Whittington (Pairs I)

Wed 30th Nov:  Whittington (Pairs P)

Wed 7th Dec: Claines (Christmas Teams!)

Meanwhile, online Bridge continues, for those who are not ready for F2F yet, and for those who want both!   WBC Pairs Series TEN is now well under way, with 16 pairs playing in two divisions. 

Congratulations to Mark and Jane, won won the recent Mixed Pairs Championship in a close-fought contest! Ten pairs competed, though one pair were not eligible due to being all-male!

Well done also to Dick + Jane who won the "Flitch" (married couples)

Also congrats to our first trophy winners of 2022! Maureen, Geoffrey, Steve and Graeme, who won the title with a big margin in May.

A great event with seven teams.

The AGM took place on Zoom on Wed 13th April, and was well attended; Summary of Accounts is HERE.

Pics/vid of prize giving to follow!

Many thanks to all who have completed GDPR forms; we now have nearly all members' forms completed now. Trish won the prize for the first completed one!

What GDPR means for you is summarised on WBC Privacy Policy Summary which you can find here, and our full policy can be viewed here.

If you have not yet completed a form, you can download the  blank PDF from here; First SAVE the PDF to your desktop, then RE-OPEN it, tick the boxes and fill in the details. Then email back to Mike (mike1958v@mail.com).

Members might like to know more about the Roger Bowles Bridge Library.

After Roger's tragic death in Dec 2015, his widow donated his extensive collection of Bridge books to us; it was agreed that these should be managed by the County Bridge Association, and they are stored by Martin Gill.  The full list of some 125 titles (both educational and humorous) can be found here, along with Martin Gill's contact details.

https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwol/bw.cgi?club=worcestershire&pid=display_page65

We have a small "taster" selection at Claines for people to see, and books can also be booked out from there, using the notebook to record borrowing and return.

Get reading!!

♠ If you are looking for a game of Duplicate Bridge, we would like to think you have come to the right place...♥ 

♦ Just click HERE for details on how to start playing at Worcester Bridge  Club!♣ 

We play:

at Whittington Community Hall, Whittington, WR5 2RQ, every Wednesday exc 1st Wed of the month

Start time 7.00 for 7.10pm.   

and at Hallow Parish Hall, Hallow Worcester, WR2 6PE, every Tuesday;

Start time 12-50pm for 1pm.

Please pre-book, with Maureen for Wed sessions, and with Roland for Tuesday sessions

Currently, we do not have a host, but we can often pair up singles in advance.