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Contact details

If you need general information please email:

wottonbridgeclub@gmail.com

 

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Director's Corner - tip of the week

Did you know that

When it is determined after play ends that a player’s hand originally contained more than 13 cards with another player holding fewer, the result must be cancelled and an adjusted score awarded (Law 86B may apply). An offending contestant is liable to a procedural penalty.

Click Director's Corner for more on the laws of the game.

Roll of Honour

Click Roll of Honour to see past winners of our Individual, Pairs and Swiss Teams yearly events.

Welcome to Wotton-under-Edge Bridge Club
JUNE TEAMS ON 25th

The following pairs have signed up for Teams on Wednesday 25th June 2025 at the Civic Centre. If your name is not on the list and you intend to play then please let George know by emailing the club at the address shown top left. If you are listed but no longer able to play then please let George know.

George/Pauline; Hywel/Trefor; Mark/Chris; Teresa/Chris; Maureen/Olive; Keith/Elaine; Finbarr/Bridget; Paul/Ann

David/James; Sandie/Mike; Richard/Syd; Hilary/John; Martin/Margaret; Katie/Roger; Barry/Gilly; Andy/Maureen

We also have one standby pair Hilary/Daphne.

 

Welcome Back to Wednesday Face-2-Face Tim Payne
Welcome Back to Wednesday Face-2-Face Tim Payne

Article in the Gazette

High tech meets low tech at the bridge table

A novel initiative has enabled a disabled bridge player to rejoin his Wotton-under-Edge club.

Tim had a life-altering accident in October 2023, resulting in him being confined to a wheelchair and with very limited use of his hands.

Whilst in hospital in Southmead he was helped by a charity called SpecialEffect, who developed a system that enabled Tim to operate a tablet using a joystick. This allowed him to play bridge again, on a computer; online bridge having become prevalent thanks to Covid. He has been playing Bridge regularly online ever since.

However, following the implementation of a new system by fellow club member Mark and RealBridge, Tim can now also participate in face-to-face games at the Civic Centre in Wotton.

Mark said: "He's been with us years and was a big part of the club. So I thought it'd be good to have him still play with us."

Thanks to an arrangement where his table plays the same hands online as others do with actual cards, Tim was able to return to the club on Wednesday April 9.

 

Annual General Meeting

The minutes for this year's AGM are now available on the website.

Click on Membership in the LH menu to read them.

Note that the main outcome from the meeting is that Table fees have gone up, from 1st April, and that the Annual Subscription will be greater from next year.

Please note the request asking you to pay table fees in advance. We are very keen to minimise the workload on our brilliant Treasurer.

 

 

Alerting and Announcing Rules

The EBU have made some changes to the Rules for Alerting and Announcing.

The main change that applies to us is that you no longer need to Announce a point count when Partner opens 2NT.

Click here for a simplified version

Please read these rules - quite a few of you are getting lazy about Alerting and Announcing!!

 

Bridge Lessons
Bridge Lessons

Bridge Lessons

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RealBridge
RealBridge

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Results
Thursday Pairs
Director: Don
Wednesday F2F Pairs
Director: Ian
Scorer: Finbarr
Tuesday Pairs
Director: Fin
Gentle Bridge
Director: Ian
Scorer: Ian
Monday Pairs
Director: Ian
Calendar
23rd Jun 2025
Monday Pairs
RealBridge 7pm
Director: Ian
24th Jun 2025
Tuesday Pairs
RealBridge 2pm
Director: Fin
24th Jun 2025
Gentle Bridge
Civic Centre 7pm
Director: Ian
25th Jun 2025
Wednesday Teams
Civic Centre 7pm
Director: George
  (Partner?)
26th Jun 2025
Thursday Pairs
RealBridge 2pm
Director: Tim