WELCOME TO RICHMOND BRIDGE CLUB |
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Welcome to Richmond Bridge Club, the most popular and successful EBU affiliated club in the country! A friendly and progressive club, we are housed in the old Bowling Club Pavilion in Cambridge Park, nestled between Richmond & Twickenham. Our Clubhouse has multiple playing rooms, teaching facilities and a fully licensed bar.
We offer a range of duplicate bridge sessions every day of the week for players of all abilities - our full schedule of regular events may be found here.
As a courtesy to other members, we would ask you to refrain from coming to the club if you are suffering from any kind of typical winter respiratory infection - regardless of COVID, we would all prefer not to contend with too much coughing and sneezing! Hand sanitisers are available throughout the club - please use them!
Our Academy offers lessons for new players, beginners and improvers, and seminars for more experienced players. For more detail about the different sessions for novices and improvers, please click here.
If you are interested in learning, please register by clicking here.
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Book now for Richmond Cafe Bridge - June 18, 2024 |
We have now opened bookings for our very popular Cafe Bridge which is on Tuesday, June 18. Arrive from 10.45 am at your initial venue. There will be 3 rounds before lunch and another 3 after. We currently have capacity for 70 tables - with 63 tables filled so far.
This is a fund raising event for the Princess Alice Hospice in Esher - click HERE for their website.
Janet Leffler is leading our cafe bridge team this year supported by Zita Crewe, Sally Durant, Jonathan Hird & Caroline Owens. They have provisionally agreed some of the restaurants taking part this year including Cote, Buenos Aires, Pizza Express, Angel & Crown, The Old Ship, Richmond Vault, Piccolo Vicolo & Watermans and we hope there may be more to come !
On the day we will be directed as always by the wonderful Victor Lesk and his team with scores entered electronically by players on their smartphones using the BriAn app-based scoring system. This allows us to announce a result very soon after the last board is played. If you have not come across BriAn before, you can find out more here.
The cost per person is £40.00 (bridge and food - drinks are excluded).
Bookings will be taken via credit/debit card or BACS transfer through the BriAnBridge website (i.e. not through your club member account).
Detailed information about the event, your starting position and route will be sent out by email just before the day. There is no central registration point.
Please book by clicking here
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SATURDAY SUPPER - 25th May |
Our next Saturday Supper is at 18:00 on Saturday, 25th May - with food from the local Greek restaurant "Orpheus"
We will have separate sections with (a) a duplicate for our more experienced members and (b) a supervised session or mini duplicate for our students.
Menu
Moussaka or Vegetarian Moussaka
accompanied by potatoes and salad
Followed by a choice of Greek deserts
Please click here to book.
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Rest In Peace |
Janet Radenkovic passed away on April 27th 2024. Janet was a regular participant online during lockdown but due to mobility issues was unable to return to F2F bridge afterwards. As well as her interest in bridge she was also a dedicated fan of the ballet. There will be a service at 12noon on 24th May at Mortlake Crematorium, which will also be streamed online. For additional information please contact Richard.
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BLUE POINTED SWISS PAIRS - Sunday 30th June at 12:00 |
Our next BLUE POINTED SWISS PAIRS will take place at 12:00 on Sunday 30th June in the CLUBHOUSE. Everyone welcome. The entry fee is £15 per player. Richard Banbury will be directing the 36-board event which will be played across two sessions.
There will be a break for complimentary scones, Devonshire clotted cream and speciality jams. A full bar service will also be available on the day.
PRIZES (*dependent on at least 15 tables):
£100 for the winners & £50 for the runners up
NGS<=9 - £50 for the highest placed eligible pair:
Click here to book your place
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OPEN DAY - Saturday 14th SEPT |
We are hosting an OPEN DAY at the clubhouse on Saturday, 14th September between 10:00 and 15:30. Please do let you friends and family know to pop in for a FREE cup of tea/coffee and a slice of cake. We will have teachers on hand and will have everyone playing their first hand of mini-bridge in no time at all. Everyone welcome.
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ONLINE SUPERVISED PLAY |
Richmond Bridge Club is delighted to announce that we have teamed up with Wimbledon Bridge Club to offer joint online Supervised Play sessions!
Online Supervised Play sessions run every week on Wednesday mornings, 10:30am-12:30pm on RealBridge. There is no need to book, just click on the appropriate link below 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.
See above and to the right under "Realbridge Links" for the link to access this Supervised Play session
Cost is £6 per session which will be charged to your RBC member’s account.
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