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Basingstoke Bridge Club
a friendly club offering opportunities to learn as well as play
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Calendar
1st May 2025
Beginners Course Term 1
Maydene 9.30am
Director: John Fairhurst
1st May 2025
F2F Club Pairs (COMP)
Maydene 7.15pm
Director: John Glasscock
Scorer: John G
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2nd May 2025
F2F Club Pairs (COMP)
Maydene 10am
Director: Donald Bruce
Scorer: Donald
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Welcome to Basingstoke Bridge Club
Welcome to Basingstoke Bridge Club
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Basingstoke Bridge club was founded in 1966 by Harold Foster and is the largest bridge club in Hampshire with a thriving membership of over 250.  We are located in our own premises at Maydene, Sherborne Rd, Basingstoke, RG21 5TG (at the corner of Richmond Rd) and have just had an extension added to increase comfort for our members.

We have members of all ages and abilities. ..........

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Last updated : 7th Mar 2025 15:01 GMT
What we offer and when
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Bridge sessions - what we offer and when

These session are F2F at the clubhouse - please arrive at least 10 minutes before the session:

  • Club pairs - Tuesday & Wednesday afternoon, Thursday evening and Friday mornings
  • Boost your Bridge - play and learn - every other Monday evening - please book via the calendar event
  • First steps into Duplicate - aimed at those who haven't played duplicate before or who have very little experience.  Alternate Monday's to Boost your Bridge - please book via calendar event

The following sessions will be run online on RealBridge.  

  • Club pairs - running on Monday and Friday evenings 
  • Club teams - running on the last Monday of the month 
  • 9-High pairs - most Tuesday evenings 
  • 9-High teams - once a month on a Tuesday evening 
  • Club Social Lounge - every day from 9. ..........
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Last updated : 16th Mar 2025 09:32 GMT
Charity Contributions

The club has paid monies over to our charities as follows:

Air Ambulance - £69 - IBM pairs HIWCBA

Hospice Andover - £42.50 - Kinloch Cup

Hospice Basingstoke £42.50 - Kinloch Cup

(The hospice payments include donation from Geoffrey Rushbrook who has now left the club)

MacMillan £36.40 - ECATS charity challenge

Mind - £18.20 - ECATs charity challenge

 

Thankyou!

Last updated : 16th Apr 2025 13:41 BST
Competitions 2025

Details of the 2025 Competitions have been published.  Please click here for the full list.

There is also a new list detailing who qualifies for any 9 High competition.  Please click here for the list  

Please click here for all the information about each competition.

The next competition is the Foster Individual Trophy on 16th May.

 

Last updated : 26th Apr 2025 16:14 BST
WhatsApp

Did you know that the club has its own WhatsApp Chat group?  WhatsApp is a free messaging and video calling app that works on most phones. If you are interested in joining the group please email John Fairhurst on bstokebridge.chairman@gmail.com, providing details of your mobile number. 

Last updated : 11th Mar 2025 09:38 GMT
Pottage Cup Final
Pottage Cup Final

Pottage Cup Final

Well done to 4 of our members who took part in the Hampshire Pairs Pottage final last Sunday.

Alan and Andrew Gristwood came a creditable 6th and Chris Diston and Georgie Bovill came 12th out of 15 in what was a strong field. 

Last updated : 29th Apr 2025 11:13 BST
Foster Individual Competition
Foster Individual Competition

Foster individual Trophy

The Foster individual Trophy competition is on Friday 16th May starting at 10am.

This is a very popular event restricted to 8 tables.

Please click here to register attendance.

Last updated : 23rd Apr 2025 20:09 BST
Result of Intermediate Pairs Competition

Congratulations to Sam Golding and John Glasscock who have won the Intermediate Pairs Competition.  Full results of those taking part in both rounds is below.

 

ROUND 1 ROUND 2 AVERAGE
Sam Golding John Glasscock 72.22 53.13 62.68
David Walton Ann James 66.11 56.88 61.50
Alan Gristwood Andrew Gristwood 51.11 57.5 54.31
David Asties Julie Pipe 50.48 45 47.74
Tony Turner Peter Lawes 37.22 50.63 43.93
Helen Dye Geoff Dye 35.71 46.56 41.14
Sandra Brace David Brace 38.57 41.88 40.23
Monica Wade Ethna Hammond 38.89 37.5 38.20
Last updated : 26th Apr 2025 16:12 BST
Training Courses
Training Courses

 

The club currently provides Beginners and Improvers training courses.

The next Improver course starts on Saturday 26th April at 9.30am

The next Beginner course starts on Thursday 24th April at 9.30am.

Please click here to go to our Training website for more information.

 

Last updated : 15th Apr 2025 12:08 BST
How are we doing with SLAM bidding?

How are we doing with SLAM bidding?   In March we bid 75 slams and made 48% a lot less than usual.  

Top Point scorers with 3 points:

Judi Coady, Malcolm Green, Jane Rutherford, Sandra Ruffell & Gill Woodward

Well done everyone!

Last updated : 1st Apr 2025 16:55 BST
Who has increased their NGS score the most this month?
Who has increased their NGS score the most this month?

Who has increased their NGS score the most in March?  The top 4 people this month are:

Andy Bartlett, Jane Stevens, Kevin Malone & Caroline Sutton

Well done everyone!

Last updated : 1st Apr 2025 16:53 BST
Club Holiday 2025

CLUB UK HOLIDAY - NOW OPEN FOR BOOKING

6th to 10th May 2025

Following on from the club providing two bridge holidays abroad, (2023 and 2024), we have now scheduled a UK holiday for Tuesday 6th until Saturday 10th May 2025 at Saunton Sands in Devon.

Click here to see details of the hotel

We recognise that this might be a long drive as it is North Devon,  so we will be providing a coach for the journey and also for trip(s) out during the 5 days.  You will have the option of booking this at an extra cost, or travelling in your own car  

FINAL ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE

 

Last updated : 23rd Apr 2025 20:11 BST