We are extremely sorry to announce the death of Russell Brown on 4th February at his home in Burnham

Russell very proudly held the SBBC membership Number ONE – showing Laurie Champniss’ respect and gratitude for his help in setting up the club in 1994. In addition, along with wife Pat Hamilton-Brown, Russell had been an active member of Burnham Bridge Club from its earliest days, playing in league-of-8 and Brown Cup teams. During that time he served as Club Chairman of Burnham for a number of years.

Russell was 92 when he died and, prior to ill-health, spent the past 30+ years playing, teaching, and directing at the club that he loved.

Our sincere condolences go out to his family and especially to his dear wife Pat who personally nursed him at home at the end of his life.  

His funeral will be held at Amersham Crematorium on Friday 7th March at 2 pm in the Chiltern Crematorium Hampden Chapel followed by light refreshments at Pat & Russell's home at 66 Cliveden Gages, SL6 0GA   Please use the visitors car park.

Face-to-Face bridge 
The Barn will re-open for F2F bridge from next Tuesday 11th February, and our Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday sessions will resume, with our normal arrangements of Bridge with lunch on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the Thursday Gentle session.

Supervised Play on Wednesday afternoon will also resume, from Wednesday 12th February.

The Tuesday evening session will return as well from Tuesday 11th, subject to the level of interest, as we do require a minimum number of players to be able to continue this session: please support it, or it will close.

We look forward to welcoming all players back to the Barn!

Undos in Bidding
SBBC allows Undos for misclicks in the bidding, but not in the play.
As soon as you realise that you have misclicked you may ask for an Undo. 
The opponents will usually agree, in which case you may change your bid without penalty. 
If an opponent objects, or in case of doubt, the Director should be called immediately.
This brings us into agreement with most other Clubs

Please note that Undos are permitted only for genuine misclicks. 
You may not ask for an Undo if you realise that you made the wrong bid.

Undos are still not permitted for any misclicks during the play, irrespective of how these may occur

If you are worried that you might misclick inadvertently in bidding or in the play, you are reminded that you can use the "Confirm" bid or play facility within BBO by going to "Account/PLAYING/Confirm bids and/or Confirm cards"

Burnham Bridge Club also abides by the above policy

We are delighted to open bookings for our brand new courses starting in January and February 2025! 

Please click on the link below to book and do invite your friends and family to join in:

League of Eight

As usual, the Berks & Bucks County Association are running a League of 8 teams competition which will run from September 2024 to April 2025 and usually involve 8 or 9 matches against teams from other clubs in the area. Virtually all matches will be played online, primarily on Real Bridge, on an evening to be mutually agreed between each team captain.

Full details of this competition are on the Berks & Bucks website: CLICK HERE for information on Berks & Bucks website

SBBC are entering two teams in the league next season and entries are invited from anyone who plays at the club to show your interest! If you would like to play, please contact Evelyn Crossley at evelyn.crossley@yahoo.co.uk

Please join us for our friendly Supervised Play sessions.
Weekly at:

   2pm - 4pm every Monday

   7pm - 9pm every Monday

   2.30 - 4.30 pm every Wednesday 

There is no need to book or to have a partner.
£6 per person

Bridge with Lunch
every Tuesday and Wednesday

Bridge starts at 10.30 and finishes at about 2.15,
following a break for lunch at about 12.30.

Table money (£4) is charged to your account as normal

Light lunches, including jacket potatoes with fillings,
soups, salads and sandwiches 
available for cash purchase from Jo.
Players may not bring their own food to consume on the premises. 

Please click here for links to important changes to the White and Blue Books. The books cover guidance and regulations governing bridge in England.

The Blue Book contains information that players are most likely to need. The White Book is mainly for Tournament Directors, although some players may also find the content of interest.

Note, in particular, the new Blue Book regulations on Alerting and Announcing.

Players sometimes come along to face-to-face sessions without a Partner,
in the hope that someone else will be similarly placed, or that the Director will partner them.
Members may do that, but we do not guarantee a game for them.
If there is no other spare player available, the Director may play,
but strictly at their personal discretion and will not do so if it creates a half table or difficulty with the movement.
If you decide to come along without a partner you must arrive in good time and be prepared to play
with anyone else seeking a partner.
Please note that we have a partner finding service listed on our website; Please check if this lists
another player seeking a partner for the session that you are interested in.

Please Login Early for Online Games

Please register for online games in good time.  Preferably 10 but at least 5 minutes before starting time is appropriate.
Last minute logins cause  difficulties for the Tournament Director and might not be accepted

This is a reminder that the Club expects that everyone playing online must show their full name
(First and Surname) in their profile.
As a Club site, members should be able to see who they are playing against.
May we remind some of our newer players and a few more experienced ones that they should comply.

Members or anyone making enquiries about any aspect of the Club's bridge
are welome to contact any of the three SBBC Company Directors.
The details below show their special interests.

We continue to have a programme of Online Bridge via BBO and hold four weekly sessions of Face-to-Face bridge at the Club.