The West of England Congress is organised by Somerset CBA and is the premier congress in the West Country.

This year’s event will take place at The Webbington Hotel and Spa, Webbington Rd, Axbridge BS26 2HU, 01934 750100. From October 11^th-12th. 

Axbridge is about a 50 minute drive from Frome..

Entries are now being taken.  Please click on the Somerset website link to submit your entry. If you need any more information please contact Frank Coltman at  WoECongress@mail.com. See Brochure for full details of the Congress and room rates at The Webbington Hotel and Spa.

I would urge club members to consider seriously taking part in the Congress. It is a pleasant and challenging event which will enhance your bridge experience and expertise.

Welcome to the Frome Bridge Club web site. The club is affiliated to the EBU and aims to provide friendy but competitive duplicate bridge for members and visitors.

Boards are electronically duplimated and Bridgemate scoring is used meaning that results are available as soon as the last board is completed.

Frome is a pleasant Somerset market town and is situated 12 miles South of Bath.

The club meets every Monday at 7.00pm in Wesley Methodist Church at Wesley Slope, Frome for Face-to-Face play.

In addition, we provide lessons followed by assisted play on:

Thursday mornings from 9.30 to noon and

Tuesday evenings from 7pm.

For further details contact:  John Perry on 01373 467508.

Director Please!

When your opponent makes a Claim

 If a claim for ‘x’ tricks is made at your table, please try and follow these steps

The claimant should:

• State the number of tricks being claimed and how they will be playing the remaining cards to achieve that
• Only claim when the line of play outlined will be simple for the opponents to follow 
• Avoid making a claim where there are trumps remaining or finesses to take!
• Not hurry the opponents, instead allowing them plenty of time to evaluate the claim 

The opponents should:

• Make a mental note of the exact explanation given by the claimant
• Keep their cards hidden until they have had time to review the claimant’s cards and the line of play outlined
• Accept only if they are satisfied that the claim is correct
• Call the Director straight away if any concerns exist.
• Not ask the claimant simply to play on as this forfeits the chance to call the Director afterwards.

Learn to play Bridge at Frome

We are pleased to announce that bridge lessons will

restart at Frome on Thursday 3rd October.

Four different classes are available:

On Thursday mornings we hold three classes. One is for complete beginners,

one is for refreshers and another for improvers.

On Tuesday evening there is a mixed group of different bridge experience.

For further details contact: John Perry on 01373 467508.

As at May 2022 the bridge provided at Frome consists of:

1. A competitive Face-to-Face Duplicate session on Monday evenings at the Club's venue in Wesley Church, Frome.

2. Face-to-Face Assisted Play on Thursday morning

For further details about lessons please contact

Marianne Lewin on 01373 451989 or

John Perry on 01373 467508

Master Points(MP) and the Ranking system

After each Monday session the results for the evening are uploaded to the EBU.

The EBU allocates MPs to each player in the top ranks for that evening

depending on the number of tables in play.

For example, on Monday 3rd Sept. there were 8 tables so MPs were awarded

to the top three pairs for both N/S and E/W.

The ranks start with:

Local Master              100 MPs

Club Master                 200 MPs 

Area Master                500 MPs

District Master           1000 MPs

County Master           2500 MPs

Master                        5000 MPs
and then upward