Beginners' Course starting September 2024

Learn Bridge Now

We are currently running a programme of weekly lessons for Beginners.  The course is now full but if you are interested in learning bridge, please email into granthambridgeclub@gmail.com.

When we run another course further details will appear here.   

For our current class of Beginners, there is a quick link to the Beginner Course Notes here.

Welcome to Grantham Bridge Club, an EBU club and part of the Leicestershire CBA  We play a mixture of face-to-face and online bridge to suit all abilities including duplicate, gentle duplicate and supervised play sessions. 

New members are welcome, but please complete the Membership Application Form.

Check the calendar here and find out more information about our Club here.  You can contact us at 

granthambridgeclub@gmail.com

Venue and Weekly Sessions

Every Monday evening at 7pm we hold a F2F duplicate pairs session at Barrowby Memorial Hall. 

Tuesday evening at 6:45 pm we are holding a Duplicate session on Realbridge.  

We run a Gentle Duplicate pairs session every Wednesday morning at 9.45am on Bridge Base Online (BBO)

A Next Steps session is held every Wednesday morning at 9:30am at Barrowby Reading Rooms.  We welcome all players who want to gain confidence and develop their Bridge under the supervision of experienced players in a relaxed and friendly environment. No partner required.

Every Thursday afternoon at 1.45pm, we hold a Friendly Duplicate session on RealBridge.

For RealBridge, we are pleased to tell you that we have several club members  who are very willing to support anyone needing advice on getting the best use of Realbridge to suit their needs.  Links to the RealBridge Player Guide and their camera/microphone test page are in the panel below the EBU Master Points Promotions Panel to the right, and it is recommended that players new to RealBridge have a look at these.  Members who would still like additional support should contact us at granthambridgeclub@gmail.com.  

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Pastoral Support

You may be a club member, or know of a club member, who would like to be contacted for any number of reasons - they may be poorly, isolating, have suffered a bereavement or, more happily, be celebrating a major event in their lives. If so, Carol Hulse would be happy to hear from you and to follow up as appropriate. Tel: 01949 842027 or 07935 050751; email: granthambcpastoral@gmail.com.

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Club News

Thank you to those who attended the Christmas Social and for your contributions of food to make a fantastic spread.  Also for playing in our Christmas Individual Competition. The overall winner was Richard Turner, with Becky Ronan and Chris Pettitt drawing for second place. Dave Cox won the prize for 3NT contract and David Paine won the prize for a trick with the 2♣.

      

28/11/24


LCBA

Hyman  Crammer Cup

On the 18 December, LCBA held their annual Club Pairs Championship.  Five pairs from Grantham qualified for the final in a field of 23 pairs. Richard Turner and Jacob Florijn were the prize winners for the leading non-expert pair.  Also Jennie Rea and Carol Hulse finished in a very creditable 4th place.  Congratulations to both pairs.

Please see the LCBA Information tab on the menu to the left for details of forthcoming LCBA events and competitions.  

20/12/24


Bridge – It’s a Big Deal

Grantham Bridge Club and Mr Bridge Club, Grantham ran a very successful event on 11 September.  We raised £1420 for Cancer UK which was a fantastic achievement.

The winners were Martin Mellor and Carol Fisher, runners up were Jo Spencer and Ian Smith and Tom Simpson won the prize for winning a trick with the 2 Clubs.

    

Many thanks to everyone who supported this event, and to the Team from Grantham Bridge Club and Mr Bridge, Grantham, who helped the day to go smoothly.

19/9/24


Next Steps Seminars

The next Seminar will be on Slam Bidding and is to be held on Wednesday, 22 January.  Registration is now available here.

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Last updated : 31st Dec 2024 09:10 GMT
Results
Wednesday On-line Gentle Duplicate
Director: Neil Henfrey
Scorer: Neil Henfrey
Monday F2F Duplicate Pairs
Director: Carol Hulse
Scorer: Judy Hulland
Grantham Thursday Bridge
Director: Carol Hulse
Scorer: Patsy Scriven
Wednesday Online Gentle Duplicate
Director: Patsy Scriven
Scorer: patricia scriven
Calendar
6th January 2025
Monday F2F Duplicate Pairs
Barrowby Memorial Hall 7.00pm
Director: Bill Barclay
Scorer: John Ronan
7th January 2025
Tuesday On-Line Duplicate Pairs
RealBridge 6:45pm
Director: Jacob Florijn
7th January 2025
Beginners Course
Reading Room Barrowby 6:45pm
Director: John Ronan
Host: Carol Fisher, Jennie Rea, Carmel O'Regan
8th January 2025
Wednesday On-line Gentle Duplicate
BBO 9:45am
Director: Neil Henfrey
EBU Master Point Promotions

 

Our Masterpoint Champion for 2023 was David Paine who amassed a grand total of 883 points over the year.  Well done, David.

Congratulations to the following members who have received a Masterpoints promotion recently:

2 Star Premier Tournament Master

Rebecca Ronan

3 Star Master

Norman Rossiter

1 Star Master

Ian Smith

Advanced Master

Deborah Wren

Master

David Paine

Neil Henfrey

Liz Jackson

County Master

Jennifer Armitage

Maureen Jones

Helen O'Neill

Mike O'Neill

District Master

Andy Richards

Jo Foster

Club Master

Vicky Kemp

Local Master

Patricia Gregory

10/12/24