| Bridge Suspended While We Find a New Director |
We had a great Christmas Party Duplicate on Thursday December 14th 2023. Thank you all for coming and contributing to the occasion. However there was sadness too, as we said goodbye to Ned Paul, our regular tournament director. Ned was one of our founding TDs over 11 years ago. Ned puts on a lot of bridge in many places and is needing to cut down to spend more time at home. We wish him well!
So far we have not been able to find a replacement for Ned but we are still looking. We will let players know when we are able to restart.
Meanwhile Ned's online games continue on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening, hosted manily by Ned's colleague Ivan Brajkovic. All Kingston players are welcome.
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| Friendly Bridge Club — New Players Welcome |
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Above: In play on Thursday evening at St Pius Church Hall
Welcome to Kingston's own bridge club. The Thursday duplicate is currently suspended, pending the appointment of a new Tournament Director.
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| Bridge for Improvers |
Our Kingston programme of informal bridge is currently suspended. However a sister game at East Sheen Bridge Club IS running live on Thursday mornings (9.30am-12.00noon). This takes place at the Church Hall, Our Lady Queen of Peace, 222 Sheen Road, Richmond TW10 5AN. This is located directly across Richmond Park. Click the East Sheen link above to see details and a map. There is free parking in the Church car park. A similar game at New Chiswick BC runs on Tuesday afternoons (2.00pm-4.30pm). This takes place at Chiswick Tennis Club, W4 3EU which is located up the A316 behind Chiswick House Gardens (and NOT in central Chiswick).
The bridge at both the above venues is supervised social bridge and is aimed at those wanting to improve and polish their game. You should know a little of the basics to join the game; absolute beginners are recommended to Ned Paul's beginner lessons including his highly successful "Learn Bridge In A Weekend" - see dates opposite. If you do know the basics, even from a long time ago or from internet play please don't be shy in coming along - support and advice from an experienced tutor will be available throughout.
Our recommended bidding system is modern Acol with a weak NT, as widely taught in England, but other bidding systems are equally welcome. We encourage players to learn and use modern conventions such as Weak Two opening bids and Transfer Responses to 1NT and 2NT. If you would like to upgrade your game to include these and other modern ideas come along and we will support you throughout the learning process. The group is very sociable and welcoming. Please trust us: we have a lot of exeprience in helping new players find their 'bridge legs' and going on to enjoy the game.
There is a similar social supervised play game at East Sheen Bridge Club on Thursday mornings 9.30am-12noon. See the website for details.
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| Online Bridge Also Available |
Full Programme of
Online Tournaments
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When Covid restrictions came into force, Kingston Bridge Club in common with other clubs in Ned Paul's 'stable, started to meet online.
Since live bridge resumed, the online programme has continued. All players are welcome and we provide a safe, friendly and mainly Acol-based experience for all players.
The games are hosted so everyone including single players is guaranteed a partner. We use the bridge playing site https://www.bridgebase.com/ (known as 'BBO') to run these games.
There are three evening games a week. These games are open to all but we require your BBO username and if appropriate your EBU membership number. Online tournaments last about two hours.
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* Monday evening - 7.30pm |
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* Wednesday evening - 7.30pm |
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* Friday evening - 7.30pm |
For complete details, including cost, and results of past games, see Ned's other website
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