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On Sunday 7th July TMBC welcomed 44 players to take part in the 2nd playing of the Juggler's Cup Trophy in memory of Ben Beever. 

A high quality turnout, with the lead changing hands many times, finally resulted in a win for Raymond Semp and John Hassett.  Congratulations to both of them.

Once again Ben's parents were present to award the trophy and thank the Club for continuing to honour Ben's memory.  Ben's mum Pru asked how many people remembered Ben and was visibly moved when a sea of hands were lifted.  John Hassett remembered playing five-a-side football with Ben and wryly commented that Ben had been a better juggler with his hands than he was with his feet!

Anne Naylor with great support from Committee members and many others worked very hard to set up and manage the event.  There was an extensive and sumptuous buffet, with Fiona Goode managing the play with aplomb.

Thank you for all your support.

After his successful seminars on bidding strong hands, Nicholas Greer is running a series of seminars for us over the Summer.  The seminars are taking place on Thursday mornings, starting at 10.30am and will last for 2 hours.  Nicholas will give a lesson at the start (30 minutes) and then we will play 8 hands which reflect the different aspects of the topic.  At the end of the session you will receive a hand out showing the hands with an explanation of how to bid and play each hand.  There will also be a note which covers the information Nicholas has covered in the lesson.  These seminars are suitable for improvers and more experienced players.  The cost is £8 for members and £10 for non members.  All are welcome to come to the seminar.  Please complete the form at the end of this item to confirm if you will be attending the next seminar so I print enough copies of the notes.  The submission form will be updated weekly so you need to confirm each week you will be attending.  You do not need a partner to attend one of these seminars.

The topics Nicholas will cover are:

I have received a couple of suggestions for further seminars - Opening Leads in more detail and Signalling.  More suggestions gratefully received!  We will be running further seminars in the Autumn.

Beginners Bridge Taster Courses.

Our next Beginner's Bridge Courses will start in September.

We will be running both an evening and day time course.

Each course will last for 10 weeks and will start towards the end of September.  At the moment we plan to run one course on Tuesday evenings starting on 24th September and one during the day on a Wednesday time tbc starting Wednesday 25th September.

If you are interested in joining one of our future courses, please fill in the form below and we will keep you updated about our plans for our next courses.

Please be careful when you enter your email address. There have been a couple of incorrect email addresses entered so if you have not had a reply please try again.  You will always receive a personal response in 24 hours. 

Each course will last 10 weeks and covers the basics of play and bidding. We teach the 5 card major, strong No Trump and short club system.  We will also cover basic defensive tactics.

Most importantly, the classes will be friendly and sociable. Bridge can be a complicated game and will stretch your mind, but we aim to make bridge fun to learn and hope you will quickly come to love the game as much as we do.  Once your course is finished we have a wide range of supported, follow on sessions for you to join to continue to learn this wonderful game.

The course will cost £80 payable in advance 

Interested?  Find out more by emailing Susan on grasan30@gmail.com or completing the online form below

Would you like to learn to play bridge?

We are currently setting up our new courses for beginners.

If you are interested in joining the above course or would like to learn at a different time or day, please fill in the form below and we'll get in touch to make arrangements for you to start lessons to learn to play this fascinating game.

The relaxed Thursday evening duplicate continues to be well supported with 5 and half tables playing on the 4th July  despite the competition of Election night and Wimbledon !Thanks to  Fiona Goode who acted as TD and Jenny and Pam and others who continue to help with and support this event . Its very much a Bridge night for the people by the people. Hope to see more of you next time.  

We now have three IntoBridge sessions each week.  These are on a Monday and Friday afternoon at 2pm and on Thursday evening (Swiss Pairs) starting at 7.15pm.  All these sessions are well supported and will continue.  The Manchester Bridge Club Committee decided that we would have to cancel the Sunday afternoon session because there have been so few people playing on a Sunday in recent weeks.

We are delighted to announce that the following Members of the Club achieved an EBU Master Point ranking promotion in June 

John Moran  4 Star Master
Nigel Matthews  3 Star Premier Master
Hannah Hutchinson  County Master
Maureen Marr  Area Master
Caroline Blake  Local Master
Bruce Moreman  Local Master 


Congratulations to all of you    

Click here to sign on to IntoBridge

Thursday evening online Swiss Pairs on Intobridge at 7:15pm

Come and join us every week!

Click on the links below to register your account on IntoBridge and come and join us to play on this new innovative online platform that offers much more than than BBO. 

If you haven't already, Click here to Register on the IntoBridge platform

The following youtube videos explain:

     The IntoBridge platform, how to register and available controls

     How to register for an IntoBridge game, how to join a game, and how to use the partnership desk

Registration is straightforward, but does involve receiving an email with a confirmation link to activate your account.

If you have any problems please contact Dave Fernley on 07388 398 919

Once you have registered you can invite your partner using his/her user name or join the Partnership Desk to signify you are looking for a partner.

An IntoBridge host will play with you cannot find one via the Partnership Desk

We now have supervised sessions for beginners, learners & improvers at the club:

Monday afternoon at 1pm for Improvers with Paul Murray.

** NEW** Monday evening at 7:15pm for beginners

Tuesday evening at 7pm all levels.

Wednesday afternoon at 1pm for beginners with Paul Murray.

Thursday morning at 10:30 for beginners with Susan Triggs.

Members £6 & Visitors £8

Everyone is welcome

Please be aware that the BridgeWebs attendance Module is not a real time system. It reflects entry fees spent on online and face-to-face games but does not reflect money paid into your online account until it is manually updated from the Club's bank statement. Our 'WebMaster', Dave Fernley performs these updates periodically- usually weekly. If you need to know your balance between updates, call Paul or Dave.

The new Bridgewebs Attendance Module for tracking payment money for online games is now live.

It provides you with a real-time view of the games you have played, the current balance of your account and payments made and received by your account. 

To see this information you will need to log on to the Members Only area of the website and then select thePayments Account tab.
Detailed instructions logging onto this area are available here

A detailed description of the Online Account, how it works, etc, is also available here within the Members Only Area (log-on needed).

Account statements will also be sent out periodically by email. This ensures that people who choose not to actively monitor their account balance are still aware of it. The statement provides a regular update to non-members who play in our online games who do not have access the member's area and therefore the real time benefits of this system.

See Calendar on the right of this home page for our Weekly Schedule

Face to Face table fees for Duplicates at the Club are £4 for fully paid-up MBC members & £6 for Guests

Supervised Face to Face table fees at the Club are £6 for fully paid-up MBC members & £8 for Guests

(includes free tea/coffee & biscuits and occasional treats! However, sandwiches/supper will not be served)

Online bridge entry is £3.75 for members & £4.50 for non-members

For Online games a pre-arranged partner is preferable. However, if possible, partners can be found after you log on to our tournaments. Just wait on Partnership Desk on IntoBridge. 

Please transfer entry fee (or more for convenience / multiple games) into the MBC bank account (see below).

MBC will reduce your balance after each session played and email you with a regular statement to help you stay in credit.

The Manchester Bridge Club Bank details are –

Natwest Sort Code 01-02-02   Account Number  21867577

Please put your First Name and Surname as the payment reference

Thank you for supporting The Manchester Bridge Club