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Learning Bridge

At Royal Mid-Surrey we have occasional 'assisted/supervised' sessions run by Christine Tomkin to enable members to gently improve their bidding, play and defense.  Watch out for the dates included in our newsletters and on our website.

For more formal learning, we suggest having a look at Richmond Bridge Club (just over the Richmond Bridge at Cambridge Park).  This warm and friendly Club is the largest Club affiliated to the EBU and have learning sessions aimed at all levels of skills.  In addition to the 40 lessons complete experience for beginners they have short 4 lesson programmes aimed at specific areas.  Useful for refreshing ones knowledge.  Their website https://www.bridgewebs.com/richmond/ gives a comprehensive breakdown of the goings on at the Club.

 

Calendar
1st Apr 2025
Afternoon Duplicate
Clubhouse 1.30pm
Host: John Wright
2nd Apr 2025
Bridge Drive afternoon
Clubhouse 1.30pm
Host: Julia Wright
3rd Apr 2025
Ladies' Charity Golf and Bridge Day 2025
Clubhouse 9.00am
10th Apr 2025
Ladies League v Hurlingham
Hurlingham 10.00am
Host: Frances Balmer
11th Apr 2025
Easter Duplicate
Viscount Room 1.30pm
Director: Karen
Host: Pip
15th Apr 2025
Afternoon Duplicate
Clubhouse 1.30pm
Host: Pip Smitham
16th Apr 2025
Bridge Drive afternoon
Clubhouse 2.15pm
Host: Julia Wright
22nd Apr 2025
Afternoon Duplicate
Clubhouse 1.30pm
Host: David Walker
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Welcome to Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club Bridge Section
Ladies Captain's Charity Golf & Bridge Day
Ladies Captain's Charity Golf & Bridge Day

On Thursday 3rd April, our Ladies Captain, Sarah Mote, is organising a fun Charity Golf and Bridge Day in aid of her selected Charity.  For the sign-up and itinerary, please go to the Club's Website under 'Competitions' / 'UpandComing'   If wishing to play in the bridge only, please tick the box indicating such.

Zia Mahmood at Richmond Bridge Club

Richmond Bridge Club is inviting RMS Members (whether members of RBC or not) to join them for a seminar and ploughman's lunch at RBC on Saturday 5th April.

Click the link here to obtain more details.

Easter Duplicate
Easter Duplicate

Again we are having our Easter Duplicate Session, this year on  Friday 11th April starting at 1.30pm.  Please be seated by 1.20pm.  Cost will be £5 for members and guests are very welcome at the same price.  Costs will be automatically charged to the members' card.  Tea and biscuits will be served with the costs being borne by the Bridge Section.  

Click Easter Booking form to take you to the Booking Form or click the Booking form in the menu to the left.


Looking forward to seeing you all. 

Bridge Section - AGM and Prize Giving
Bridge Section - AGM and Prize Giving

We are holding the Bridge Section AGM and Prize Giving on Tuesday 29th April at 1.00pm in the Pam Barton room.  All are welcome to join us and the Tuesday afternoon session will commence immediately following the end of the meeting.

Please follow the links to the 

AGM AGENDA 2025 - Coming shortly

MINUTES OF THE 2024 AGM - Click MINUTES OF THE 2024 APRIL .docx

RMS BRIDGE SECTION Accounts - Coming shortly

Clicking on the above will download the document to your computer.  Open the download.

Bridge Drives
Bridge Drives

On the first Wednesday of each month there is a Bridge Drive, usually starting at 1.30pm in the Clubhouse.  Until the end of May, we will be trialling a second session on the third Wednesday of the month.  If successful, we will continue with two drives per month.

These are gentle sessions of Chicago Bridge (playing with the same four on your table throughout).  These are organised and run by Julia Wright (and in her absence Christine Wright).  The Booking Forms (in the Menu on the left) are for entries of upto 4 persons;  members and guests   The cost per player is £2.00.  If a player wishes to partake of the tea and biscuits, there will be a charge to their levy card.  Any questions on the bridge side should be addressed to Julia.  These organised sessions will only proceed if we have four complete tables signed up.

Tuesday Afternoons - Benmore Bowl Duplicate Bridge
Tuesday Afternoons - Benmore Bowl Duplicate Bridge

Our Tuesday afternoon sessions are very popular.  This is a relaxed social afternoon with Tea and Biscuits if you wish to partake.   We hope you can encourage other less regular players to come along.  These afternoon sessions are playing for the Benmore Bowl trophy.  The 2024/25 sessions start on Tuesday 1st October and run through on most Tuesdays until the last Tuesday in March 2025.  To qualify for the trophy, a player must attend at least 10 of the Tuesday events.  After the end of March, bridge will continue to be organised until the last Tuesday in June provided that at least four tables are in play.  Please sign up on the website on the Bookings Page in the menu to the left for these very social occasions. 

 

The Freeman Madgett Trophy
The Freeman Madgett Trophy

Our ever popular Freeman Madgett Trophy rubber bridge knock-out tournament commenced on 1st September.  Not quite a full knockout tournament;  as we have so many pairs entering, we have a round-robin pools system where the leading pair in each group go through to the knock-out stage.  The round-robin rounds have now been completed.  The competition runs through-out the Autumn/Winter/Spring and can be arranged to play at either the host pairs' house or at the Club....the choice is by agreement between the pairs.  The organiser of the event is Mimi Waterbury and any questions should be asked of her.  The Rules and when the Draw is drawn are shown on the menu tab to the left.  

A BIG Welcome
A BIG Welcome

Welcome to the Bridge Section of

Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club

We welcome players of all abilities to take part in any of our sessions, which usually take place on the first floor.  We have regular Duplicate, Rubber and Chicago bridge sessions for members of the Club and their guests.   Periodically we have Supervised sessions where qualified members impart their knowledge to beginners and, indeed, to those who wish to 'refresh' their game.  Visitors are welcome but must be sponsored by an RMS member.  Anybody is welcome to play bridge in the Bridge Room where cards and bidding boxes are provided.  If you wish to become a Member of the Bridge Section and wish to receive our regular news updates then please join us by signing up for the Bridge Section. Just click on  Contact Us.

If you have any queries, or need a partner, please contact Pip Smitham, Bridge Chairman, at pipsmitham@yahoo.com or Julia Wright, Bridge Secretary.

A full list of the members of the Bridge Committee is available through the link to the left under 'Information/Committee'

 

The Chef needs to know

We cannot stress enough the importance of 'signing up' when catering is involved. Please help us to help the Club.

Sign up here by clicking Bookings Page (to take you straight there) or alternatively contact The Office at the Club who will kindly sign up for you.

BOOKINGS

Members can sign-up by clicking on the 'Bookings Page' in the left hand menu column. It is very important that you sign up for events as we have to notify the kitchen of numbers for catering.  If you have any problems signing up, please use the ‘contact us’ button under ‘Information’ on the left-hand menu and we will assist.  Any problems with Bookings please contact Pip at pipsmitham@yahoo.com

Calendar and Results

Further down the page are the Calendar and Results.  Click on the links below for the up and coming Bridge events and the recent Results.   Details of all current events are also available by clicking the Calendar link on the left hand menu.

Results
Benmore Bowl Afternoon Duplicate
Director: Pip Smitham
Sunday Duplicate Bridge
Director: Pip Smitham
Tuesday pm 18.3.25.
Director: Pip Smitham
Benmore Bowl Afternoon Duplicate
Director: David Walker
Benmore Bowl Afternoon Duplicate
Director: Pip Smitham
Calendar
1st Apr 2025
Afternoon Duplicate
Clubhouse 1.30pm
Host: John Wright
2nd Apr 2025
Bridge Drive afternoon
Clubhouse 1.30pm
Host: Julia Wright
3rd Apr 2025
Ladies' Charity Golf and Bridge Day 2025
Clubhouse 9.00am
10th Apr 2025
Ladies League v Hurlingham
Hurlingham 10.00am
Host: Frances Balmer
11th Apr 2025
Easter Duplicate
Viscount Room 1.30pm
Director: Karen
Host: Pip
15th Apr 2025
Afternoon Duplicate
Clubhouse 1.30pm
Host: Pip Smitham
16th Apr 2025
Bridge Drive afternoon
Clubhouse 2.15pm
Host: Julia Wright
22nd Apr 2025
Afternoon Duplicate
Clubhouse 1.30pm
Host: David Walker