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All players welcome

EBU masterpoints awarded and results contribute to EBU national grading

We play at South Mansfield Community Cantre 

MONDAY, TUESDAY & FRIDAY EVENINGS

6.45pm for 7.00pm start

We are a bridge club run by the members for the members.

Come and play bridge in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

Bridge is a fascinating game. 

We pride ourselves on being a club where everybody is made welcome.

Players of any standard are warmly welcomed at our sessions held every Monday Tuesday and Friday evenings at 7.00pm 

at South Mansfield Community Association Bellamy Road, Mansfield NG18 4LN

New and returning bridge players are invited to come and join us. Contact Sue Wright on 07970 198312 for information on learning or improving your game.

For more information please contact 

Bob Laughton 077852 228554 or 

Mike Gyles 07947845305

We are fortunate to have two EBU qualified Tournament Directors to help club nights run smoothly.

A very brief introduction

The NGS provides a fair and trustworthy measure of an individual’s current performance when playing duplicate bridge, which is easy to understand and reflects changes (both up and down) in an individual’s current standard of play. The NGS indicates an individual’s current playing ability based on the last 80 or so playing sessions at whatever level they play.

The NGS is complementary to the Master Point Scheme, whose existing arrangement is unaltered. The two schemes are independent.

NGS Grades

The NGS calculates a current grade and a grade band for each EBU member, which is updated whenever new results for that player are received.

The value of your current grade is the scheme’s estimate of the percentage score that you would achieve on average if partnering another player with the same current grade at Match Pointed Pairs in a field of nationally average strength.

EBU grades have been divided into 13 playing card bands, ranging from ‘Ace’ at the top to ‘Two’ at the beginners’ end. Each band covers a 2% range of grade values,with ‘Eight’ having a range of 49‐51%.

Further information is available on the EBU website. A full listing of NGS for England and individual counties can be accessed on the EBU website/NGS.