On Tuesday 9th September at 1.15 pm our usual Tuesday afternoon duplicate  will now include a Cream Tea ( that's scones with cream and jam - applied  in whatever order you prefer !) .  As in previous years all the table money , which is £10 pp , will be donated to charity and this year it will be for "Save the Children" - a charity supported by Dorothy Bailey, a Club Member ,  who sadly passed away recently. 

If you are coming please sign up below so that we can buy in enough scones. Last year we had 16 tables and we hope for a good turnout this year.    .  

Nicholas has now finished a very successful Summer School - thanks first to Nicholas but also to all the members (and non members) who attended these seminars and made them so enjoyable.

Nicholas covered a wide range of topics - requested by the Wednesday morning players - and topics included Trial Bids, Michaels Cue Bids, Unusual Two No Trump, Landy and Using the evidence from Bidding and Opening Lead to plan your play

During the Autumn we will be running a special duplicate on the 4th Wednesday morning in each month.  These duplicates should help you practice everything you have learned during the Summer Seminars.  The duplicate will contain a number of hands each month will relate to a topic covered by Nicholas over the summer. Nicholas will be providing superversion for these duplicates and we will provide hand records and an analysis for each of the 'special' hands at the end.  All are welcome to attend these duplicates which will start at 10.30am and last to around 12.30pm.

The first of these duplicates will take place on Wednesday morning 24th September 2025.

Beginners Bridge Taster Courses.

We are running two beginners bridge courses starting this September.  There is an evening course which starts at 7.15pm on Monday 15th September and a day time course starting on Thursday 18th September at 10.30am

If you are interested in joining one of these courses please complete the online form below.

Please be careful when you enter your email address. 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 which will include membership of our club until the end of December 25

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

Congratulations to the following members on achieving a Master Points promotion  in the month of July 

3 Star Premier Regional Master Ray Ashleigh

1 Star Premier Master Angela Ashleigh

5 Star Master Rose Davenport

Well done all 

Manchester Bridge Club were well represented at the MCBA Green pointed Swiss Teams on Sunday 27th July at Altrincham Bridge Club.  The event was won by Rhona Goldenfield's team ( Raymond Semp, Joy & Irving Blakey), but an MBC team of John Middleton, Andy Brocklehurst, Jeff Morris and David Sarabowski finished 3rd overall (pictured above)

while a team with Chris Hine, Angela and Ray Ashleigh, and Ann Thornton took the non-expert prize. 

John Holland's team (Gillian Whyte, Michael & Sally-Ann Rothwell) picked up the prize for the biggest win in the last round

We currently have two IntoBridge sessions each week.  These are on a Monday and Friday afternoon at 2pm.  All these sessions are well supported and will continue. We are no longer running the online Swiss Pairs on a Thursday evening.

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

Monday afternoon at 1pm for Improvers with Paul Murray.

 Monday evening at 7:15pm for beginners with Frank/Chris

Tuesday evening at 7pm all levels with Nicholas

Wednesday morning at 10:30 for improvers with Susan Triggs

Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 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