| Hellesdon & Taverham Bridge Club |
 Welcome to the web site of Hellesdon & Taverham Bridge Club. We are primarily an online club and play club pairs duplicate bridge on Monday evenings on Realbridge. We start at 7.00 and request that pairs are at their tables just after 6.45.
We welcome guests and new members at any time, but ask that guests play with a member if the evening is a "Sim Pairs". There are six of these events throughout the year.
We also play Face to Face 2 to 3 times per year at a selected venue, these start at 10:00 am.
We strive to provide a friendly atmosphere and to cater for novices as well as more experienced players, as such we discourage psyche bidding.
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| Congratulations.... |
on Promotions to
Elena Kulinskaya County Master
John Barker 3 Star Regional Master
Pete Hardy Advanced Master
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| Future Events |
Norfolk Teams
Norfolk CBA will be holding a monthly Teams of Four league on the third Friday of each month from September 19th through to December 19th, each session starting at 7:00pm and finishing no later than 10:00pm. The sessions will be played on RealBridge and the format will be multiple teams. Please contact NCBA if you need partners to create a team. Please follow this link to the NCBA League page to enter .
National Handicap Pairs Championship
On Sunday 7th September takes place as heats organised by host bridge clubs either in the clubhouse or online. The results are based on scores handicapped by NGS grade, so anyone has the opportunity to do well on the day, regardless of their experience level. The first year's event proved this to be the case when it was won by a pair whose NGS are 6 & 7. You can view the full details here on the EBU website.
100 Deals for 100 Years
Bridge turns 100—and we're throwing a party all autumn long! Cumbria CBA is to host a series of five national RealBridge events on the first Sunday of each month from August to December 2025. 20-board sessions kicking off at 7pm sharp, Blue Points and prizes up for grabs each month, Series prizes for top scorers across all 100 boards. You can view the full details here on the EBU website.
The Super Sunday Special
Held every Sunday at 7pm on RealBridge for a quick-paced national online pairs event the Super Sunday Special -20 boards in just over 2 hours. Hosted by Cumbria on behalf of the EBU, it's £2.50 per player.
NGS Limited Events
The following events are specifically for players with certain NGS grades:
Cumbria’s Jack High events on RealBridge! Play one or both 20-board sessions, the morning at 11am, then at 2:30pm. The next event will be held on Sunday 14th September.
Kent County Bridge Association is running a weekly game every Saturday afternoon at 2:30pm on BBO; the NGS 2-9 game is an 18-board game designed for players with NGS ratings between 2 and 9.
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| Bridge Classes |
The club's bridge teacher Graham Hardman is offering a range of bridge lessons - either on line or in face to face classes - for complete beginners or those who would like a refresher course. Graham is an accredited English Bridge Teacher and will be following the English Bridge School syllabus.
If you know of anyone interested please get in touch by emailing
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| EBU announcing rules |
Here are the latest EBU rules covering announcements and alerting
Any queries or questions then ask one of the club directors
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| Competition winners 2024 |
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Congratulations to
Phil Sutton for winning the Taverham Trophy (July to Dec)
Tam Payne & Brian Barrett for winnng the Chris Dawson Salver
Yvette Douglas for winning the Handicap Trophy (July to Dec)
Maria Budd & John Dennis for winning the Challenge Trophy (July to Dec)
Karen Read for winning the Taverham Trophy (Jan to June)
Paul King & Vincent Shaw, Tam Payne & Brian Barrett for sharing the Spring Cup
John Stevenson for winning the Handicap Trophy (Jan to June)
Phil Sutton for winning the Challenge Trophy (Jan to June)
Please see the Roll of Honour within the Competition/Competition Information section for a full list of past winners.
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| Handicap Competition 2024/2 - Final Positions |
Here are the final positions for the current handicap competion calculated after the final event on 30 December 2024
To find your current handicap and status of the current competition please go to Competitions - Competition Information which has a link to the relevant Google Doc.
| Rank |
Person |
Handicap |
Best 12 Score |
Score |
| 1 |
Yvette Douglas |
1.21 |
589.43 |
713.21 |
| 2 |
Val Canham |
1.19 |
589.43 |
701.42 |
| 3 |
John Stevenson |
1.22 |
574.28 |
700.62 |
| 4 |
Maureen Dewhurst |
1.05 |
662.67 |
695.8 |
| 5 |
Cheryl Plunkett |
1.03 |
662.67 |
682.55 |
| 6 |
John King |
1.07 |
623.22 |
666.85 |
| 7 |
John Harrison |
1.01 |
658.53 |
665.12 |
| 8 |
Trish Raywood |
1.01 |
658.53 |
665.12 |
| 9 |
Martin Oates |
0.97 |
677.44 |
657.12 |
| 10 |
Bryony Seppings |
0.91 |
715.25 |
650.88 |
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| Real Bridge information |
For anyone interested in finding out more about Real Bridge please visit their web site RealBridge with Real People.
If you are interested in seeing how things work for a club please read this article. The link below will take you to a document prepared by the Harpenden Bridge Club and it is the most comprehensive I have found as an introduction.
Realbridge Getting Started.pdf (bridgewebs.com)
Sessions are available here at Helleson and Taverham on Mondays, Wymondham on Tuesdays and Noverre on Thursdays.
The Norfolk League is held on Friday once a month September to April.
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| Probabilities - do you know them? |
Here, for anyone interested, is an article about probabilities of card distribution.
When you are missing 4 trumps, how likely is it that they will be split 2 - 2?
When did you last get dealt a hand with 13 cards in one suit? How long might you have to wait until it happens again?
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