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Inductee has a great temperament for the game, a super knowledge of bidding structure and maintains an even keel at the table

We had a great turnout and a great time at the Bridge Club last Saturday when 55 to 60 avid bridge players saw three hours and 15 minutes fly by in learning about and discussing their favourite game. The topic was “How to Win at Bridge” and from the ...

Not a whole lot of time for a column this week as I’ve been preparing for the talk on “How to win at bridge” at the Bridge Club this afternoon. It starts at 2pm and is open to members and non-members. There is no entry fee, but we will have a donatio...

A hand can turn up in Bridge that has a card combination that needs working out, and for most players that takes a lot of application

Big congratulations to Marge Way and Misha Novakovic who are the 2022 Bridge Club Open Pairs champions after a dramatic and wafer-thin victory over Ed Betteto and David Sykes in second and Elizabeth McKee and Linda Pollett in third. The margin of vi...

Now that summer is winding down things will start getting livelier at the Bridge Club. The board is working hard to encourage members back to the live games, post Covid, and will hopefully succeed in recreating that unique social atmosphere that come...

This week and next I will present two slam hands which are instructional in the bidding and the play. North-South were good bidders in getting to the slams but South let the team down with some pedestrian declarer play to lose a bushel of points (see...

As I have written many times before, getting to play good bridge is a combination of a desire to learn combined with a lot of practice. As time goes on, plays that used to be difficult as declarer or in defence become easier, and after more time bec...

I wrote earlier this year of the passing of the great Eddie Kantar, who was not only a great player and teacher, but one of the nicest and funniest people I have ever met. His partnership with the volatile and outgoing “Broadway” Billy Eisenberg was ...

One of the greatest skills in declarer play is taking every opportunity for an extra chance of making your contract, and in getting the opponents to help you. You can only do that by giving them the lead, so instead of clinging on to clear losers u...