Berwick Bridge Club

Berwick-upon-Tweed Bridge Club is affiliated to the Scottish Bridge Union, and plays in the East District.

Risk assessment (1 September 2022)

Monday afternoon bridge started at the Parish Centre on Monday, 4 September at 2:30pm. We will be running a host system, so you can turn up without a partner.

Since Thursday, 1 September 2022, we have been running BBO tournaments on Tuesday evenings and face-to-face tournaments at the Parish Centre on Thursday evenings. 

For summer bridge we will continue to run on Tuesday evenings on BBO and on Thursday evenings at the Berwick Parish Centre.

We are an SBU Virtual Club, meaning we can charge an entry for our BBO tournaments and award SBU master points: our tournaments are run by SBU_E_BER. Any SBU member is welcome to participate as a guest, although if you wish to play regularly please ask to join the club.

Summer bridge at the Parish Centre is on Thursdays starting at 7pm. We are running a host system, so you can turn up without a partner, and it will be free all summer. If hosts do not play, they can go home or assist less experienced players during the evening. Master points will not be awarded at the Parish Centre over the summer.

Paul also runs a popular 12-board tournament on BBO on Saturday mornings at 11am. This is not associated with the club or SBU, but it is a restricted tournament so check that he has your BBO username if you want to play.

Visitors

Visitors are very welcome - if you need a partner, or teammates on team nights, contact Christine McCreath on 01289 386302 or by email.

Paul describes the scoring used in all the club and league competitions - pairs, teams, match points, cross imps, aggregate scoring - and how you should change your tactics depending on the format in this news item.

For those who are less experienced at cross imp pairs, there is a short explanation of what is a good score.

Photograph courtesy of Paul Gipson

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The books are in the cupboard. The most recent additions are five books by Andrew Robson.

Book list

Many of the club competitions have been traditionally been handicapped. The results of the last three years of club competitions are used to compute the handicaps and the process is probably more scientific than the results.

2023-24 handicaps

Monday afternoon hosts and directors

2023-24 BBO Tuesday Directors