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President was a stellar leader through a stressful time as the club navigated its way through the Covid-19 pandemic

If I rattle on about certain bids or play in this column from time to time it is only because they come up at the table frequently – and players frequently go wrong on them! Key to playing a suit well is recognising what your best outcome is even if ...

Anyone who reads this column regularly knows that I love talking bridge and I love teaching bridge. Most of the hands in my column have some instructional aspect – I try and avoid “clever” hands for the column and also stay away (most of the time!) ...

Another Bridge Club championship is tied, as Malcolm Moseley and Mark Stevens share the Non-Life Masters Championship first place with Kathy Keane and Joyce Pearson

The non-Life Master Pairs is scheduled to take place at the Bridge Club today, but at the time of writing this column the event is in doubt as there are only six pairs signed up – puzzling, as the majority of Bridge Club members fall into this catego...

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

Those of you with reasonable ability to recall bridge hands will have noticed that there are three or four hands that I trot out every year or so – I do that mainly because they are helpful in developing your bridge thinking, but also because I reall...

Now that things are gradually returning to normal at the Bridge Club it is good to see the release of a pretty full tournament calendar for 2023. The 2023 Club Championship schedule is as follows: • February 18 – Non Life Masters • March 11 – Open Pa...

An inspection of the Swing Bridge in St George’s is ahead of schedule and traffic restrictions may not be necessary

Jane Smith took the 2022 Club Player of the Year title and Heidi Dyson won 2022 Junior Player of the Year.

Welcome to the first column in 2023 and I hope the year brings you all good health and happiness, and lots of great things happening at the bridge table! Some phrases you hear in your childhood stay with you for your entire existence, and a favourite...

Some 36 years ago I wrote a column in the now defunct Mid-Ocean News dedicating a hand to my newly born son Daniel, and then almost exactly a year later followed with a hand for my daughter Rebecca. Today’s hand is dedicated to Woodrow (“Woody”) who ...