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Before I get to the column, The Mens and Ladies Pairs Championships will take place on Saturday May 21, with two sessions held morning and afternoon. The entry so far is pretty low, and the Bridge Club is looking for more pairs to sign up – lunch...

I play quite a lot of online bridge on BBO and often see some pretty awful defence, most of which comes from players not sticking to some basic rules and clearly having no agreement with partner on their defensive signals and play. It would take me t...

A big well done to Marion and Duncan Silver for their triumph in the Bermuda Bridge Club Non-Life Masters Pairs Championship in a really close finish from Nikki Boyce and Rosemary Smith, who finished second. The winners also won the B strata and seco...

Well, I had a real brain freeze last week when writing the column, and after kicking myself a few times have decided that the best way to correct it is to simply repeat the column, but this time will try and get the facts straight! I have often extol...

I have often extolled the virtues of our great game in this column and regularly described it as “a game for a lifetime”. To prove my point, last Monday at the club, Diana Diel and Ivy Rosser won the game with an excellent score, and remarkably both ...

A new footbridge built to extend the Railway Trail over Flatts Inlet has hit a snag after an underwater cave was detected in the bridge’s path. Tucker Murphy, a spokesman for the Friends of the Railway Trail, confirmed that the construction team had ...

I’ll start with some further updates on the Spring Tournament Schedule. Non Life Masters: the 2022 Championship will be held starting at 9.30am on Saturday, April 23. There will be two sessions, with a short break. Sandwiches will be available. A...

The Spring Tournament season should by now have been well under way at the Club, but has hit a couple of roadblocks. First, I was hoping to report the results of the Novice Pairs Championship which was scheduled for last Tuesday but the game had to b...

With the return to some sort of normality we can look forward to the first couple of spring tournaments at the Bermuda Bridge Club with the Novice Pairs on Tuesday evening, March 29, quickly followed by the Open Pairs on the evenings of Thursday Marc...

I'm travelling again this week, so straight to the hand. The hand is one I return to every once in a while, because it is a really clear example of the need for clear, simple thinking during the play of the hand (see Figure 1). The bidding got a bit ...

Good news this week as the Bridge Club takes another step towards normality with the announcement of the dates for the Spring Club Championships – fingers crossed that the pandemic continues to ease and that the club will see a good turnout for all ...

Great news for all of you out there who want to learn this wonderful game of ours, or have friends that do – beginners’ bridge lessons are soon coming to the Bermuda Bridge Club on Pomander Road! Running the lessons will be the popular pair of Bill P...