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A tough column to write this week as we all received the sad news of the passing of Eddie Kyme, who with Stephanie has been such a loyal supporter of the Bridge Club over the years. This was put out by the Club earlier this week: “Members will be sa...

Introducing newcomers to the game of bridge has always been a challenge and the current thinking is to introduce the game in a relaxed, non-competitive atmosphere and let the learners move on to competition at their own pace. The Bridge Club is makin...

Last week I set out the hand below sent to me by Jack Rhind, who pointed out the remarkable score predictor which said that a small slam, 12 tricks, can be made in no trumps and in all four suits. Clearly 6NT, 6 Clubs and 6 Diamonds are easy — you h...

There is a huge effort currently under way to pave the way for the growth of bridge in Bermuda and to produce future members for the Bridge Club, and much of this is concentrated on the teaching of bridge in the schools. The initiative was launched ...

There’s not a lot going on at the Bridge Club right now and as I’m travelling I’ll get straight to the hand, which I’ve covered before, but is a play worth repeating as it requires a technique that separates the advanced players from the experts. Thi...

Bridge is a tough, tough game and that is probably one of the main reasons it is so addictive; there is always something to learn and that applies to even the players at the very top of the game. The toughest thing about the game, I think, is not the...

Congratulations to Alan Douglas and Ed Betteto for their great ACBL-wide win in the April Charity Pairs. After winning at the Club with a 71 per cent plus game it was recently announced that they had the highest score out of the 1,415 Pairs from the ...

Something a bit different this week. One of the most heartening things about writing this column is the number of people who tell me that they read the column even though they don’t play bridge and know little about it, other than it being a “complic...

Some news this week about events at the club. Alan Douglas will be giving an intermediate lesson on Wednesday at 7pm — there is a sign-up sheet on the club’s notice board. Bill Pollett will be running a novice game each Tuesday between 7 and 9pm unt...

Not a lot happening at the Club right now with a STAC week starting on the 6th and the Non-Life Masters Pairs scheduled for the 18th. You might also want to put July 13th in the diary for the Bridge Club Summer Party. The hand this week is a little b...

Elizabeth McKee and Ed Betteto are the 2019 Mixed Pairs Champions at the Bermuda Bridge Club when they came from just behind at the halfway stage to overhaul first session leaders, Gertie Barker and John Burville. In third place were Diana Diel, Mike...

Two Bermudian brothers, aged 5 and 7, claimed glory in a chess tournament in New York. Odin and Dylan Flanagan were crowned champions in the under-8 category in the first Grace Church School and Brooklyn Friends School Chess Tournament. The youngster...