June 2020

The quarterly IMP competition for our online games, hosted by Funbridge, has concluded. For the second quarter April to June, Olivier La Spada finished top of the leader board. He scored 373...

An update to the Skyblue book is now available. The Skyblue book as a supplement to the Blue Book and White Book for online bridge, the updated version of the Skyblue book is available to be...

New Tricks Bridge Club is a YouTube channel dedicated to the promotion of bridge education at all levels. They have created a series of bridge lessons, which are free to access. You can view the...

The 3rd World Youth Online Championships continued over the weekend. The England U26 team, having lost to Turkey in the semi finals played a 3rd/4th playoff over 28 boards against France. The...

We're sad to hear of the death of Bill Hirst. Bill was a former member of the England Senior Team. He played in two European Championships and The Olympiad and was non-playing captain for the...

An update to the Skyblue book is now available. The Skyblue book as a supplement to the Blue Book and White Book for online bridge, the updated version of the Skyblue book is available to be...

The government announced on 23rd June that it will be relaxing the social distancing requirements with effect from 4th July. This has led some clubs and other bridge organisers to wonder if they...

Two young professional bridge teachers and players, Shahzaad Natt and India Leeming have created a new YouTube channel, Tricks of the Trade. As well as bridge lessons the channel is creating a...

The Portland Bowl Finals rounds took place this weekend, 20th - 21st June 2020. Usually taking place at the world famous Portland Club in London, this year the finals were held online due to...

As I write, shops have been open for a week, after being told that for them, as long as they abide by the rules, lockdown is over. The government is considering the reduction of Social Distancing...