Bridge (Duplicate) (+)

Status:	Active, full but can join waiting list
Leader:	Jeremy Curtis
Group email:	Bridge (Duplicate) (+) group
When:	Weekly on Monday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:30 pm In 2025-2026, the Duplicate Bridge groups (Red and Black) meet on alternate weeks - please see more information below..
Venue:	United Reformed Church
Cost:	50p for refreshments each week, which also covers the cost of the license of the Scorebridge computer scoring system, playiing cards and stationery.

u3a DUPLICATE BRIDGE

Duplicate Bridge is played each week during the u3a season, and players are encouraged to attend the Group (either Red or Black) that they feel most at home with. Some players may choose to play in both groups. In 2024-2025 about 80% chose to attend both groups.

All Duplicate sessions operate as competitions for that afternoon

Results are distributed as soon as possible after the event to all players in the form of:

A ranked list showing the scores of players
A record of all the "travellers", the documents which record all the bids and results of each game

Sometimes members ask to see some of the hands dealt that week because they have been interesting or challenging.

Here is an example of a hand sent to members of the group:

What is the difference between playing on Red or Black weeks?

Red sessions are for players who wish to play a competition, playing 16 - 21 hands in the afternoon

Black sessions are for players who wish to play a competition at speed, playing 21 - 25 hands in the afternoon

Dates for 2025-2026

September	1^st -	8^th -	15^th - Red	22^nd - Black	29^th - Red
October	6^th - Black	13^th – Red	20^th - Black	27^th – Red
November	3^rd - Black	10^th – Red	17^th - Black	24^th – Red
December	1^st - Black	8^th - Red	15^th - Black	22^nd -	29^th -
January	5^th - Red	12^th – Black	19^th – Red	26^th – Black
February	2^nd - Red	9^th - Black	16^th - Red	23^rd – Black
March	2^nd - Red	9^th – Black	16^th – Red	23^rd – Black	30^th - Red

What is Duplicate Bridge?

Duplicate Bridge is a form of Contract Bridge played in all tournaments, in Bridge clubs, and often in the home; it is so called because each hand is played at least twice, although by different players, under the same conditions, with the same cards in each hand and the same dealer and vulnerability.

Each week a separate tournament takes place, and results are distributed by e-mail to those in attendance.