About bridge

What is Bridge?

• Bridge is recognised as a mind sport, and is partnership trick-taking card game of skill.
• it is a game of thought, patience and strategy
• a partnership game requiring four players competing against each other as two pairs, 
• can be played as a pleasant pastime or a competitive intellectual challenge
• offers genuine company at a level that you choose
• gives endless pleasure and hours of discussion
• can be played at every age, from 8 to 80+

 

 

 
 
 
 

How does it work?
Bridge is played by four players who form two partnerships; the partners sit opposite each other at a table. There is an auction (often called bidding) and then the play, after which the hand is scored. The more tricks a partnership correctly predicts they will make, the better their score - but if they do not make as many as they predict, their opponents score points instead.
​In club sessions, the same hands are played at each table so you can compare your scores with the other partnerships and work out who did best with what they were dealt, thus almost eliminating the 'luck' aspect that exists in games such as poker.