Welcome to the Tamar Bridge Club Inc. web site. Tamar Bridge Club conducts regular Duplicate Bridge sessions at the club rooms in St. Leonards, Tasmania.
Visitors are welcome at most sessions. Some championship events are restricted to club members, and some multi-session events may require pre-entry and commitment to play in all sessions. Consult the Calendar on this site to identify these sessions.



The Tamar Bridge Club Sunday Pairs Congress will be held on Sunday June 2nd.

Venue: Club Rooms, St. Leonards Sports Centre
Time: 9:30 AM - approx 4:30 PM
Entry Fee: $30.00 per pair
Entries Close: 7:00 PM Wed 31st May
Format: Match Pointed Pairs
Entries to: PO Box 348 Launceston, Tas, 7250 OR secretary©tamar.org.au

Entry Form here.


You might like to note the following corrections to the printed calendar.

• There is no Bridge on Jan 1st.

• The Devonport Bridge Club Congress has moved from 9-10 Feb to 2-3 Feb (not 16-17 Feb as posted here previously).

• Tasmanian Restricted Swiss Pairs (new gold point event on national calendar) will be held concurrently with the Roger Penny Seniors Swiss Pairs, at Wrest Point, on the 21-22 Mar.

• Tas Restricted Pairs should not be listed on 21 Jul. It will actually be held concurrently with Open & Womens Pairs, on 4th Aug.

• The draft TBA calendar has Tas Swiss Pairs (Devonport) on 10-11 Aug. The published date of 19-20 Oct is probably correct, but we will clarify later

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• Phone number for Lizzie Gatenby should be 03 6334 1585, not 63 441585.

Commencing on the 9th January, we will have a new afternoon Duplicate session.

We aim to start play at 1:30. It would be helpful if players could be at the club by 1:20, to let us set partnerships & movements.

This will be specifically for Novice players. The precise conditions to qualify as a novice have not yet been established, but as a guide players with a masterpoint rank below Local Master, who have been playing club Bridge for less than 4 years, would be typical.

More experienced players will be welcome, provided they play with (and mentor) a novice, and adhere to the prescribed bidding system. The director may assign a partner for such players.

It is intended as a forum for graduates of beginners' courses, or other new players, to ease into Duplicate competitions amongst players of similar ability.

There will be a prescribed bidding system, simple Standard American, which all players will be expected to use. No additional conventions or variations.
A summary can be found here.

A (first draft) System Card can be found here .

All sessions will be walk-in. It is hoped that most players will come as a pair, but if you come without a partner the director will pair you with another player. If there is an odd number, the director will play.

Extra time will be allowed per board. But we will endeavour to get through at least 24 boards in the session, so Masterpoints can be awarded.

Some less experienced players may be playing Teams bridge for the first time in either the Daytime Teams on Mondays, or the Thursday Teams Nights. Teams scoring can be quite confusing to players used to match point pairs only. And an understanding of Teams scoring can be important to some of the decisions you have to make at the table.

Here is a quick guide to teams scoring for those who need help.

And here is a Teams Score Sheet (PDF) with one 6 board match filled in, which might help as an example.