Halifax Bridge World

It is hot! Great time to pop into HBW for some air conditioned bridge! Our August calendar is full of adventure. 

Here is our July calendar. Be sure to review all the fun events and book your favourite partner early!

Summer is upon us. Please review the June Calendar and bring along your favourite partners....lots to do!

Please join us on Saturday, April 21st from 10 am to 2 pm (light lunch included). Allan Graves, World Senior Champion, a member of the Canadian Bridge Hall of Fame and a university trained teacher will present a Taste of Bridge. You will be playing our favourite game by the end of the afternoon!

*April is charity month at HBW and we are collecting toiletry items for Brunswick Street Mission. All donations gratefully accepted.  

April 2018 is Charity Club Championship month. We have chosen to support Brunswick Street Mission. Please bring in a new toiletry item for our basket. 

March is filled with lots of fun!

Please visit of February 2018 calendar - so many great ideas to help you chase away the those winter days and nights!

January 2018 is filled with great bridge events!

November is full of fun! Drop in for a game or two

Enjoy October at HBW!

September fun!

August 2017 calendar!

Summer is here! Please review our July calendar and join in the fun! 

June brings lots of sunshine and lots of fun bridge activities!

Check out our June calendar and line up your favourite partners. 

Have a blast playing bridge in May!

April is full of fun events! Grab your favourite partners and come on out to the club. 

Our March calendar is full of fun. Be sure to sign up for our Jiggs Dinner on Friday, March 17th!

February's calendar is full of fun and challenging bridge events. We look forward to seeing you at the table!

Here is the updated January 2017 Calendar.

The December calendar is full of lots of goodies! 

HBW presents the following lessons in September 2018

Beginner lessons

• Thursday mornings 9:30 - 11:30 starting Sept 13th
• Sunday afternoons 1 - 3 pm starting Sept 16th

Defense Course

• Monday nights 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Teacher Linda Tuff starting Sept 10th
• Wednesday mornings 9:30 - 11:30 am - Teacher Jill McCormick starting September 12th

Lessons are $100 plus HST for 8 weeks. 

NEW Practice Play sessions 

• Tuesday mornings 9:30 - 11:30 am starting September 4th with Jill McCormick  $10 pp

Call 902-454-4098 to register or send us an email at info@halifaxbridgeworld.com!

Please note that Halifax Bridge World will be closed on Thursday, July 26th from 4:30 onwards for maintenance. 

We will re-open on Friday morning, July 27th at 9:15 am for our morning Stratified Open Pairs. It is a NAP game, so lots of points up for grabs!

Please join in the fun on Tuesday, April 17th at 12:30 for our Spring Rookie Master game. You may bring your own partner, Rookie or Master, or we will match you up.

Below is a partial list of past winners. (Archives a bit skimpy!)

April 26, 2011  - Maureen Donovan & Kathy Chapman – 62% 

October 27, 2011 - Margaret Jangaard & Bill Watters – 62%

April 23, 2012   No information available

October 24, 2012- Chris Wilcox & Bill Brayley – 61%

April 23, 2013 - Rick and Linda Dill – 59%

October 24, 2013 - Janet Corkum & Claire Barnett – 62% 

April 28, 2014 - Joe Strug & Kathy Maddalena – 61% 

October 28, 2014 - NATIONAL WINNERS

Janet Corkum & Helen Prowse – 69% 

April 22, 2015 - Wes Burton & Michael Cobden – 59%

October 22, 2015 - Jane Filbee & Claire Barnett – 63%

April 21, 2016 - Maureen Donovan & George Zinck – 61% 

October 18, 2016 - NATIONAL WINNERS

Kathy Chapman & Keith Taylor – 69% 

April 16, 2017 – 2 sections – 2 overall winners

Jo Gale – Colleen Atkinson – 64%

Goldie Trager – Jim Hawkins – 59% 

Oct 18, 2017 - NATIONAL WINNERS 

Roy Landry & Paul Huber – 72% 

If I have missed any names, please email me. We will see you on the 31st!

Friday night's WorldWide game is over. You can view the hand commentary below and decide what you should have bid the second time around! 2131 pairs played at 140 clubs in 22 countries - a real world wide event!

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Saturday's game is now completed. You will find the Hand Commentary for the Saturday afternoon game below. It was a blast! 2431 Pairs playing at 126 clubs in 17 countries!

Over all Canada contributed 491 pairs! 

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Put it on your calendar for next June!

Six for $60 starting on Monday, June 26th from 1 - 3 pm. Join in the fun. Drop ins welcome.

We will cover:

• Opening 1 No Trump and Responses
• Big Hands 22+ and Responses
• Getting to Slams - Blackwood and Gerber
• Weak Two Bids and Responses
• Bidding by Opener with a 17+ hand, Jump Raises, Jump Shifts and Reverses
• Responder's Role

Call to register.  902-454-4098

Please join in the fun in our Winter Classic Charity event and have a chance to win $1500 for your favourite charity. 

If schools are cancelled due to weather, so are lessons at HBW.

Where's Waldo on Thursday night at 7 pm is proving popular with the group. Every player is given a free ticket and just before last round, the Director will draw the winning number. If it is your ticket, you get to draw from our special deck of cards. If you find Waldo (the joker) you win the pot!  

Please visit the Special Events page for upcoming exciting games.

Please visit the Calendar Page to view our Google Calendar.

Please visit the Results Page to view the month's results from each game. You will also find the Top 100 for 2014 and 2015

Login to Pianola for persoanlised history of results, analysis of your performance, and a partner finder

Maritime Bridge Lines will keep you up to date with everything going on in Unit 194 and Unit 230.