European Youth Online Teams
We’ll keep you up to date with the results of this great new international event. The current rankings for the U16s (that’s where our New Tricks guys are playing for England) can be seen here. All other results for other sections can be found at realbridge.com/events
Autumn Camp 2024
Around 40 young bridge enthusiasts at all levels from beginner to England Under 21 players gathered in the beautiful setting of Woldingham School for a weekend of fun, learning and competition. New learners got to grips with minibridge, whilst the more experienced got to have fun with virtual competition against world class players by tackling […]
Playing for England
Our first set of New Tricks kids have been selected to play for the Englad U16 team in the International Online Youth Challenge. Louis, Ethan and Jacob started learning in Year 5 when our Bridge for Schools initiative offered free lessons to their primary school, Brookfield, in Camden. They started training with the U16 squad last […]
Summer Camp 2024
Lots of fun was had by all the gang pictured above at the start of September. The camps provide a great mix of opportunities to improve your bridge and compete with other kids face to face, as well as sports such as football and frisbee, and the weekend was nicely rounded off with a fiercely […]
Loughborough 2024
This was the second year in which a big group of New Tricks kids took part in the Youth Bridge Challange at Loughborough Grammar School. This is the premiere national event for players of school age and provides a great experience of the joys of competition for the children. The New Tricks kids had a […]
EBU Year End Congress
One of the highlights of the year for bridge players in England, the English Bridge Union’s Year End Congress takes place in Earls Court and attracts many of the country’s top players. Five of our youngsters took part in the ‘Jack High’ event, playing a long day of highly competitive bridge against adult opposition and […]
AT CAMP, AND IN THE SQUAD
A group of New Tricks kids attended the two-day bridge camp run by English Bridge Education and Development at the beginning of September. As you can see from the photo above, all five attained their silver level certificates and three of the group have now joined the England Under 16 squad, despite being only 11 […]
‘Bring A Relative To Bridge’ Day
The end of the Easter term saw our first ever ‘Bring a relative to bridge club’ event at one of our London schools (pictured below). All of the kids arranged for a family member or family friend to partner them in a mini tournament. Some of the relatives had not played any kind of card […]
Inter School Match In Historic Setting
As the school year ended in July, teams from two North London primary schools battled it out in an eight board match at the famous Acol Bridge Club – a venue frequented by many of the greats over the years (photo above). The children, Year 5 kids from both schools, played really well and the […]