April 2024
Promoting Bridge
Bridge needs to innovate in order to move forward and grow. BAMSA has a new report on promoting and [...]
Green Baize Gladiators
Dive into the captivating realm of bridge with Prof. Punch & Dr Scott as they explore its mental and [...]
Play in the BAMSA BAM!
The BAMSA BAM is raising funds for an international project on increasing youth and school bridge in the USA, [...]
March 2024
Bridge in the News
Bridge has recently been attracting some media interest in relation to mindsport education and gender. BBC Radio Scotland interviewed [...]
February 2024
Bridge, Technology and Covid
The arrival of the Coronavirus pandemic saw life across the world change dramatically, with many countries imposing national lockdowns. [...]
November 2023
BAMSA & RealBridge Conference 2023
Early October 2023, BAMSA and RealBridge organised an online Conference for Bridge Teachers and Coaches around the world. The [...]
August 2023
Teacher & Coach Conference
RealBridge and BAMSA have arranged an online conference on 7-8 October 2023 for bridge teachers, coaches and mentors. The speakers are [...]
Bridge Teacher and Coach Conference
A short online conference on 7/8 October 2023 for bridge teachers, coaches and mentors has been organised by RealBridge [...]
Youth & Mindsport Education
We’re experiencing exciting times in the bridge world, with new playing platforms, post-covid digital opportunities, new tournament structures and [...]
Fun, Fights and Failures
Playing bridge at the top often demands compromises around family and friends and the time spent with them. Players [...]
April 2023
Benefits of Bridge
A research animated video is available based on the academic research findings of Bridge: A MindSport for All (BAMSA). The [...]
Bridge and Confidence
BAMSA's latest academic paper on the physicality of bridge could contribute to bridge being recognised as a sport. Although bridge is [...]
Playing the long game
BAMSA has a new four-year project on bridge, youth and mindsport education, focusing on ways to tackle the declining [...]
October 2022
Bridge at the Top
Informal Book Review “Bridge at the Top: Behind the Screens” is a collection of interviews with some of the [...]
Playing with Emotions
The world of elite level bridge is an emotionally charged setting, and top players use emotion management to improve [...]
September 2022
Bridge and Music
Bridge and music both have mathematical underpinnings. This blog by pianist and bridge writer, Augie Boehm, discusses the many [...]
June 2022
BridgeWhiz – Teaching Children
BridgeWhiz is a new, free, online programme that teaches school children to play the mindsport bridge. This news item [...]
April 2022
Should the women’s bridge world championships continue?
If the women-only game both helps and hinders women’s progression in the card game bridge, should we consider the [...]
February 2022
Building a More Inclusive Community
Gender issues and inequalities within the bridge community are widely known and acknowledged but not by everyone. In particular, [...]
January 2022
IBPA Deals Out Three Awards to Scots
Team Scotland has been awarded the Alan Truscott Memorial Award by the International Bridge Press Association (IBPA). This prestigious [...]
December 2021
Pro Bridge: ‘Not a Proper Job’?
We are delighted that BAMSA’s fourth academic paper has recently been published about professional bridge. The peer reviewed journal [...]
November 2021
Pleasures & Pressures of Bridge
BAMSA’s third academic paper has recently been published about some of the rewards and costs of playing the mindsport [...]
September 2021
Tackling loneliness and MSP visit
A local member of Scottish Parliament (MSP) has heard how experts at the University of Stirling are tackling the [...]
July 2021
BAMSA Conference
More than 500 delegates from 62 countries attended the 4th international bridge conference. The University of Stirling and [...]
June 2021
BAMSA Conference 2021
4th International Bridge Conference Bridging Academia, Policy and Practice Monday 28 June - Thursday 1 July 2021 (online) Programme Programme (pdf) [...]