This is the home page for the Colchester Duplicate Bridge Club and provides information on all aspects of the club, including results for previous weeks and details of forthcoming events. The club is affiliated to the English Bridge Union and plays with 17 other clubs in the Suffolk Contract Bridge Association.
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| **New Item** Garden Cities Regional Final |
As winners of the Abbeygate Shield, Colchester DBC qualified to represent Suffolk in the regional finals of the Garden Cities Trophy - the national event for the top clubs in each county. Our team came fifth out of the eight teams competing. The winners were a strong team from Cambridge BC.
Our team comprised Graham Beeton, Rick Hanley, Jill Tattersfield, Roger Tattersfield, Neil Bresler, David Cooper, Eric Newman and Michael Sherer.
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| **New Item** Summer League |
The Summer League season is about to start; this is Suffolk's inter-club league competition for teams-of-eight. This year Colchester has entered two teams. Peter Bushby will captain the Colchester B team in Division 2.
If you would like to play for Colchester, please see Peter or Jeff Orton. Any pair wishing to play will be offered at least one opportunity, and we will try to find partners for individuals.
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| Events for your Diary |
Click on the appropriate tab on the left to see a summary of all SCBA events in 2013 and details of the Norfolk Congress.
Also, if you click Useful Links>SCBA>Events>Competitions Brochure, you can download the 2013 SCBA events brochure which includes event rules as well as details of the events themselves.
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| Learn to Play Bridge |
Interested in Learning to Play Bridge?
Click in this window to find out more!
Or call Vicky on 01206 501622.
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| 2012 AGM Minutes |
| The minutes of the 2012 Club and SCBA AGMs can be seen if you click on the appropriate tab on the left.
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| Colchester/Sudbury Swiss Teams |
| The results for the Colchester/Sudbury Swiss Teams event held on March 3 are now available. Just click on Results>March 3 on the left.
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| Host List for 2013 |
The Host List for 2013 is shown in the annual Club Booklet. If you have a problem with the date assigned, please try to switch with another member and advise the Host Secretary, Vicky Potter.
If you haven't been at the club recently, please pick up a 2013 booklet next time you come along.
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| Abbeygate Shield |
| For the fourth successive year, a team from the Colchester Club has won the Suffolk Club Teams of Eight championship for the Abbeygate Shield. Team members were Julian Lang/David Morran, Bill Tweddell/Mike Sherer, Graham Beeton/Rick Hanley & Janet Gardiner/Jeff Orton. Congratulations to them all!
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| 2012 Champions |
The 2012 Champions were presented with their trophies at the AGM.
Club Champion Julian Lang
Club Pairs Champions Rosemarie Mascall & Norman Denny
Leishman Tankards Keith Belsey & Christine Cooke
Ludlow Cup Christine Cooke
Handicap Trophy Keith Belsey
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| Colchester Wins Summer League |
| In their final match of the season, Colchester beat Felixstowe by 66-14 VPs which was just enough to overhaul Ipswich & Kesgrave and win the Summer League for only the second time in the history of our club. The winning margin over I&K was just 2VPs, having come second to them by the same margin last year.
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| Felixstowe 2012 |
| The 2012 Felixstowe Congress was held on October 6/7. Results are shown on the SCBA website. Click on Useful Links, on the left of this page.
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| Suffolk Win ECL |
For the very first time, the Suffolk first team has won the Eastern Counties League and regular Colchester players made a significant contribution to that win, seven of the twelve players who represented Suffolk in that team during the past year coming from our club.
Congratulations to Graham Beeton, Rick Hanley, Julian Lang, David Morran, Eric Newman, Jeff Orton and Mike Sherer.
See the SCBA website for more details - click on "Useful Links" on the left, then "Suffolk".
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