| COME TO DITTON BRIDGE CLUB FOR FACE TO FACE BRIDGE in 2024! |
Ditton Bridge Club runs FACE TO FACE Sessions at the Thames Ditton Centre, Mercer Close, KT7 0BS at 7.30pm every Tuesday. The Thames Ditton Centre is opposite the Thames Ditton Library and has a large car park outside and easy access from it to the building. There is a kitchenette which we use to provide tea and coffee (and biscuits). We are charging £5 per member and £6 per visitor (which includes refreshments). There will usually be a host for those without a partner except on Club Championship evenings (see dates below). Please advertise that Ditton Bridge Club is open in the heart of the Dittons; and come along to meet and play duplicate bridge across actual tables!”
Please click here to email the Club.
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| Pairs Championship |
Following discussions at the AGM, we are pleased to announce that the Pairs Championship for the John Harris Cup begins on 1st October 2024. (Apologies for the aborted session on 10th September.) The format this season is to hold seven qualifying sessions, mostly one month apart, where the average of a pair's best four scores are used to calculate the winners. The following dates are 12th November, 3rd December, 14th January 2025, 4th February, 11th March and 1st April.
The Plate will follow a similar format on the same evenings, being awarded to the best pair neither of whom have an NGS higher than 8 on the 1st April 2025. To qualify for either competition both partners must be members before their first qualifying session.
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| CONGRATULATIONS - LADY ROSE PLATE 2023-2024 |
Congratulations to the Ditton team of:
Marion Hart, Ken Wilshire, Andrew Bannock and John Dagnall
who have won the Lady Rose Plate,
Surrey's knock-out teams competition
for those who leave the Lady Rose competition in one of the initial rounds.
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| CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLUB PAIRS CHAMPIONS 2024 |
Congratulations to Marion Hart and Ken Wilshire who won a closely contested 2024 Club Pairs Championship.
They are awarded the John Harris Cup which has been running since 1950. Click here to see a list of former winners.
Congratulations also to the Plate Winners, Eddie and Evelyn Bleasdale who were top placed finishers with an NGS no higher than eight.
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| CONGRATULATIONS - CLUB TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023-2024 |
Congratulations to Fay Grayer, Steve Back, Adam Emerson and Peter Tingle who won the 2023-4 Club Teams Championship on Tuesday 14th May 2024. Sam Atfield, Anne Blackwell, Marion Hart and Ken Wilshire came second. Well done to all who came to play in the event.
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| David Wadey 1918-2021 |
 Some of our members will remember David Wadey
who played at the club for many years.
Before he passed away, he provided us with a memoir of his life
including his wartime experiences at Dunkirk and El Alamein
as well as his many years of playing bridge.
Click here to read more…
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| ENGLISH BRIDGE UNION NATIONAL PAIRS COMPETITION 2022-2023 |
Well Done to Andrew Bannock and John Dagnall who finished 3rd in this year's EBU National Pairs competition. In the first round, they qualified from a session at Ditton Bridge Club (and then only coming second), so have a go next year and see if you can do one (or two) better!
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| Where We're Near |
Ditton Bridge Club is affiliated to the English Bridge Union (EBU) & the Surrey County Bridge Association (SCBA). We are in Surrey County's Borough of Elmbridge, just outside the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames, & very near to Surbiton, Hinchley Wood, Esher & East Molesey. We are not at all far from Claygate, New Malden, Hampton Court, Hook, Tolworth & Chessington.
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| Bridge Lessons |
Bridge lessons and play sessions for all levels: contact: Meena Samani on 020 8339 0645 or 07740 053 683, or at fun2playbridge@outlook.com
Bridge courses restart in September: Bidding Refresher and Next Steps on Thursday mornings; Intermediate and Advance Levels on various days - please call Meena to discuss.
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| Our Extensive Refurbishment |
The extensive refurbishment of the Club’s physical infrastructure has been achieved with the kindness and generous financial support of the following local grant‑making bodies.
This tremendous support will enable us to provide members and visitors with a much improved, more comfortable and up-to-date playing environment
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| The EBU's Bridge Warehouse |
Ditton Bridge Club is affiliated to the English Bridge Union (EBU) and is happy to help publicise The Bridge Warehouse.
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