Essex Contract Bridge Association

(A constituent member of the English Bridge Union)

The ECBA was formed in 1946. We now have over 1600 members and 27 affiliated clubs. Many different types of competitions are organised during the year for experienced, average and novice players.

The teaching of bridge around the county is encouraged. There are classes in many adult education centres and private tuition is also available.The association is very happy to provide help to local schools either by teaching or developing bridge clubs.

The ECBA would like to welcome all new members and hope to see them at some of the competitions.

 Entries for the Essex teams of four knockout and the Switch cup need to be in by the end of May - the cost is £30 and £18 respectively Send entries to Ted Cockle as normal. 

Photos from the 2012 AGM are available on the information / photos page or by clicking here.

 A Celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee. 

This is a special event in celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee. The committee has devised a special 3-session event to be held at Barleylands on Tuesday 5 June 2012 starting at 11.00 hours. The three sessions will be about 2 hours each with lunch and refreshments in between. The first session will be for teams of four, the second session will be a pairs competition and the third session will be an individual competition. The entry will be divided into groups of similar ability with prizes for the winners of each group. Entry fee: £15 per person. click for entry form

If this event is popular we may hold a similar one-off event during theOlympics (see the website in July).

Essex County Bridge Association would like to invite non-experts to join forces with an expert on Sunday July 1st

Prizes for the highest finishing Women’s, Men’s and Mixed Pair

Refreshments and afternoon tea will be provided

Congratulations to Nigel Bardsley and Tony Philpott who successfully defended their title to remain Essex Pairs Champions for another year - well done lads!

2nd place Peter Oake and Simon Moorman

3rd place Ted Cockle and John Williams

4th place Margaret Curtis and David Sherman

These 4 pairs have qualified to represent Essex at the Corwen Trophy in late May - well done all and good luck at the Corwen

Well done to Bob Hair's Team who won this Trophy again.

 The Kent Green Pointed Swiss Teams 

Sunday 20th May 2012 (click for more)

Well Done to Sandy Smith and her team, John Sutcliffe, Linda Fleet and Mary Homer, who won the Teams of four Plate.  

John Stimsom & Winnie Godber (& partners) came First (equal) in this competition.