'Good News Bears!' ... to date we have raised £331 for Children in Need 2023 - £250 from Fridays F2F & £81 from Tuesday Online. A HUGE thank you to each & every Member who has played & donated.

What a fabulous party it was! Many thanks to all who contributed to such a lovely feast. Many thanks to Elizabeth for the wonderful Birthday cake & to Belinda our fabulous 'Head of Catering' & Chief Bunting Officer. It was a glorious Party celebrating King Charles 111 & the start of summer.

Many congratulations to Monica & Colin: winners of the Brian Barnard Shield for 2022!

Woo hoo ... £210 raised for Children in Need - many thanks to everyone for their generous contributions. Congratulations to Monica & Colin who were first N/S & won chocolate bears & to Belinda & Katie who were first E/W & won smaller bears. & a special mention to Nigel & Lynn who went above & beyond to attend [& were also rewarded with bears! ] Finally thank you to Linda & Nigel for providing an abundance of penguins. [Not that we are a Club who loves chocolate!]

Peter & Monica retained The Brian Barnard Shield - '3NT Forever' for 2021... well done 'Champs'! 

There is now a defibrillator in the kitchen at Whiteways - please take a quick look at the video [link below] for how to operate.

How to use the Heartsine 360P training video - Bing video

Winners of the "Brian Barnard - 3NT for ever" shield for 2019 are awarded the trophy with a super 71.43%

Monica Watts and Peter Revell are presented the shield by Club Secretary, Colin Campbell.

We are sorry to tell you that Paul died peacefully on Tuesday 26th November the day before his 81st birthday, following a long illness.  Our thoughts are with his daughter, Katie and her family at this difficult time. Katie, has sent us the following words in his memory:

"As many of you know, Dad and I took up Bridge classes in 2012 (following the death of my mum) in order to keep him busy and to allow me to spend time with him, learning a new hobby together.  We enjoyed (most of the time!) playing in various local clubs and as his physical health deteriorated, Bridge became a lifeline for him.  I truly believe that Bridge kept him going for as long as he did.  They were happy times."

Paul's funeral: Monday 16th Dec 11a.m, St Joseph's Catholic Church, Elm Grove, Brighton.

The funeral is followed by 'get together' at The Hanover Pub, Queen's Park Road, Brighton.

Family flowers only. Donations, if desired, to Chestnut Tree House, c/o Wagstaff Funeral Directors, 29 College Place, Brighton. BN2 1HN.

We held our annual Christmas Bridge Party on Friday 7th December  - a near capacity 10 and a half tables. A free day so no table money collected.

The club gave out keyring torches as Chrismas presents for the players.   

We had a super tea in the interval. As usual Belinda excelled herself with her wonderful sandwich making. Wine was also available for those who fancied something a little stronger than the usual tea or coffee.

Victory on the day went to Dave Baker and Eric Shur with an excellent 68.18%.

Happy Christmas everybody from all at Rottingdean Bridge Club.

We held our annual Christmas Bridge Party yesterday (Friday 15th Dec) - 9 full tables in play. A free day so no table money collected.

Everyone was given a lovely keyring torch engraved with the club name and website address as a Christmas present from the club.   

Katie M won the £5 prize for being the first person to win a trick with the two of clubs.

We had a super tea in the interval. As usual Belinda excelled herself with her wonderful sandwich making. The wine flowed (slightly) and chocolate treats were in plentiful supply.

Victory on the day went to John H and David S with a very creditable 68.75%. Also of note - Angelika H and Martin H made two small slams.

A good time was had by all.

Winners of the "Brian Barnard - 3NT for ever" shield for 2018 are awarded the trophy with a super  69.35%

Belinda Leacock and Steve Wetherilt are presented the shield by club president Monica Watts.

We had a great afternoon on November 3rd when we played for the "Brian Barnard Shield" for the second time.  Seven and a half tables in play.

We were playing in memory of our past chairman, Brian Barnard who passed away in October 2015.

In the end, victory went to Monica Watts and Lynne Spooner. They achieved a fantastic 72.2%. Well done to both of them!

The Winners being presented the Shield by Club Secretary Colin Campbell

Rottingdean Bridge Club is happy to announce that we are fortunate to be one of 676 organisations across England who have been awarded a part of a £23 million fund announced today - September 13th 2016.  

We will use the funding to purchase a PlayBridgeDealer4+  dealing machine and other related items.  We believe the new equipment will enable us to attract more members and thereby grow attendance numbers thus reaching a larger part of our community. We also think the new equipment and the technical information it can provide will encourage player learning and personal development.