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Suffolk Bridge Website
Suffolk Bridge Website

Suffolk Bridge has updated its website to include numerous useful and interesting articles together with details of all the Bridge activities in the area - Clubs, Competitions and more. Just click HERE to have a look.

Bridge in Essex

Although we are affiliated to the Suffolk Contract Bridge Association we, of course, play in Essex.

Click HERE for details of opportunities to play in events organised by the Essex CBA.

Play it again, Sam

There are always hands which you think you could have played better. Have you tried the Play It Again feature? Click on your name in the results list to see your scorecard and choose the board you'd like to replay. Click on Play It Again, then BS Online and you'll be able to replay the hand ... and get guidance on how it should be done! 

Your Wednesday Evening Face to Face Bridge Game

Welcome to Stratford St Mary Bridge Club

We play friendly duplicate bridge at St Johns & Highwoods Community Centre, Colchester, CO4 9SR on Wednesday evenings, with Tea and Coffee provided.

Please be seated by our new start time of 6.15pm

for start of play by 6.30pm. 

New members very welcome.

 

2024 AGM

The Stratford St Mary Bridge Club AGM was held on March 27.

The existing Committee was re-elected.

Minutes will be available in due course via the Menu on the left.

Club Teams of Four
Club Teams of Four

This event matches club against club and each club may enter multiple teams. 

Each team must consist of four players.

Where and When:

Blackbourne Community Centre, Elmswell IP30 9UH

Sunday March 24th 10:45 for 11:00 am.

Tea and coffee will be available on the day. Please bring your own packed lunch.

For the entry form, click on TEAMS

Entry fee is £20/team which, for Stratford St Mary members, will be paid by the Club.

Suffolk Championship Pairs
Suffolk Championship Pairs

Each October we play our club's heat of the Suffolk Championship Pairs - this is the event where, if you score 50% or more in the club's heat, you qualify to play in the Final which is to be played at Elmswell (IP30 9UH) on Sunday April 21, 2024.

We played our heat on October 25 and six pairs qualified. 

Derek & Rita Brinkley : Christine Cooke & Joanna Bradbury : Nick Reay & Peter Coleman : Maggie Demuth & Gill Drake : Lindi Sakal & Shelley Persent : Elizabeth Knowlson & Philippa Deman

Congratulations to them all - the entry form for the Final is now on the Suffolk Bridge website - click FINAL to see it. 

Would the qualifiers please see the entry form and tick YES or NO to tell the organisers whether or not they are taking part. Thank you.

Train to be a Director

Are you interested in becoming a Club Director?

There's a training course being held in Bury St Edmunds in April/May 2024

There are still spaces left on this EBED Club Director Course, to be hosted by Abbeygate Bridge Club in the spring. We already have enough entrants to say that the course will definitely go ahead. 

Location: Cavendish Hall Church Road Thurston Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3RU

Dates: Sundays, April 7th/21st, May 5th/19th 2024 10:30 to 4:30

For EBED course information click HERE (scroll up for course details). Book via the EBU website, or email Clive Turner or phone Lisa Miller, Monday to Wednesday 01296 317217. The cost is £72 per day for EBU members

Cavendish Hall is just off the A14 near Bury St Edmunds. It is a comfortable well lit venue with plenty of free parking. Refreshments will be available all day

Let Paul Rickard know if you are interested.

Bury Swiss Pairs Results
Bury Swiss Pairs Results

Congratulations to Simon Riley and Jaroslaw Grochowski for winning the Bury Swiss Pairs.

Click BURY to see all the results.

 

Christmas Party
Christmas Party

 

 

Hope you enjoyed the party!

Congratulations to Charles Ward - our clear winner - who won a bottle of wine.

I think that everyone had a good time changing partners as well as tables after each round, playing simple systems to avoid confusion.

Apologies for the technical difficulties which delayed the results of our just-for-fun Individual Bridge game, which can now be seen HERE.

 

 

Looking for a Partner?

If you want to play but need a Partner, there are TWO ways to find one!

Members should follow the automated process detailed below, but you can also contact Elizabeth Knowlson on 01206 532839 or 07511 646730 or by email at elizabeth.knowlson@gmail.com and she will inform all club members by email that you are looking for a Partner.

To use the automated Find a Partner system on this website, click on Membership, on the left, then enter your email address and password where requested. If you don't already have a password, click on Forgotten Password and an email will be sent to you with a link allowing you to set one up. Two of you sharing an email address can still use this feature by following these instructions and setting up different passwords. 

Once you are in the Membership section, click in the Partner Required box for the appropriate date.

A note will appear in the Calendar on the Home Page showing that someone is looking for a partner. When another member goes into their system, they will find your name and contact details.

If this does not appear to work, it will probably be because the email address you are using is different from the one we have on our membership list. In this case, please contact the Secretary or Webmaster (click on Where & When, then Committee) so that our list can be updated.

Results
AGM & Club Pairs
Director: Nick
Scorer: Paul
Club Pairs
Director: Marlene
Scorer: Paul
Calendar
3rd Apr 2024
Club Pairs
6.15pm
Director: Christine
Scorer: Paul
10th Apr 2024
Club Pairs
6.15pm
Director: Paul
Scorer: Nick
17th Apr 2024
Club Pairs
6.15pm
Director: Nick
Scorer: Paul
24th Apr 2024
Club Pairs
6.15pm
Director: Christine
Scorer: Nick
1st May 2024
Club Pairs
6.15pm
Director: Paul
Scorer: Christine
Bridgemate App

 

Find out how to make that extra trick or why the Opposition made too many tricks in No Trumps. The Bridgemate App is now available for members to download and use at Stratford St Mary Bridge Club, with full functionality including the hand records and analysis so that you can replay the hand.

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The App is free from the Apple App Store on your iPhone or Google play on your Android Smart phone for the first 6 months and £3 per year thereafter.

Click APP for all the detail!

Late Arrival?

If you are on your way to the Club but get held up in traffic, please let us know on 07444 733810, so that we can include you in the movement.

If there's no answer from that phone, try 07980 822624.

Thank you.

Improving Your Play

A series of articles written in an entertaining style and aimed at improving the play of the typical club player has been written by Marc Chawner.

They cover Declarer Play in No Trumps, Declarer Play in Suit Contracts and Defence.

Click on NT, Suit or Defence to see them ... and see how your game can improve!

 

Club News

At a Committee meeting on November 8 we agreed that:

We confirm the earlier starting time of 6.15pm for 6.30pm start of play.

And we co-opted Derek Brinkley onto the Committee replacing Sue Dixon who wanted to step down.

Suffolk Congress Success
Suffolk Congress Success

The annual Suffolk Congress, held on October 8 at Elmswell, attracted 17 tables with the Handicap prize (for the pair beating their usual average by the greatest margin) being won by Paul & Chris Rickard.

Click HERE and then on the relevant event in the Results section to see the scores.

Do You Want to Learn to Play Bridge?

Interested in learning to play the best card game in the world?

Click HERE to see details of Nick Reay's teaching program and his supervised play sessions on Tuesday afternoons.

Or click Colchester Bridge School for details of Emma Fowler's teaching plans.

To find out about Christine Cooke's lessons, email her on christinesbridgeemail@gmail.com

Then progress to coming along to the Stratford St Mary Club where we play a very friendly game at Highwoods, Colchester on Wednesday evenings.

Give it a try!

Suffolk Online Teams League

The Suffolk Online Teams League Season 15 is in progress, with 28 teams playing in six divisions.

Results can be found HERE.

Final results from Season 14 can be found HERE.

Where did I go wrong?
Where did I go wrong?

You've seen these icons alongside the Results each week - but do you know what the green one is for?

Click on it on a Results page and you'll get into Bridge Solver On Line - where, among other things, you will find the Play It Again feature and details of how many tricks you made compared with the best double-dummy play. 

Lots of useful analysis - have a look !