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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bury Swiss Pairs Results |
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Congratulations to Simon Riley and Jaroslaw Grochowski for winning the Bury Swiss Pairs.
Click BURY to see all the results.
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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.
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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.
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Pre-dealt Boards |
Computer-dealt boards allow you to see a record of the hands you've played, together with an analysis showing what contracts could be made, alongside the results. You can then compare what you did with what you might have done.
This may be of little interest to some players but can be very valuable to those who wish to improve their game.
Other, minor, benefits include the availability of a printed hand record so that the director can easily resolve errors such as players finding they have 12 or 14-cards and a guarantee that the cards have been well shuffled. We hope that no one still thinks that these computer-dealt hands are "fixed" - the program which generates the deals is clever, but not clever enough to know how to create extra-difficult hands!
Click here to read more about computerised dealing and shuffling.
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Complying with Data Protection Law - Click here for details |
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