| Open for Face to Face Sessions |
The club is open for face to face sessions every Monday at 7:30pm including bank holidays. BUT NOT ON EASTER MONDAY 6 APRIL as the Centre is closed for repair work
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| The Club |
 The club, which meets in the Tony Graham Room at the Community Centre in Chalfont St Peter, has pairs events each Monday at 7:30pm. Visitors are welcome and your first visit is free. If you would like to come but need a partner please phone Nigel Thompson on 07749 719548. The table money is £3.00 per session for members and £5.00 for visitors.
The hands are pre-dealt and hand copies are provided, showing makeable contracts. The results are normally available at the Club at the end of play and on this site soon after.
Delayed?
To ensure we are able to start play not later than 7.30 pm players are asked to be seated by 7.20 pm. If you are delayed please phone 07805 201265 or 07749 719548 before 7.20 pm to ensure to be included. Any pair arriving after 7.20 pm without having phoned will be included only if the director is able to do so without disturbing the movement.
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| Bob Smith, gentleman |
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Bob Smith. Along with his wife Helen, Bob was one of the founder members of Austenwood and on the 20th anniversary they were made Life Members in recognition of all they had done for the club - the '1000 Mondays group' ,along with the Millers, the Brentnalls and the Hoptons, in coming early and setting up the tables etc, for 50 weeks x 20 years. Bob was a lovely man, a true gentleman, a good bridge player and a very talented painter. After Helen's death he found solace in painting a wonderful full size portrait of their beloved dog on the fence in their back garden, signed 'Bobski' , comparisons with Banksy are definitely in order.
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| Austenwood AGM 16th June 2025 at 7pm |
Click to download a copy of the minutes.
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| Bruce Leslie |
We are very sorry to learn of the death of Bruce Leslie, at the age of 91, on 23rd September. He was a very fine player, and a long term and much liked member of the club. He had a warm and engaging personality, was a very pleasant person to play with or against, and a stalwart of Austenwood's first team in the LO8. He regularly came early to put up the tables before the rest of us arrived, and continued to play bridge online after Covid. The funeral is on November 13th at 12.45pm at Severn Hills Crematorium, Ipswich.
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| Berks & Bucks CBA Online League of 8 2024/5 and 2025/6 |
Congratulations to our team, captained by David Hamilton, which has come top of Division 2 in 2024/5 winning 7 out of 9 matches, and were promoted to Division 1. As expected it has been tough in division 1, but after 4 heavy defeats we had our first win on Jan 8th. Alas that was the only win and we will be back in Division 2 in 2026/7.
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| Future Berks & Bucks CBA Events |
1st Mar 2026: Friendly Pairs (Finchampstead Plate) at South Bucks Bridge Club
8th Mar 2026: Club Pairs Final (Waller Bowl) at Windsor
19th Apr 2026: Committee Cup final (Club teams) at Windsor
31st Oct 2026: Green Pointed Swiss Pairs (Anders Wallen Trophy) at Windsor
1st Nov 2026: Green Pointed Swiss Teams (Richard Palmer Memorial Trophy) at Windsor
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| Berks & Bucks CBA Waller Bowl |
Every year, the county runs a pairs competition for affiliated clubs – the Waller Bowl. There a 2 stages. Firstly, a qualifying heat is played in club. Players that qualify in a heat play in a F2F final at Windsor and represent the club that organised the heat.
In 2025, from Austenwood, 2 pairs: Grant Masom & Ian Griffiths, and Liz McDowell & Stephen de Looze, participated in the BBCBA Waller Bowl Club Pairs final at Windsor on February 16th.
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| Future EBU Events |
EBU National Pairs Qualifying 2026: Any pair that gets 55% or over in a club game between 1st and 14th Feb 2026 will be entitled to play in the Regional Finals on 22nd March.
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| EBU National Pairs Regional Final 2025 |
From Austenwood, Nigel Thompson and Dave Corbett participated in the EBU National Pairs Regional Final on March 23rd.
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| EBU Master Points Annual Winners |
The players gaining the highest number of EBU Master Points at Austenwood Bridge Club are listed below:
2025 Angela Cranston (489 Master Points)
2024 Nigel Thompson (495 Master Points)
2023 Hugh Morgan (288 Master Points)
2022 David Hamilton, Hugh Morgan (252 Master Points)
2021 David Hamilton, Hugh Morgan, David Cadwallader, Judy Cadwallader (144 Master Points)
2020 Ed Brennan (140 Master Points)
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