Bury St Edmunds Bridge Club hosted the annual Anne Nunn Trophy at the Southgate Community Centre on Thursday 17th September.

The event has been a regular fixture for many years and this year is open to all players who have an affiliation to the Suffolk Contract Bridge Association (SCBA).

This year's winners were Josh Santinelli-Clarke and Tim Evans, Josh retaining the title he won last year with Dennis Valtisiairis.

Anthony Hines

We were very sad to hear of Tony’s recent death, following an illness of several months. Tony was a long term member of Bury Bridge club, having joined in the 1980s. He was generous and good humoured both as a partner and an opponent and well be missed by all.

The club sends its condolences to Tony’s wife, Carol and all his family.

There will be a celebration of Tony’s life at 12.15pm on 15 September at St Peter’s church, Cockfield

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News Update:

The Wednesday.  session on Realbridge has recently been a joint affair with the Bury and Cambridge Bridge Club.

Due to falling numbers a third club - Farnham Bridge Club has recently merged their Wednesday session so now we have 3 clubs playing.

Start time is still 7-30 pm and the number of boards played is now up from 22 to 24.

For entry form click HERE

We are a friendly duplicate Bridge Club welcoming new and visiting players, meeting every Thursday evening at Southgate Community Centre, Caie Walk, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2PJ.

Please arrive at 6:45 for 6:50 pm start. We aim to finish promptly by 10pm.

We also play on Wednesday evening on RealBridge starting at 7:30 pm

Our partner broker is Joan Watson and she can be contacted on j.watson120@btinternet.com

Contacts: Mark Turner (Chairman) markaturner@btinternet.com & Patsi Barnes ppmbarnes@gmail.com

We are:

Trialling a partner hosting service. This will not be every week, but we will advertise in advance, so if your regular partner is away and you haven’t been able to sort out a replacement, you can still turn up on the evening and have a game. More details to follow.

Aiming for a special event on one Thursday evening each month. This building upon the ever-popular Anne Nunn Trophy and Swiss Pairs. Chairman’s Cup coming soon. Includes inviting Abbeygate, Risbygate, and Stansfield to establish friendly team matches with us.

Providing further support to the enthusiastic and growing community of intermediate players including a few teach-in sessions before play and mentoring to help people into the club and gain tips (but not their bad habits!) from more experienced players  

Starting a library of Bridge books. Please hunt out any bridge books you have sitting gathering dust on bookshelves at home that you would like to share.

We look forward to seeing you all in 2026. Happy Bridge. 

We have also started a new Whats Ap group for the Bury Bridge Club Members. This may be helpful in a number of ways - not least as a means to advertising for a partner if you would like to play on a night and do not have your regular partner.

Please contact Mark for details on joining: markaturner@btinternet.com

Simply click on the above Link and you will be able to join.

Once on the home page you will need to fill in your name and your EBU membership number in the ID box and then join a table opposite your partner if they are already there, if not click on an empty space.

Three more points to make note of:

1. Use Chrome rather than Edge as your browser as RealBridge works better on Chrome
2. If you lose connection, refresh or leave and log back in again
3. If necessary you can control the volume of players by using the mic symbol to the right of a persons name

The charge for each session is £2.00 and you will be billed by Joan our Treasurer who will send you an email every 2 months.