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WELCOME TO BURY ST EDMUNDS BRIDGE CLUB

Joan: partner broker

Formed in 1981 we are a friendly duplicate Bridge Club welcoming new and visiting players and meet every Thursday evening for F2F play.  Play starts at 7pm.

We have around 50 members and use a well-lit room.  We have tea, coffee, and drinks and biscuits available all evening.

Currently we also play on Line on the RealBridge programme at 7pm on Wednesdays. 

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

We join nationwide Simultaneous Pairs events a few times a year.

Our address is Southgate Community Centre, Caie Walk, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2PJ.  Tel no 01284 703705

There is another Bridge club in Bury - Abbeygate Club who play duplicate on Mondays (on line on the RealBridge programme) and Tuesdays F2F at Nowton Court.  Many of our members belong to both clubs

Contacts: Joan (see above) or Helen MAson (Chairman, helencmason92@gmail.com) or Patsi Barnes (ppmbarnes@gmail.com)

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Supervised play for improvers

In January 2023 our club introduced a supervised play session that runs alongside the normal club duplicate on Thursday nights.

Supervised play is open to all players who have advanced from ‘beginners’ to ‘improvers.’ The session will be run by an experienced player or qualified EBU teacher.

Hands will be pre dealt with help and guidance on bidding and hand – play, so this will suit a player with some experience or has completed a beginner class.

Starting at 7pm the class will usually finish 9 – 9-30 pm

For more details contact:

Tim Evans (07785 973803) tim@suffolkclocks.co.uk

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SUFFOLK EVENTS

Click on SUFFOLK BRIDGE to find out about future events and the results of county competitions.

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PLAY IT AGAIN FEATURE

Don't you just wish sometimes that you could play a hand again?

Well, you can...thanks to the wonders of Bridgewebs.

The 'Play It Again' feature is not that well known, but easy to use.

Just go to Results, click on any pairing and you will see below the hand 'Play It Again' (arrowed)

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Real Bridge every Wednesday

smileysmiley click on LINK to play RealBridge on Wednesday  evening from 6.30 to 6.55pm for a 7pm start.

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Club AGM - Thursday 22 June

This will take place at Southgate Community Centre at 6.30pm   Subs of £10 will become due at the beginning of the new financial year on 1st June, applicable to all who play F2F.  This entitles members to play in Club competitions and teams.  Those who play on line, RealBridge on Wednesdays, will continue to play as guests.

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New monthly Duplicate Handicap

On the last Thursday of each month, starting on 29th June, Bury Bridge Club will be hosting a new ‘handicap duplicate’ session.  The session will be preceded by nibbles and a free glass of wine.

The handicap system will be based on the NGS of each player giving each pair a + or – depending upon their ranking. Players on a low NGS will have the advantage over more highly rated players.

A handicap may benefit the less experienced player by giving him or her a better chance, but it also benefits the better player by producing more of a challenge.

All club members and newcomers welcome, the usual table money of £2.50 per person applies.  As well as free wine and nibbles, tea coffee and biscuits will be available on the night. 

Bury Bridge Club meet at 7pm at Southgate Community Centre. Please arrive from 6.30pm.  

 

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The Anne Nunn Trophy 27 April 2023
The Anne Nunn Trophy 27 April 2023

Paul May & Tony Hines pictured here with Anne.  Anne presented this new trophy shortly before lockdown, this is the fourth time it has been played. 
The Club was pleased to give Anne lifetime membership for all her work and contribution to the Club over the years. 

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SCBA Event - BLUE POINTED

WOODBRIDGE MID-ANGLIA PAIRS

Sunday June 25, 2023 at 11am

Community Hall, Station Road, Woodbridge IP12 4AU

30+ Boards Scored by IMPs

Please bring your own lunch

Entry fee £20/Pair

 

   Enter online via www.suffolkbridge.com

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Clare Swiss Pairs, Sunday 30 April

A good turn out at Clare’s Swiss Pairs, held in Lavenham resulted in Bury players taking four of the top 8 positions.   Well done to Helen & David, Mike & Guy, Pam & Tim and Jo & Dennis. 

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On line Bridge on Wednesdays.

Since January 4th 2023 we have permanently switched from BBO to RealBridge 

The charge for this is £2 per session   You will be billed, by Joan our Treasurer, who will send you an email every two months. 

see more information below….

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REALBRIDGE

REALBRIDGE.

A link will be shown on our website, simply click on that and you will be able to join

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

Three more points to take note of:-

  1. Use Chrome rather than Edge as your browser – RealBridge works much better on Chrome
  2. If you lose connection – Refresh or log back in again
  3. If necessary you can control the volume when playing by clicking on the mic symbol to the right of a person’s name.

Some people have found circular blue & white icons appearing in front of their bidding cards if they are using Edge - they appear as    image001.png    and    image002.png  

It is caused by a feature of Edge called "Visual Search".  This feature should be disabled for the RealBridge site.  To do that, hover over the icon (or the upper of the two icons), so that you can see the lower icon with three dots in it.  Click on the three dots, and a submenu will appear, like this:    image003.png

Then do "hide for this site" (if you want to disable this feature for all websites you can instead do "hide always")

If you need a partner please contact Joan 01284 787286 and she will send an email round to members.

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Bury Swiss Pairs
  • 2nd Place 2023
  • 3rd Place 2023
  • Ascenders 2023
  • Winners 2023

 

We had a great turn out of 18 tables at Elmswell for our Swiss Pairs on January 29th. It seems people really like playing F2F again.  Well done to the winners Andre Gray and David Willson. In second are Barry and Bob and third are Catherine and Paul. Ascenders went to Rosa and Rob!

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County Events

A comprehensive list of County events is to be found on the Suffolk (SCBA) website.   Left hand column, under Malcolm Pryor's picture, 'Competitions Calendar'.

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COUNTY EVENTS SUCCESSES

The Autumn Festival on September 11 at Elmswell, was very well attended and Bury provided winners in two of the five categories   

Caro Hunt and John Heath won the Veteran Pairs Prize and 

Pamela Pope and Patsi Barnes won the Ladies Pairs 

Pam was again successful, this time with Sekhar Pillai, in the Swiss Pairs 9-high element of the Suffolk Congress (ex-Felixstowe) on Sunday 2 October at Elmswell.

in the Thornaway Cup at Elmswell on 5 March one of our Bury teams came second.   Well done to Jo Harpur, Tim Evans, Chris Park and Denis Valtisiaris

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KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH THE EBU

An article on the Suffolk website gives insight about information you can access on EBU (English Bridge Union) website.  From news to competitions and checking up on your masterpoints its your way to keep in touch with all that's going on.  All you need to access your own details is your EBU number and, oh yes, decide on a password!

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RECENT WINNERS

1 June on RealBridge

Graham Welch & Malcolm Schofield

2 June F2F at Southgate

Paul May & Anthony Hines

 

 

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Calendar
Wed 14th June 2023
online RealBridge
7pm
Scorer: Mike
Thu 15th June 2023
Southgate
7PM
Scorer: Paul
Wed 21st June 2023
online RealBridge
7pm
Scorer: Mike
Thu 22nd June 2023
Southgate
7PM
Scorer: Paul
Wed 28th June 2023
online RealBridge
7pm
Scorer: Mike
Thu 29th June 2023
Southgate
7PM
Scorer: Paul
Wed 5th July 2023
online BBO pairs
7pm
Scorer: Paul
Thu 6th July 2023
Southgate
7PM
Wed 12th July 2023
online BBO pairs
7pm
Scorer: Paul
Thu 13th July 2023
Southgate
7PM
Results
Southgate
Director: Helen
Scorer: Peter
online RealBridge
Scorer: Mike
Southgate
Director: Helen
Scorer: Paul
online RealBridge
Scorer: Mike
Southgate
Director: Mike
Scorer: Paul
online RealBridge
Scorer: Mike
Southgate
Director: Helen
Scorer: Peter
online RealBridge
Scorer: Mike
Southgate
Director: Helen
Scorer: Paul
online RealBridge
Scorer: Mike