| Club 3 Friday Closure |
Dear All
We are closed for Good Friday as normal but unfortunately we also have to be closed on the 10th and 17th of April due to redecoration and other works commissioned by the church on HSE grounds. It had been discussed and agreed at the AGM not to seek a Temporary venue for these 2 Friday evenings, but wait until the church hall reopened. We will be back open for Bridge on Friday 24th April and look forward to seeing everyone back then.
Have a Great Easter Holiday
Kind regards
Club Secretary
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| General Club Details |
We are a friendly EBU affiliated Bridge club that currently meets and starts play at 7pm on Friday evenings in the St Dunstan's Church Hall, 80 London Road, Canterbury CT2 8LS (opens google map link). Please aim to be present by 6-55pm latest for prompt start. Please check the Calendar shown to the right of the Home page for any special events or planned club closures.
We use computer pre-dealt boards and Bridgemates scoring system uploaded to Bridgewebs. Details of the hands are shown with the results on this website, usually later the same evening.
Tea/Coffee with some biscuits will be available from the kitchen.
Visiting pairs are always welcome, as are players of all standards of ability.
A small car park area is available on-site (up to @12 cars) and in local streets - (some streets without charge) and is quite close to Canterbury West Train station and its car park.
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| Buck Cup |
Congratulations to the Canterbury team of 8 - Sharon Bayne, Paul Gibbons, David Cock (Capt.) Dimitre Steov, Franco & Helen Carlotti, Julian Stowell, Andrew Gregory for winning the Buck Cup. Canterbury A is promoted to the Mitchell Salver in the Corbett leagues for 2027.
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| Notices/information for Kent Competitions in 2026 |
Upcoming local and Kent County events in 2026
Arnold Cup/Plate (teams) - Home or online (first 2 rounds only) Draw has been made and published.
Most Saturdays there is a online (BBO) NGS 9 and below duplicate run by Sharon Bayne starting at 14-30pm (see Kent County Bridge Association calendar)
Sunday 19th April George Griffiths Seniors Pairs - 13-00pm Real Bridge Online Platform.
Saturday 16th May Blue pointed Swiss Pairs - 13-00 Real Bridge Online Platform
Sunday 19th July Phillimore Cup (Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs) - 11-00am Tunbridge Wells BC (F2F)
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| National Pairs - EBU |
In 2026 a player in a pair scoring 55% or over in a club game between 1st and 14th Feb (For Canterbury that was the Friday 6th and Friday 13th) will be entitled to play in the Regional Finals on 22nd March with their qualifying partner or in a partnership with another player who has also qualified (from a different partnership that achieved the qualification score in that period at any EBU club).
The EBU were pleased that the below members who played at your club have qualified to play in the National Pairs Regional Finals, taking place on Sunday 22nd March.
There will be five regional finals, run by counties on both BBO and RealBridge, with trophies awarded for each region.
The regional finals in your area (South Eastern) will be run by Middlesex (RealBridge) and Sussex (BBO). Further details can be found on the National Pairs page.
Combined scores will determine the top 50 pairs who will be entitled to play in the National Pairs Final, 11th - 12th April on RealBridge.
The players to qualify at Canterbury were as follows:
Steve Auchterlonie & Mark Benson - Paul Gibbons & Sharon Bayne - Brigid Lavelle & Richard Wilkinson - Tricia Pengelly & Jenny Vening - Malcolm Schofield & Andy White,
Entry fees for the regional finals will be £13 per player. Players may qualify from any club in the country but at least one player from each pair must have allegiance to a county of the region in which they play the regional final. Two players who both qualify in different partnerships may form a new partnership to play in a regional final.
The results within the regions will be used to award the five regional trophies. All five regions will also be combined and scored nationally to determine the top 50 pairs, who will be entitled to play the National Pairs Final on RealBridge on 11th - 12th April 2026.
All the information is on the EBU website (Link https://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/national-pairs)
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| 'Partner Finder' or Host |
We are currently unable to routinely offer a Host or Partnering service.
The Club operates a members only WhatsApp partner group. If the secretary has enough notice (min 72 hours) he may be able to see if a partner can be found, on request, for a non-member of the WhatsApp group as a one-off request. (it is expected for new members to join the WhatsApp group for future requests).
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| COMMITTEE 2026 |
Chairman - Steve Bispham
Committee members - Nicky Adamson, TBA
Secretary - David Cock
Treasurer - Helen Carlotti
Tournament Director - Malcolm Lewis
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