Tyler Hill BC 3 Chichester BC 2

In another closely fought encounter, Tyler Hill BC triumphed again in the friendly teams of four matches on Wednesday  8th October 2025.  Chichester were down in all 5 matches at the half way stage but fought back to outscore TH in 4 matches in the second half and to record 2 wins.  We will play them again in the New Year.

Petersfield BC 4         Chichester BC 1

There were some close matches but Petersfield took the first four to run out clear winners when the clubs faced each other on Wednesday 20th August.

Many congratulations to Jon, John, Amanda and Jacqueline for pulling off the sole CBC win.

Please look out for more opportunities to play Teams matches in the upcoming months.

Friendly BBO match against Patcham BC Result

Unfortunately we lost 0-3 to Patcham on Tuesday 9th September.  Patcham are a strong club with well attended sessions and lots of members. As a number of our stronger players were not available the contest was a bit unbalanced but many thanks to those of you who played and we hope that you enjoyed your evening despite the result!

For our face to face sessions in July and August we’d like to invite players from nearby clubs and friends of Chichester Bridge Club members to come and join us.

We have two face to face sessions each week:

• On Tuesdays at 15.30 (please don’t arrive in the car park before 15.15)
• On Thursdays at 19.00 (please arrive by 18.45)

Play as often as you like at £2.50 per person per event – no obligation to join. All you need is a partner, your EBU number (if you have one) and your cash!

For details of the events please click on the Calendar in the left hand menu.

The ladders for the current year have now been completed.  Congratulations to David Telfer &  Peter Burns and Thea Sydenham & Francesca Campbell for winning  the Monday and Thursday ladders respectively.  To see the full results click on 'Competitions' in the Left Hand Menu and scroll down to the Ladder Final Results items. 

After two successful and well-received Teams matches we’ve been trying to arrange some more.  This is advance notice of what we’ve pencilled in so far.

Friendly online teams’ match with Petersfield Bridge Club - BBO at 19.00 on Wednesday 20^th August

And

Friendly online teams’ match with Patcham Bridge Club - BBO at 19.30 on Tuesday 9^th September

We are looking for anyone and everyone that would like to play. As we try to put together 6 teams (that’s 6 teams of 4 people, 24 in total) so this is a great opportunity for many of our Club members to take part.

It doesn’t matter whether you are experienced at tournament play, or someone who plays at our Gentle Bridge sessions, or someone somewhere in between, perhaps a regular player but not in tournaments, as you will be matched against players of a similar level to you.

The matches will be short – just 16 boards – so will probably take about 2-2 ½ hours. And all you need to do is to put yourselves forward and be online when the match starts.

Please put the dates in your diary. Details of how to enter will follow closer to the date.

Friendly face to face teams’ match at Bognor Regis Bridge Club

Confirmation of the date (hopefully in October or November) and details of how to enter will follow closer to the date.

We gathered to bid farewell to Julie and Roger on their final evening at the club before their move. A drinks party was held ahead of our usual teams evening, which drew a fantastic turnout with 10 tables in play. Julie and Roger will be greatly missed, and we look forward to welcoming them back for a visit in the future!

Congratulations to the following members on their EBU promotions:

Peter Burns  Premier National Master
Cliff Vince  8 Star Premier Regional Master
Jacqueline McHardy  Local Master
Sue Tostevin  District Master
Sarah Hutchinson  County Master
Caroline Wilding  County Master

Big win on points for Chichester

In the teams of four contest against Worthing BC on Wednesday (6th) each club won 2 of the 4 matches. But Chichester had a big win on points (116 against 55).

We will be looking to arrange more contests against other clubs so look out for notices.

Having qualified from the regional finals of the National pairs as one of the top 40 pairs, Cliff Vince & Peter Burns played 92 boards over the weekend (12th & 13th April) , and finished 20th out of 47, scoring just over 51%.  Congratulations on an excellent result!

Two articles about the history of bridge in Chichester and the creation of Chichester Bridge Club as we know it are now available in the “Information” section of the website.

The first is a “social history” of bridge in Chichester prepared by Simon Westerman of Tyler Hill Bridge Club. We played a match against Tyler Hill in April 2025 and Simon prepared the article as a background to our meeting; it looks at the origins of bridge in Chichester and some of the characters from its past. As Simon explained “Many bridge clubs have pasts unknown to their members. I normally write a brief history of the club that we are playing. I have a host of resources available to do this and enjoy putting together a social history of the clubs. In fact in the EBU library which holds innumerable books there is not one on the social history of bridge or any of the clubs - all their books are about hands, players and how to play better bridge”. It is an enjoyable read.

The second article is by Julie and Roger Jones. We’d asked them before they moved away from the area to prepare a brief history on the creation of the current bridge club. Julie was Chairman of the Club for many years and the article explains how we came to our current site and our relationship with Bishop Luffa School.