Clare Bridge Club, Clare, Suffolk, UK

Release 2.19r

Save the date

Some forthcoming events you might not want to miss!

Gentle Duplicate: Lavenham Village Hall, Fridays at 1:45pm for 2:00pm.
Next session: Friday 30th October - Director: Sarah

First timer? Please arrive by 1:30pm to register.

Recent promotions - Congratulations to:

Dave Allen Regional Master
Caroline King Club Master
Mary Wolton Area Master
David Brunning Club Master

Link to County Website

Sunday 28^th June Mid Anglia Pairs Woodbridge

Partner Finder

HOW TO FIND A PARTNER

Finding a club member as a partner has been made much easier. Click on PLAY and then hover your mouse over the session you would like to play in and click the Partner Required symbol.

Suffolk Online Teams League

This is an invitation to all Suffolk players to play teams bridge on line in the popular Suffolk On Line Teams League.

All experience levels are welcome, from beginner / intermediate players to county level. Teams are placed in a division suitable for their experience levels. You don’t have to have played teams bridge before. Those trying it out for the first time have really enjoyed it.

If you have a team of four players and would like to play in the League you will be welcome. Bridge teachers are welcome to play in a team with 3 of their pupils. If there are pairs who don’t have team mates we will do our best to try to match you with other pairs of similar experience levels in a similar position.

Please contact Malcolm Pryor, the League organiser, via mhpryor@btinternet.com

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Clare Bridge Club: F2F and BBO - 7pm every Monday; Gentle duplicate - 2pm every Friday

The Nifty Nineties - Newsflash

In an amazing achievement the winning pair at Lavenham on Friday and at Clare on Monday both included nonagenarians, with scores of well over 60%.

Congratulations to Mary Wolton and Derek Phillips.

Christmas Party

This year's Christmas Party will be held at Clare on Monday 14th December. Further details will follow.

Beryl Dorey 2026

The Beryl Dorey competition for 2026 will start on 1st June, and will run on the first Monday of each month thereafter,
The best 3 results will qualify.

Monday Online Pairs

Clare and Swindon Bridge Club have now joined forces for online bridge on Monday nights.

The face-to-face sessions at Clare are unaffected and continue as normal.

Registering to play

If you haven't previously played online with Clare, please register using this form.

Registering for a session

This is a change from Clare practice: it will NOT be possible to join on the day. Instead you MUST register in advance every week, before 6pm on the preceding Sunday (ideally the preceding Saturday).

You do this on the Swindon Bridge Club website (click here): scroll down to find the event and enter your name and BBO ID, and your partner's name and BBO ID.

Joining the session

It's as easy as that!

Announcing and alerting

The EBU announcing and alerting rules have been amended. Click here to see the EBU ‘Announcing and Alerting Summary’ which describes all the announcing and alerting rules including the changes.

The first group of changes expands what to do over a transfer.

Opener	Responder	Action
INT	2S	If natural you do nothing If transfer to clubs ANNOUNCE ‘clubs’ If another meaning, including showing both minors, ALERT
1NT	2NT	If natural you do nothing If transfer to diamonds ANNOUNCE ‘diamonds’ If another meaning ALERT

The second group of changes adds responses to one of a suit.

If your suit responses to one of a suit are natural you do nothing.
If your responses to one of a suit has another meaning, such as another suit or denies a four card major, you ‘alert’ or ‘announce’ as shown in the ‘Announcing and Alerting Summary’
If your 1NT response to one of a suit is the normal one showing up to 10 points you do nothing.
If your 1NT response to one of a suit is different, such as more than 10 points or is forcing, you ‘alert’ or ‘announce’ as shown in the ‘Announcing and Alerting Summary’

Cut and Paste on BBO

The link in the 'Playing Bridge at Clare' document to help on cut and paste on BBO is not working.

♠ ♠ You can access the help here.♠ ♠

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PLAY IT AGAIN

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Click on "Latest results", then on any pair. Then on the right, under the the description of the hand you have two options: "View larger" and "PLAY IT AGAIN". It is really easy. Good luck!

Results

30th October 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Sarah
Scorer: Peter
Host: Sally & Russell

26th October 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
18.45 for 19.00
Director: Paul S
Scorer: Dave

26th October 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

23rd October 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Paul
Scorer: Peter
Host: Sue H. & Paul S.

19th October 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

19th October 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
18.45 for 19.00
Director: David S
Scorer: Dave

16th October 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Jenny
Scorer: Peter
Host: Miranda & Andrew

12th October 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

12th October 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: Will
Scorer: Mary

9th October 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Sarah
Scorer: John
Host: Gay & Nick

5th October 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: Paul M
Scorer: Dave

5th October 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

2nd October 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Paul
Scorer: John
Host: Maggie & Peter

28th September 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

28th September 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: David S
Scorer: Dave

25th September 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Will
Scorer: Peter
Host: Mary & Keith

21st September 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: David S
Scorer: Dave

21st September 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

18th September 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Jenny
Scorer: Peter
Host: Liz W. & Margaret

14th September 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: David S
Scorer: Dave

Calendar

2nd November 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

2nd November 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
18.45 for 19.00
Director: Dave Allen

6th November 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Norbert
Host: Norbert & Joanna

9th November 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

9th November 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
18.45 for 19.00
Director: Paul M.

13th November 2026

No bridge

Hall unavailable 1:45

14th November 2026

Teams of 8

Colchester

16th November 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

16th November 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
18.45 for 19.00
Director: Will P.

20th November 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Paul S.
Host: Angela & Jane

23rd November 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

23rd November 2026

Face-to-faceFace-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
18.45 for 19.00
Director: David S.

27th November 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Will
Host: Margaret & Sherri

30th November 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

30th November 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
18.45 for 19.00
Director: Paul S.

4th December 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Norbert
Host: Miranda & Andrew

7th December 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

18.45 for Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00

7th December 2026

Face-to-face

Combined Halls of Clare
18.45 for 19.00
Director: Paul M

11th December 2026

Relaxed Pairs

Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Paul S.

14th December 2026

Joint Swindon/Clare online

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