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Some forthcoming events you might not want to miss!

Gentle Duplicate: Lavenham Village Hall, Fridays at 1:45pm for 2:00pm.
Next session: Friday 18th September  - Director: Jenny

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

Recent promotions - Congratulations to:


Caroline King  Club Master
Mary Wolton  Area Master
David Brunning  Club Master

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
Anne Nunn Trophy

Bury St Edmunds Bridge Club is hosting 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).

Wine and nibbles will be on offer from 6.15pm with players seated by 6.50 pm. Table monies will be £4 per player for non Bury Club members.

SCBA Autumn Festival

Bridge for Fun Hospice Bridge Tea October 2nd

                                                                               

Registration for the Café Bridge event on Thursday 3rd September in Bury St Edmunds town centre, is now open. This event is also raising funds for ‘My Wish Children’s Ward’ charity; and the event will run between 10.15 and 15.45.  The venues this year include,

The Angel Hotel, Giggling Squid, Sakura, Cote, The Edmundo Lounge, Damson & Wilde, Prezzo, Mowgli Street Food, Prima Vista, The One Bull Hotel, Procopios Pantry, The So Bar, Abbeygate Cinema, Cote & The Lounge & Garden

A light lunch is included in the entrance fee of £30/head, of which the My Wish charity will receive £10. There will be prizes for the first three pairs.

The choice of lunch venue will be allocated in the order in which players register. So please book early to secure your favourite venue. Any questions please email cafe_bridge@suffolkbridge.co.uk Please click visit the Suffolk Bridge website or click below to register.

SCBA Congress

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

Log in to BBO as usual, and search for "Swindon" under "Competitive" / "All Tournaments".

 

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.♠ ♠ 

OLD NEWS ITEMS CAN BE READ BY CLICKING ON CLUB NEWS ARCHIVE ON THE LEFT

Where can I play bridge in West Suffolk?

Is twice a week not enough?

New members and guests are welcome at many West Suffolk bridge clubs. Click here to learn more.

PLAY IT AGAIN

You want to play the hand again?

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
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
Scorer: Rob Sassoon
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clar
8.45 for 19.00
Director: Will
Scorer: Mary
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
Scorer: Rob Sassoon
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: Paul M
Scorer: Dave
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Jenny
Scorer: Peter
Host: Elizabeth & Caroline
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
Scorer: Christine MacFarlane
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: David A
Scorer: Mary s
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Sherri
Scorer: Peter
Host: Paul & Dorothy
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
Scorer: Christine MacFarlane
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: Paul
Scorer: Mary s
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Paul
Scorer: Peter
Host: Sarah & Penny
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
Scorer: Christine MacFarlane
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: David S
Scorer: Peter
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Paul
Scorer: Richard
Host: Gay & Nick
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
Scorer: Rob Sassoon
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: Will
Scorer: Dave
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Will
Scorer: Richard
Host: Martyn & Angela
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
Scorer: Christine MacFarlane
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
18.45 for 19.00
Director: Paul
Scorer: Paul M
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Paul
Scorer: Richard
Host: Anne & John
Calendar
11th September 2026
No bridge
Hall unavailable
14th September 2026
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
14th September 2026
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: David Stewart
18th September 2026
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Jenny
Scorer: Peter
Host: Liz W. & Margaret
21st September 2026
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
21st September 2026
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: Dave Allen
25th September 2026
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Will
Scorer: John
Host: Maggie & Robert
28th September 2026
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
28th September 2026
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
Director: Paul Starling
2nd October 2026
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Paul S.
Scorer: Peter
Host: Annie & Sheila
5th October 2026
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
5th October 2026
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
9th October 2026
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Sarah
Scorer: John
Host: Liz and Carol
10th October 2026
Congress
Ipswich
12th October 2026
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
12th October 2026
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
16th October 2026
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Jenny
Host: Gay & Nick
19th October 2026
Joint Swindon/Clare online
Register on Swindon website in advance
18.45 for 19.00
19th October 2026
Face-to-face
Combined Halls of Clare
8.45 for 19.00
23rd October 2026
Relaxed Pairs
Lavenham Village Hall 1:45
Director: Paul S.
Host: Sheila & Peter