We play at the Old School, Clare CO10 8PX every Monday evening at 7pm for a 7.15pm start. We use Bridgemates for scoring and we have duplimated boards so hand records are available after the game and on the website. We pride ourselves on our friendliness and good manners.

We particularly welcome visitors and are keen to encourage new players. If we can help in any way please contact a member of the committee.

If you explore this website you will find more details about this club and information on forthcoming club and local events. We are affiliated to the English Bridge Union and play with 19 other clubs in the Suffolk Contract Bridge Association.

Further to the excellent response we had to this evening last year, we are repeating it on Wednesday, 9th October.

It is a fun evening of bridge with cake and a glass of wine, a little slower than the usual club night and the idea is to bring along your bridge playing friends who may not have played duplicate and are afraid of joining a club. All you need to do is bring a friend along instead of your usual partner.

I do hope that a lot of you will be able to do this and would be grateful if you could let me know if you are coming so that we can plan for the numbers.

On behalf of the SCBA, Peter Bushby has generously volunteered to organise and host three separate online games on Sunday evenings: 29th September ; 20th October ;  3rd November. If you are re interested click ONLINE for more details.

Our club is offering a half hour teaching session before play at the club, once a month, going over conventions or bridge theories. Sessions will always be on the first Monday of the month, starting at 6.15 and finishing at 6.45.

       Monday, 7th October we'll look at Roman Keycard Blackwood.

A new bidding feature was launched on our Suffolk County Bridge Association. To test your bidding skills just click on AUCTION.

The EBU has introduced a helpful flow chart for directors dealing with the most commonly infringed laws. Click on LAWS to see.

An App for Directors, including the significant changes to the laws introduced by the World Bridge Federation in 2017, is now available and it costs £4.99 to download.

15th September 2019 - the event incorporated Mens, Ladies, Mixed and Married Pairs of old. Many of our club members took part. For general comments click SCBA and to see the overall results click PAIRS.

EASTERN COUNTIES LEAGUE

If you want to know how our county is doing in the league click on TeamA or TeamB or TeamC.

To see the scores and the hands click on CALENDAR.

The team C that won against Northants.

SENIOR PAIRS

This year the event was staged at Ipswich&Kesgrave (9 1/2 tables), at Abbeygate (8 tables) and at Clare (5 tables).

The Senior Pairs was won by David & Jenny Price who just pipped Din Gudka & Cathy Rowland. Joan Watson & Patsi Barnes who were third won the Veterans' Trophy. To see all the scores click on RESULTS.

It's time for the SUMMER PARTY!

A summer party to remember: a glass of wine followed by delicious food, although the words hardly do justice to the perfect display produced by various members. The event attracted 46 people, among whom were our Belgian friends from Huy. A huge thank you to those who made this happen.

And some of Joyce's delicious short-bread:  

Of course that good bridge followed after such an enjoyable lunch:

LAWSHALL CHARITY BRIDGE EVENT

The bridge drive was held in aid of restoration fund for Lawshall Catholic Church. The event raised £482.50, many thanks to everybody's generosity.

To see the scores click RESULTS.

CLUB TEAMS OF 4 & RELAXED TEAMS - Sunday 30th June - Lavenham village hall - the event attracted 12 teams.

Because this event coincided with our club summer party and the visit of our friends from Huy, none of or members took part and it was a lovely summer party!

To see the overall results click on TEAMS or RELAXED.

SUMMER LEAGUE

Because it's summer we have Summer League! Clare Bridge Club has two teams: one in division 1 and one in division 2. To see what matches have been played and how the teams are doing click DIV1 or DIV2.

The Suffolk Contract Bridge Association is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

To read about its history click ANNIVERSARY.  

BRIDGE WITH LUNCH - Wednesday 22nd May Elmswell

A good turn out yesterday for Gerry's lunch and bridge. And again some of our club members did well, including Gerry, pairing Jan:

Jan Havard-Davies & Gerry Ford came second (left) and Kathy Rose & Penny Easting came fifth (right)

To see all the results click LUNCH.

AGM evening 2019

The event started with Sarah's agenda about the previous year and the presentation of the trophies. As promised, our chairman finished in time for the bridge session that followed.

The 2018 winners were:

Angie & Will Pavry won two trophies: the Beryl Dorey and the one for most slams bid and made.

Gerry Ford & Paddy Lockwood won the Club Charity Pairs for Huy Crystal Column Trophy.

Jenny & David Price won the Club Memorial Pairs for David Hume Trophy.

Cleopatra Hensby & Andrew Moore won the Club Cross-Imps for Norman Denny Trophy.

John Symons and his team - Patience and Philippa, Fred and Mo, Jenny and Peter, Robert and Derek - for Poslingford Plate.

Suffolk AGM Pairs

The Annual General Meeting of the Suffolk Contract Bridge Association was held yesterday, 19th May, followed by the AGM Pairs. A few members of our club took part and they did quite well:

Jan Havard-Davies & John Symons

came second

Angie & Will Pavry

came fourth

To see all the results click AGM. Also if you want to see who was successful in competitions during the year click on WINNERS.

Clare Swiss Pairs 2019

Many thanks to those who organised this succesful event in which 52 pairs took part.

The winners were Simon Stokes & Alison Lloyd with the runners up Jenny & David Price. Gerry Ford & Chris Hollingsworth qualified on third. The ascenders prize was won by Gill Newton and Audrey Tillett.

In the middle the winners Simon & Alison,

to the right David & Jenny

and to the left Chris & Gerry

To see all the results click PAIRS.

Well done everybody!

Suffolk Championship Pairs 2018/2019

A qualifying round was held on 22nd October 2018.

The semi-final round was held on 15th February where forty eight pairs took part. To see all the scores click RESULTS.

The top 24 played in the final at Nayland on Sunday, 14th April. Quite a few pairs from our club took part, Jane & Andrew Moore holding the narrowest of leads over Debby Sutcliffe & Maria Allnutt. But when the last score was introduced into the bridgemate, the positions were reversed. To see all scores click FINAL .

The Poslingford Plate 2019

Last year was the inaugural teams of eight match for the Poslingford Plate, between Stansfield and Clare.

This year, to quote John Symons, "by the skin of only one tooth Clare have retained this iconic trophy beating Stansfield by TWO IMPS! "

Well done: Patience and Philippa, Fred and Mo, Jenny and Peter, Robert and Derek.

Many thanks to Richard and all at Stansfield for their excellent hospitality .... roll on next year! 

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