The club meets on Wednesdays and Fridays for a 7:15 start at Grattons Indoor Bowls Club (off Grattons Drive in Three Bridges) to play duplicate pairs bridge in a friendly and comfortable atmosphere.  Occasionally, we have a teams or individual event.  On Monday evenings, we have an online BBO relaxed duplicate pairs session for less-experienced players.

The club is keen to encourage you to play the great game of bridge.  We run teaching courses for beginners and improvers.   Further information can be found on the Teaching page.

One of the charities to benefit from this year's event is the Queen Victoria Hospital Trust, East Grinstead.  Why not come along to support it on Wednesday February 18th and enjoy some bridge at the same time?  For details of all suported charities and heats, please see the Sussex web-site.

Thanks to Kate collecting 15 teams for our event on Wednesday 21st January, we had our highest attendance ever for a club evening!  Thanks are also due to Mervyn for all his preparation beforehand and his usual capable directing on the night.  Congratulations to the prize-winners pictured below.

Helen

P.S.  See attached X-Imp scores to see how individual pairs were ranked. - Mervyn

CBC members might be interested in playing in the annual Sussex Welcome Pairs event that's being run by Horsham BC on Sunday March 1st, starting at 1pm and finishing at about 5pm with a break for tea midway.  Entries are invited from those who are new to bridge or have an NGS rating of 5 or below.  There are prizes for three fields, i.e. 1-2 years uf training, 3 years of training and NGS 5 or below.  It's intended as a fun afternoon!

See how to enter via a printed or online entry form.

A record 67 members attended the Xmas Party this year.

We are indebted to Dave Lilly and his team at Haskins for hosting the event and laying on a sumptuous buffet for us.

One of the highlights was wishing Betty 'Happy Birthday' as she passes another milepost on her way to doing The Ton.  Helen presented the Birthday Girl with a card and flowers.

Thanks to the splendid generosity of our members, CBC has made a donation of £1,230 to St Catherine's Hospice.

It's thanks to George again that we have a new addition to the Hand of the Week page.  It's a 'grand slam' hand which was played at the club on Wednesday December 10th. 

Congratulations to winners Claire and Patricia and to runners-up Lynne and Karina.  See Sussex web-site for details.

This event raised £153 for Children in Need.

See Commentary on the night's hands

See provisional Overall Results on the eCats site

The Men (pictured minus Frank, Ralph, Dave S and Maurice) were victorious again on Wednesday October 8th despite the best efforts of the Ladies!  It was a very enjoyable match and thanks go to Mark (men’s captain) and Kate (women’s captain) for assembling the 2 teams.  Special thanks go to Mervyn for his splendid organisation, both before and during the event.  No doubt, we will do it all again next year!

Helen