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Players are requested to be seated at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start of play at 7:15pm.  Help provided by players arriving earlier than this to arrange the room is much appreciated.

If you've got any comments or questions on this web-site, please contact the WebMaster.

Welcome to the Crawley Bridge Club web-site

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.

For general information, please refer to the Information pages.  To contact somebody at the club, please refer to the Contact Us page or the Committee page.

2026 SCCBA Charity Simultaneous Pairs

CBC heat results (from Wednesday February 18th) can now be seen in full on this web-site.  Provisional combined results (plus a report) can be seen on the Sussex web-site.  You might like to read the Neil Watts' expert commentary to see what you should have done!

One of the charities to benefit from this year's event is the Queen Victoria Hospital Trust, East Grinstead

Mervyn

Valentine Pairs

There were 14 mixed pairs in the hotly contested Valentine Pairs!  Although the highest scoring pair was Gill and Judith, the winning mixed pair was George and Helen, with the runners-up Claire and Dave.

Thanks to Richard D. for managing to direct what turned out to be quite a tricky movement.

Winter Compensated Teams

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

  • 1st - Mark and Dave
    (plus Maureen and Thiru)
  • 2nd - Phil, Ralph, Betty and Chris
  • 3rd - Steve, Kate and Frank
    (plus Sue)
Horsham Welcome Pairs on Sunday March 1st

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.

2025 Christmas Party

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.

  • First North/South
    Sue and Gordon
  • First East/West
    Pam and Sam
  • Second North/South
    Carol and Tammy
  • Second East/West
    George and Gwen
  • Best Christmas costume
    Wendy, of course!
  • Bettys imminent 95th
    birthday presentation
Results
Wednesday Evening Pairs
Monday Relaxed Duplicate
Friday Evening Pairs
SCCBA Charity Sims
Monday Relaxed Duplicate
Valentine Pairs
Wednesday Evening Pairs
Monday Relaxed Duplicate
Calendar
27th Feb 2026
Friday Evening Pairs
f2f 7:15
2nd Mar 2026
Monday Relaxed Duplicate
BBO (3 BB$) 7:15
4th Mar 2026
Wednesday Evening Pairs
f2f 7:15
6th Mar 2026
Friday Evening Pairs
f2f 7:15
9th Mar 2026
Monday Relaxed Duplicate
BBO (3 BB$) 7:15
11th Mar 2026
Wednesday Evening Pairs
f2f 7:15

The minutes of the December 29th committee meeting are now available for viewing.  Alternatively, you can access the minutes of all available CBC committee meetings and AGMs.

Dates for your diary :-

2026
Feb 13th (Fri) - Valentine Pairs
Feb 18th (Weds) - SCCBA Charity Sims
Mar 27th (Fri) - Spring Compensated Teams
May 6th (Weds) - AGM
June 10th (Weds) - Draude Handicap Pairs

Congratulations to the following who received an EBU Master Point promotion during January :-

Jean Healey - District Master
Pamela Watkins - District Master
Chris McKiernan - Local Master

Congratulations to the following who received an EBU Master Point promotion during December :-

Gloria Flint - 4 Star Master
Sue Noblett - Master