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Welcome to Eastbourne Bridge Club
Urgent Notices

 

If you have an infectious cough or cold please consider your fellow bridge players and do not come to the club to spread germs, some of our members are at considerable risk from such ailments.

The committee would like members to follow these guidelines for entry to the events below

Tuesday afternoon under 50 NGS, Thursday afternoon under 47 NGS, Wednesday morning under 44 NGS

All Monday events , both afternoon and evening, are open to all players.

See links below for the host rotas and membership application forms.

 

 

Quick links

Quick links

New members application form: Membership application form.pdf

Nicko app form in Word NICKO Entry Form-2025-26.docx

Host rota     Host Rota September 2025 to November 2025.pdf

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Duty Officers Task List: DUTY OFFICERS TASKS.pdf

Seaford Bridge Club

 

 

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EBU competitions news see News section and EBU reference materials in Information pages

Face to Face bridge in the club

We welcome new members (and visitors) to face to face bridge games in our friendly club.  Visitors pay £5 per session and are requested to report to the director on arrival. Members pay £4 per session with a blue voucher that are sold in books of 10. We expect players to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of play so that the movement can be set and monies collected.

 Face to face bridge will be on Monday evening at 19.00, Monday afternoon at 13.30, Tuesday afternoon (Simple Systems and 24 boards) at 13.30, Wednesday morning (ACOL only and 16 boards) at 10.15, Wednesday afternoon at 13.30, Thursday Afternoon (Intermediate and 20 boards) at 13.30 and Saturday afternoon at 13.30.  We will be running Swiss Pairs at 1.30 on the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month - names in advance please. We hope to start Random Teams on the 4th Friday of the month starting on Friday 24th October at 13.30.There is an optional  review session is part of Acol on Wednesday morning a hand from the week before is reviewed at 9.30am and everyone joining the session is welcome to come along to that as part of the morning if they wish to.  The committee would like members to follow these guidelines for entry to these events: Tuesday afternoon under 50 NGS, Thursday afternoon under 47 NGS, Wednesday morning under 44 NGS

 

All afternoon and morning sessions (except for Swiss Pairs) are hosted (but NOT 100% guaranteed), see calendar for current detail. The evening session is not hosted.

 More sessions may be created if there is the demand.

 In order to help maintain the health and wellbeing of our members, certain conditions will be put in place as follows:

  • Anyone displaying symptoms of a cold or flu should stay away
  • On arrival, you will be able to use the hand sanitizer

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On-line at BBO 

We welcome visitors to our online games - subscriptions are not currently required for online games. 

The club has its own on-line bridge competition on  Friday evenings at 19.00 ,  using BBO. The table money for each of them is $3 for a 18 board game (no need for a subscription if you are online only). This session is now shared with Seaford Bridge Club, who host the first, third and fifth Fridays in the month.  Contact Roger Poulter via contact us page with BBO name and EBU number if you wish to take part in our duplicates. 

 See our on-line page for details. Other members' contact details can be found in the Members Section. 


SUPERVISED BRIDGE SESSIONS 

Supervised Bridge on Mondays starts at 10.15 and finishes at 12:30 The Monday sessions are aimed at improvers and intermediates who want to gain confidence and prepare to play in club sessions. A variety of hands will be played with some analysed in more detail. It will be possible to compare how you performed with club players who played the hands previously. There are no sessions on Bank Holidays. For queries contact Trevor at trevorsmart56@hotmail.co.uk

Tuesday 10-12 Supervised Play for Improvers. A brief lesson followed by a selection of hands some of which reflect the lesson. Help with bidding and play. Perfect for those who need more practice but don’t feel ready to move on to the intermediate course or for those who have done the intermediate course and just want more practice!  Contact Gill for queries collinsgill@gmail.com

One pink voucher per session. Pink vouchers cost £6 and are sold in books of five for £30. These books can be bought at supervised play sessions.

There are no supervised play sessions the weeks beginning the 22nd and 29th December


WORKSHOPS

Bruce Carrison is leading one more workshop in the autumn term. 

Sunday 7 December at 10.30 - End Play

The workshop is targeted at people who have been playing in any session and want to sharpen up their game. It is amazing how giving yourself time to learn makes playing more enjoyable. It is always possible to tweak your game to make it more successful.

The cost is 2 blue vouchers for members and £10 for non-members.

Please contact Bruce at brucecarrison@gmail.com to book your place or for more information.

 

 

 


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Our Location

We are located in  Sidley Rd, Eastbourne BN22 7HB

For directions click on map

Learn Bridge

 

We provide the most comprehensive quality bridge teaching in the area, by providing traditional beginners and fast track courses as well as improvers courses. See our lessons page. Pre-dealt hands are used in all lessons meaning the learning is mainly through playing.   

Contact the Club

The best way to contact the club is via the Contact Us page and choose the appropriate person. For lessons contact the person running the lessons directly.

The club has a phone for incoming calls in the club 07762 156202. This is primarily for members to contact us if they are running late or cannot make a session at the last minute. 

To contact individual members of the committee go to the 'Committee & Officers' page under the Information menu.

 

Results
Swiss Pairs
13.30
Director: Roger Poulter
Scorer: Glenda Pelling
Thursday Acol
13.30
Director: Berni vanHaeften
Scorer: Berni vanHaeften
Acol
10.15
Director: Glenda Pelling
Scorer: David Field
Calendar
5th Dec 2025
Virtual Pairs Seaford
BBO 19.00
6th Dec 2025
Afternoon
Club 13.30
Director: Roger Poulter
Scorer: Glenda Pelling
8th Dec 2025
Supervised Play
Club 1015
8th Dec 2025
Afternoon
Club 13.30
Director: Kathy Hill
8th Dec 2025
Evening
Club 19.00
Director: Glenda Pelling
Scorer: Carolynn Maylen
9th Dec 2025
Supervised Play
Club 1000
9th Dec 2025
Simple Systems
club 13.30
Director: Roger Poulter
Scorer: Phil Hill
10th Dec 2025
Acol
club 10.15
Director: Glenda Pelling
Scorer: Glenda Pelling