Middlesex Bridge

The Middlesex Swiss Pairs on Saturday 15th November attracted 48 pairs and was won by Essex member Mark Josephs partnered by Ian Henley from Cambs & Hunts. 

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Kent Bridge

For upcoming events in  Kent see www.bridgewebs.com/kent/

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Welcome to Essex Contract Bridge Association
Essex Swiss Pairs (Blue Point Event)

Essex bridge will be running a joint venture with Hants & IOW on Sunday, 11th January 2026, starting at 1pm on RealBridge.

The Swiss Pairs event will consist of 7 rounds of 6 board matches, with Rob Sassoon directing.

Blue points will be issued.

 

Reminder: 8th February, Cornell Trophy. 1pm start, 48 boards. Club teams of 8 qualifier for Garden Cities, with a £200 prize.

Richard Banbury directing at Barleylands.

 

 

 

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Essex and International Invitation Swiss Teams

The Invitation Swiss Teams will take place on RealBridge at 13.00GMT (14.00 CET) on 25 January 2026. It is open to every member of Essex and to everyone in the UK or in other countries who has played in our Wednesday Internationals. EBU or other national bridge member number required. Add this after your name eg Sue Thorburn/ 123456

Swiss Teams 7 rounds of 6 boards.

Prizes £100, £70, £50

Entry £50 per team

Payment to ECBA a/c: 63373487 sort:207289.  Contact Marc Chawner (marc.chawner@aol.com) if you wish to pay via Paypal.

Contact Ian Moss (imbridge7@gmail.com) with general enquiries

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Margaret Curtis International

You are warmly invited to play in this week’s Essex International Pairs Event, taking place on Wednesday 26th November on RealBridge at 7:00pm London time

The event is free to enter.

This week provides an ideal opportunity to practise your TEAMS strategies, as the scoring method will be Cross-IMP Pairs Scoring.

If you would like more information about this scoring format, please feel free to contact Marc.

If you are interested in participating or have any questions, please let Marc (marc.chawner@aol.com) know, so that he can send you a RealBridge event link. When you request a RealBridge event link, please let Marc know who you will be partnering. If you require a partner, please let Marc know and he will attempt to find a partner for you.
 
Here is the link to see the latest ladder scores:    (View only on a PC or Laptop; do not view on an iPhone).
This link will be updated after each event.
The ladder competition will run until 18 February. See panel on the right for the rules.
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Boot camps - Marc Chawner
Boot camps - Marc Chawner

Following the Boot Camp on 12 May  Marc Chawner has now produced a new guide Know your Percentages to add to; Defence, Play in a No Trump contract and Play in a Suit contract 

 

Most of the best players in Essex were set the task of playing the hands in each category -  not always successfully.

 

See if you can do better, if not with Marc's hands maybe the next time you play at the club.

 

 Download the PDFs Defence, No trumpSuit contractsKnow Your Percentages

 

They will give you everything you could ever want to know!

 

Once again the ECBA would like to express their sincere gratitude to Marc for this formidable work.

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Uppsala Series On-line

 

Essex Saxons won a close match in Round 5.

11.68 VP moved our squad up to 3rd place with two rounds to play this season.

  Current standings here: https://www.svenskbridge.se/uppsalabridgen/lag/tvl/15437

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Tollemache
Not the best weekend for Essex.
Our team finished a disappointing equal 12th of 15 teams.  On the plus side we had five wins including one against a team that qualified for the final.  A few heavy losses early in the competition left us too much to do in the later stages.  Results are now available on the EBU web-site.
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Essex County matches
A good day for Essex in the match aginst Herts on 2 November.
Essex 'A' beat Herts 'A'  14-6
Essex 'B' beat Herts 'B'   11-9
Essex 'C' drew with Herts 'C' 10-10

The current league tables can be observed using these links

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Essex Leagues

The Essex leagues start in September. For details see Essex Leagues

Bernie Hunt ran a seminar on teams play on 10 September. Here are the Teams seminar notes

For results see here

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Margaret Curtis International

Announcing a New Competition for all our Wednesday Essex and International Pairs players. Starting at the next session, 11th June and running until 18th February 2026 we will hold a Ladder Competition. The average of your 10 best scores in the above period will determine your final position on The Ladder. You will need to play at least 8 sessions in order to have them count towards your final overall place. The progress of The Ladder will be available on-line. The player, or pair, with the highest qualifying average at the end of the season (18 Feb 2026) will receive a special prize: Free Entry to the Essex Invitation Pairs on RealBridge 29th March 2026!!

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Essex County Matches

ECBA Player Availabilities 2025-26.xlsx

 

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Margaret Curtis Events

The Essex Bridge Academy are using money bequeathed by the late Margaret Curtis. Money which is to be used for events such as our Wednesday event which is 100% funded from the late Margaret Curtis bequest.

Consequently, invitations to join our Wednesday evenings and the session links can only be issued by the organisers in Essex.

All current players continue to be welcomed. If you wish to invite other players, please email Marc (marc.chawner@aol.com) first to confirm eligibility.

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Essex Contract Bridge Association
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Results
Essex International Pairs
RealBridge
Essex International Swiss Pairs
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ECL v. Hertfordshire (Home)
RealBridge
Essex International Pairs
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Calendar
Wed 10th Dec 2025
Essex International Pairs
RealBridge 7pm
Sun 14th Dec 2025
ECL v. Suffolk (Away)
RealBridge 1pm
Wed 7th Jan 2026
Essex International Pairs
RealBridge 7pm
Sun 11th Jan 2026
Swiss Pairs BP
RealBridge 1pm