Mixed Pairs Competition - Result |
The Blue pointed Mixed Pairs was held on RealBridge on 3 December.
Congratulations to the joint winners:
Steve Abbot and Pascaline Mower
Bernie Hunt and Petra Bromfield
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Essex Cares - Charity Bridge Tournament |
 Your chance to show that Essex Cares.
This Charity Bridge Tournament is in aid of these two extremely worthwhile charities:

Blue Pointed
The charity event raised over a £1000 for the two charities. Many thanks to Marcia Levan-Harris and Val Mollison and all who helped for all their efforts for this thoroughly enjoyed event.
Congratulations to the winners Peter Oake & Robert Elliott, the runners up Pat Johnson & Susan French and third placed Bernie Hunt & Sophie Harper
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Worldwide Essex events |
Essex Bridge is running an International Pairs Event on RealBridge. This is a fornightly event @ 7pm on every other Wednesday. Approximately 21 Boards
This week, 29 November, we are expecting players from
Canada
Italy
Denmark
Iceland
Faroe Islands
Sweden
The Bahamas
With so many 'Overseas' pairs now playing, the English pairs will play against pairs from far, far away.
The event is absolutely free to enter. If you are interested in participating in this event for this coming Wednesday or any future date, please contact Marc Chawner on Marc.Chawner@aol.com. so that he can send you a RealBridge event link. When you request a RealBridge event link, please let him know who you will be partnering.
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Boot camps - Marc Chawner |

Following the Boot Camps Marc Chawner has now produced three guides; 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 trump, Suit contracts
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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Support Your Local Club |
 We are highlighting the Affiliated Clubs in Essex. They need your support, if not they may not be there when you want to play.
Loughton bridge Club
Visitors: Very welcome at Loughton Bridge Club.
When: Monday 19:10 for 19:30 start
Where: Grange Farm Centre, Grange Farm Lane, Chigwell IG7 6DP, Map
Why: Sociable, friendly club, excellent standard
Cost: £3.00 members / £5.00 non-members. First visit free!
Teaching/supervised: Teaching for beginners and improvers.
Hosted: No but call Linda Jenkins - 07825 017410 - for assistance finding a partner.
Website: Can be found here.
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The Essex Bridge Academy |
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The Essex Bridge Academy (EBA) is set up by The Essex Contract Bridge Association (ECBA) to promote and support the teaching of bridge in Essex.
The lifeblood of bridge is getting new people playing. The teachers, are the ones that provide the source of new players; to keep bridge alive we need new players. The ECBA have taken the decision to support teachers as much as possible; hence the setting up of the EBA.
It is a not-for-profit organisation; it is purely to encourage the teaching of bridge in the County. The first year is free and the EBA does not have any designs whatsoever on your bridge teaching monies.
Click here for the EBA website.
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