Middlesex Bridge

Middlesex Congress 2025
 Licenced by EBU (level 4) and open to ALL EBU members

Face to Face Green Pointed Congress
Richmond Bridge Club, Cambridge Park, East Twickenham, TW1 2PG
(directions to Richmond BC)
Swiss Pairs - 11:00am Saturday 15th November 2025 - click here to enter
Swiss Teams - 11:00am Sunday 16th November 2025 - click here to enter

 7 x 7-boards or 6 x 8-boards 45-minute break after 3rd round
 

£25 per person, per event
£5 for under 18s and £12.50 for under 25s
 
Free coffee, tea and street parking
Food available or bring your own

Note: RBC is a cashless venue

Event Manager: Harish Patel -  harish1948@hotmail.com - 07505 664834

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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
CUP FOR CLUBS

MAKE SURE YOUR CLUB HAS ENTERED 

The Cup for Clubs will be held at Barleylands on 14 December.1 pm start 

Light refreshments provided.  

The Cup for Clubs for teams of 4 and is limited to members of Essex affiliated clubs who are ranked no higher than Jack high on July 1 2025.

There will be around 32 boards, Richard Glasby will direct.

Clubs can enter one or two teams; entry fee £50 per team for each competition. 

Payment to ECBA a/c: 63373487 sort:207289.  Contact Linda Fleet linkarb@outlook.com with any questions

See below for entry forms.

MAKE SURE YOUR CLUB HAS ENTERED

 

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Cup for Clubs entry form
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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

A successful week for Essex pairs with Marc Chawner & Mark Josephs in first place and Chris Chorley & Patrick Murray second.

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.
 

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.

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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

The new season has not started well for Essex Saxons with two losses but there is a long way to go in this challenging league.  Division 3 results can be seen at 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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The ECBA was formed in 1946. We have around 1,700 members and 15 affiliated clubs. ..........

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Results
Essex International Swiss Pairs
RealBridge
ECL v. Hertfordshire (Home)
RealBridge
Essex International Pairs
RealBridge
Fletcher
Barleylands
Calendar
Wed 26th Nov 2025
Essex International Pairs
RealBridge 7pm
Sun 14th Dec 2025
ECL v. Suffolk (Away)
RealBridge 1pm
Sun 14th Dec 2025
Cup for Clubs
Barleylands 1pm
Wed 7th Jan 2026
Essex International Pairs
RealBridge 7pm