Kent Contract Bridge Association

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

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Middlesex County Bridge Association event

MCBA will be holding its annual Committee Cup teams of four event on RealBridge on 19 June starting at 7.30 pm. 

FREE ENTRY TO ALL EBU MEMBERS.

Click here for details and to enter your team.

Entries close at 5pm on 18 June. For further information please contact Harish Patel the event manager harish1948@hotmail.com

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Welcome to Essex Contract Bridge Association
Club Pairs

The Club Pairs Competition was held on Sunday, 8 June 2025 at Barleylands.

The winners were John Sutcliffe and Robert Elliott, second were Angela Fenton and David Cooper and third were Jayne and Graham Randall.

The winning club was Upminster and Cranham with pairs in first and second places.

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Margaret Curtis International

12 tables on 11 June. Another successful evening for Essex with Ian Moss and Peter Richardson in first place and Hazel and Barry Capal in third.

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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Watch Essex play England Under 16's

In order to provide the England under 16's bridge team with some practice for their upcoming international tournaments,  Essex have been asked to provide some opposition to play against them in a practice match on the RealBridge platform. 

This match will take place on Thursday, 19th June, starting at 7:30pm.

If you are interested in watching this match, live, on RealBridge, please contact Marc Chawner at Marc.Chawner@aol.com  

 

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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 12 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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Corwen Trophy

In the Corwen Trophy over the week-end 31st May-1st June, all four Essex pairs finished above average, led by Marc Chawner and Paul Spencer who finished a splendid 7th out of 82 pairs

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Uppsala Series On-line

Essex Saxons gained a narrow victory over the division winners (including some Swedish internationals) in the last match of the season. However, this left Saxons in 4th place out of 8.

A somewhat challenging season with as many highs as lows.

Full results here:   https://www.svenskbridge.se/lag/serie/spader/15064

 

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Club Director training

Club Director training sessions will be run at Barleylands. There are four parts on 14/28 September and 12/26 October. Each session is approimately 5 hours.

The director is Jacks Morecombe.

Apply via the EBU website.

Refreshments available at Barleylands 

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Essex County Matches

ECBA Player Availabilities 2025-26.xlsx

 

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Essex Leagues

Essex Leagues 2024/25

Keep up to date with the Essex leagues.

For latest position see RESULTS

 

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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
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Club Pairs
Essex International Pairs
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Essex International Pairs
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Calendar
Wed 25th Jun 2025
Essex International Pairs
RealBridge 7pm
Sun 29th Jun 2025
ECL v. Cambs & Hunts (Home)
RealBridge 1pm
Sun 13th Jul 2025
ECL v. Northants (Away)
RealBridge 1pm
Sun 21st Sep 2025
Green pointed Swiss Pairs
Barleylands tba