National Pairs - results

National Pairs at Barleyands 22 March

46 pairs took part with Essex players in 6th, 7th and 10th place

See First Class Bridge Academy, Essex for full results 

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Cambs and Hunts Swiss Pairs

The Camb and Hunts Swiss Pairs Face to Face event is on Sunday 26th April 2026. See https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwor/bw.cgi?club=cambshunts&pid=display_page79

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Dordogne Festival of Bridge

Essex members have been invited to an event in the Dordogne on Saturday 13 June.  See  http://as-de-lembras.fr// for details.

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Welcome to Essex Contract Bridge Association
Essex and International Invitation Events

🌍Congratulations to the winners of the International Pairs, Georgio Cacciaguerra and Omelia Gabrielli. Essex pair Marc Chawner and Paul Spencer were in second place.

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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 up and down season saw a loss last week and slipped to 6th but Essex Vikings had another convincing win and remain top of their division.

Full results at:

Swedish Bridge Association   For Division2

Swedish Bridge Association  For Division 5

 

 

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♥ Chelmsford Bridge Club - Gentle Duplicate ♥

Chelmsford BC has recently introduced a free of charge weekly Gentle Duplicate session, for a trial period.

These sessions are played online using RealBridge format and are currently held at 7.00 pm on Mondays.

If you are interested in playing in these sessions, then please send an email 
to chelmsfordbc@zoho.com, including the details of your partner if you have one. If you need a 
partner, please let us know as soon as possible, and we will try to find one for you.

Unlike our other sessions, we will not be publishing the link to play on our website. Instead, we will 
distribute the joining details by email. So, if you wish to play, it is essential that you register your 
interest as soon as possible in advance by email to chelmsfordbc@zoho.com.

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Director Course

We have another directors course at Barleylands on the following dates 

Day 0.  April 5th

Day 1. April 19th

Day 2. May 24th

Day 3. May 31st 

Gary Conrad is the Director 

All enquiries to Clive Turner at the EBU. 01296-317212  Tues-Fri

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Essex County Matches

Essex County Matches Availability 2026-2027

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Essex County matches
Congratulations to the Essex teams. The final table shows:

Division 1 Essex were clear winners having won every match with an average of 76%.

Division 2 Essex were 2nd behind Herts who won by more than a match.

Division 3 Essex were 4th, but showed considerable resilience after a poor start.

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Margaret Curtis International

The Essex Bridge Academy organises the fortnightly Essex International Pairs as part of its training and coaching portfolio.  The Academy was able to set-up these sessions without charging players because of a generous bequest from the late Margaret Curtis. Our International Pairs has proven to be a popular and challenging event and continues to be free to players who meet the admission criteria. 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. 

From 11 June and running until 18 February 2026 we are holding a Ladder Competition. The average of your 8 best scores in the above period will determine your final position on The Ladder. You need to play at least 8 sessions in order to have them count towards your final overall place. The progress of The Ladder is 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!!

The latest Ladder Table can be viewed here: Essex International Pairs.xlsx

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New Essex Club

NOTLEY BRIDGE CLUB

Newly affiliated

Monday 13:30 at Great Notley Community Hall, currently in the small hall using the entrance nearest the playground.  The address is Great Notley Community Hall, Great Notley, Braintree, CM77 7US.

Contact Chris Smith chris.smith2000@live.co.uk  077 3939 7842 for information     

 

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Essex Contract Bridge Association
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The ECBA was formed in 1946. We have around 1,500 members and 15 affiliated clubs. ..........

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Essex Leagues

The Essex leagues started 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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Results
Essex International Pairs
RealBridge
Essex and International Invitation Pairs
RealBridge
Friendly team of 8 v Lancs
RealBridge
Essex International Pairs
RealBridge
Calendar
Wed 15th Apr 2026
Essex International Pairs
RealBridge 7pm
Sun 19th Apr 2026
ECL v. Cambs & Hunts (Away)
RealBridge 1pm
Wed 29th Apr 2026
Essex International Pairs
RealBridge 7pm
Sun 21st Jun 2026
ECL v. Northants (Home)
RealBridge 2pm