We've just heard the very sad news that Sula Turpin died on Sunday after a sudden collapse earlier in the week. She was such a lovely person and we are shocked to lose her so unexpectedly. She has been an active member of Newbury Bridge Club for a very long time. She was a good player and very popular with everyone. Our commiserations go out to her friends and family.
The funeral will be on Friday 3rd January 2025 at 5pm at the Basingstoke Crematorium followed by a wake afterwards at the Fox Inn (nearby). Everybody is welcome at the funeral.  If you want to attend the wake please let me know at brianmedhurst@hotmail.co.uk so I can inform the family for catering purposes.

This is how much we raised for last year's charity West Berkshire Community Hospital League of Friends. 

Our chairman Alan Oliver presents a 'cheque' to Mary Murphy.

Click for Newbury Weekly News online report.

Click for Letter from Newbury Town Council

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This year's Newbury Bridge Club's Charity Evening took place on Friday 18th October at the Bowler's Arms and was very successful. Mary Murphy spoke about our charity this year which is the West Berks Community Hospital League of Friends and how it has helped to make it  a very well equipped hospital. Provisionally the evening raised approximately  £1750. Our thanks go to to all those involved in the organisation of the evening and in particular to Clare Reseigh, David Barratt and John Harland.
The slideshow shows the Rubber 1st and 2nd prize winners and some of the Raffle prize winners. Photos by David Barratt and John Harland

Also another item for your diary : the NBC Annual Dinner will be on Friday January 10th 2025 also at the Bowler's Arms.

Nearly £260 was raised for Cancer Research at the two sessions. Well done to all who contributed!

 Well done to Steve Martin and Evelyne Thomas who came 2nd last Saturday in the Cheltenham Bridge Congress Swiss Pairs scoring 93 VPs from the six 8 board matches. This was a significant achievement against a field of 54 pairs with an average strength of over 58%.

The Charity Bridge session at Stockcross on Wednesday 17th July raised over £3000. Well done to the organisers Glynne Meadmore and Jill Beeley. Click for letter

There will be a memorial service for Matthew and his wife Linda at the West Berkshire Crematorium on Wednesday 31st July at 10.30 am. Matthew was a founder  member of Newbury Bridge Club and served as both Chairman and President.

Congratulations to Evelyne Thomas and Garry Towns who came 7th in the EBU National Pairs Final on 14th April 2024. That's 7th in the country in a very strong field which is an exceptionally good result. Well done to them!

We have also just learned that Philip Read a popular rubber bridge player both face to face and online died on 15th April after a short illness. Our commiserations go out to his family and friends.

Philip's funeral will be on Friday10th May at 2 pm St George's Church Wash Common

We have just learned the sad news that Matthew Stratton a founder member of Newbury Bridge Club died in Hull on 13th April at the age of 98. Many of us will remember Matthew with affection and admiration. He played both duplicate and rubber bridge at the club for such a long time. He was chairman of the club from 1973 to 1976 and from 1983 to 1985 and president from 2009 to 2015. He was a real stalwart of the club and our commiserations go out to his family and friends. His family are planning to arrange a memorial service but as yet we have no details.

This year's Southern Salver proved very enjoyable with all those attending and was a great success, the event being played in good spirit by all. A magnificent tea was very much enjoyed. A big thank you to Eileen Barratt and her catering team.

Thank you to everybody who supported the event and congratulations to Eleanor Rice for winning  the Southern Salver. Sue Oliver was 2nd, Barbara Sandford 3rd, Sula Turpin 4th and Hamish Sloan 5th.

We are very sorry to announce that Bob Hope died on Friday 23rd February.  Bob and his wife Wendy have been playing at Chieveley for a while now. Our commiserations go to Wendy and to Bob's family and friends.

 Richard and Judy Bungey winning the Swiss Pairs Cat C at the Midland Counties Congress. Well done to them and what a trophy!

Congratulations to Evelyne Thomas and Garry Towns who came 2nd in the Waller Bowl last Sunday at Windsor. The Waller Bowl is Berks and Bucks principal annual competition for pairs so this was a very good performance