Patcham BC will be  running sessions in the EBU Winter Sim Pairs 2025 on Monday 13th January at 19:15 on BBO and Wednesday 15th January at 13:15 in the afternoon at the club.

In a club duplicate all our pairs play the same set of boards, thereby allowing a comparison to be made to see who played them to best advantage. Now imagine all around England (or even further afield) pairs in different clubs playing the same set of boards at the same time in a single event allowing comparison over the whole of the country. That is in essence what a Simultaneous Pairs event is – an event run concurrently at different clubs over a wider area.

Entry Fee

Monday 13th January - $6 BBO dollars (the club will subsidise your entry fee) - Search for "Patcham Monday Sim Pairs" on BBO

Wednesday 15th January - Members - two playing vouchers (the club will subsidise your entry fee) - Guests - £5. Due to limited space in the room at the centre there will be a maximum of 20 tables with players being seated on a "First Come First Served" basis – preference will be given to club members in case of over-capacity.

Patcham members participated in the EBU Simultaneous Pairs Heat on BBO on Monday 13 January.

Congratulations to Chris and Suzy Gray who were runners up amongst 408 Pairs Nationally.

Congratulations also to JohnLuoni and Will Adler who were thirteenth.

Now that Winter is fast approaching, the committee would be grateful if members would stay away from the club if they have (or are in close contact with someone who has) any cold or flu like symptoms (runny nose, sore throat, cough, fever).

This is to protect all club members from unnecessary illness.

Thank you!

We know lots of you are looking for a regular or occasional partners. We also know that the facility in the Calendar pages is not the most “user friendly” thing in the world.

So, we are re-launching the “Find a Partner Pinboard” facility. We think that using the virtual pinboard will be easier for everyone. It has been available before but it was mixed up with the Contact Us form. Now it has its own menu link. You don’t need to login to the website to add a Pinboard request.

We are going to let the two methods run in parallel for a while so if you are looking for a partner, please check both the Pinboard (in the left hand menu) and the Calendar in the right hand column. Or add your own requests of course!

If you need assistance with the process contact patchambridgeclub@gmail.com

We are pleased to advise you that the car park is solely for visitors to the Community Centre or the Library.

To park there you will either need a Membership Permit or a Visitors Permit displayed in the parked car.

Membership or Visitors Permits are available to collect at a bridge session.

Failure to display a valid permit or not parking tidily in a designated space risks a  £100 fine.

Parking will remain on a first arrival basis.

Detailed Parking Rules are in the Documents section in the lefthand menu of the website or click here  Patcham Community Centre parking rules.pdf