PATCHAM BRIDGE CLUB
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Patcham Bridge Club Sessions
Patcham Bridge Club Sessions

The Club plays Face to Face sessions on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 13:15 and Thursday evenings at 19:15. We start promptly at the stated times so please be seated at least 10 minutes earlier so the Director can set the movement.
 

Virtual Bridge on BBO Monday at 19:15 - search "Patcham Monday Pairs".
 

We are an EBU affiliated club so all Patcham Bridge Club sessions are played with permitted partnership agreements as specified for Level 4 in the EBU Blue book (as revised August 2023).


We want to be a friendly and welcoming club so please read our "Patcham Bridge Club - Best Behavoiur at Bridge" document and try to follow the guidence therein.

Key Points about Playing at PBC on BBO

VIRTUAL BRIDGE CLUB

We play at 7.15 on Monday. Search "Patcham Monday Pairs" on BBO.

These online games are at EBU Level3

We also play in a number of national and inter club events all at 3BBO$

We welcome new members at a cost of £5 for the period up to 31 May 2026

To participate in a game a member must register their BBO name with the Club.

If you require any information contact patchambridgeclub@gmail.com

Success for Patcham Bridge Club
Success for Patcham Bridge Club

The EBU have issued a list of the top 50 clubs by player sessions in the year to end of March 2025.

Patcham comes top in Sussex and 14th in the Country! Up 3 places from last year. 

Well done to all our players, club officers, committee members and helpers for making us so successful.  

Welcome to PATCHAM BRIDGE CLUB
Membership Renewals are due 1st June 2025

The Club's new membership year commences on the 1st June 2025.

The annual membership fee of £5 covers both  face to face games at the Centre and virtual events on BBO.

Our Membership Secretary, Annie Simmons, will be collecting membership fees at the Club in the near future.

If you want to pay by bank transfer you can send £5 to Patcham Community Association's bank account (NOT to the Bridge Club's account please!). Please use your name as the reference :-   

The Patcham Community Association's bank account details:-

Patcham Community Association
Sort 30-99-50
A/C 39809068

 

New 2025 Parking Permits available from 1st May

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.

The new 2025 red parking permits are available to collect at any bridge session from 1st May 2025. Also day permits can be obtained for visitors. The old green parking permits are valid until 1st July 2025 so no need to panic.

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

2025 Table Money Increase

Your committee has decided that after many years without increase during a period of significant inflation that now is the time to raise the table money.

Having made a loss in the last finacial year demonstrates that building a cushion against possible future unexpected cost increases is a good idea.

So from the 1st May 2025:-

A book of ten playing vouchers will be £25
A member paying cash will be £3

A guest paying cash will be £5

Monday's BBO game will remain the same at $3 BBO

We hope you all agree this is still excellent value for money.  

Find a Partner Virtual Pinboard
Find a Partner Virtual Pinboard

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

Calendar
Wed 25th Jun 2025
Centre Bridge Session 13:15
Director: Ingrid Boyd
Thu 26th Jun 2025
Centre Bridge Session 19:15
Director: Peter Langston
Fri 27th Jun 2025
Centre Bridge Session 13:15
Director: John Hazard
Mon 30th Jun 2025
Centre Bridge Session 13:15
Director: Jenny Marshall
Tech Support: Joe Dixon
Mon 30th Jun 2025
BBO Virtual Pairs 19:15
Director: Peter Langston
Wed 2nd Jul 2025
Centre Bridge Session 13:15
Director: Andy Osborn
Results
Centre Bridge Session 13:15
Director: John Hazard
BBO Virtual Pairs 19:15
Director: Peter Langston
Centre Bridge Session 13:15
Director: John Hazard
Centre Bridge Session 19:15
Director: Peter Langston
Centre Bridge Session 13:15
Director: Ian Macgregor
Centre Bridge Session 13:15
Director: Jenny Marshall
Tech Support: Joe Dixon
EBU PROMOTIONS
EBU PROMOTIONS

Congratulations to the following club members who earned promotions in May 2025

1 Star Regional Master
Adrian Alexander
Tournament Master

Chris Gray

Advanced Master
Jill Hassan
Kate Moorman
District Master

Helen Morris
Local Master
Ann Lamond