Southend and Leigh Bridge Club, Essex, England

Southend and Leigh Bridge Club

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Bulletin

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Thank you to those of you who attended the AGM.

Your committee for 2026-27 are: Colin Darling (Chair), Ralph Graham (Vice Chair), Petra Bromfield (Treasurer), Carole French (Secretary), Terry Wise (Tournament Director), Beryl Claxton, Graham Randall, Mark Hopkins, Linda Marriott, Bill Abbott and Sarah O'Sullivan.

Table Money

At the AGM it was agreed that table money will be increasing to £3.00. This will be the first increase for at least 9 years. Guests will increase to £6 and competition money will increase to £6. This will take effect from 1^st May 2026.

Saturday Bridge

2^nd May at 7.15pm

All welcome with a partner.

Son Francis Competition

5^th May at 7.15

This is the individual handicap competition everyone is welcome to play but you will need an NGS grade if you wish to be included in the competition. Because this competition is handicapped everyone has a fair chance of winning and getting their name on an honours board. So sign up and come along You gotta be in it to win it !!

Bob Hair Charity Shield

8th May at 2.15pm

All welcome.

Spring Bank Holidays

The club will be open as usual.

And finally......

Disagreements at the table: If there is any dispute or disagreement at the table about the legality of a bid, hesitation, revoke, number of tricks won....anything Bridge related, DO NOT start vociferously arguing your case or lecturing the opposition. Keep any discussion quiet and calm. If you cannot agree, call the Director and accept gracefully any ruling he or she makes.

Xmas Lunch 2025

January 2026 committee meeting minutes

November 2025 Committee meeting minutes

September 2025 Committee minutes

August 2025 committee meeting minutes

AGM 2024 Minutes

Alerting, Announcing 2023

Competition winners 2025

Club history 1969-2018

Club Privacy notice

Correct Procedures

Club Constitution

Welcome to Southend and Leigh Bridge Club

Our Club

Southend and Leigh Bridge Club is a friendly, but competitive club, which is affiliated to the EBU.

It is situated in its own premises in the small town of Leigh-on-sea and is open 7 days per week for a full range of duplicate and rubber bridge sessions from assisted and hosted to highly competitive. We also have an extensive teaching programme for beginners and improvers.

For further information see menu or contact:

Chairman: Colin Darling

Secretary: Carole French

Club email address: committee@slbcbridge.org

Webmaster: Terry Wise

Redcliff Hall, 8 Redcliff Drive, Leigh on Sea, Essex, SS9 1AY, Telephone 01702 476692

Please note the telephone may respond with leave a message, we will return your call

Teaching

New Beginners and Improvers Courses starting in September

Beginners Class Mondays 10.00am -12.00 pm starting 21st September. No previous experience required. Come with or without a partner, to learn in a friendly, supportive class.

Improvers Class. Wednesdays 10.00am - 12.00pm starting 23rd September. If you have some knowledge of the game and would like to improve your bidding and play, join our friendly class with or without a partner.

To register your interest email:darlingleigh55@gmail.com

Partner Needed?

New arrangements for Partner needed?

Note to remove a request you will need to use the Members Only tab

Click here for instructions:

FIND A PARTNER.docx

In order to see who is looking for a partner click (partner?) on the calendar and contact them directly if you are interested.

Parking in Redcliff Drive

Please can we ask that members avoid drives when parking cars.

There is now a disabled bay at the bottom of the road, this is reserved for the resident of the adjacent house.

70% club 2026

1. 74.97% Ruth Ewen & Ian Barren

2. 74.47% Pat Clark & Val Card

3. 73.81% Jayne & Graham Randall

4. 72.78% Ashley Nicklin & Anna Clegg

5. 72.50% Linda Darling & Sheelagh Mayhead

6. 71.82% Jayne & Graham Randall

7. 71.67% Mary Dowson & Roger Bright

8. 70.23% Jayne & Graham Randall

9. 70.08% Chris chorley & Mike Wren

New Club email address

Please note the new club email address:

committee@slbcbridge.org

Congratulations

Joint Winners of Ladies' Pairs:

Mandy Bridge & Pat Scott

Ann Craig & Sally Riley

Winners of Men's Pairs:

Chris Chorley & Mike Wren

Last updated : 14th Apr 2026 08:56 BST

Club Competitions 2026

Bob Hair Charity Shield

Friday 8th May 2.00 pm

Son Francis	Tues	5^th May
Mixed pairs	Wed	10^th June
Open teams	Mon	6^th July
Individual	Tues	4^th August
Shapiro Cup	Tues	8^th September
Ladies’ teams	Wed	7^th October
Men’s teams	Wed	7^th October
Open pairs	Wed	4^th November
Rose Bowl	Thurs	3^rd December
Joan Parr	Sun	17^th January 2027

Last updated : 14th Apr 2026 09:41 BST

Session winners 2025

Mon Jayne Randall & Graham Randall 59.37%

Tues Ashley Nicklin & Russell Nicklin 58.81%

Wed Aft Arnie Waxler & Fred Saxton 56.05%

Wed eve Sally Thompson & Jayne Randall 58.76%

Thur am Derek Way & Carole French 63.27%

Thur pm Chris Parmenter & Peter Sullivan 58.29%

Fri Chris Martin & Pascaline Mower 58.27%

Sat Graham Randall & Jayne Randall 60.96%

Overall percentage Pascaline Mower 59.17%

Slam Ladder Sylvia Brown

70% club Petra Bromfield & Graham Randall 81.14%

Last updated : 31st Dec 2025 14:15 GMT

F2F DUPLICATE SESSIONS

Monday 7.15 pm

Tuesday 7.15pm

Wednesday 2pm hosted, assisted

Wednesday 7.15pm hosted

Thursday 9.45am gentle, hosted

Thursday 2pm

Friday 2pm

Saturday 7.15pm (only first Saturday of each month)

Sunday 1.45 pm

Last updated : 28th Mar 2026 17:21 BST

NON DUPLICATE SESSIONS

Monday 1.30pm

Saturday 1.30pm

Chicago Bridge

No partner required

Thursday 7.00pm

Practice Bridge for beginners, improvers

and social play

Last updated : 28th May 2025 09:15 BST

BB@B

Best Behaviour at Bridge

(click for more details)

Last updated : 17th Jan 2020 09:24 GMT

Links

EBU

http://www.ebu.co.uk

Essex County Bridge Association

http://www.essexbridge.co.uk

Last updated : 17th Jan 2020 09:26 GMT

Bill Boys

Sadly Bill passed away last week. He was a longstanding club member.

Further details to follow.

Last updated : 6th Apr 2026 22:09 BST

SPRING LUNCH

We raised over £300 for Havens Hospices at the Spring lunch. Thank you everybody.

Special thanks to Lesley, Beryl, Sarah and all the others involved in organising this wonderful event.

Last updated : 29th Mar 2026 11:54 BST

Calendar

Tue 28th Apr 2026

evening

7.15

Wed 29th Apr 2026

afternoon hosted

2.00 pm

Wed 29th Apr 2026

evening hosted

7.15pm

Results

27th Apr 2026

Monday Evening

Director: Mark Hopkins
Scorer: Linda Marriott

26th Apr 2026

Sunday Afternoon

Director: Julian Porter
Scorer: Sandra Poole

24th Apr 2026

Friday afternoon

Director: Terry Wise
Scorer: Ralph Graham

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