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Welcome to Staffs & Shrops Contract Bridge Association

The County mixed pairs was held at Newcastle Under Lyme Bridge Club  on Sunday, 10th May 2026. 14 pairs took part, winners Tracy Aherne & Mark Booth with 58.33%, Helen & Peter Lees not far behind with 57.37% and Gillian Allsop & David Moir in third place with 56.73%.  Earlier in the year Tracy & Mark were also winners in SSCBA Championship Teams competition and third in the Championship Pairs competition, what a wonderful season for them.  David Moir third in the mixed pairs was in running up team in the Championship teams competition.

A very pleasant afternoon's bridge.  Many thanks to James Vickers for directing and Tracy Aherne for refreshments at half time.

First Mixed Pairs 2026
Second Mixed Pairs 2026
Third Mixed Pairs 2026
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Five teams took part this year and the winners were Kevin Goode, Rajiv Talathi, Tracy Aherne and Mark Booth. Paul Cutler, David Moir, Martin Aherne and Steve Smith were second. The results can be found here. To view the travellers click on the individual sessions. 

1st Prize: free entry to the Pachabo on 13th & 14th June on RealBridge.  2nd Prize: free entry to the Midland Counties Challenge Bowl in June/July in Derbyshire(date tba)

Many thanks to James for directing and to Tracy for the great spread of food at "half time".  The next SSCBA event is the Mixed pairs on Sunday May 10th

Teams Runners Up 2026
Teams Winners 2026s
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Wednesday Evening 7 pm BBO duplicate session

Good News: Numbers playing in the Wednesday on-line duplicate sessions have now built up to a sustainable level to continue. More players always welcome so please join the group if you have not already done so, click here for information on how to join the group.  All players wishing to play in this session must be registered with John Withers, to register (email John with details of BBO alias, EBU number and contact details or phone 01384 271089)

AN INVITATION TO ALL MEMBERS of S&SCBA TO PLAY BRIDGE IN A FRIENDLY CLUB ATMOSPHERE ON LINE

Regular SSCBA Virtual Bridge

SSCBA  set up a virtual “Club” with the help of the EBU and Bridge Base Online (BBO), holding sessions on Wednesday evenings (a traditional County night). ..........

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Results
S&SCBA Mixed Pairs
Director: James Vickers
Scorer: James Vickers
Pairs Staffs & Shrops
Scorer: Martin Church
Pairs Staffs & Shrops
Scorer: Oliver Cowan
Calendar
13th May 2026
Pairs Staffs & Shrops
BBO
6:45 for 7 p.m
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20th May 2026
Pairs Staffs & Shrops
BBO
6:45 for 7 p.m
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27th May 2026
Pairs Staffs & Shrops
BBO
6:45 for 7 p.m
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Welcome

Welcome to Staffordshire and Shropshire Contract Bridge Association (S&SCBA). The area covered by the Association ranges from the Welsh border in the West to Burton on Trent in the East, Newcastle under Lyme in the North to Ludlow in the South. Our objectives are to promote duplicate bridge in the counties, to encourage inter-club, etc., competitions and to employ the funds in the best interests of the game.

The County has teams of eight entered in the Midland League (Dawes, Porter and Markham) and annually enters a team in the EBU Tollemache competition. The Midlands league covers Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire in addition to ourselves. The County also participates in the Edgar Foster Cups and Midland Teams Challenge Bowl, events for the six counties of Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and ourselves.

During the winter months teams of four league matches for County members are held on the second Wednesday of the month, and there is also a team of four knock-out competition.  Inter Club Sim Pairs are run regularly, and, various pairs competition events are held annually.

County clubs affiliated to the EBU are Border, Bridge at AshleyEccleshall, Nantwich, NewcastleOswestry, StaffordTettenhallWolverhampton (note new address July 2023) and Wrekin

Welcome
Dawes match vs Derbyshire March 2026

We played a county league match against Derbyshire on Sunday 8th March. The first team lost  (4-16 VPs) and the second team lost  (4-16 VPs).. 3rd team no match - oppo were only able to raise two teams. It was the final match of the season. Many thanks to all who have played in this match and the matches throughout the season. The results for this match can be found here and for the whole season here when complete. 

Please note that all players who take part in the BBO Wednesday evening session must be registered with John Withers (email John with details of BBO alias, EBU number and contact details or phone 01384 271089) to gain admittance to this online group run by SSCBA. Registration should be done a few days in advance of the session to ensure registration completed in time.  If you advertise for a partner this way via the website please ensure that any you arrange to play with have also registered with John.

One member has met with success using the "Find a Partner" feature available on this website, a great way to add to the numbers taking part in the Wednesday session, however John had very little notice to get the player on the system, many thanks John

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