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Welcome to Staffs & Shrops Contract Bridge Association

Click here for the full details.  So far three clubs have entered being Newcastle-under-Lyme (contact number 07823 778163),  Wrekin (contact number 07528 478044) and the Wednesday evening SSCBA on-line  group.

Venue Contact Tel. No.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Martin Aherne 07823 778163 or 01782 871268
Wrekin Pam Booth Jones 07528 478044
Wednesday BBO John Withers*** PLEASE contact John Withers on 07946 715013 or email him on jwithersx@gmail.com

Visitors (in pairs) are very welcome to join club members in these heats. Please telephone the club contact to register with the organizer and to find out about table money, the starting time and the address of the venue.

*** BBO Wednesday Group: Regular players just turn up, BUT

  1. if you have not played for a while (resulting with your name no longer on the list) OR
  2. if you are a new player

PLEASE contact John Withers on 07946 715013 or email him on jwithersx@gmail.com to check or register your membership by supplying an email address, EBU number & BBO User name by Saturday 24th January.

Save the Date The Committee have decided the dates of our County Championship 2026 events and January sim pairs. Subject to final confirmation these are:

Wednesday Jan 28th   -   S&SCBA Sim Pairs
Sunday March 29th   -   S&SCBA Pairs
Sunday April 26th   -   S&SCBA Teams of 4
Sunday May 10th   -   S&SCBA Mixed Pairs

All are proposed as being hosted by Newcastle Under Lyme Bridge Club. Please get these dates in your diaries and plan to play there.

For more information on these please read Tony's newsletter of 27th September, for the general calendar of events over the coming year click here

Dawes match vs Warwickshire

We played a county league match against Warwickshire on Sunday 14th December. The first team lost 1-19, the second team lost 9-11, the third team lost 2-18. Thanks to all those who took part. The results can be found here

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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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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

Results
Pairs Staffs & Shrops
Scorer: Stephen Kennedy
Pairs Staffs & Shrops
Scorer: James Vickers
MCOL vs Warks. (Away)
Calendar
11th January 2026
MCOL vs Leics. (Home)
14th January 2026
Pairs Staffs & Shrops
BBO
6:45 for 7 p.m
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21st January 2026
Pairs Staffs & Shrops
BBO
6:45 for 7 p.m
 More Info
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

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