The third of our Winter Bridge Sundays will take place on Sunday 4th January  from 10.30am for Tea/ Coffee, and play from 11.00am until 3.00pm so as to allow everyone to get home in the daylight.

This is relaxed Duplicate pairs and is open to all members and visitors , cost is £5 to include hot drinks, but please provide your own lunch. Members will be charged to account and visitors please bring cash on the day. The club bar will be open at lunchtime for the purchase of wine and beer ( cash only)

This is a fun day of Bridge with no pressure, so please do come even if you have not played much duplicate . Sign up is essential for our planning, please arrange a partner and sign up as a pair HERE those looking for partners can use the partner finder on the website.

The Club Qualifying Heat for the Suffolk Championship Pairs will be held on 22nd January as part of our normal Club Pairs. All are welcome and you will be asked whether or not you wish to enter the heat before play starts. You can only attempt to qualify once.

No need to sign up just treat it as a normal club night. The full rules are below

Championship Pairs 2025-6

The format for this year’s competition is as follows:-

Heats to be held in clubs during January/February 2026 - the heats should be F2F. There will be an online open heat, for anyone who has missed their club heat hosted by Abbeygate Bridge club on Monday 23 February 2026. 

All players who achieve 50% or more in a club heat will be eligible to take part in the Championship Pairs final at Elmswell on Sunday 19 April  2026. 

 Players may only attempt qualification once - please ask players whether they wish to 

attempt qualification before play starts.

Any out of county players who achieve more than 50% in a heat will not be eligible to play in the final since the top three pairs in the final will be invited to represent Suffolk in the Corwen Trophy, which will take place F2F in Nottingham, on 30/31 May 2026. 

NGS 2-9 players can attempt qualification in the main competition as well as playing in the 9 High qualifier on 29 March 2026. If successful in both they can choose which final to play in.  The 9 High final will be online on 30 May 2026

The inaugural Mary Evans Memorial Trophy consisting of a glass decanter - plus two decent bottles of wine - was won on Sunday by David Unwin, the club chairman, and Bridget Smith, who received their prizes from Richard Evans, the club president.

Mary, together with Richard, formed the club in 2007 and she did so much to ensure the club became a pleasant place to play bridge. Among her many ideas was one to have nibbles and wine or beer at half time every Thursday - virtually unheard of at other clubs back then - and that brainwave continues to underpin the social nature of the club today.

STANSFIELD bridge club was formed in 2007 and is situated in the heart of Suffolk countryside between Clare and Bury St Edmunds. It currently has a membership of about 125 and is affiliated to the EBU.

The club runs sessions play Face to Face on Thursday evenings (visitors welcome) at 7pm, and runs F2F sessions for Improvers on Wednesday afternoons (2pm)

If you would like to contact the club, click STANSFIELD and email us.

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