The summer party, one of the club's traditional highlights, returns on Thursday 14 July after an enforced absence of two years.

Free to all club members, the evening will follow the usual format with a pre-bridge buffet supper which will include Gerry's hallmark roast beef, salmon, salads, a vegetarian option - plus yummie puds.

A list for members' salads and pudding contributions will be available to fill in on a club night from next week.

To get an idea of likely numbers, please click on SUMMER PARTY and complete the short online form.

The annual bridge-golf day for Stansfield bridge club members will be on Monday 12 September at Newton Green golf course.

The popular event will be sticking to the trusted formula of 18 holes of golf and lunch, followed by 18 boards of bridge. The cost is £40 per person.

To enter click on STANSFIELD GOLF-BRIDGE DAY

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A golf-bridge day for Suffolk Contract Bridge Association members will be staged at Aldeburgh golf course on Monday 17 October 2022.

Aldeburgh is the oustanding golf course in Suffolk and is ranked in the top 100 in the country.

The day will comprise 18 holes of foursomes, a two course lunch, 18 boards of bridge and tea. Prizes will be awarded to the overall winners of the golf and bridge. 

Aldeburgh is able to accomodate up to 48 players. The cost will be £80 per player. To enter click GOLF BRIDGE DAY

Club to give £1,000 towards Ukraine relief

A number of members have suggested the club should contribute to the Ukraine relief effort being organised in this country.

As a result, the club committee has agreed to forward £1,000 to the humanitarian appeal. With gift aid, the donation should reach £1,250.

Also, if possible, the committee would like to organise an event to help further. Ideas as to the best way to proceed would be welcomed from any member.

Champion Susan celebrates with a remarkable score of 82%

The EBU produces an EBU Masterpoint annual leaderboard every year and the latest list published this week includes club champions up and down the country. 

The Stansfield club champion is Susan Nisbett who finished just ahead of John Bloomfield and David Unwin.

And to emphasise her status as a consistently good player at the club she recorded a score of 82% when partnering Jackie Chester on Thursday - almost certainly the highestd score in the club's 15 year history.

To see the master point achievements of other players in the county click on SUFFOLK

Caelia & Marcus first. 

The rest nowhere!

The Stansfield Handicap Pairs, billed as an event where everyone has an equal chance of success, proved to be a one horse race at the weekend.

Caelia Chandler & Marcus Hopkins showed a clean pair of heels to a hybrid field consisting of 7 tables playing online via RealBridge and 5 tables meeting Face2Face in Stansfield village hall.

In theory, handicap events should result in close finishes because the difference in ability between different pairs is supposedly negated by the handicap. In practice, Caelia & Marcus (pictured above with club chairman Richard Evans) grabbed an early lead and ended up winning by 10% overall and by 8 % in the Handicap.

Runners up in the Handicap were Christine & Sekhar, with Angela & Jaques in third and last year's winners, Pam & Heather in fourth spot.

All the results are available in the left hand column below the menu, including separate scores for the F2F and RealBridge sections. Click on the Handicap tab to see the Handicap results.

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 215 and is affiliated to the EBU.

The club runs sessions on RealBridge on Tuesday afternoons (4pm),  plays Face to Face on Thursday evenings (members only) 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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