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Club Information

Stowmarket Bridge Club is an EBU affiliated club which meets once a week - on Friday afternoons.


Visitors are always welcome - for more details see where & when.

If you need a partner, then contact Brian Pinson (07469-170661).

For all other queries contact the club by email: (click here).

 
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Welcome to Stowmarket Bridge Club

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Click HERE for the entry form

Children in Need Sims

We played the ECats Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs in November and Andy & Sekhar topped the rankings!

Click RANKING to see the ranking list for Friday November 15 and read the commentary (link on right of RANKING screen) to see how the hands should have been played.

The same hands are played all over the Country so you can compare your results with hundreds of others.

It was Party Time

Congratulations to all our Winners who received their trophies at our Presentation Party on August 30

and to George who celebrated his 94th birthday!

Click WINNERS to see who won the trophies this year.

  • Bruce Shield Winner
  • Cakes
  • George 94
  • Handicap Winners
  • Most Improved Player
  • Myrtle Cottage Cup Winners
  • Our Trophies
  • Party Food
  • Rickard Individual Winner
  • Ron Ion Winners
  • Scratch Pairs Joint Winners
  • Slammers of the Year
  • Susan Aldous Memorial Winners
  • The Bartender
  • Upside Down Cup Winners

 

 

Dates for your Diary

Friday April 11 - The AGM will be followed by a regular Pairs session. Further details will follow. The committee is now open for nominations for positions on the committee; in particular, we are seeking nominations for a new Treasurer. If you have any items for discussion please let me know. Nominations and / or discussion items to alaric.cundy@btinternet.com, please.

Wednesday May 7 - Wednesday evening sessions were offered by the Club for around 50 years, before they were paused when the Pandemic struck. The Committee has now decided to restart these sessions in May. Further details are available on this website, and will be advised at regular Club sessions.

Friday August 15 - This year's Prize-giving Day will incorporate the second running of the one-day Charitable Handicap event for the Sue Aldous Memorial Shield. Further details will shortly be available on the website, and also at regular Club sessions, but meanwhile, please 'ring fence' the date in your diary.

Suffolk Championship Pairs

Our heat of the Suffolk Championship Pairs took place on January 17.

This is the event where, if you score 50+% in the heat, you qualify to play in the Suffolk Championship Pairs Final to be played at Elmswell on Sunday April 27.

Our qualifiers were John/Caro, Tony/George, Paul/Amanda & John/Simon. Well done to them and good luck if they choose to play in the Final.

Click HERE for full details of the Championship Pairs event.

More Opportunities to Play

Click SUFFOLK to see the website where more opportunities to play Bridge locally and online are promoted!

Here you will find some useful tips on Etiquette at the Bridge table together with notes on some Laws which are often forgotten.

Click to see the latest item discussing Unauthorised Information.

And click HERE for an interesting article on the subject. 

Click EBU Notes  for further information for Directors on this subject.

More topics will follow in due course.

EBU's Blue and White Books

The EBU has published updated versions of its Blue Book, which includes information for all players regarding permitted bidding agreements, and its White Book, which includes technical information primarily for Directors.

These new versions, together with summaries of the latest changes, can be seen by clicking HERE.

Results
Duplicate Pairs
Duplicate Pairs
Duplicate Pairs
Calendar
28th March 2025
Duplicate Pairs
2:00pm for 2:15pm
Director: Sekhar
4th April 2025
Duplicate Pairs
2:00pm for 2:15pm
Director: Paul
11th April 2025
Duplicate Pairs
2:00pm for 2:15pm
Director: John
18th April 2025
Good Friday No Play