| BRIDGE - IT'S A BIG DEAL |
To promote its Bridge-It's a Big Deal festival, the EBU is offering 30 decks of playing cards FREE to each affiliated club if the County agrees to receive the cards and distribute them.
Suffolk CBA will be receiving these cards and will distribute them via a chain of personal contacts in each club.
You may email suffolkbridge@bridgewebsemail.com for more information.
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| AUTUMN FESTIVAL |
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ENTRY TO THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED
Sunday September 8, 2024 … 11am to 4pm
30+ boards of Face-to-Face Bridge at Elmswell
Trophies for Men’s Pairs, Ladies’ Pairs, Mixed Pairs & Veterans (70+), with a Handicap Prize, too
£20/pair entry fee
Please bring your own Lunch
Click ENTRY to see entry form
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| HOSPICE BRIDGE |
Friday 18th October at the Blackbourne Centre, Elmswell IP30 9UH
1:15 for a prompt start at 1:30
About 18 boards at a gentle pace, with a break for a delicious home made tea, fabulous raffle prizes
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| SUMMER SWISS PAIRS |
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Suffolk Bridge hosted a new Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs event of 36 boards at the Blackbourne Centre, Elmswell on Sunday July 28, 2024.
Congratulations to the overall winners, Rod & Sue Oakford and to the NGS 9-High winners, John Heath & Caro Hunt - and thanks to Rob Richardson for Directing.
All results can be seen HERE.
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| WOODBRIDGE MID ANGLIA PAIRS |
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Congratulations to Dave Walker and Sue Smith - Winners of the Woodbridge Mid Anglia Pairs.
Thanks to Rob Richardson for directing and to Woodbridge Bridge Club for hosting.
Click SCORES for all the results.
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| ZEB STOCKEN AT HINTLESHAM HALL |
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Seventy-two players enjoyed an entertaining day with bridge teacher Zeb Stocken at Hintlesham Hall, including an excellent buffet lunch, with topics including slam bidding and planning your play.
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| SUFFOLK SUCCESS IN SENIOR TEAMS TRIAL |
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The Senior Teams Trial for The World Bridge Games took place from the 8th -9th June at West Midlands Bridge Club.
Congratulations to Malcolm Pryor (pictured 2nd from the left) and his team who will now represent England at The World Bridge Games in Buenos Aires. Suffolk is Malcolm’s county of affiliation despite moving to the West Country, and runs the Suffolk On-line Teams of Four League.
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| SUFFOLK BRIDGE AGM |
The Suffolk Bridge AGM was held at Elmswell on Sunday May 12.
The new Executive Committee was elected as proposed. Click COMMITTEE to see who now represents you.
The AGM Pairs event was won by Jill & Roger Tattersfield (on left, with the Director, Paul) with the Handicap prize going to Paul & Chris Rickard (on right). Click RESULTS to see all the scores.
 
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| CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS FINAL |
Rick Hanley's team (Rick Hanley, Michael Sherer, Chris Chambers, Chris Green, Malcolm Pryor, Peter Sutcliffe) have won the 2024 Suffolk Championship Teams of Four with a 35 IMP victory in the 40 board final over Jenny Price's team (Jenny Price, Norbert Voelker, Tony Philpott, Nigel Bardsley). Team Hanley got off to a fast start and led by 39 IMPS after 16 boards. Team Price then made an excellent comeback and led by 2 IMPS with 10 boards remaining. However, a strong final 10 boards by Team Hanley secured their 2nd successive victory in this event.
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| CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS WINNERS |
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The Championship Pairs Final was held at The Blackbourne Centre, Elmswell on Sunday 21st April. 26 pairs took part in a close fought 50 board marathon, eventually won by Bury St Edmunds and Abbeygate Bridge Club members Tim Evans and Chris Park.
The runners up were Richard Evans and John Bloomfield, Roger and Jill Tattersfield third and Guy Lesser and Mike O'Reilly taking fourth place. Barely 2 percentage points separated the top four pairs.
The full results can be seen by clicking on Championship Pairs Result. Thanks to Rob Richardson for directing and scoring
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