Suffolk Contract Bridge Association
SUFFOLK’S BIGGEST EVENT?

With 144 players, Café Bridge in Bury St Edmunds on Thursday attracted one of the biggest entries ever for a bridge event staged in Suffolk.

The popular format involved the 72 pairs playing eight three-board rounds in a selection of a dozen cafés and restaurants in the town centre, with scoring done via an a mobile phone app - and lunch taken at half time.

Café Bridge started in this country in south west London and made its debut in Bury St Edmunds only 12 months ago, organised brilliantly by Derek Brinkley.

And the winners were Dorothy and Alaric Cundy, photographed below with their prizes presented by Victor Lesk (left), the brains behind the Café Bridge concept.

Click RESULTS to see all the scores

SPOTLIGHT ON CLUBS
SPOTLIGHT ON CLUBS

To find out more about bridge clubs around Suffolk, click on SPOTLIGHT

EVEN MORE MARMITE!

In a sequel to Marc Chawner's popular compilation of no-trump hands and how to play them, click on SUIT PLAY BY DECLARER, and  BBO, to see how BBO robots played these hands (clever!) To complete the trilogy, Marc has produced a comprehensive article on defence. Click on DEFENCE to read.

Now, in yet another part, Marc has looked at the maths of bridge in his article Know Your Percentages. Click on PERCENTAGES to read.

There is plenty for players of all abilities in the above. Thanks once again to Marc.

LEARNING BRIDGE
LEARNING BRIDGE

If you have friends who would like to learn bridge but are not sure how to go about it or where to go, ask them to email learnbridge@suffolkbridge.co.uk

To find a teacher in your area click on BRIDGE TEACHERS

BRIDGE ARCHIVE

Suffolk Bridge now has a dedicated website for archive material collected over more than 40 years, including winners of the county's main competitions.

Many thanks to Jill Tattersfield for compiling all the material and to Peter Bushby for makiing it publicly available by setting up the website. Click on ARCHIVE to see everything.

WEBMASTERS

Richard Evans and Paul Rickard run Suffolk's dedicated bridge website.

If you would like to publicise a forthcoming event or submit a news item for this website, please click Richard or  Paul 

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CLUB TEAMS of EIGHT
CLUB TEAMS of EIGHT

Congratulations to the Clare team, winners of the Suffolk Club Teams of Eight event held at Highwoods, Colchester on November 8.

They are (L to R) Andrew Moore, Gerry Ford, Nancy Williams, John Symons, Paul Starling, Jan Havard-Davies, David Morran & Dave Allen who qualify to represent the County in the EBU's Garden Cities Trophy Regional Final to be played in Richmond on May 9, 2026., 

Many thanks to Peter Grice, assisted by Rob Johnston, for directing the event. 

Click SCORES to see all the results.

As usual, a magnificent Tea was provided by the local Sea Scouts for whom this is a major fund-raising event. 

SUFFOLK CONGRESS

 

Suffolk held its annual Congress on October 12 with an all-play-all Teams format, enjoyed by 11 teams from across the County.

Two teams finished clear of the field and were separated by just 1 VP at the end.

Congratulations to the winners, Alaric Cundy, Roger Tattersfield, Jill Tattersfield & John Sutcliffe and to their close rivals Martin & Debbie Burwood, Marlene Chant & Bob Violett.  

Click SCORES to see all the results.

Alaric, Roger, Jill & John

Martin, Debbie, Marlene & Bob

DAVE & NANCY ARE A PAIR OF ACES!
DAVE & NANCY ARE A PAIR OF ACES!

Pictured above are the winners at the annual Suffolk golf-bridge day together with Nick Farr, the county chairman. Except the picture at Newton Green golf club does really tell the story…

In practice there was one winning pair - Dave Allen & Nancy Williams - who topped the leaderboard with 40 stableford points after 18 holes of golf in the morning, and then scored 71% in the 18 boards of bridge which followed a fish & chip lunch.

A cunning scoring system which converts the golf score to a percentage enables the event to produce an overall embracing both disciplines - step forward Dave & Nancy.

PRIZES GALORE at the AUTUMN FESTIVAL
  • 2025 Festival Handicap
  • 2025 Festival Ladies
  • 2025 Festival Men
  • 2025 Festival Mixed
  • 2025 Festival Seniors
  • 2025 Festival Trophies
  • 2025 Festival Winners

The overall winners at this year's Autumn Festival were Alaric & Dorothy Cundy.

Trophy winners in the various categories were:

Men's Pairs - Bill Bethell & Stephen Parker

Ladies' Pairs - Helen Mason & Pam Pope

Mixed Pairs - Paul & Wendy Lefort

Handicap Pairs - John Heath & Caro Hunt

Seniors' Pairs - Jeff Orton & Paul Whetton

Well done to everyone!

2025 SUMMER SWISS PAIRS WINNERS
Marlene Chant & Bob Violett (left) won the well attended 2025 Summer Swiss Pairs on Sunday while Amanda Roberts and Phil Peters (right) were the top 'non-expert' pair. To see all the results click on SUMMER
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NEWS ARCHIVE

BRIDGEMATES NOT WORKING?

If your Bridgemates aren't working it is probably a result of a Windows update.

Click HERE to see the EBU recommended action.

INTO BRIDGE?

IntoBridge is another online Bridge format where you can play for free or subscribe for more features.

Give it a try!

Just click IntoBridge

ONLINE TEAMS LEAGUE UNDERWAY

The latest Suffolk Online Teams League - Season 21 - is underway, with 32 teams playing in six divisions.

Results are available by clicking on AUTUMN. Final results from Season 20 can be viewed by clicking on PREVIOUS RESULTS.

Congratulations to the Harpur, Evans, Unwin, Simons  and Chapman teams for winning their respective divisions.

HOSPICE FUND RAISER

Chris Green, who heads up the bridge teaching at Ipswich and Kesgrave Bridge Club, is going to produce 10 zoom recordings - five will be on declarer play and five will be on defence. They will be between 45 minutes and an hour long.

For a donation of £50 to St Elizabeth Hospice (click on CHRIS GREEN IS FUND RAISING FOR ST ELIZABETH HOSPICE) Chris will add you to the distribution for these recordings. He will start producing the recordings in October. Click CHRIS to send an email registering your interest.

This cause is very personal for Chris. A close family member died in the Hospice in May this year and he hopes you will support the fund raising and get something useful out of the recordings.

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NORFOLK EVENTS

A Blue Pointed weekend on July 4/5, 2026 - Swiss Pairs on the Saturday and Teams on the Sunday. Click NORFOLK for County Home Page.

Results
Club Teams of Eight
Suffolk Congress Teams
Golf/Bridge
ECL v Norfolk Home
Autumn Festival
Cafe Bridge in Bury
Summer Swiss Pairs
ECL v Herts Away
ECL v Beds Home
Mid Anglia Pairs
Calendar
Sun 30th Nov 2025
ECL v Northants Away
Online RealBridge 1.00 pm
Sun 14th Dec 2025
ECL v Essex Home
Online RealBridge 1.00 pm
Sun 28th Dec 2025
Bah Humbug
Elmswell 11.00 am
Sun 1st Feb 2026
Bury Swiss Pairs
Online RealBridge
Sun 22nd Feb 2026
I&K Relaxed bridge day
Sun 1st Mar 2026
ECL v Cambs/Hunts Away
Online RealBridge 2.00 pm
Sun 15th Mar 2026
Club Teams of Four
Elmswell
Sun 19th Apr 2026
Championship Pairs Final
Elmswell
Wed 13th May 2026
Woodbridge Cafe Bridge
woodbridge
Sun 17th May 2026
AGM followed by AGM Pairs
Elmswell
Sun 7th Jun 2026
Clare Swiss Pairs
Lavenham
Sun 28th Jun 2026
Woodbridge Mid Anglia Pairs
Woodbridge
Sun 26th Jul 2026
Summer Swiss Pairs
Elmswell
Thu 3rd Sep 2026
Cafe Bridge
Bury St Edmunds
Sun 13th Sep 2026
Autumn Festival
Elmswell
Sun 11th Oct 2026
Suffolk Congress
Venue to be confirmed
Sat 14th Nov 2026
Club Teams of Eight
Colchester 2.00 pm
Sun 27th Dec 2026
Bah Humbug
Elmswell