The 2026 Woodbridge Mid Anglia Pairs event is being held on Sunday 28th June starting at 11am.

This will be a Blue Pointed event of 30+ boards scored by IMPs with an entry fee of £20/pair.

As usual, the venue will be the Community Hall, Station Road, Woodbridge IP12 4AU.

There will be a mid-session break of around 45 minutes and the event will conclude by 5pm.

It is recommended you bring your own lunch.

Enter HERE or from the main Menu.

Clare Swiss Pairs - click HERE for the entry form.

_{Sixty Suffolk Players made their way to the community centre in Elmswell on Sunday the 17th of May to attend the SCBA Annual General Meeting with the Chairman Nick Farr heading the proceedings.}

_{After the meeting, Paul & Chris Rickard and Richard Evans were presented with gifts from the committee on behalf of the county for their outstanding contribution to bridge in Suffolk (see testimonials.)   After the meeting there was a 24 board pairs event, where we were served with an excellent ‘High tea’ at half-time.}

_{Directed by Sherri Barton and scored by Richard Barton the top three places went to:}

• _{1st       John Garbutt and Simon Riley on 63% (pictured)}
• _{2nd      Richard Gorlin and Viv Mason on 62%}
• _{3rd       Bob Violett and Marlene Chant on 61%}

 _{Click here for the full results.}

_{And click Minutes for details of the AGM Meeting..}

Richard Evans who almost all members of the Suffolk Contract Bridge Association will know, has decided to step back from the committee after an extended period of service to Bridge in Suffolk. Richard founded one of the county's most successful bridge clubs in 2007 at Stansfield, which remains an ever popular and friendly Bridge Club with a great atmosphere, despite being located literally in the middle of nowhere as the club website states!

Richard joined the SCBA committee in 2009 and edited the Tabletalk blog which many players enjoyed reading over the years, until 2014 when he became Vice Chairman of Suffolk Bridge. In 2021 Richard took on the role of SCBA Chairman and remained in that position until late 2023 when for personal reasons he stood down. During Richard's period as Chairman of the SCBA he oversaw the 'Deben' project which was set up to utilise donated funds from the Deben Bridge Club as well as another couple of Bridge Clubs that closed because of rapidly declining numbers resulting from the lockdown era. The Deben project which was very successful supported beginner teaching programmes across the county in conjunction with Suffolk libraries. More recently Richard has been joint County Captain and continues to play for Suffolk in the Eastern Counties League.

Nick Farr the SCBA Chairman thanked Richard for his invaluable contribution to Bridge in Suffolk over many years. To mark his retirement from the Suffolk Bridge committee the SCBA presented Richard who is a fine wine connoisseur, with a case of his favourite wines.

After a combined 26 years of selfless work for the Suffolk Contract Bridge Association (SCBA), Paul and Chris Rickard have now decided to retire from the SCBA committee. Chris joined the committee in 2012, with Paul joining two years later in 2014. During their period of service for Bridge in Suffolk, they have taken on numerous responsibilities, with Chris becoming Competitions Secretary which involved all the bookings and arrangements in managing multiple events. Paul took on the management of the Suffolk Bridge website; and also qualified as a County Tournament Director, serving as Chief TD for a year. Paul directed numerous county events, as well as operated the County's Dealing machine making up the boards for all Suffolk events. In 2017 they took on responsibility for the Suffolk Congress in Felixstowe until the lockdown era in 2020. They have provided storage for all Suffolk Bridge assets and always ensured that they were delivered in readiness for an event. A huge debt of gratitude is owed to Paul and Chris.

Nick Farr, Chair of the SCBA, thanked Paul and Chris for their outstanding service to the county and presented them with an inscribed Crystal Spirit Decanter, as well as a Bouquet for Chris. He not only praised their tireless contribution to Bridge in Suffolk but also their utter commitment to everything they have done for SCBA events throughout their tenure.

Click HERE to see the full list of Suffolk Bridge Committee members.

The Suffolk Championship Pairs Final was held on Sunday the 19th April and the winners were Nancy Williams and Dave Allen with Simon Riley and Jaroslaw Grochowski close behind in second place and Helen Mason and Dennis Valtisiaris in third place. It was a very enjoyable event and huge thanks are due to Mike O'Reilly who stepped in at the last minute to set up, direct and score it.

Unfortunately a software issue created problems with the scoring which meant that some of the hand files were lost. Despite the best efforts of Mike, Rob Sassoon and the EBU these files were irrecoverable. However the Deputy Chief TD at the EBU was satisfied that the results that we had were sufficient to produce a valid result.  

The small field of just twelve pairs competing, out of the forty-four pairs who qualified, was disappointing and it is hoped that this will improve in future. The top three pairs will be invited to represent Suffolk in the Corwen Trophy event at the end of May. 

The Corwen Trophy is an EBU event for the top three pairs in each County's Championship Pairs event.

The 9-High Corwen is a similar national competition, but for players with NGS ranking of 9 and below, to be played by the top three pairs in each County's 9-High Corwen Qualifying event.

The Suffolk qualifier for the Corwen 9-High took place on RealBridge on Sunday the 29th of March. 13 Pairs entered playing 24 boards.

The top three positions were:

• 1st Sam Pickering and Caroline Harris with 65%
• 2nd Marcus and Sarah Hopkins with 57%
• 3rd Isobel Read and Dawn Knutton with 56%

They will be invited to represent the County in the national final which takes place on Saturday the 30th of May.

Sam and Caroline also won this event in 2025.

Full results can be seen HERE. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE RESULTS

Congratulations to Graham Johnston and Kevin Clark on winning this year's "Bah Humbug" event directed by Rob Johnston.

They are seen here with the Event Manager, Chris Rickard, who presented them with their prizes.

12 Tables competed in a very seasonable event enjoying wine and mince pies ... and bridge.

Click HERE to see all the results.

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 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.

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.

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!

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