Suffolk Contract Bridge Association
CAPTAIN'S LOG

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Click on Captain's Log to see analysis by the County Captain, Paul Whetton, of some interesting hands played by Suffolk teams in the National online Teams League.

And click on ECL to see his report on the latest Eastern Counties League match.

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RAISING THE BAR
RAISING THE BAR

 

Paul Whetton has been appointed Suffolk captain and is using his new role to offer a series of articles aimed at players who represent the county, or aspire to do so - but should help us all improve our game.

Paul's aim is to raise the level of performance by Suffolk players and he explains the thinking behind his approach in his first article. Click on BAR to read it.

All Paul's columns are available by clicking on Raising the Bar in the menu above. The latest one is entitled Suicide Squeeze.

EVEN MORE MARMITE!
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

FACEBOOK

HERE - AT LAST!

It's been long overdue, but Suffolk Bridge now has its own Facebook  page.

The social networking site offers another way to advertise events and, in particular, to reach non-bridge players who might be interested in learning the game.

To find the page, go to Facebook and search for Suffolk Bridge.

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

Paul Rickard and Pam Pope are the webmasters running Suffolk's dedicated bridge website.

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

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CLUB TEAMS of EIGHT

Club Teams of 8 entry form is in the Menu on the left

CAFE BRIDGE SUCCESS

Café Bridge raised over £1,300 for the Hospice charity and attracted players from far afield, as well as many Suffolk players. The event held in Bury town centre at 8 different Cafés & Restaurants attracted 34 pairs who enjoyed what for many was a very new type of Bridge experience. With players moving between venues after each round, the Sun god smiled on the event and kept the rain away.

 

Prizes were awarded for the first three pairs, with Sue Willcox & Roger Timmins in first place, followed by Susan Nisbett & Richard Evans in second place, and Susan & Crispin Dunne in third. Congratulations to the winners, as well as to those who won the raffle prizes.  A big thank you to Victor Lesk of BriAn Bridge fame, who is the UK’s Café Bridge supremo and who acted as Tournament Director for the day, also playing as a substitute.

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  • Winners Sue and Roger
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JOSH'S DEFENCE COURSE

For the entry form, click HERE.

For more details, click Abbeygate

AUTUMN FESTIVAL
AUTUMN FESTIVAL

36 boards of Face-to-Face Bridge at Elmswell

Congratulations to the Winners of the Trophies for Men’s Pairs, Ladies’ Pairs, Mixed Pairs, Veterans (70+) & best on Handicap.

Click HERE for the results

  • Handicap Pairs Winners
  • Ladies Pairs Winners
  • Mens Pairs Winners
  • Mixed Pairs and Overall Winners
  • Veterans Pairs Winners

Mixed Pairs and Overall Event Winners - Rod & Sue Oakford

Men's Pairs Winners - Tim Evans & Chris Park

Ladies' Pairs Winners - Christine Cooke & Marlene Chant

Veterans' Pairs Winners - Alaric & Dorothy Cundy

Handicap Winners - Derek Phillips & Paul Starling

SPOTLIGHT

SUMMER SWISS PAIRS
SUMMER SWISS PAIRS

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.

WOODBRIDGE MID ANGLIA PAIRS
WOODBRIDGE MID ANGLIA PAIRS

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.

ZEB STOCKEN AT HINTLESHAM HALL
ZEB STOCKEN AT HINTLESHAM HALL

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.

SUFFOLK SUCCESS IN SENIOR TEAMS TRIAL
SUFFOLK SUCCESS IN SENIOR TEAMS TRIAL

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.

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.

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.

CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS WINNERS
CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS WINNERS

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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NEWS ARCHIVE

SUFFOLK CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS

The entry form for the Suffolk Championship Teams of 4 is now available on our website.

The winners of this prestigious county event will go on to represent Suffolk in the EBU's Pachabo Cup – a competition for all the UK counties Champion teams of 4 which will take place in Milton Keynes on the 14th and 15th of June 2025.

Entries for the Suffolk Championship Teams of 4, which is to be played online, need to be made by the 29th of November 2024.

Full details of the event can be found under:

Championship Teams Regulations

and the Entry Form can be found HERE

Please contact the event manager Tim Evans for more details.

tim@suffolkclocks.co.uk

BRIDGE with LUNCH

Unfortunately, the Bridge with Lunch event planned to held at Elmswell on October 23 has been cancelled due to lack of entries. Those who have entered and paid will have their entry fee refunded.

ONLINE TEAMS LEAGUE UNDERWAY

The latest Suffolk Online Teams League, Season 18, is underway, with 26 teams playing in 5 divisions.

Results will be available by clicking on AUTUMN.

Final results from Season 17 can be viewed by clicking on PREVIOUS RESULTSCongratulations to the Harpur, Moore, Evans, Lockwood and Cook teams for winning their respective Divisions.

FREE ONLINE LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS

Complete Beginners: click HERE to access nine free online lessons with Jack Stocken, one of the UK's most popular Bridge teachers. No need to register or download anything, just enjoy the lessons. The free lessons come with a detailed worksheet and a link to enable beginners to play mini bridge online (on BBO). After a while, online students will then be able to start improver lessons or visit their local Bridge Club to practice.

It would be lovely to bring in more beginners to this wonderful game and so Jack Stocken is delighted to gift a course of nine recorded online Acol beginner lessons to any potential beginners. Students do not have to register nor pay for these lessons, just go to the LearnBridgeOnline.com website and click on the lesson!

A list of local Bridge teachers can be found HERE.

RICHARD EVANS RECEIVES BEM
RICHARD EVANS RECEIVES BEM

Congratulations to Richard Evans who was awarded the British Empire Medal for services in the community in the King's Birthday Honours

With his late wife Mary he set up Stansfield Bridge Club in 2007, which quickly became and remains one of the largest bridge clubs in the county.  In 2007, he started teaching bridge full time and has taught more than 1,000 people to play the game.

The full article can be accessed here

TEAMS LEAGUE ANNUAL TROPHY

Each year the Malcolm Pryor Trophy is awarded in May for performance in the Suffolk On Line Teams League over the previous year. The 2024 winners are Malcolm Pryor, Chris Chambers, Chris Green, Rick Hanley, Michael Sherer, Peter Sutcliffe, with 33 Placing Points. They finished just one Placing Point ahead of Mark Honess, Caroline Gemmell, Andre Gray, John Pearson and David Willson. In joint third place with 28 Placing Points were Team Harpur and Team Orton. In total 18 teams received Placing Points during the year, more details on this and on previous years results can be found by clicking on Trophy

Results
ECL v Cambs & Hunts home
ECL v Herts home
Cafe Bridge
Autumn Festival incl. Handicap
Calendar
Wed 23rd Oct 2024
Bridge with Lunch
Elmswell 12.30 pm
Sun 27th Oct 2024
ECL v Norfolk away
Online RealBridge 1.00 pm
Sat 16th Nov 2024
Club Teams of Eight
Colchester 2.00 pm
Director: Tony Shearman
Sun 1st Dec 2024
Rick Hanley Memorial Event
Highwoods, Colchester
Director: Rob Sassoon
Sun 29th Dec 2024
"Bah Humbug"
Elmswell 11.00 am
Sun 12th Jan 2025
ECL v Northants home
Online RealBridge 2.00 pm
Sun 23rd Feb 2025
New Event
Kesgrave 11.00 am
Sun 2nd Mar 2025
ECL v Essex away
Online RealBridge 1.00 pm
Sun 23rd Mar 2025
Club Teams of Four
Elmswell 11.00 am
Sun 27th Apr 2025
Championship Pairs Final
Elmswell 11.00 am
Sun 18th May 2025
AGM Pairs
Elmswell
Following 2.00 pm AGM
Sun 22nd Jun 2025
Mid Anglia Pairs
Woodbridge 11.00 am
Sun 20th Jul 2025
Summer Swiss Pairs
Elmswell 11.00 am
Sun 7th Sep 2025
Autumn Festival
Elmswell 11.00 am
Sat 8th Nov 2025
Club Teams of Eight
Colchester 2.00 pm