Suffolk Bridge, Suffolk

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CLUB TEAMS OF FOUR

Suffolk's Club Teams of Four will take place on RealBridge on Sunday 18 April, starting at 11am. For details, click To4

To enter, click FOUR

AGM & AGM PAIRS

The AGM of the Suffolk Contract Bridge Association, followed by the AGM Pairs, will take place on 16 May with both events being online.

The AGM, starting at 2pm, will be conducted via Zoom while the bridge that follows (3pm) will be played on RealBridge. For details, including how to enter the AGM Pairs, click on SUFFOLK

Nominations for Officers and other members of the Executive Committee, and for Special Resolutions to be included in the Agenda, with names of the proposer and seconder, should be sent to the General Secretary by April 18.

CAMBS & HUNTS SWISS PAIRS

The Cambs & Hunts Blue Pointed County Jubilee Swiss Pairs takes place virtually on RealBridge on Sunday 25 April, starting at 1pm.

Click on C&H for full details including entry.

CLARE SWISS PAIRS

The 24th Clare Swiss Pairs will be hosted by RealBridge on Sunday 9 May, starting at 11am.

The entry fee for the Blue pointed event is £10. To enter click on CLARE

TEAMS PLATE WINNER

Congratulations to the winners of the Championship Teams Plate final, Mark Honess, Caroline Gemmell, Mike Bone & Brian Ellul, supported in an earlier round by Anne Wilmer.

HERTS & ESSEX WEEKEND

Herts & Essex Green Pointed weekends are always popular. The first one will be on 31 July and 1 August, on RealBridge.

For all the details, including entry, click on HERTS & ESSEX

ABBEYGATE PLATE WINNERS

Congratulations to the Clare Red team of Will & Angie Pavry, Jan Havard-Davies, Gerry Ford, John Hooper, David Goodliffe, John Symons and Joyce Wood who beat the excellent team from Heritage Coast by 43 IMPs in the Final and consequently win free entry to next year's event.

WHO WILL WIN THE 'CLARET JUG'?

At first glance, you could be forgiven for thinking this is the treasured 'claret jug' which is presented to the winner of the Open golf championship every year.

In fact, it is the new Bushby-Morcombe trophy, named after the two Suffolk members who did so much to get online bridge going during the pandemic, which will go to the winners of the online Sunday Pairs competition.

Currently, it is very close at the top of the leaderboard, with Andrew Moore & Tony Philpott just ahead of Helen Mason & David Mathews and Malcolm & Karen Pryor in third spot. The competition runs until the end of March. Click on CLARET to see the current table.

REAL BRIDGE GUIDE


With an increasing number of clubs and counties staging events on RealBridge, which has built in video and sound, click on PLAYER GUIDE to see how the online platform works.

WEBMASTERS

Richard Evans & Paul Rickard 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 click Richard or Paul

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ON LINE BRIDGE IS THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN...

EABW 22-23 MAY

The East Anglian Bridge Weekend, staged on 22 and 23 May, will be hosted by RealBridge this year.

To enter the Swiss Pairs on Saturday 22 May (11am start) click on SWISS. To enter the Swiss Teams on Sunday 23 May (11am start) click on TEAMS. Click HERE for details of the weekend.

BAH HUMBUG WINNERS

An online version of the Bah Humbug Pairs - complete with a stream of Christmas cracker 'jokes' - helped raise the spirits of bridge players around the county on Sunday.

The event attracted 42 pairs and the size of the field meant the number of prizes was doubled for what is intended to be one of Suffolk's more light hearted occasions.

The overall winners of the North-South section were Cathy Rowland & Din Gudka (top left) while May Li & John Gan (bottom left) topped the EW section.

Just as important, there were Handicap prizes for each section, based on a partnership's EBU NGS ratings.

Barbara & Geoff Marcoolyn (bottom right) were the top NS Handicap pair while Hugh & Jen Godfrey (top right) headed the EW group.

Click on SCORES to see the results (and then click on Handicap tab to see Hcp scores).

PLAYING BRIDGE ONLINE

Never played bridge on-line - and intimidated by what's involved? Don't be!

An A-B-C guide to playing bridge at BridgeBaseOnline (BBO) which covers the most basic points - how to get started, how to join a game - has been created for Suffolk Bridge by Peter Bushby, and even includes some very fancy film clips.

The big advantage of playing on BBO is that you can partner a real person (for example, your regular partner) - rather than a robot - and it's free.

So with no prospect of any club bridge for at least three months and probably longer don't feel left out...just click on HOW TO PLAY BRIDGE ON LINE.

In addition to the basics, the comprehensive guide also shows how you can enter Suffolk's regular Sunday evening duplicate, how to play a match between two teams of four, and much more besides.

The EBU has also produced a guide on how to play on BBO. Click on EBU to see.

WEEKLY SUFFOLK CHALLENGE ON WEDNESDAYS

A 28-board Suffolk FunBridge Pairs Challenge is taking place every week.

The competition will be open from 10am to 10pm every Wednesday to any FunBridge player in Suffolk. As usual on FunBridge a (very good!) robot will be your partner.

The event will be password protected. Click on PAIRS and a password will be sent to you.

To find the challenge, click on the Get Started/Practise tab, then click Exclusive Tournaments. Type Suffolk FunBridge Pairs into the View all Tournaments space.

Daily five board competiton for FunBridge players in Suffolk

The event is aimed at the growing FunBridge community in the county - and those who would like to give it a try.

Amanda Roberts who plays at Stansfield, Abbeygate, Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds, came up with the idea.

The name of the competition is Suffolk Bridge Clubs, which can be found in Exclusive Tournaments via the orange Get started/Practise tab.

If you are interested but have not played on the site before go to https://www.funbridge.com

BRIDGE CLUB LIVE


In addition to BBO and FunBridge, Bridge Club Live is an online favourite with many players. To find out more click on https://www.bridgeclublive.com

IN THE PAST...

To see older items please click on NEWS ARCHIVE

REALBRIDGE THIS SUNDAY

Suffolk players wishing to play in the weekly Sunday Pairs tomorrow (Sunday 10 April)) on RealBridge should click on RealBridgeLink

CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS WINNERS

Many congratulations to Helen Mason & David Mathews who won the Suffolk Championship Pairs on Sunday.

The 46 board all-play-all final was staged on BBO. Runnrs-up were John Pearson & Andre Gray.

To see all the scores click on CHAMP

CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS

Click on CHAMP TEAMS to see results so far.

SEVENTH ONLINE TEAMS LEAGUE UNDERWAY

The latest on line league for Teams of 4 is underway, with 26 teams playing in five divisions.

Results will be available by clicking on WINTER. Final results from Season 6 can be viewed by clicking on PREVIOUS RESULT

SUNDAY PAIRS COMPETITON

To join in Suffolk's regular Sunday Evening BBO online pairs (7pm start), click ENTER
If you've already played there's no need to register again. Results are in the column below.

CLUB TEAMS OF 8

Click on RULES for details of the competition and RESULTS to see how the competition is progressing. The winners of the event will represent Suffolk in the Garden Cities Regional Final next May