| 2021 CONGRESS ROUND-UP |
The quality of the largerst field to contest the Suffolk Congress Pairs for years was underlined by victory going to Nevena Senior, one of England's top lady internationals, partnered by Stephen Fordham.
The country's flagship event attracted 37 tables for the opening Pairs day, about a third more than normal, with competitors coming from far and wide, including Ireland and Scotland.
Carol Smith from Aldeburgh, partnered by Jaak Kand, fared best of the local players in fifth spot in the final, followed closely by David Morran and Jeff Orton in sixth.
The Consolation final went to Fowzi Baroukh & Joe Eskinazi while Suffolk pair Pauline & Con Hanson won the Open final. All the results are available in the right hand column.
BEST BEHAVIOUR
AT BRIDGE
SCBA fully supports the regulations updated and published by the EBU earlier this year entitled “Best Behaviour at Bridge”. These regulations apply to all events run by SCBA and by EBU, and to all events run by affiliated clubs. You can find the details by clicking on BEST BEHAVIOUR
The first two sentences of the regulations show their intent well: Bridge is an extremely enjoyable game. Courteous behaviour is an exceptionally important part of that enjoyment.
SCBA members are requested to call the Director to deal with any breaches which are spoiling their enjoyment of the game. The regulations apply to on-line games as well as Face to Face.
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And it was a similar story on Sunday, when a team headed by England international Jason Hackett won the Swiss Teams with a winning margin equivalent to more than a match.
However, the Suffolk quartet of Caroline Gemmell & Mark Honess and Andre Gray & John Pearson finished an excellent second.
The Ascenders Prize was won by Julie & Ian Grant and Malcolm Burch & Jacqui Bellinger.
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Jason Hackett & John Sansom
and Nick Stevens & Clive Owen
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| AFTER AN 800 DAY ABSENCE |
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Bridge lunch is county's first F2F event
After a very long absence, players from around Suffolk met face2face for the frist time at a bridge lunch held in Elmswell on Wednesday
In many cases, players had not seen other competitors since before the pandemic.
With a free glass of champagne to kick off proceedings, there was plenty of chatter and laughter over lunch before everyone sat down for 24 - yes 24! - boards.
In the circumstances, the result was secondary to the occasion. But top marks to (pictured left to right above) Dorothy & Alaric Cundy from Stowmarket who won overall and to Patsi Barnes & Joan Watson who topped the Handicap.
And a big thank you to Jill Tattersfield for making the day happen.
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| PLAYING BRIDGE ONLINE |
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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 can be free.
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.
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