Welcome to the web-site of the
Sussex County Contract Bridge Association (SCCBA)
which supports all aspects of bridge in Sussex.
New to Bridge? Forthcoming Events
For the latest news, please see below. If there's anything else that you'd like to know about, please try our :-
Full List of Contacts
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SCCBA Spring Congress
at Patcham BC
April 20th and 21st
It's been a while since we held our last face-to-face Spring Congress but I'm delighted to say that we'll be returning to Patcham BC on the weekend of 20th and 21st April with Swiss Pairs on the Saturday and Swiss Teams on the Sunday - 6 matches each day, starting at 11 a.m. and finishing by 6 p.m. There will be prizes for "non-experts" as well as trophies and prizes for the top places. Master Points will be awarded at County level.
Other features:-
- Daily bidding quiz, with expert and non-expert prizes.
- Optional Ploughman's lunch (pay with your entry) or bring your own food.
- The whole weekend will be directed by our new Chief Tournament Director of Sussex, Stephen Kennedy.
We've kept the entry fees low, at just £10 per player per day or £15 for the whole weekend. Enter now and we'll see you there!
Peter Clinch
Tournament Organiser
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SCCBA Teams of Eight
aka EBU Garden Cities Trophy Heat
Seven SCCBA clubs played in this year's Inter-Club Teams of Eight at Patcham Community Centre on 23rd March in their attempts to qualify for the Garden Cities Regional Final on 11th May.
Congratulations to the winners who were the Avenue Bridge Club - Stephen Kennedy & Peter Clinch, Andy Ryder & Mike Allen, Gunnar Hallberg & Sally Clark and Matthew Read & David Dickson. The home club, Patcham, were the runners up.
Thank-you to our event Director, Keith Norman.
Gerry Stanford (Organiser)
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2023/24 Gladys Hakki Trophy Winner
Peter Langston
The Gladys Hakki Trophy is awarded annually to a Sussex member who has given outstanding service to county and/or club over a number of years. This year's very deserving winner is Peter Langston. Peter's nomination by Patcham Bridge Club was as follows :-
Peter has been a stalwart of Sussex bridge for well over 20 years, previously serving on the County committee. He has directed many county events and is still doing a few now.
With many other clubs floundering during the pandemic, Peter worked tirelessly to ensure that Patcham not only survived as a club but thrived. He set up many online sessions on BBO, often attracting over 30 tables and he has arranged and run many online matches against other clubs to ensure members maintained their interest and contact with other members.
His unstinting work has ensured that Patcham Bridge Club has not only survived but has come back stronger after the pandemic. Among his many other roles, he serves on the Club Committee, maintains and improves the club website, is a regular director and is one of the club's IT experts.
Patcham BC is now, not only the busiest in the County, but it is also the 18th busiest club in the Country and this is in no small part due to Peter's unstinting and excellent work.
We believe Peter Langston would be a worthy winner of the Gladys Hakki award for 2023/24. To the best of our knowledge, Patcham BC has never had a previous winner of the award.
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Congratulations to the winners Alan and James Hobden (pictured). The runners-up were Roger Poulter and Mark Denny and in third place were David Nastaszczuk and Phil Roxburgh.
Finally, a thank-you to the Director, your County Chairman, Peter Clinch, your County President, Martin Pool, for preparing the hands and to Mervyn Wotton for setting up the web-site files for the event.
Please join us again next year.
Gerry Stanford (Organiser)
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SCCBA Charity Simultaneous Pairs
CONFIRMED RESULTS
113 pairs took part in this year's Charity Simultaneous Pairs which was played between Monday February 19th and Saturday February 24th. A total of £2,100 will be shared equally between this year's three charities which are:-
Congratulations to David and Andrea Galpin who played in the Patcham heat and are the confirmed winners. The runners-up are Nick Goddard and Milli Fawssett who also played in the Patcham heat and in 3rd place are Gill Gallagher and Ron Munro who played in the Crawley heat.
Congratulations also to Alan and Carol Hughes who played in the Seaford heat and who are the winners of the Eric Seldon Salver for being the top pair, both of whom are at least 70 years old.
Many thanks to all the clubs who took part in this event. Many thanks also to Neil Watts who selected the hands and wrote the commentary and to organiser Peter Clinch.
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2024 David Pavey Trophy
20 pairs competed for the 2024 David Pavey Trophy which was held at Worthing Bridge Club on Sunday January 28th. It was a relaxed and very friendly day enjoyed by everyone. Thanks must go to Alexa Baxter who directed and the ladies at Worthing Bridge Club for providing a delicious afternoon tea.
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Congratulations to winners Robert Turvey and Jenny Redman from Horsham Bridge Club and .....
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2024 New Year Swiss Teams
This year's New Year Swiss Teams event was held on Sunday January 21st at The Henfield Hall. Play started at 11am and paused for a delicious hot buffet lunch at 1pm and paused again for tea and cake mid-way thru’ the afternoon. The excellent catering was once again provided by Charlotte Setahul.
Many thanks to Director David Galpin who was ably assisted by Andrea Galpin and Peter Bates. Special thanks to Peter Clinch who multi-tasked bridge play and scoring and we must not forget Webmaster / Master Points Secretary Mervyn Wotton.
Joy Mayall – Organiser
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Congratulations to winners David Ould, David Dickson, Andy Ryder and Mike Allen and well done to ......
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...... runners-up David Benjamin, Mike Keeping, Matthew Read and Matthew Smith and to ......
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...... Jack-High winning team Tilly Hennings, John Hardy, Laurence Chiswell and David Hughes.
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