Sussex Candles

Congratulations to Matt Smith, Matt Read, Mike Keeping and David Benjamin who won the Sussex Candles teams event at Henfield on Sunday June 22nd.

Kent/Sussex Green-pointed venture on the weekend of October 25th-26th

As in recent years, there'll be a Swiss Pairs on the Saturday and a Swiss Teams on the Sunday (see summary).  We hope that this will again be a friendly affair and attract players of all standards (green points are a bonus!).  It will again be held at Tunbridge Wells Bridge Club - a lovely facility and just next door to a Premier Inn if you want to make a weekend of it.  You can enter here.

Peter Clinch.
Sussex Tournament Manager

For less-experienced players, there's the :-

Venture Pairs

at Worthing BC on Sunday 20th July at 1pm

where one player must have an NGS of 6 or less

See how to enter online or print off an entry form for postal/email submission

Dave Franklin

It is with great sadness that I report the death of my dear friend Dave Franklin.  Dave was a gentleman & a gentle soul who played bridge in Sussex for 50 odd years.  He won most if not all the principal events over the years with several different partners.  We will all miss him.

Our love & best wishes go to Nadia & the family.

Martin Pool

Avenue BC wins Garden Cities Trophy!

Many congratulations to The Avenue BC who have won the Garden Cities Trophy, the EBU's national championship for Teams of 8 for all bridge clubs, in the national final on Saturday June 7th.  The Avenue had previously won both the Sussex heat and the home counties regional final.  Please see the Avenue web-site for a full report and the EBU web-site for a picture of the winning team and the detailed results.

National Inter-County League Finals (NICLF)

After winning their Southeast heats, 2 Sussex teams competed in the finals on Sunday June 8th.

The team in Division A finished a creditable 4th, having won 4 out of their 5 matches - see results.

The team in Division C won overall with a team of Graham and Rose Walker, Chris Thorn and Robert Twin, Gina Dickson and Martin Greeley, Peter Rowell and Francis Kelly - see results.

Well done to all of them.

Chris Jepson
(Selection Committee Chair)

On Thursday August 7th at Saltdean Lido, Avenue Bridge Club will be holding a  ...
Bridge Summer School
which includes a presentation by Michael Byrne - see details

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