Sussex County Contract Bridge Association
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Welcome to Sussex County Contract Bridge Association

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

Green-pointed Swiss Pairs - Change of Date!

Please note that, owing to a number of issues, we have had to move the date of the Green-pointed Swiss Pairs from July to Sunday September 7th.  Apologies for the inconvenience and thank-you for your patience.

Events for less-experienced players

There are 2 such SCCBA events during the summer :-

the inaugural Eastbourne Welcome Pairs
at Eastbourne BC on Sunday June 29th at 11am
for those who have learned to play in the last 5 years and have an NGS of 7 or less

and
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 either event online or print off an entry form for postal/email submission

2024/25 Gladys Hakki Trophy Winner - Irene Gannon

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.  Congratulations to Irene Gannon who has been awarded the trophy for 2024/2025.  Irene has been a tower of strength in Lewes Bridge Club for many years by attracting new players at local societies fairs, teaching them the basics, providing further training/mentoring to improve their performance and encouraging and partnering them to gain confidence in duplicate sessions.

Recognising the importance of attracting younger players, Irene has also been active in teaching Minibridge in local primary and secondary schools.  She now plans to introduce the secondary students to face-to-face matches against other schools.

She has also contributed much to club management including directing sessions, training scorers and dealers, providing advice on technical issue arising from the use of scoring software and developing/managing the club website.  All of this often requires enthusiasm and commitment well beyond the call of duty but she approaches every task with good humour and modesty.  The multiplicity of contributions to the smooth running of the club are greatly appreciated by all concerned.

2025 Spring Congress - Swiss Pairs

The Sussex Spring Congress was condensed to a single Swiss Pairs this year but we all had a good time at Patcham BC on Saturday April 5th. 

A particularly fine time was had by the winners (Will Adler and Mike Keeping) and ....

..... second-placed Millie Fawssett and Andy Briggs.

In third place were Liz Hoskins and Peter Clinch.

The Jack-high trophy was won (following some investigations) by Bruce Carrison and Sally Clark, though Rose and Graham Walker ran them close.  In the bidding competition, Matt Read posted the best score. 

Congratulations to all the winners and many thanks to Stephen Kennedy for directing, Charlotte Setahul for catering, Martin Pool for dealing the boards, and John Hardy and Mervyn Wotton for managing the entries.

Peter Clinch (Organiser)

Club Director Training Courses

Except where stated, the following courses will be held at Woodhatch Community Centre, Whitebeam Drive, Reigate RH2 7LS :-

  • How to run a duplicate - Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th June 2025 on Zoom, 09.30 to 12:00 on both days
  • Book Rulings - Saturday 21st June 2025 at 10:30
  • Book and Judgement RulingsSaturday 5th July 2025 at 10:30
  • Assessment - Saturday 12th July 2025 at 10:30

For full details, please see the EBED web-site or contact Clive Turner at EBED.

The draft minutes of the April 13th SCCBA AGM are now available for viewing.  Alternatively, you can access the minutes of all available SCCBA committee meetings, AGMs and EGMs.

Results
Invitation Pairs - Round 1
NEW! Sussex Nine-High Championship
SCCBA Spring Congress Swiss Pairs
SCCBA Teams of Eight - aka EBU Garden Cities Trophy heat
EBU National Pairs - BBO Regional Heat
Sussex Pairs Final
Charity Simultaneous Pairs - CONFIRMED RESULTS
Horsham Welcome Pairs (NGS 8 and under)
David Pavey Trophy (NGS 7 and under)
New Year Swiss Teams
Invitation Pairs - Round 8
East Grinstead Basic Bridge Pairs
Calendar
23rd May 2025
Invitation Pairs - Round 2
BBO 19:30
31st May 2025
EBU Corwen Trophy
RealBridge 31st-1st
31st May 2025
EBU 9-High Corwen Final
BBO or RealBridge
7th Jun 2025
EBU Garden Cities Final
Coventry & North Warwickshire Bridge Club
8th Jun 2025
National Inter-County Final
RealBridge
14th Jun 2025
EBU Pachabo Cup
Kent Hills Park, Milton Keynes 14th-15th
20th Jun 2025
Invitation Pairs - Round 3
BBO 19:30
22nd Jun 2025
Blue-Pointed Sussex Candles
Henfield Hall 11:00
MPs: BLUE
 More Info
29th Jun 2025
Eastbourne Welcome Pairs
Eastbourne BC 11:00
 More Info
13th Jul 2025
SCCBA Mixed Pairs
Patcham BC 13:00
 More Info