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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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Harold Linfield
It is with sadness that we inform you that Harold Linfield passed away on Sunday 20th September 2026. Harold was one of the kindest, most gentlemanly bridge players in Sussex and was a member of the SCCBA Conduct Committee for many years, providing us with his wisdom and life experience when dealing with disciplinary matters. Harold was an excellent player, partnering his wife Cecily in many games and team matches - they won the highly prestigious teams event, the Brighton Bowl, in 1968 with Sandra Landy and her husband Peter, as well as our own highly-respected Sussex Pairs in 2015, 47 years later! Many of us will remember visiting the Linfields' home in Thakeham and experiencing their wonderful hospitality and very genial company. He was a truly wise and thoughtful gentleman and will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with Cecily and their family at this very sad time.
Sally Bugden
Chair
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Blue-Pointed Midweek Swiss Pairs
It was fabulous to see Henfield Hall full for the annual Blue-pointed Midweek Swiss Pairs on Wednesday August 26th. The result was in doubt up to the last few boards. Congratulations to Peter Rowell and Francis Kelly who won their final match against runners-up Giles Faulkner and Matt Smith, eventually finishing five points clear.
Katie Duncanson and Tom Eckersley-Waites stormed up the field to capture third place. The Jack-high prize was won by Peter Harbott and Sally Blockley.
Many thanks to Stephen Kennedy for directing, to Martin Pool and John Hardy for dealing the boards, to Peter Bates for helping set up the venue and to Charlotte Setahul and Marcus for preparing an enormous number of ploughmans lunches!
See you next year!
Peter Clinch
(Organiser)
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Championship Teams
The Championship Teams competition and the associated Plate event for teams who lose their first match in the main competition have recently been completed.
The main event was won by Julian Mitchell's team, with Peter Clinch, Andy Ryder, Mike Allen, David Dickson and Matt Read who defeated the holders, Nick Goddard's team, in the Final by 73 imps over 64 boards. For the winners this was their third win in the competition in the last 8 seasons. The Plate competition was won by David Telfer's team, with Peter Burns and Alan and James Hobden who defeated Peter Rowell's team by 45 imps over 32 boards in the Final.
Congratulations to both winning teams. The next season of this competition will start in November, with the entry form available on this website from early October. New teams are always welcome to join the event.
David Galpin, organiser
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Sussex Green-Pointed Swiss Pairs
Congratulations to Rob Zijlstra and Ravi Athwal who won the Green-Pointed Swiss Pairs at Patcham on Sunday July 26th. Well done also to runners-up David Dawson and David Norman (who left before the winners were announced) and Rachel Allison and Laurence Satow who were 3rd.
The event was very successful with 20 full tables, perfectly directed by EBU Panel Tournament Director Mick Green. (N.B. Following an appeal, there has been a small adjustment to one score.)
And, if you enjoyed playing in this Green Point event, you might also like to play in the joint Sussex/Kent Green Point weekend (both pairs and teams) on October 24th/25th at Tunbridge Wells!
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