Newark Café Bridge – Tuesday 12^th November 2024

We are delighted to announce that Café Bridge was hosted again in Newark.

We have limited places (60).

This year our chosen charity was Reach.

Reach is a registered charity dedicated to supporting people with learning disabilities in Nottinghamshire.
From facilities in Newark, Southwell & Mansfield, Reach work with almost 250 people

to enable each individual to lead a happier and healthier life in their own community.
For more info see: https://reachuk.org/

Café Bridge has been running in a number of towns and cities for many years. 

A typical Café Bridge event is a duplicate pairs bridge game set up over multiple cafés and restaurants. Pairs move to a new venue after each round, guided by a movement card, while board sets remain on their starting tables throughout. The registration fee includes morning coffee, a 2-course lunch at one of the venues and a glass of wine/soft drink at the end of the day.

The object of each event is to provide an enjoyable day of friendly, sociable, duplicate Bridge for all participants and to generate funds for charity. 

Café Bridge Nottingham continues to be a very successful phenomenon. It combines the fascination of playing the wonderful game of Bridge in a spirit of fun and enjoyment with fundraising on an impressive scale. In the fourteen events since 2012 thousands of £££’s have been donated to charity. Café Bridge Nottingham has become a must go to event! 

Café Bridge Nottingham is organised by a team of volunteers who take no payment for their time and effort so all proceeds from the events are donated to our chosen charity.

We hope that you will join us for the next event. If you would like more information, or to be added to our distribution list, please use the “Contact Us” 

Café Bridge Nottingham continues to be a very successful phenomenon. It combines the fascination of playing the wonderful game of Bridge in a spirit of fun with fundraising on an impressive scale. Phil Meats and Toni Smith started us off eleven events ago in 2012.

Our last happening was on 18th April 2023 when 74 people circulated round five venues all day in Nottingham and raised £1,450 for Rainbows Hospice for Young Children, while our previous event in Newark 2022 raised £1,500 for Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance.

The picture below shows Karen Carter who gave a presentation about the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance service. Many people present were astonished to learn that the recently acquired fully equipped helicopter was called upon to answer an emergency three or four times a day. A rota of pilots, doctors, and medics are on call seven days a week and they are supported by an enthusiastic group of volunteers. Karen showed us two photographs of a gravely injured young boy who was rescued by the service, and the same young boy many months later smiling and sitting in the helicopter with the crew, fully recovered - a heartwarming story.

Cafe Bridge - Thank you from Rainbow 2020.pdf