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CBC's no. is 01242 522502. If an emergency please call Steve Bunker on 07901 173432 or email Steve

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Cheltenham Bridge Club
is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Registered Charity No:   1188825

Winners of the Autumn series for the 2024 Ro Kaye Cup

    Congratulations to Derek and Stuart
    and many thanks to you both for your contribution to a great series of games on Thursday mornings.

Catering Billing System

Berenice, Sue and Steve say Bridge is easy but charging for a cup of coffee is a whole new challenge.

 

New to Cheltenham - New to Bridge - Learn Bridge at CBC  

The club offers a wide range of courses for beginners through to experienced players.
Click here to read about all the benefits. The Programme suits beginners, improvers and aspirational players and includes further information and details for Booking.
 

March - Gloucestershire  County Events

  • On Saturday 29th March, the GCBA is running a competition for the Rank Xerox Trophy at Cheltenham Bridge Club; clubs can enter up to three teams-of-4 and the cost is just £20 per team. Teams are only allowed one "expert" player (National Master or above) - so everyone has a chance to win.
  • On Sunday 30th March, the GCBA is running the county inter-club team-of-8 championship.  This event qualifies one team for the EBU's Regional Final (and potentially) National Final for the Garden Cities Trophy.  

To express your interest in playing or to find more information please contact John Skjonnemand 

NICKO - National Inter Club Knock Out

Good News - This year we have three teams through to the 3rd round, well done.
In addition to the main competition there is a Plate competition which is open to all unseeded teams defeated in their first match of the main event, either in round 1, or in round 2 following a bye. CBC helps with entry fees and free access to club rooms for the later rounds.

  • Team A - (R. Chamberlain, P. Denning, P. Shields and G. Watson) is a seeded team with automatic entry to Round 3
  • Team B - (J. Armorgie, A. Catchpole, T. Hill and A. Wearmouth) beat a Bristol BC team in Round 1 and received a bye through Round 2
  • Team C - (S. Bunker, A. Sanis, J. Sanis and R. Schofield) beat a Worcester team in Round 1 and are also through to Round 3 via a bye

For more information on this national event Click here. Registration for 2025/26 will be in July 2025. WHY NOT GIVE IT A GO!


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CBC Regular Events 

Our regular sessions at the Club, on BBO, and RB (RealBridge)

Club  Mon  09:45 - Gentle Pairs
Club  Mon  13:45 - Pairs 
                                                                   
R
B     Tues 10:00 - Gentle Pairs - *DS
Club  Tues 19:00 - Pairs - with standby

Clu  Wed 19:00 - Pairs - *DS
BBO   Wed 19:30 - Danish Pairs 


Club   Thursday 09:45 - Gentle Pairs - *DS
Club   Thursday 13:45 - Pairs

Club   Thursday 19:00 -  Handicap Pairs - *DS    

Clu  Friday 13:45 - Pairs
Club   Friday 19:00 - Pairs -  with standby  
                                    

* DS indicates that the regular director at these sessions will be happy to act as a standby. 

Pairs League is currently running from September to January.

We also have Leaderboard competitions to find the top players and partnerships over a 3 month period.

Bournemouth Holiday 2025

Check out these fun pictures from this year's
Bournemouth Holiday 

Dates for your Diary

Annual General Meeting - Saturday 26th April 2025
Cheltenham Bridge Congress - Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th August 2025

Youth Bridge at CBC

Enrol your Child/Grandchild and enjoy a break or come and watch or play with them.
Click here For Gloucesteshire Youth Bridge's website and full details of their activities, including EBED's upcoming "Spring Youth Bridge Camp" at the "Pioneer Centre" Kidderminster".

Congratulations

 

 

 

 

 

    Competition Winners

Ashok Kwatra Cup Autumn 2024/25

Joy and Kevin Brook

Ben Bennett Cup 2024/25

Malcom Free and Simon Gowers

Ro Kaye Cup Autumn 2024/25

Derek Knight and Stuart Tomlinson

Verrion Cup 2024/25

Malcom Free and Simon Gowers

         

Results
Club Gentle Monday 0945
Director: Jackie Saitch
Scorer: Jackie
Club Pairs Monday 1345
Director: Alan
Scorer: Alan
Club Pairs Monday UPstairs 1345
Director: John
Scorer: John
Club Pairs Friday 1345
Director: Jackie Saitch
Scorer: Linda Barratt
Calendar
3rd March 2025
Club Year 2 Mentored Play by Invitation Only 1000-1200
Tivoli Road 10:00
Director: Alison Nicholson
4th March 2025
RB Gentle Tuesday 1000
Realbridge 10:00
Director: Teresa and John
Scorer: Linda Barratt
4th March 2025
Club Year 2 Training 1400-1600
Tivoli Road 14:00
Director: Martin Renshaw
4th March 2025
Club Pairs Tuesday 1900
Tivoli Road 19:00
Director: John Skjonnemand or Ro Kaye
Scorer: John Skjonnemand
Standby: Arun Nanda