We play friendly duplicate bridge at St Johns & Highwoods Community Centre, Colchester, CO4 9SR on Wednesday evenings, with Tea and Coffee provided.

Please be seated by our new start time of 6.15pm

for start of play by 6.30pm. 

New members very welcome.

Suffolk Bridge is pleased to announce it will be holding a bridge teaching event at Hintlesham Hall (IP8 3NS, between Ipswich and Hadleigh) on Thursday June 13.

Zeb Stocken who is a well-known and highly experienced Bridge teacher throughout the UK, will be returning to the county and will cover Slam bidding (Jacoby 2NT, Splinters & Controls Showing Cue-Bids) in the morning session. After lunch the topics covered will be Hand evaluation and the Play at Trick 1. (Upgrading & Downgrading your Hand + making a plan as declarer).

After each topic there will be ample opportunity for everyone to play several hands using Compass cards, to further help delegates with the teaching.

The event includes coffees/teas on arrival and a buffet lunch - all for just £40/head. Tickets are expected to sell quickly and because space is limited to 20 tables (80 attendees) please book early to ensure you secure your place at the event.

Click ZEB for the entry form and to see further details.

The event held on March 24 was very well supported with a total of 23 teams from numerous clubs around the County.

Stratford St Mary entered two teams and our top team of Debbie & Martin Burwood playing with Rita & Derek Brinkley finished in an excellent third place.

Congratulations to them!

Click RESULTS for all the scores.

Each October we play our club's heat of the Suffolk Championship Pairs - this is the event where, if you score 50% or more in the club's heat, you qualify to play in the Final which is to be played at Elmswell (IP30 9UH) on Sunday April 21, 2024.

We played our heat on October 25 and six pairs qualified. 

Derek & Rita Brinkley : Christine Cooke & Joanna Bradbury : Nick Reay & Peter Coleman : Maggie Demuth & Gill Drake : Lindi Sakal & Shelley Persent : Elizabeth Knowlson & Philippa Deman

Congratulations to them all - the entry form for the Final is now on the Suffolk Bridge website - click FINAL to see who is playing. 

Are you interested in becoming a Club Director?

There's a training course being held in Bury St Edmunds in April/May 2024

There are still spaces left on this EBED Club Director Course, to be hosted by Abbeygate Bridge Club in the spring. We already have enough entrants to say that the course will definitely go ahead. 

Location: Cavendish Hall Church Road Thurston Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3RU

Dates: Sundays, April 7th/21st, May 5th/19th 2024 10:30 to 4:30

For EBED course information click HERE (scroll up for course details). Book via the EBU website, or email Clive Turner or phone Lisa Miller, Monday to Wednesday 01296 317217. The cost is £72 per day for EBU members

Cavendish Hall is just off the A14 near Bury St Edmunds. It is a comfortable well lit venue with plenty of free parking. Refreshments will be available all day

Let Paul Rickard know if you are interested.

Congratulations to Simon Riley and Jaroslaw Grochowski for winning the Bury Swiss Pairs.

Click BURY to see all the results.

Hope you enjoyed the party!

Congratulations to Charles Ward - our clear winner - who won a bottle of wine.

I think that everyone had a good time changing partners as well as tables after each round, playing simple systems to avoid confusion.

Apologies for the technical difficulties which delayed the results of our just-for-fun Individual Bridge game, which can now be seen HERE.

If you want to play but need a Partner, there are TWO ways to find one!

Members should follow the automated process detailed below, but you can also contact Elizabeth Knowlson on 01206 532839 or 07511 646730 or by email at elizabeth.knowlson@gmail.com and she will inform all club members by email that you are looking for a Partner.

To use the automated Find a Partner system on this website, click on Membership, on the left, then enter your email address and password where requested. If you don't already have a password, click on Forgotten Password and an email will be sent to you with a link allowing you to set one up. Two of you sharing an email address can still use this feature by following these instructions and setting up different passwords. 

Once you are in the Membership section, click in the Partner Required box for the appropriate date.

A note will appear in the Calendar on the Home Page showing that someone is looking for a partner. When another member goes into their system, they will find your name and contact details.

If this does not appear to work, it will probably be because the email address you are using is different from the one we have on our membership list. In this case, please contact the Secretary or Webmaster (click on Where & When, then Committee) so that our list can be updated.