| Forthcoming Essex Events |
The next Essex events are:
Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs - 12 January 2025 online. Open to all comers.
Teams of 4 - 26 January 2025 online. This is the qualifier for the Pachabo so Essex members only.
Ray Cornell - 9 February 2025 at Barleylands. Essex club competition.
Championship Pairs - 16 March 2025. Essex members only.
EBU director at all events. See Competitions and Entry Forms for more details and to enter
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| Margaret Curtis International Events |
Another popular night for the 'Margaret Curtis International Pairs Event' with 36 pairs competing including 6 pairs from the Faroe Islands. A Swedish pair were top with Faroe Islands players in 2nd and 4th places. Marc and Beryl had to be content with 3rd.
If you are interested in participating or have any questions, please let Marc (marc.chawner@aol.com) know, so that he can send you a RealBridge event link. When you request a RealBridge event link, please let Marc know who you will be partnering. If you require a partner, please let Marc know and he will attempt to find a partner for you.
(Advance Warning: There will be no session on Christmas Day or New Year's Day).
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| The Essex Charity Event |
 
The Essex Charity event was held on 17 November.
Marcia cooked a lovely meal and the players enjoyed their bridge. Essex subsidised the hall hire and UM. The wine and board dealing were provided by committee members free of charge. This means the amount to go to the charities is £860.32. Thanks to everyone who donated.
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| Friendly match v Suffolk 1 December |
Suffolk have asked us to play a friendly match in Colchester on Sunday 1 December - three teams of 8. This is open to all Essex members. If you are interested please contact Bernie Hunt via WhatsApp. If you do not use WhatsApp, email Sue Thorburn via the website.
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| Boot camps - Marc Chawner |
Following the Boot Camp on 12 May Marc Chawner has now produced a new guide Know your Percentages to add to; Defence, Play in a No Trump contract and Play in a Suit contract
Most of the best players in Essex were set the task of playing the hands in each category - not always successfully.
See if you can do better, if not with Marc's hands maybe the next time you play at the club.
Download the PDFs Defence, No trump, Suit contracts, Know Your Percentages
They will give you everything you could ever want to know!
Once again the ECBA would like to express their sincere gratitude to Marc for this formidable work.
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