There are two “How to Teach Bridge in Schools” courses coming up for the first day of the scheduled Club Teacher Training courses, scheduled for Eastbourne on March 1st and 2nd and Horsham on April 26th and 27th.

		Fleming Femina Congratulations to Gwyneth Davies & Angela Treen who have won the ladies pairs beating Frances Connell & Jennie Cane into second place.        Prizes: 1st: £54, 2nd: £26 (per pair)
		Hunter Homines Congratulations to Gerald Soper & Colin Wilson who have won the men's pairs beating Ian Draper & Joe Sivajogan into second place. Well done to both pairs.      Prizes: 1st: £72, 2nd: £36 (per pair)

Full results:     Fleming Femina     Hunter Homines

The KCBA's green pointed Swiss Pairs is being held at Tunbridge Wells Bridge Club on Sunday 2nd March starting at 11am. 7 x 7 board matches with a break of approx 1 hour after match 3. Please click here to enter.

An opportunity to play bridge in the comfortable TWBC. Bar open throughout. Bookings for food also taken.

Have you or any of your club members ever thought about becoming a bridge teacher?

Why not join one of the upcoming Club Teacher Training courses run by English Bridge Education & Development (EBED).

For 2025 the course dates are:    Eastbourne 1 & 2 March     and      Horsham 26 & 27 April

The 2-day courses give aspiring bridge teachers the skills to teach bridge effectively. As an EBU affiliated club, you are eligible for discounts or concessionary places.

If you are interested, please contact Lisa Miller on 01296  317 217  (lisa@ebedcio.org.uk ) or Clive Turner on 01296 317 212 (clive@ebedcio.org.uk).

Any questions please ask douglaswright@3countiesbridge.com 07801 989630

ALL Divisions play on Sunday 26th January 2025.    Kent CBA are very pleased that 19 teams of 8 have entered this year.

Club contacts (Match Secretaries) will be contacted soon to enter names of players (entry and sandwich payments and names to be entered by 31st December 2024) . Some divisions will be split between between the ground and first floor, so please consider placing of pairs. 

The entry fee will be the same as 2020, no increase i.e. £140 per team in division 1 (the winners qualify to represent Kent in the Garden Cities on Saturday 11th May 2024), and £84 per team in division 2.

The divisions for 2025 are shown below, with 19 teams competing. Team members may be added using column headings below    

                    Closing date 31st December 2024

Also, click for REGULATIONS.  As before sandwiches will be available to buy in advance. Club match secretaries have been send the order form.

 In a very tight finish Kent have qualified for the F2F final on 1st/2nd February in Telford.

Kent had 148 and finished 3rd in their group. 4 go through from each ground. Amazingly there were 3 equal 4th’s and Gloucestershire won the split tie.

Even more amazingly there was a 3 split in the other group and London won the split tie !

The Kent team for the Tollemache ( Inter County teams of 8 ) Final taking place on  February F2F at Telford will be, in no particular order -

Kay Preddy (Capt) /Norman Selway
Mike Hampton/ Michael Prior
Tom Gardner/ Tom Furness
Peter Law/ Steve Auchterlonie
Colin Wilson/ Gerald Soper

We welcomed both Tom’s to the Kent team who are England U21 Internationals and have qualified for the World Championships next year.