| AGM Report & Pictures 25/03/25 |
The Club's 74th Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 25th March 2025
All Agenda items were carried and a new committee was elected
The new President Chris Harris gave thanks to the outgoing President Sue Charlesworth
for her outstanding contribution to the Club in developing new members and sessions,
standard presidential duties and for her work in expediting exit from the Trust Club.
Graham Foreman & Roger Campbell were conferred with Life Membership for their efforts.
Trophies and wine & chocolates were awarded for competition winners
The meeting agreed to revisit Best Behaviour at Bridge and the Appeals Procedure.
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Chris Harris & Sue Charlesworth Handover Presidency
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Graham Foreman - Winner SCBC Masterpoints Cup
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Tony Hynes - Winner SCBC Woosnam Cup
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Anne & Nick Woosnam - Winners SCBC President's Cup & SCBC Charlesworth Cup
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Frank Shardlow - SCBC Masterpoints Cup
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Brian, Ann & Jon - SCBC Masterpoints Cup & SCBC Woosnam Cup
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Many Thanks go to Janet Whittaker for taking the above photographs for AGM25
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| Our Club |
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We are an English Bridge Union (EBU) Affiliated Club located at
160 Walmley Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B76 2QA.
Our club house is located on the same site as
THE SUTTON COLDFIELD RUGBY CLUB.
Click here for Map.
The Club Mobile is 07749 410362 and is monitored prior to Club sessions. Please notify late arrival.
Our Club Secretary is Mary-Anne Rogers, contactable on: 07503170695. You can also email suttoncbc@outlook.com with your query or you can leave a message on our message board via the left hand menu.
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| Tuesday Evening Relaxed Session |
Our Tuesday Evening session continues every week..
The session will be 'relaxed', playing circa 18 boards.
All members are welcome.
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| Assisted Play Session Friday Evenings |
Assisted Play sessions continue to be run every Friday evening. Session start time is 7.00pm
Once a month there will be a short lesson starting at 6.45pm before the start of play. Many of our existing members may find these sessions useful as a refresher to previously learned subjects.
All members are welcome and may attend the lesson only if they wish.
| Friday Evening Lesson Schedule |
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18 Apr 2025
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NT overcalls and responses
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16 May 2025
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Defence to 1NT (Multi Landy)
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20 Jun 2025
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Defence to 1NT doubled
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18 Jul 2025
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Overcalls and raising partner’s overcall
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15 Aug 2025
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Attitude and Discard Signals
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19 Sep 2025
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Showing Count
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17 Oct 2025
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Fourth suit forcing
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21 Nov 2025
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Limit bids, forcing bids
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| Hosted Sessions |
The following sessions are now usually hosted so any Member can turn up without a partner and be sure of a game. Please arrive early if you do not have a partner.
Monday Afternoon. Please Arrive by 12:50pm.
Monday Night. Please Arrive by 6:50pm.
U3A Tuesday Afternoon. Please Arrive by 12:50pm. Please note that we do not guarantee a Host at this session.
Tuesday Night. Please Arrive by 6:50pm.
Wednesday Night. Please Arrive by 6:50pm.
Friday Afternoon. Please Arrive by 12:50pm.
Friday Night Assisted. Please Arrive by 6:50pm.
No Partner Required for Members at any Hosted Session
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| Tuesday Afternoon U3A Session at SCBC |
 Sutton Coldfield U3A Relaxed Playing Session every Tuesday Afternoon.
Please arrive by 12.50pm for a 1.00pm start.
The is a U3A session at which SCBC members are also welcome to play.
Beginners are welcome provided they can play the game. We will try to arrange partners for anyone turning up on their own but this cannot be guaranteed.
Normal £3.00 table money for all U3A and SCBC Members.
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| Sunday Night Hand Review Session |
 The club is now running a fortnightly 'Hand Review/Discussion' session between 7pm - 9pm to which all members are welcome. Please see Calendar for session dates. Table Money of £2.00 will apply.
Difficult hands played during the previous week will be reviewed, focusing predominently on those played on Wednesday Night.
The session will involve playing hands and then discussing important aspects of bidding and play that arise.
Participants may also nominate hands for discussion.
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| General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) |
Sutton Coldfield Bridge Club's response to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into force on 25th May 2018 can be found by clicking here to see our Privacy Policy as to how we store, use and distribute our members' data.
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| Website Disclaimer |
Website disclaimer - Links contained on this website may lead to websites not under the control of Sutton Coldfield Bridge Club (SCBC). SCBC is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Links provided on this website are provided to users only as a convenience and SCBC accepts no liability in respect of the content of any such linked site, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by SCBC. Users link to any linked sites at their own risk.
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