| 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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21 Mar 2025
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Responses to Weak 2 opening bids
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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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| SCBC Competitions 2024 - Final Results |
 Here are the Final results for the 2024 Competitions. Well done to the winners and all who took part.
The SCBC Masterpoint Cup
This is an annual competition and all competitive sessions count. The winners are simply those with the most Masterpoints won. Results will be stratified based on NGS Grade as at 1 January 2024.
| Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
| Graham Foreman - 1296 MP |
Frank Shardlow - 744 MP |
Mary Rogers - 371 MP |
Click here for Final stratified positions at the end of December 2024. SCBC Masterpoints Competition Final 2024.pdf
The President's Cup
This is a 'Blue Pointed' pairs competition run over two Friday Afternoon Sessions. Scores in both sessions will will be combined. The competition is 'Stratified' to provide three winning pairs.
The Winning Pairs in Each Grade Category are shown below.
| Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
| Nick and Anne Woosnam |
Rob Penny and Brian Van Zyl |
Vince Hageney & Ann Grennan |
Click on the link to see a full breakdown of the results. Presidents Cup 2024.pdf
The Woosnam Cup
Every Thursday Night session will be a qualifying session for the Woosnam Cup.
| 1st |
Tony Hynes |
57.31 |
| 2nd |
Susan Hundleby |
56.91 |
| 3rd |
Jon Downing |
56.54 |
Click on the link to see a full breakdown of the results Woosnam Cup 2024.pdf
The Charlesworth Cup
Final Placings.
| Group A |
Group B |
| Nick and Anne Woosnam |
Chris Harris |
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Gita Kundu |
Click here for the Final stratified positions. Charlesworth Cup 2024.pdf
Conditions of Contest for SCBC Competitions 2024
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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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