This popular bridge club was founded in 1980 by four friends who played bridge socially and then decided to form a formal club. The club now has a membership of over one hundred enthusiastic players who enjoy the challenge and reward of the game. Our dealing machine is now fully operational and provides interesting card distributions and hand records that accompany web-posted results.

We meet on: (i) Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm, usually for teams (so it would be very helpful if you could let Harold know in advance whenever you intend playing) and (ii) Friday afternoons at 1:20pm for duplicate pairs. Please arrive 10-15 minutes before play commences. Visitors are most welcome but no standby partners are provided. However, should you need a partner please contact Harold Linfield on (01798) 812276.

We ask that you avoid playing at the club if you have any symptons indicating that you may have an infection - eg: coughs, sneezes, temperature, etc.

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Please try to arrive 10 - 15 minutes before play is scheduled to start in order to help our directors and scorers.

 If delayed by traffic please contact a member of the committee.

We are sad to announce the death of John Hedgecock who played at Thakeham many times during the past few years.

The club is always open to welcome new members. For more information please contact a member of the committee via Harold Linfield.

Congratulations to Margaret Harvey on her EBU master points promotion to "Club Master".

The club has entered a team for a Sussex County event to be held at Patcham BC on 29th March 2025. Our team will comprise Jeremy, Martin, Pierre, Cecily, the Chaplins and the Galpins. We have also entered for the Mid-Sussex Teams of Eight to be held 13th April 2025 at Thakeham Village Hall. On this occasion our team will comprise Jeremy, Martin, Pierre, Cecily, the Chaplins and the Galpins with Harold as a reserve team member. Keith Norman has agreed to direct for this competition. Thanks to Jeremy Harris for organising our club's participation in both these important events. We wish all our teams the very best.

Our club played in the NICKO Plate tournament recently. Our team comprised Cecily, Jeremy, David and Andrea Galpin. We played against Patcham Bridge Club and our team won. Very well done to all involved.

The annual Spring Teams competition will be held Friday 25th April. The Autumn Teams competition will be held Friday 24th October 2025. In November this year we will be running our usual pairs competition.

The EBU are encouraging us to participate in the forthcoming National Pairs Regional Final event taking place on Sunday 23rd March. The qualifiers from our club are: Keith Norman, Maureen Norman, Marc Oratis, Sophie Oratis, Sue Howley, Lynne Spooner, David Galpin, Andrea Galpin, Chris Woolf, Sue Peters, Julia Simpson, Anthony Simmonds, David Tyte, Richard Lerner, Inge Garside, Steve Duddy, Rose Walker and Graham Walker.

The Thakeham Bridge Club observes the UK’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). It is a condition of membership that all members must have accepted and understood this notice and thereby agree that the club may collect, store and use their personal data for the effective operation of the Thakeham Bridge Club. Therefore the club collects and stores the following information for each member of the club for as long as they remain a fully paid-up member:

• Name (surname and first name)
• Home phone
• Mobile phone
• email address
• EBU number
• Home address
• Bridge match score data

This information is captured from new member application forms and is recorded on our membership database. The database is held on a personal computer and administered solely by the club’s secretary. This data will only be used by the committee and no other party. The data is used purely for the club’s legitimate interests as a membership organisation and for administrative purposes at the club, such as notifying members of events, organising operations and establishing partnerships.

Membership data will not be shared publicly amongst the membership or with external organisations, except the English Bridge Union, who may also pass it on to a member’s “county of affiliation” which is usually the Sussex County Contract Bridge Association (SCCBA). Data may also be used by other programs such as Bridgewebs and ScoreBridge.

A member may request a copy of the information stored about them from the club secretary at any time. A member’s data is removed from the database one year after their membership is terminated, unless requested otherwise by the ex-member or their next of kin. Any questions on this privacy policy should be addressed to the club’s secretary.