Calendar
8th Apr 2025
Tues Evening Duplicate
7.15 pm
9th Apr 2025
Weds Evening Duplicate with Avenue/Lewes Online
7.30 pm
10th Apr 2025
Thurs Afternoon Duplicate
1:15 pm
10th Apr 2025
Thurs Afternoon Duplicate with Avenue/Lewes Online
1.30 pm
10th Apr 2025
Thurs Evening Duplicate
7.15 pm
Release 2.19r


 

The Club warmly welcomes members and visitors of all ages and skill levels. We meet for duplicate pairs each Tuesday and Thursday at The Old School in Cuckfield. Find out more by clicking here.

 

If you would like to join us for the first time, please come along with a partner, or use our Find-a-Partner service, or contact Club Secretary Chris Jago at secretary@westsussexbc.co.uk.


March Winners

At the end of each month, winners are awarded prizes for handicapped results based on their best three Tuesday evening sessions played during the month. Please join us in congratulating our March champions, Katie Duncanson and Joan Hootman.

  Katie Duncanson and Joan Hootman    
  Chris Jago and Clive Hardebeck   
  Peter Berry and David Young

Winners of free plays for any games played during April are Glynis Sayer and Valerie Dickens. Their names were drawn in our monthly prize drawing based on attendance which took place at our afternoon game on Thursday, 3rd April.


Jackie Clinton Venture Pairs
Jackie Clinton Venture Pairs


Thanks to everyone who supported this event on Saturday 29th March. We raised a very commendable £310 for the local branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Congratulations to the winners, Carol Read and Linda Gardiner 
and to the runners up who tied for second place, Sue Massingham and Neil Watts, and Glynis Sayer and Peter Collins.


 

47th Annual General Meeting

Our 47th Annual General Meeting will be held at 7pm on Tuesday 6th May at The Old School Cuckfield, followed by bridge finishing by 10.15pm. Details of the format of the meeting are set out in Para. 10 of our Constitution. Nominations are invited for the posts of Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and up to 8 Committee members. Any member may propose a Resolution for discussion, which needs a Seconder, and nominations for the Committee can be made and seconded by any member of two years' standing (but the nominee can be any member irrespective of length of membership). In all cases, such proposals should be sent to Club Secretary Chris Jago at secretary@westsussexbc.co.uk by Saturday 19th April.

AGM documents and reports will be provided here as they become available:

1) Official Notice of 47th Annual General Meeting
2) Minutes of Last Year's AGM held on 2nd May 2024
3) Agenda
4) Chairman's Report

5) Balance Sheet
6) Income and Expenditure Statement


WhatsApp Group for Finding a Partner

The WSBC WhatsApp group helps members find bridge partners, complementary to the Find-a-Partner message board here on the website, and members are welcome to use either or both methods to help find either a regular or one-game-only partner. If you're a WhatsApp user and would like to join the group, please contact Jane Lawrence via webmaster@westsussexbc.co.uk.


Monthly Prizes

In addition to our annual competitions, members may win unlimited free plays based on monthly attendance at face-to-face Club sessions. To be eligible to enter the monthly prize drawing, members must have played at The Old School at least 3 times during the preceding month. Those who have played at least 6 times will have 2 entries to the draw and those who have played at least 9 times will have 3 entries. The draw will take place at the first session of each month before play begins and two winners will be chosen at random on the picker wheel. Winners are then excluded from the following month's prize draw. A list of eligible members for both current and previous months can be seen by selecting Competitions on the menu.

For those members who like to play on Tuesday evenings, a prize is awarded each month based on the handicapped results of at least 3 sessions in the month.


WSBC Online

We are still offering online bridge for Club members only through a partnership with Avenue and Lewes Clubs. Two weekly sessions are available on BBO: Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm and Thursday afternoons at 1.30pm. If you would like to play and are not already registered, please contact Ed Barter (membership@westsussexbc.co.uk).


Results
Thurs Afternoon Duplicate with Avenue/Lewes Online
Scorer: Julian Mitchell
Thurs Afternoon Duplicate
Director: Neil Watts
Scorer: Neil Watts
Thurs Evening Duplicate
Director: David Young
Scorer: David Young
Weds Evening Duplicate with Avenue/Lewes Online
Scorer: Julian Mitchell
Tues Evening Duplicate
Director: Chris Gray
Scorer: Chris Gray
Dates for your Diary
5-6 Apr SCCBA Annual Spring Congress, Patcham
Thu 24 Apr no Thursday afternoon game
Sun 27 Apr Sussex 9-High Championship/BBO
Tue 6 May 47th Annual General Meeting

Click here to fill in a short request form, then take your confirmation email to your next game at The Old School and pay by BACS (bank details here or on your confirmation email).

If so, get some tips from an experienced player who will play with you in a f2f session, review the hands with you and answer your questions. Hurry - places are limited, so click here to book now!

Convention Cards and Partnership Agreements

Whilst not making it compulsory, the Committee would like to encourage all partnerships to have an agreed convention card. You can use your own layout, fill in one of the blank formats to be found on the EBU website or use the simple form on the front page of the score card. The EBU website has some suggested convention cards for basic systems. Having a written partnership agreement obviously helps consistency in bidding and playing and also improving your bridge.