Calendar
2nd Apr 2024
Tues Morning Duplicate with Avenue/Lewes Online
10.00 am
2nd Apr 2024
Tues Evening Duplicate
7.15 pm
3rd Apr 2024
Weds Evening Duplicate with Avenue/Lewes Online
7.30 pm
4th Apr 2024
Thurs Afternoon Duplicate
1.30 pm
4th Apr 2024
Thurs Afternoon Duplicate with Avenue/Lewes Online
1.30 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, do please either come along with a partner, or use our Find-a-Partner service, or contact our Club Secretary Chris Jago on 01444 715915.


46th Annual General Meeting

Our 46th AGM will be held at 7 pm on Thursday 2nd May at The Old School, followed by bridge finishing by 10.15 pm. Please save the date in your diaries. Further information will be posted on the website and via email in the near future.


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, Ken Ford and Jill Hassan.

  Ken Ford and Jill Hassan    
  Norman Hardy   
  Mary Guy-Jones

Our monthly prize drawing based on attendance, which awards free plays for an entire month, will take place at our evening game on Tuesday, 2nd April. The drawing is open to members who play at least three sessions during the prior month and one entry is given for every three sessions played.


Directors Still Needed

**Please consider volunteering**
Now that we regularly run three sessions a week, and with the retirement of one long-standing Director, we urgently need to increase the number of Directors. Full training will be given (and you get to play free for the sessions you direct!). Please contact Chris Jago at
secretary@westsussexbc.co.uk if you can help.


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. Three weekly sessions are available on BBO: Tuesday mornings at 10am, 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 (memsec@westsussexbc.co.uk).


Results
Thurs Afternoon Duplicate with Avenue/Lewes Online
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
Tues Morning Duplicate with Avenue/Lewes Online

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.