Chelmsford Bridge Club
Release 2.19r
Learn Bridge

If you would like to learn bridge or improve, please contact Valdie Poter by email valpoter@hotmail.com or ring 07493 273100

Next Beginners & Improvers courses start in September

Welcome to Chelmsford Bridge Club

We offer a range of online bridge using RealBridge every week
and monthly face to face duplicate bridge for charity

We welcome all standards of play at all our sessions, so why not join us or get in touch

Refer to the Bridge Schedule and Calendar for details of dates/times

We are a members’ club, but new members are welcome. Membership costs £2 for the period to 31st August, and covers all our online and face to face sessions

If you are interested in becoming a member and playing, please complete the Bridge Registration Form below

All our online sessions use RealBridge. Regular duplicate pairs sessions cost £2 per player, invoiced monthly in arrears. Special events, such as Sim Pairs, may cost more. To play, click the RealBridge Login link in the Calendar item, and login with your full name (Forename Surname), and use your EBU number, if you have one, as the ID number. 

If you are new to RealBridge, see this Quick Start Guide.

If you need a partner (one-off or regular) please use our Partnership Desk by contacting Julie Payne,

preferably by email on jpayne15311@gmail.com or by telephone on 07850 027603

For all general enquiries please send an email to chelmsfordbc@zoho.com

Fletcher Trophy

Congratulations to the Chelmsford B team of Bernard Kaye, Albert Kitchin, Susan Thorburn & Ian Moss who came 2nd in the Fletcher Trophy. Full details on the Essex CBA website.

Charity Bridge

A reminder our next charity event is on

Friday 14th November - we will be raising money for the Great Ormand Street Hospital

For upcoming charity events, we will be asking non-members to join our club

Charity Duplicate events will be on the 2nd Friday evening of each month. Please note them in your diary.   

Thanks to your generosity we have so far given a total of £13,106.50  to these worthwhile charities :

Grapevine, Essex £340.00     Ecats Ukraine £345.00        Kidney research & British Heart foundation £240.00     

 Farleigh Hospice  £752.50       Age Concern Chelmsford £354.40   

 Essex Dementia  Care £182.20      Ecats CIN   £100        SNAP  £696.00   

Support for Sight  £450.00       Ecats  Unicef   £90.00   Ukraine £590.00  Turkey/Syrian Earthquake £790

Air Ambulance £280.00 Hearing Help for Essex £300 Grapevine £340

Sanctus (Help for Chelmsford homeless) £365.00  City of Chelmsford  Mencap £325

Men's Sheds £260 Children in need £126 Morocco/Libya appeal £740 Headway £440

SEND £360 Community 360 £325 Home Start £250 RNLI £380

Wilderness Foundation £200 Essex & Suffolk Owls and Birds of Prey £240 Little Haven Hospice £255 Cancer Research £260 Tiny Tickers £250 UK Aid £150

Chelmsford Food Bank £480 MND £270 Essex Wildlife Trust £280

Little Edi Foundation £150 Macmillan Cancer Support £320 Danaher Animal Home £210 Marie Curie £345 Barrow Farm Riding for the Disabled £145 Hamelin Trust £130

Thank you for all your support look forward to seeing you on the 14th November

at the Millennium Community Centre, Great Baddow (7:00pm for a 7:15pm start).  New members and visitors are welcome.

 

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Monthly Handicap

The monthly handicap competition takes place in the first week of each month.

Handicaps are based on your previous scores over a rolling 1 year period.

Detailed esults can be found in the competitions section.

Handicap Winners

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Well played to the winners of the Handicap competitions

 

July

Monday - Anne Marsh & Denis Anderson

Tuesday - David Warren & June Brown

Friday - Albert Kitchen & Mike Harbour

August

Monday - Les Woolard & Valdie Poter

Tuesday - Jan Lewis & Julie Lake

Friday - John Pioli & Sally Allen

September

Monday - John Gill & John Skuse

Tuesday - Ann Owen & Tim Preece

Friday - Ashley Mews & Carol McCue

October

Monday - Helen & Stephen Davidge

Tuesday - Paul Lewellen & Richard Merricks

Friday - Peter & Wendy Williamson

 

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Competition Winners

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Congratulations go to the winners of the Ladder competitions

1st January - 1st December

Monday - Ashley Sawyer & Gary Waller

Tuesday - Brian Davies & Val Mollison

Friday - Alan Rodger & Audrey Hartley

 

 New Ladder competitions start first week in January 

 

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- - - REGULAR SESSIONS - - -
Evening Duplicate Bridge using RealBridge
Two Weekly Sessions on Monday & Tuesday Evenings 7.00pm ♠ 

Start time 7.00pm - please login by 6.50pm

£2.00 per person per session, Invoiced Monthly (please pay promptly)

To play, please click RealBridge Login in the relevant Calendar entry on the right of the screen

Afternoon Duplicate Bridge using RealBridge
Weekly Session Friday Afternoon 1.30pm

Start time 1.30pm - please login by 1.20pm

£2.00 per person per session, Invoiced Monthly (please pay promptly)

To play, please click RealBridge Login in the relevant Calendar entry on the right of the screen

Social Room using RealBridge
Daily Sessions from 9am to midnight

Play up to 20 boards at any time you choose

Please reserve a table in advance by completing the online form

Click here to reserve a table

Bridge Registration / Send Us A Message

If you have not already registered, or if you just want to send us a message, please complete the attached form:

Emails

If you are not receiving emails from the club and think you should be, or want to resubscribe to our mailing list, please use this link and follow the instructions.

Alternatively, you can contact us by email chelmsfordbc@zoho.com

Results
Tuesday Pairs
RealBridge
Scorer: Alan Rodger
Open Pairs
RealBridge
Scorer: Audrey Hartley
Friday Pairs
RealBridge
Scorer: Alan Rodger
Tuesday Pairs
RealBridge
Scorer: Alan Rodger
Open Pairs
RealBridge
Scorer: Audrey Hartley
Calendar
Fri 31st Oct 2025
Friday Pairs
RealBridge 1.30pm
Director: Alan Rodger
 RealBridge Login
Mon 3rd Nov 2025
Open Pairs
RealBridge 7.00pm
Director: Audrey Hartley
Tue 4th Nov 2025
Tuesday Pairs
RealBridge 7.00pm
Director: Alan Rodger
Fri 7th Nov 2025
Friday Pairs
RealBridge 1.30pm
Director: Alan Rodger
Mon 10th Nov 2025
ECats Children in Need Sim Pairs
RealBridge 7.00pm
Director: Audrey Hartley