Its the time of year again for our favourite event the Members Summer Party! A delicious supper taken on the tranquil lawns followed by an evening of good natured battle at the Bridge Tables, what could be nicer ? 5.30pm arrival and a glass of fizz 6.00pm supper, 7.00pm Bridge commences .

The bar will be open as usual. The event is free ( apart from Bar Drinks of Course)  but strictly members only.

Sign up HERE  with your partner is essential, numbers will be limited to a max of 16 tables.  Over the next few weeks those attending will also be asked to put your names down to contribute a dish to the supper, please wait to hear more on this from Pauline .

Hope to see lots of you there, and for a balmy summers evening.

The Bridge Lunch on Wednesday was a very happy afternoon.  We had 39 people sitting down for lunch, which was delicious

.Confit of duck followed by meringues and raspberries. Richard L did the usual behind the bar and had plenty of customers!  We had two tables with people from learn and play playing Chicago - and we were delighted that they joined us.  Jackie directed and Mickie was the scorer.  Once again a great day.

Big thanks to Emily and Gerry who came up trumps once again.

Results in the usual place.

The annual bridge-golf day staged by the club on Monday at Newton Green golf club was blessed with some outstanding weather - and an equally impressive performance by the winners.

Thanks to a scoring system devised by some clever soul, the event enables players’ golfing scores to be converted into a percentage which is added to the bridge score - and, hey presto, a winner.

The latest renewal saw Paul MacLachlan and Dave Allen record an impressive 43 Stapleford points in the morning golf - which converted to 60% - and they did even better in the bridge, scoring 63%. The rest, as they say, were nowhere!

This was the fourth running of the event and, arguably, the best. The course was in outstanding condition; a new chef at the golf club resulted in an excellent fish and chip lunch, and the gorgeous weather lifted everyone’s spirits.

A huge thank you to Richard Langridge, the club’s official barman, who organised the day with aplomb.

The Bell Trophy is the unofficial club Trophy and we are please to report that this year a new pairing - Mike and Kathy - were victorious and are now the proud holders of the unique trophy - Congratulations!. Second overall were Jane and Susan and second in the handicap were Lesley and Carolyn.

Thank you to Pauline for organising, Jackie for directing, Peter for scoring and Richard, our President, for presenting all the prizes and the trophy. Well done to all of those on the podium and thanks to all who took part in a very good fun afternoon of bridge.. See all the results HERE

STANSFIELD bridge club was formed in 2007 and is situated in the heart of Suffolk countryside between Clare and Bury St Edmunds. It currently has a membership of about 170 and is affiliated to the EBU.

The club runs sessions play Face to Face on Thursday evenings (visitors welcome) at 7pm, and runs F2F sessions for Improvers on Wednesday afternoons (2pm)

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