Calendar
3rd Jun 2025
Tues Evening Duplicate
7.15 pm
4th Jun 2025
Weds Evening Duplicate with Avenue/Lewes Online
7.30 pm
5th Jun 2025
Thurs Afternoon Duplicate
1:15 pm
5th Jun 2025
Thurs Afternoon Duplicate with Avenue/Lewes Online
1.30 pm
5th Jun 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.


Membership Renewals Due Now

Membership renewals for club year 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 are now due. Please select Membership Application/Renewal in the main website menu, or click here.

If none of your details have changed since April 2024, enter only the date, your name and email address. Otherwise please also enter any details that have changed since your last renewal. This is necessary to keep our membership database up-to-date. Then pay your subscription using online banking as per the details on the website. Payment is reduced to £10 for subscriptions paid by the end of June. After this date the subscription is £15.

If you are unable to carry out either of the above actions please contact Ed Barter, Membership Secretary, at membership@westsussexbc.co.uk or 01444 257028.


April 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 April champion, Stuart Thornton, whose best three sessions remarkably averaged over 60% even with the handicap..

  Stuart Thornton    
  Peter Berry   
  Chris Jago and Clive Hardebeck

Winners of free plays for any games played during May are Carol Watson and David Glossop. Their names were drawn in our monthly prize drawing based on attendance which took place at our afternoon game on Thursday, 1st May.


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 Evening Duplicate
Director: David Young
Scorer: David Young
Tues Evening Duplicate
Director: Chris Jago
Scorer: Chris Jago
Thurs Afternoon Duplicate
Director: Neil Watts
Scorer: Neil Watts
Thurs Evening Duplicate
Director: Brian Cutler
Scorer: Brian Cutler

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.