November 2023

Dimmie Fleming 2023 Award Citation (from Derbyshire):

Don Smedley (1933 – 2020)

Everyone involved in Derbyshire bridge and many other bridge players from all over Britain who knew him will be saddened to hear of the death of Don Smedley. His first love was chess – he was a Derbyshire youth player – but while doing his National Service he could not find enough opponents to keep him occupied. Most of his comrades played bridge, so he learned the basics and never looked back.

One of the regional qualifiers for the National Pairs

Last updated 5th November 2025

A taster session is a great way to build the membership of your club by welcoming and introducing people who have no knowledge of the game to your friendly club. Below are some simple suggestions to remember when thinking of running a taster session. 

You may also like to have a short game of Minibridge to help people become more comfortable playing cards.

This is not an exhaustive list, please feel free to expand with your own ideas:

Ken Flavell will be 100 years old on 13th November 2023. His wife Pat is 95. Ken stated playing bridge in 1944, with Pat starting in 1955. 

Below is your monthly update from the EBU. Please note there are a lot of important topics covered this month. All previous updates are available on the EBU Updates page.

This poster shows the upcoming EBU events. Please consider adding this to your club/county website and encourage your members to enter online via My EBU.

I'm Cecilia and live in Winchester with my family and was born in 2010. I took up bridge during lockdown (although I was already playing minibridge for many years previously) with my parents teaching me.

My whole family has played bridge (including grandparents!!) and so it always seemed I would play.

Alongside bridge, I enjoy playing the cello in various orchestras and play cricket for Hampshire. I am also an avid Ski Sunday fan and love skiing in the winter.

Youth International Selections