Welcome to brianbridge.net's café bridge pages. Here you can find information about café bridge, as well as a schedule of of café bridge drives and bridge rallies happening around London, the south-east of England, and further afield.
A typical café bridge event is a duplicate pairs bridge game set up over multiple cafés and restaurants. Pairs move to a new venue after each round, guided by a movement card or roadbook, while board sets remain on their starting tables throughout. The registration fee typically covers vouchers which are valid for refreshments at the venues, either for a single lunch or for a drink at each stop, depending on the style of event.
Café bridge has a social component, whether by raising money for a good cause, attracting sponsorship for bridge from regional institutions, or gaining custom for local businesses. Café drives also help make bridge visible to the wider public, thereby encouraging more people to consider taking it up.
This is a list of upcoming café bridge events which I have become aware of. I am involved in some of them as an organizer, scorer or participant. If you are organizing a café bridge event, I would be delighted to list it here; feel free to pass on the information.
If you would like to receive occasional cafe bridge event email updates, please E-mail me (Victor Lesk) at brianplaysbridge@gmail.com.
| 29 October - 1 November 2019 (Tue-Fri) |
Scotland Trip to Inverness and Plockton Café Bridge Day
This trip is full |
| 18 November 2019 (Mon) | Wimbledon Café Bridge in aid of Orbis UK
This event is running a waiting list but hopes to expand |
| 5 December 2019 (Thu) | Molesey Winter Cafe Bridge in aid of Momentum Children's Charity
This event is running a waiting list but hopes to expand |
| 4 February 2020 (Tue) | Teddington Café Bridge
This event is not yet open for booking |
| 25 February 2020 (Tue) | Mayor's Charity Café Bridge Epsom in aid of Girlguiding
This event is not yet open for booking |
| 24 March 2020 (Tue) | Radlett Café Bridge in aid of “Make Sense Of It” support for Multiple Sclerosis sufferers
This event will open for booking on 1st January |
| 26 March 2020 (Thu) | Café Bridge— Isle of Wight in aid of Mountbatten Hospice
This event is not yet open for booking |
| 21 April 2020 (Tue) | LMBA Café Bridge in The Tonsleys
This event is not yet open for booking |
| 29th April 2020 (Wed) | Leatherhead Café Bridge in aid of The Princess Alice Hospice
This event is not yet open for booking |
| 20 May 2020 (Wed) | Chichester Café Bridge
This event is not yet open for booking |
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This is a list of links to some café bridge events which have occurred in the past. My records start in summer 2015.
| 5 December 2018 (Wed) | Molesey Cafe Bridge in aid of Momentum Children's Charity Results Photos |
| 26 November 2018 (Mon) | Wimbledon Café Bridge Drive in aid of Orbis UK |
| 13 November 2018 (Tue) | Newark Cafe Bridge in aid of Notts & Lincs Air Ambulance |
| 30 October 2018 (Tue) | Plockton Café Bridge Day — first ever in Scotland |
| 18 October 2018 (Thu) | Abingdon Café Bridge in aid of Flexicare |
| 16 October 2018 (Tue) | Barnes Café Bridge Drive in aid of Age UK Richmond upon Thames |
| 8 October 2018 (Mon) | St. James's Bridge Drive 8 |
| 4 October 2018 (Thu) | Guildford Café Bridge Drive in aid of North West Surrey Samaritans |
| 2 October 2018 (Tue) | Mayor's Charity Café Bridge Epsom in aid of Mayor's Charity Fund Photos |
| 19 September 2018 (Wed) | Trowbridge Café Bridge in aid of Town Hall Arts Trowbridge |
| 18 September 2018 (Tue) | LMBA Café Bridge - Brook Green in aid of The Honeypot Children's Charity |
| 8 September 2018 (Sat) | 23rd Antwerp Café Bridge |
| 4 August 2018 (Sat) | Saturday Safari of Bridge in Esher in aid of Mayor's charity 2018-9, Elmbridge Rentstart Results Photos |
| 10 July 2018 (Tue) | *First Ever* Preston Café Bridge Drive in aid of The Rosemere Cancer Foundation Results Photos |
| 23 June 2018 (Sat) | 10th Brussels Bridge Rally |
| 19 June 2018 (Tue) | Richmond Café Bridge in aid of Junior Bridge Results Photos |
| 23 May 2018 (Wed) | Esher Café Bridge in aid of Esher Citizens Advice Results Photos |
| 16 May 2018 (Wed) | Crouch End Café Bridge Drive in aid of Action for Kids Results Photos |
| 1 May 2018 (Tue) | Henley Café Bridge in aid of MS Research and Chiltern Centre for Disabled Children Results Photos |
| 24 April 2018 (Tue) | LMBA Café Bridge in the Tonsleys in aid of Save the Children and EBU Junior Bridge Photos |
| 17 April 2018 (Tue) | Nottingham Café Bridge in aid of Rainbows Children's Hospice Results Photos |
| 17 April 2018 (Tue) | Welwyn Garden City Bridge Safari in aid of Isabel Hospice Results |
| 6 March 2018 (Tue) | Chiswick Café Bridge in aid of Marfan Trust Results Photos |
| 6 February 2018 (Tue) | Teddington Café Bridge in aid of The Down's Syndrome Association Results |
| 13 October 2015 (Tue) | Barnes Café Bridge Drive in aid of Hoopers Africa Trust Photos |
| 6 October 2015 (Tue) | Newark Café Bridge in aid of Beaumond House Hospice |
| 5 October 2015 (Mon) | St. James's Bridge Drive 5 |
| 24 September 2015 (Thu) | Guildford Café Bridge in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young and Shooting Star Chase Children's hospice |
| 15 September 2015 (Tue) | London Metropolitan Bridge Association Café Bridge in Clapham |
| 12 September 2015 (Sat) | 20th Antwerp Café Bridge Photos |
| 16 July 2015 (Thu) | Hitchin Festival Café Bridge |