Café Bridge Church Street Twickenham fundraising event on behalf of Porridge and Rice

Wednesday 10th September 2025 11:00am ‐ 4:00pm


We are delighted to announce Twickenham's inaugural Café Bridge, organised by Michael Brown acting as agent for Porridge and Rice. The sun always shines on Café Bridge (though not in an extreme fashion), and it is impossible not to have a good time, especially in the company of the friendliest bridge players imaginable.

Ukraine is a poor country with complex social challenges made worse by the war. Resources are stretched, with orphans often being a low priority, such that the state is unable to meet their needs. PaR has been working with Ukrainian orphans for five years now, helping to provide everything from socks to basic lessons on skills needed for independent life. The aim for Café Bridge Church Street Twickenham is to raise funds to help PaR continue to support Ukrainian orphans.

Our event will open for booking .

In the meantime you are welcome to pre-register by contacting michael@cafebridge.org.

Café Bridge Church Street Twickenham is now provisionally full. However, the organisers are looking for space to expand the event.

Café Bridge Church Street Twickenham is now full.

Please click the following link to register your interest in participating. If we are able to increase capacity, or in case of a cancellation, we will contact you and find out if you are still available to play.

The entry price will depend on your preference of lunch restaurants.

For a peek at the provisional menus, click here.

You will have a chance to choose your price and your lunch preferences when you sign up, using the link below for your preferred payment method. Pre-registration and booking early give you a better shot at getting your choice of lunch venue. Please contact Michael to go on the pre-registration list for future events.

If you were on the waiting list but have been given a place, please pay using one of these methods:

THANK YOU


Thank you from the organizers to everyone who joined in the Café Bridge Church Street Twickenham on 10th September 2025.

Full results can be found here:
Results

Some photos of the event can be found here:
Photos

We intend to update this page over the next few days with the final sum raised for Porridge and Rice. In the meantime please send us any feedback on the event and we will use this to help improve for future events.

We look forward to welcoming you at the next Café Bridge Church Street Twickenham.

Porridge and Rice: To find out more about our beneficiary, please click here

Instructions for arrival on the 10th September: These will be sent by email by 3pm on the day before.

Scores are entered by players on their phones using the BriAn app-based scoring system. This allows us to declare a winner very soon after the last board is played. If you have not come across BriAn before, you can find out more here.

Please contact us with any questions about the event. We look forward to welcoming you on 10th September.

Local Organizer: Ken Surridge (mailto:kensurridge@hotmail.com)
Michael Brown (michael@cafebridge.org)  —Victor Lesk (brianplaysbridge@gmail.com)


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