Spring Café Bridge Church Street Twickenham fundraising event on behalf of Porridge and Rice aid for Ukraine + Kenya

Wednesday 11th March 2026 11:00am ‐ 4:00pm

We are delighted to announce Twickenham's first Café Bridge of 2026, organised by Ken Surridge on behalf of Porridge and Rice aid for Ukraine + Kenya. 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 Spring 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 kensurridge@hotmail.co.uk.

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

Spring 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.

£90 per pair ‘Spades’: The Eel Pie theeelpie.co.uk – Megans on King Street megans.co.uk
£80 per pair ‘Hearts’: The Fox socialpubandkitchen.co.uk – Sumac Restaurant sumacrestaurant.co.uk – Rose + Lion roseandliontwickenham.com
£70 per pair ‘Diamonds’: Ristorante Sorrento sorrentotwickenham.com – Rice Mill ricemillthai.vdit.co.uk

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 Ken 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 Spring Café Bridge Church Street Twickenham on 11th March 2026.

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 aid for Ukraine + Kenya. 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 Spring Café Bridge Church Street Twickenham.

Porridge and Rice aid for Ukraine + Kenya: To find out more about our beneficiary, please click here

Instructions for arrival on the 11th March: 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 11th March.

Ken Surridge (kensurridge@hotmail.co.uk) —Victor Lesk (brianplaysbridge@gmail.com)

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