Children in Need
Children in Need 2025
So - our 2024 fund raiser has been and gone and now it is time to look forward to CiN 2025. The 2025 dates will be from Monday 10th - Friday 14th November, as always with different hands each day.
Please note the changes to the way of handling donations and the Admin Fees
Please note because of banking restrictions we have changed the way we are handling donations - they are all going through JustGiving and we will be charging the clubs an admin fee after the event.
All the details are here: Sending in the donations - either as a club or as individuals
2025 Total so far:
ECatsBridge BBC Children in Need 2025 = £ 33351
message = First time Seaford Bridge Club has taken part in this worthwhile cause and we are pleased to have raised the above amount. By Seaford Bridge Clubmessage = Amazing achievement! By Kelso Bridge Clubmessage = Doing a wonderful job By Pulborough Bridge clubmessage = Thank you to all our members for your generosity. By Mid Essex Bridge Club Wednesday Sessionmessage = Thank you to all our members for your generosity. By Mid Essex Bridge Club Tuesday Sessionmessage = CIN Wednesday & Friday Events By Milton Keynes Bridge CLubmessage = Well done, Anna and Mark. By Highgate Golf Clubmessage = Keep up the good work from all at Cardiff Bridge Club By Cardiff Bridge Clubmessage = Glad to be able to support such a worthy cause. By The Marple Duplicate Bridge Club.message = Such a brilliant idea to raise money through playing bridge! By Cam-Bridge Bridge Group, Ro and Mikemessage = Well done bridge clubs wherever you may be. Happy to support CIN. By Stoke Mandeville Bridge Clubmessage = CiN Ecats Sim pairs By Bexhill Bridge Clubmessage = Donation from Wednesday Bridge Session By Eden Bridge Clubmessage = On behalf of Chepstow Archway Bridge Club By Graham Eelemessage = Thank you for organising such a wonderful event. Inspired to see how much was collected for BBC Children in Need from members! Tony Hughes By Olicana Bridge Club Ilkleymessage = Well done Anna & Mark - another great year for CIN By East Norfolk Bridge Clubmessage = A enjoyable afternoon together with some generous donations By Arun East u3amessage = another good sims game By Brevion Bridge Clubmessage = Another enjoyable Sim Pairs. By Plymouth Bridge Clubmessage = Ecatsbridge 10th Nov re CIN, most enjoyable. By Goring & Streatley Bridge Clubmessage = For Ecatsbridge November 2025 By Terry Boydmessage = MOST ENJOYABLE< THANK YOU By Peter Staceymessage = well done for organising a worthy event By Oxted Bridge Clubmessage = Metropolitan Bridge Club is delighted to support this great cause. We enjoyed a lovely morning of bridge too! By Anonymousmessage = w By West Bridgford BCmessage = What an enjoyable evening! Great way to raise funds. By Emberton Bridge Clubmessage = We really enjoyed playing in this event and being able to support such a wonderful charity. By Wokingham U3Amessage = Always good for CIN By Wadebridge BCmessage = Good evening had by all By Meopham Bridge Clubmessage = We enjoyed the event and are pleased to support Children in Need By Allingham Bridge Clubmessage = From north London Bridge club By Amira Youngmessage = Includes £109 from Oundle U3A social bridge group By Oundle Bridge Clubmessage = Enjoyed the event By Wearside Bridge Clubmessage = We are pleased to be able to support a great cause. By Anonymousmessage = We are pleased to be able to support this worthy cause. By Kilwinning Bridge Clubmessage = Worthy cause. Thank you for all your work. By Cardigan Bridge Clubmessage = Malvern Bridge Club By Dick Ruttermessage = £213 for 4 tables on Wednesday and 3 tables on Thursday. By HGS U3Amessage = keep it up! By Hitchin Bridge Clubmessage = Great event for an excellent cause By St George's Hill LTCmessage = Great cause By Banbury Bridge Club membersmessage = WBC Tuesday - Devilish hands! By Anonymousmessage = For the Children in Need sim pairs Nov 2025 By Terry Boydmessage = Another enjoyable event, thank you By Stone Bridge ClubSpecial Information for this event
- Email Anna if you want the dealing files - just state which date you need them for please. There will be files for all eventualities - LIN, PBN, DLM .. and the all important README ! If you need travellers, please let me know as the only files sent otherwise are the ones for the dealing machines. I can also send you the spade holding on Board 1 as a double check if you want.
- Download a poster to put up in your club if you are playing face-to-face
- Important bits to note (yes - really important ! - Things like how to run a heat, how to upload the files, how to send the results and things like that!)
- Sending in the donations - either as a club or as individuals - and please consider donating even if you can't actually play in one of the heats.
- How to send the results using ScoreBridge or Pairs Scorer if you are playing face to face
- To send the results file if you are playing online is easy ... we just need the XML file that you would normally send to the EBU - send it to them as well of course, but you DO NOT need to pay P2P fees for this event - the EBU very generously waives that for Children in Need and we are very grateful to them. The XML should be sent to results@simpairs.com - don't attach anything else and be sure that the subject line cotnains ONLY the session number and the coutnry you are in. Details will be sent out to the participating clubs as well of course.
- If you are an affiliated English Club please remember to send your results to the EBU as well as to us i And - thank you so so much EBU - please submit the sessions to EBU as code 06 instead of normal code 10 as the EBU don't make a charge of this event, for which we are truly grateful.
- General Regulations
A bit about us :
Anna Newton & Mark Newton, The ECatsBridge Team
tel: 01787 881920; or Email Anna
So please ... please join us again (or come and join us if you haven't done so in the past). We love running and and hope you enjoy playing in it!
We are pleased to announce that again this year we are an official partner of the BBC Children in Need because of all the money raised in the past! There are some big names there! Thanks to all the bridge players for their support!
It is a charity very close to Anna & Mark's hearts and we love the fact that it is obviously special for many of you as well. The ECats Cats love it as well !
Do join us - please ! We would love to have your company. It is easy to run a heat and we would love to beat last year's total. Click the links below to find out how to enter and what is involved - or if you can't play, you can still donate to this great charity.
The ECatsBridge for Children in Need Pairs 2022 was held in November as normal. The grand total sent to BBC Children in Need was £60,678.43 ! Really thrilled with that and the generosity and support of all those who participated - the players of course but also the committee members who organise it (it wouldn't happen without you running the heats). Thank you all so so much. And thanks also to the EBU who waived their UMS fee and their licence fee for the master points.
To think when we started this we were hoping that we might (with luck) raise about £5,000 ... unreal! Just how high does it get !
So do join us ... please ... and help us raise lots and lots of lovely money for Children in Need as we have done in the past years:
£36,712.98 in 2002
£41,497.23 in 2003
£45,668.89 in 2004
£50,957.12 in 2005
£53,567.35 in 2006
£55,349.29 in 2007
£56,226.72 in 2008
£58,889.37 in 2009
£65,307.40 in 2010
£69,138.39 in 2011
£66,874.56 in 2012
£69,717.44 in 2013
£70,104.66 in 2014
£71,347.32 in 2015
£70,590.77 in 2016
£74,173.35 in 2017
£75,258.46 in 2018
£75,954.30 in 2019
£59,045.70 in 2020
£50,220.95 in 2021
£60,678.43 in 2022
£69,659.15 in 2023
£67,767.61 in 2024
Which means, my friends that you have raised an incredible total of ... wait for it ...
£1,414,707.44
UNBELIEVABLE ! The generosity of bridge players knows no bounds - thank you. Thank you all.