Children in Need
Children in Need 2026 Monday 9th - Friday 13th November
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... the 2026 donation page will be set up in due course.
Special Information for this event
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
Alternatively, you can send the XML filethat you would normally send to the your home union or upload to your website - send it to them as well of course, but if you are an EBU affiliated club you DO NOT need to pay the Universal Membership charge 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 country 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. 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 for this event, for which we are truly grateful.
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 it 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.
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 ! ECatsBridge BBC Children in Need 2025 raised £57,233 !!!
| £ 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 |
| £ 74,173.35 | - 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 |
| £ 57,233.00 | - in 2025 |
Which means, my friends that you have raised an incredible total of ... wait for it ...
£ 1,474,766.47
UNBELIEVABLE ! The generosity of bridge players knows no bounds - thank you. Thank you all.