The Charity Challenge Simultaneous Pairs
The 2026 event will start on Monday 9th March and will be played each day that week with different hands each night. So all you have to do is remind people not to play twice on the same day!
This is because we want to maximise the funds raised - once again this year we have decided to support Mind, that wonderful charity supporting people with mental health problems, and Macmillan Cancer Support ... the work they do is just amazing. Please help us raise lots of lovely funds for them.
Donations
We suggest a minimum of £3 per person but if you can make it a bit more please please do! And of course we welcome donations even if you are not able to play ! All the details regarding such payments are here.
The ECatsBridge Charity Challenge Mind 2026 Donation pages are here:
Total so far : £ 5,209
Latest Messages:
Message = CCBC By Mark Baylis
Message = Glad to support. By Bagworth Whistlestop Bridge Club
The ECatsBridge Charity Challenge Macmillan Cancer support 2026 Donation pages are here:
To donate to Macmillan, click here
Total so far: £ 5,781
Latest Messages:
Message = You do amazing work. Keep it up. By Pecten Bridge
Message = Keep up the good work By Duns Bridge club
Message = Keep up the amazing work you do By Pulborough Bridge Club
Message = Glad to support By Besses Bridge Club
Message = Ccbc By Mark baylis
Message = Great charity keep up good work. By Kelvin Bridge Club
Monies raised for this event
| £ 13,012.00 | - in 2007 for Action Medical Research |
| £ 10,974.25 | - in 2008 for Action Medical Research |
| £ 9,000.00 | - in 2009 for Action Mediacl Research |
| £ 10,000.00 | - in 2010 for Meath Home |
| £ 5,000.00 | - in 2011 for Meath Home |
| £ 7,900.00 | - in 2012 for Prostate Cancer UK |
| £ 9,902.42 | - in 2013 for Prostate Cancer UK |
| £ 6,878.21 | - in 2014 for Macmillan |
| £ 5,356.00 | - in 2015 for Macmillan |
| £ 6,000.00 | - in 2016 for Stoke Mandeville |
| £ 6,925.70 | - in 2017 for Stoke Mandeville |
| £ 5,659.45 | - in 2018 for RLNI |
| £ 6,073.43 | - in 2019 for RLNI |
| £ 5,595.88 | - in 2020 for RLNI |
| £ 6,294.84 | - in 2021 for Cancer Research UK |
| £ 6,294.84 | - in 2021 for Marie Curie |
| £ 5,020.42 | - in 2022 for Cancer Research UK |
| £ 5,020.42 | - in 2022 for Marie Curie |
| £ 5,197.89 | - in 2023 for Mind |
| £ 5,197.89 | - in 2023 for Macmillan |
| £ 6,127.50 | - in 2024 for Mind |
| £ 6,127.50 | - in 2024 for Macmillan |
| £ 7,731.00 | - in 2025 for Macmillan |
| £ 3,725.00 | - in 2025 for Mind |
| £ 5,781.00 | - in 2026 for Macmillan |
| £ 5,209.00 | - in 2026 for Mind |
| Total = £ 176,004.64 |
Clubs holding "open" heats
If your club isn't holding a heat or perhaps doesn't run online sessions at all, but you would like to play, we are delighted that other clubs have offered open heats - so please go along and register with them, then you can join us for the event! Click here for a list of these clubs - and if your club is happy to open its doors, please let me know and I will add you to the list - just give me a link and the day/time your heat will be.
Heats can be held on BBO, Bridge Club Live or RealBridge ... if you are a BCL club then please check with BCL but they have agreed to set it up which is marvellous !
Session Numbers
Please, please join us if you can
These Charities both desperately need our help, and we would love to give them each a nice big cheque at the end !
Really (really) important information about how to do things like send in the files !