Bridge players from across the county and from much further afield will descend on Bury St Edmunds town centre on Thursday, 21 August.

The Suffolk Bridge Association which represents over 500 members in the county is holding its second Café Bridge event.

Such events are extremely popular in some parts of the UK with literally hundreds of players participating, but this will be a first for Suffolk.

The highly unusual format involves participants playing in different cafés and restaurants in the town centre and moving between them after each round, in a complicated movement set up by Victor Lesk who is the UK’s leading exponent of Café Bridge, and is supporting the event.

The event is aiming to raise funds for the St Nicholas Hospice Care charity and the following venues have all very kindly agreed to support this event: Procopios Pantry, Mowgli Street Food, Damson & Wilde, Baytree Café, Sekura, The One Bull Hotel, Midgar Café, The Edmundo Lounge, Abbeygate Cinema, The Apex, The Lounge & Garden and Prezzo.

A Suffolk Bridge spokesperson said that apart from the event supporting a local charity, its further aim is to also promote the game of Bridge through the awareness and visibility that comes with such an event. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, online and socially, making it one of the world’s most popular card games.

Players of all standards are welcome to register for the event, which has an entry fee of £30 by visiting the Suffolk Bridge website at https://www.bridgewebs.com/suffolkbridge/. Registrations open on July 1.

This is a third-party event, not organised by St Nicholas Hospice Care.

Find out more and sign up