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 Barnstaple Trophies
The Daphne Thorburn Shield
Daphne Thorburn was a very fine player at the Barnstaple Club in the seventies and early eighties. She was in the teams which won the League in 1971, 84 & 85. and won the Championship Pairs in 1973 & 82. She fell and died shortly after one club night in 1985. The Daphne Torburn Trophy has been competed for every year in her memory since her death, the first winners being Don Porter & Barbara Randall, the most recent Carol & Richard. Click to see who has won this and other trophies in the past.
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| Last updated : 15th Jul 2014 07:30 GMT |
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 Barnstaple Trophies
The Amos Bridgman Salver
The Amos Bridgman Salver recognises an outstanding contribution over 35 years to bridge in North Devon. For many years Amos as chairman was the driving force within the club. Members will remember his charm and his warm welcome to all, as well his tireless efforts in promoting the game and including everyone who wanted to play. We owe him much.
The salver is awardedby the Chair to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the activities of the club.
Click for Amos' obituary
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| Last updated : 23rd Jun 2017 08:57 GMT |
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 Congratulations to Sam and Theo for their outstanding England Under 21 performance on 15 to 17 February in the Peggy Bayer Camrose competition played in Belfast. The young England team won all their nine matches with an average better than 19-1! Sam & his partner, Liz Gahan, were well ahead in the Butler rankings with Theo and his partner, Andy Cope, in second place ahead of the third England pair. Click here for more details.
Members might be interested in reading Michael Byrne's assessment of the two brothers. 'Theo was on the team last year and is hoping to successfully defend his title. Nicknamed the dark destroyer (because he is incapable of having any sensible auctions involving the club suit) he plays with a quiet and steely reserve, pausing only to look confused when the opponents play cards that he thought were already in his own hand. He hails from a place called Devon, which is where people from London move to when they want to escape the pollution and crime.
Sam can be spotted from several miles away since he wears luminous crocs (the make of shoe not the animal) on his feet. He is easily excited and changes his hair style as often as he changes which suits he is playing on in 3NT, neither with any great success it must be said. Sam is always excellent at working out why he just went down in a cold contract, just time to go down in the next one in fact!'
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| Last updated : 5th Jul 2019 08:05 GMT |
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 The Anoyrkatis family won the Swiss Teams at The EBU Riviera Congress in Torquay at the end of June 2017, following Sam & Theo's triumph in the Under 21 Championship Pairs at The Easter Festival in London. In July Theo played in The England Team at Under 16 level in the European Youth Championships in Slovakia. In December 2017 Sam & Theo played for the England Under 21 team in The Channel Trophy near Brussels. Sam & Theo represented England in February 2018 in The Peggy Bayer, the Under 21 Home International Series, beating both Scotland and Northern Ireland 60-0 and Ireland 50.55-9.45. An outstanding performance. They have now played in the Under 21 team in The World Youth Championshipsin China in August 2018. Meanwhile Sally has represented England in The Lady Milne again.
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| Last updated : 11th Jan 2019 10:06 GMT |
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 Several club members played in the CORNWALL CONGRESS in BUDE in September, Sam & Harry won the qualifying pairs on Friday afternoon and were second in the Championship Pairs while Carole & Marjorie playing with Carol & Richard C won the Swiss Team on the Sunday. Click for full results.
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| Last updated : 27th Feb 2020 00:39 GMT |
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| AGM Dinner and Prize Giving 2019 |
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| Last updated : 13th Jul 2019 21:06 GMT |
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  We are very sorry to have to report that Graham Clark passed away on the night of the 10 July. As you will be aware he had been ill for some time, but continued to play as long as possible, most recently on 20 June. Since then he had been in the North Devon Hospice. Graham had been a member of the club for some 25 years winning many of its trophies, often partnered by Chris Bray. They won the Daphne Thorburn and Multiple Teams this season. Graham was very involved with bridge in North Devon being on the club and section committees until ill health forced his retirement. Our thoughts go to all his family and friends. Funeral service will be held at St Margaret’s Church, Northam on Tuesday 6th August at 1.00pm followed by interment. Family flowers only please. Donations, if desired, for the Children’s Holiday Foundation North Devon by retiring collection or c/o Braddicks & Sherborne.
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| Last updated : 27th Feb 2020 00:41 GMT |
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