20 pairs competed in the Swiss Pairs, for a social and competitive evening.  The lead changed several times with David and Marion McNeillie in strong contention at the half way stage. Then the last round produced a close finish.  David Barton and Alec Smalley were the eventual winners with a split tie for second place between Angela Ashleigh/Wendy Burton, and Judy Yates/Sally Leigh - with Angela and Wendy beating Sally and Judy in their match.

The next Wedesday evening special will be Pivot Teams on March 12th...details to follow

Lewis Magid  Advanced Master
Di Trotter  Local Master
Charlotte Bruce-Foulds  Area Master

Congratulations!

Our Wednesday night special competitions are returning for the spring. We have 3 events for your diaries:

Wednesday February 12th   Swiss Pairs  - please sign up HERE 

Wednesday March 12th   Pivot Teams

Wednesday April 9th  Butler Pairs

We hope to see you for these evenings - a social opportunity for all members and visitors with competitive bridge.

7pm for 7.30 start, £2.50 to include nibbles and prizes.

This popular event took place at Deva Bridge Club on 25th-26th January.  In the pairs on Saturday 28 pairs played with a good entry of about 13 from Manchester.  Karen Reissman and Irene Davies were top qualifiers, followed by Rodney Lighton and Tom Dessain.  The top 14 pairs played a Howell movement in the evening.  Congratulations to Tom Slater and Alec Smalley who won with a good score of 63% ahead of John Holland and Jackie Pye.  In the consolation final Boris Ewart and Tracy Sherman were second, with Gideon Harvey and Daniel Kelsall fourth.

Thanks to David Smith and Deva members for organising and to James Vickers for directing.

Results are on the Deva Club web site.

(Thanks to Rodney Lighton for the report)

We wish to draw your attention to 2 of our afternoon bridge sessions at Bramhall.  In addition to the very popular Monday afternoon duplicate we have the following:-

On Tuesday afternoons we have started a relaxed duplicate. We play 18 boards between 1.30pm and 4pm. The results are uploaded to the EBU so that players receive Master Points and an NGS grading.  Members and visitors are all welcome.  Please give this session a try if you are 'non-expert' and would like a friendly but competitive game of duplicate bridge. The next session will be on Tuesday January 14th and every subsequent Tuesday (except for January 21st).

Thursday afternoons, also 1.30 to 4pm. We are continuing with our supervised duplicate for improving players, approx 15 boards.  We have mentors available so that players can ask questions ..but not too many!  These sessions provide good practice in all aspects of bridge including scoring, and is a friendly opportunity for players to improve their bridge. The results are uploaded to the centre's website and the EBU although they do not earn Master Points or NGS gradings. These sessions are also open to members and visitors: all are most welcome.

Table money is £2.50 for members and £5 for visitors - visitors may first have 2 free sessions.  Tea/coffee/biscuits included.

You may come with a partner or on your own...and be guaranteed a partner and a game

We look forward to seeing you at these duplicates at Bramhall.

Gazette Cup

The MCBA Gazette Cup is being held on Sunday February 16th at Altrincham Bridge Club. This inter-club teams of 8 competition is a qualifying round for the EBU's Garden Cities Trophy that takes place in the spring.

Bramhall & Cheadle Hulme Bridge Centre plans to enter 3 teams. If you are free that day and would like to play for the centre then please let us know: all members are eligible to take part. Contact us at chair@cheadlehulmebridgeclub.org

Congratulations to Team Alexander R (Royce Alexander, David Barton, Irving Blakey, Joy Blakey, Alec Smalley & Jeffrey Smith) who beat team Sansom J (Jason Hackett, Clive Owen, John Sansom &Brian Senior) in the final played on BBO. The final was played over 4 sessions of 8 boards. Team Alexander R won all 4 segments and the final result was 84-33. All results from the final can be seen HERE

Joyce White

We are shocked and saddened to hear that Joyce passed away on December 25th after a  short illness. 

Joyce was a regular player at Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme for many years, as well as participating in National competitions.  She mainly played with her late husband Bill and, after his death in 2018, with Babs Matthews of Cumbria.  She won the Higson Plate and Gazette Trophy a couple of times, innumerable congress events and was a regular member of Manchester NBL teams.  She amassed a huge number of master points, eventually reaching the rank of two star Grand Master.  As a player she had an excellent temperament and was a skilful card player who was always a pleasure to play against.

We send our condolences to Rachel and Tom and all Joyce's family. 

Joyce's funeral will be at 1.45pm on Tuesday 21st January at Stockport crematorium (Rowan Chapel) and afterwards at the Beijing restaurant in Poynton. Those wishing to join the family at the restaurant will be very welcome and should please let Rachel know - at rachelhardcastle12@gmail.com

(Thanks to Rodney Lighton for details)

Enjoy the festive season and we look forward to seeing you again after the holidays. Our next bridge game is

Monday December 30th - RealBridge - 7.30pm - just click on the link on the website.

Let's make it a stunning end to the year!

Then on Friday January 3rd - 7.30pm we are back in the club! 

We are sorry to pass on the sad news that George Short has died, after a long illness. George was a long-standing member of the bridge club, playing regularly at Cheadle Hulme and more recently on-line at Monday night RealBridge.  He will be greatly missed. We send our Condolences.  

Congratulations to Steve Mattinson & Pauline Lang who won Oliver Cowan's Handicapped Charity Pairs Saturday 14th December. 38 pairs took part.

Results can be sen HERE

Premier Regional Master: Stuart Shalom 
Master: Tessa Connolly 

Congratulations! 

Congratulations to our Wednesday night winners Mary Green and Rod Franks and second place Chris and Tammy Lam. The results are HERE. Our next special competition will be in the new year.

Winning pair (Mary & Rod) to the left and runner up (Tammy & Chris) to the right.

Congratulations! 

We are sorry to hear that Peter passed away on November 9th.

He was a regular player at Cheadle Hulme and occasionally at Bramhall. He also played in the Manchester league and in various competitions and congresses.  He will be missed. We send our condolences to his daughters and family.

The committee thank you for your support during the year, and invite you to our Christmas Party night - Saturday December 21st

Come on your own, play some fun bridge with several partners, and enjoy festive food and drink. Lots of  'spot' prizes. No charge for members. 7pm drinks for 7.30pm prompt start of play

We look forward to seeing you. please sign up HERE

Congratulations to Julia Bannister, Jean Crowhurst, Pam Stone and Kathy Priestley who won the Wednesday night special event: Point-a-Board teams competition. The results are HERE

We are sorry to hear that  Bhim Ruia died on  November 12th.  He was a frequent player at Cheadle Hulme and at Bramhall.  We will miss him, and send condolences to his family. 

An obituary and funeral details are on  MCBA's website 

During the week Nov 11th-15th, players donated £1035.50 that has been given to Children in Need.

Our next Wednesday night 'special' is a teams' event on Wednesday November 20th: Point-a-Board (see Point-a-Board)

All members and visitors welcome. 7pm for 7.30pm start...usual nibbles and prizes.

please line up your partner and team-mates and register HERE

Regional Master:  Gideon Harvey

Master: Judi Kemp

Area Master: Breda Azariah & David Cash

Club Master: Phil Kemp

Congratulations! 

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Bramhall & Cheadle Hulme Bridge Centre - for your diaries - forthcoming events at B&CHBC

Wednesday October 30^th 7.30pm Swiss Pairs

Monday November 11^th 1.30pm Simultaneous Pairs for Children in Need  

Tuesday November 12^th 1.30pm Non-Expert Duplicatefor Children in Need

Tuesday November 12^th 7.30pm Simultaneous Pairs for Children in Need

Wednesday November 20th 7.30pm  Point-a-board Teams

Wednesday December 4^th 7.30pm Mixed Pairs

Saturday December 21^st 7.00pm Christmas Party

Watch the website and e-mails for further details

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Swiss Pairs

19 pairs enjoyed a social and very competitve Swiss pairs evening on October 30th. The event was tightly fought with 5 pairs in contention as the last round started. Congratulations to the winners Tom Slater and Daniel Kelsall followed very closely by Nigel Matthews and Ray Ashleigh. Results can be seen HERE.

4 Star Grand Master Irving Blakey

Area Master John Commons

Club Master Rachel Hardcastle

Congratulations! 

The centre has entered 5 teams in the 2024-25 National Inter-Club Knock- Out competition.  We wish them all well in the coming months.

Team Byrne (Holland, Hyett, Barton)

Team Foster (Roberts, Alexander, Currie)

Team Thomas (McMullan, Davies, Hopton)

Team Harris (Knowles, Keary, Booth)

Team Smalley (Slater, Lighton, Dessain, Harvey)

Good luck to all the teams!

Dimmie Fleming - Irene Davies

Congratulations to Irene Davies who will be receiving the Dimmie Fleming Award from the EBU for her contributions to the success of the MCBA during the last 15 years.  Click here for citation.

We are shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death yesterday September 18th of Milly Lang.  She was a lovely lady, very fit - a badminton player - and a good bridge player.  She was a regular player at Bramhall on Monday afternoons, and at other bridge games in the locality. She will be greatly missed. We send our condolences to her family.

The committee thanks all our members who have donated so generously this week to Cancer Research as part of the Festival of Bridge week. In lieu of table money we collected £1600 which David McNeillie is sending to the EBU for Cancer Resarch: also the EBU is donating our UMS payments for the week (45p each time you play at the club) to Cancer Research UK.

The centre has had a great time during the week, including our special events. On Tuesday, all our beginners/students met together for bridge and lunch.  On Wednesday evening we had a visiting team of 20 players from Altrincham for an inter-club match  - which was social and competitive: the visitors were victorious but we look forward to a revenge visit to Altrincham next year.

Finally, 37 members enjoyed cheese and wine with bridge on Saturday evening: Alec ran a great individual movement so each person played 18 boards with 18 different partners...without bridgemates ...a few were challenged by paper travellers and calculating the scores!....however, all was entered on the computer after the event and results posted before midnight.

Premier National Master: Karen Jones & Barbara Lewis

District Master: Hilary Moules

Congratulations!

As part of our Festival of Bridge week's activities, we hosted an inter-club teams match against Altrincham Bridge Club on Sept 11th. 10 pairs from each club participated, and the event was directed by Jeff Smith is his usual efficient and friendly manner.  The evening was social as well as competitive, and deemed to be a great success - and an annual match was proposed.

The individual team scores are HERE. The aggregate VPs gave Altrincham an impressive victory : congratulations to them but we will get our revenge next year!

Thanks to our members who came forward to play for the centre, and to all the players - who donated generously to Cancer Reserach.

Rachel Hardcastle  Local Master
Phil Kemp  Local Master

Congratulations!

The B&CHBC club year ends on August 31st. We have had a successful year and have been pleased to see our members at Bramhall and on RealBridge.

Membership subscriptions for the year September 1st 2024 to August 31st 2025 remain at £24 and are due now and should be paid before September 1st. 

Your subscription includes membership of B&CHBC, Bramhall Village Club and the English Bridge Union.

If any of your personal details (inc Gift Aid donation)  have changed please let our membership secretary know:  Mary Green  (or update by logging into Members Only page on the web).

Please pay your £24 by BACS transfer - preferred, or by cheque. The BACs  details are:

Business Name: Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme Bridge Centre (truncated to 'Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme Bri')

Sort Code   01-01-14

Account Number   15236943

please reference with:  Your Name

If you wish to pay by cheque, please make it payable to Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme Bridge Centre and send to David McNeillie, 3 Bowness Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, SK8 7HS.

If you are not renewing your membership, please let us know so we can update our records and you can avoid the reminder emails!

Julia Bannister  4 Star Master
Joyce White  2 Star Grand Master
Tom Dessain  Grand Master
Nigel Matthews  3 Star Premier Master
Jonathan Berg  Advanced Master
Stephen Ward  Premier National Master
Bryn Pick  District Master
David Grimshaw  Area Master
Lynn Bracey  Club Master
Brian Thompson  Local Master

Congratulations! 

The minutes of the B&CHBC AGM are now on the website (under 'Documents') or HERE

Peter Wilkinson  County Master
Gavin Callow  Club Master

Congratulations!

Festival Of Bridge

Thank you to Patricia Tooze and friends from Bramhall & Cheadle Hulme Bridge Club who recently raised money for Cancer Research UK as part of the Bridge - It's a Big Deal! Festival of bridge.

Eight members from the Y2 Beginners’ class at Bramhall & Cheadle Hulme Bridge Centre played in a “Barbie” themed bridge afternoon at Patricia's house. They raised £50 for the Bridge - It’s a Big Deal! fund in aid of Cancer Research UK.

The official Festival week will take place from 9th - 15th September, but we welcome groups big or small to raise funds at any stage. We hope you will join in and have fun playing or learning bridge while raising money for this wonderful cause.

If you are planning an event, please let us know, email EBU and/or Espen Gisvold

You can make a donation to Cancer Research UK via: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/.../english-bridge...

(Taken from Aylesbury Staff on FaceBook)

It is timely to remind our members to always engage in Best Behaviour at Bridge as outlined in the EBU document that can be read HERE.

Congratulations to Mary Green, Rob Harris and Fly Leung who have recently taken the EBU  TD training courses and assessment and are now qualified EBU Club Directors.

We look forward to them joining the TD team at the centre.

Bramhall Village Club

 

B&CHBC is the largest section and membership group at Bramhall Village Club.   BVC is a registered charity and is managed by a group of trustees and representatives of the member sections who deal with the management of the building and the activities that take place - these include building issues,  membership, and liaison with those who rent the various rooms for their activities and events. The management team are all volunteers and are presently looking for new members to join the committee to participate in the present running of, and future planning for BVC.  If you have a little time to spare, and would be willing to volunteer your time and expertise, then the chairman Ross Worthington will be delighted to talk to you.  Please let me know if you are interested and I will pass on your contact details to Ross.
 

RealBridge - Monday evenings at 7.30pm. You do not need to register, just click on the appropriate link in the "Login RealBridge" on the right of our home page.

Results - The results are all on this website together with the ‘leader boards’ to be found under Competitions in the Menu.

TD's - Our TDs are all volunteers: Espen, Alec, Paul & Mike

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