| Essex teams of 4 |
The Essex Teams of 4 will be held online (RealBridge) at 12.00 on 26 January 2025. Directed by Rob Sassoon. Open to Essex members only.
Initial round of 24 boards. Top 4 teams go into a 24 board knockout round with a consolation round for other teams. The final is 36 boards on a date and in a format to be agreed by the two teams. Note This format may change depending on the number of teams entering.
Entry fee £25 per team
Payment to ECBA a/c: 63373487 sort:20728. Contact Linda Fleet linkarb@outlook.com with any questions about payment.
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| Essex Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs |
The Essex Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs was run in conjunction with Hants/Isle of Wight
on 12 January 2025.
Congratulations to the winners, Hants pair, Jeremy Baker and Richard Hyde.
Essex pairs, Terry Fenton & Bernard Kaye and Audrey Hartley & Vernon Gaskell, were second and third.
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| Margaret Curtis International Events |
Twelve tables on 8 January. Several different countries represented with Essex pairs taking the top three places.
If you are interested in participating or have any questions, please let Marc (marc.chawner@aol.com) know, so that he can send you a RealBridge event link. When you request a RealBridge event link, please let Marc know who you will be partnering. If you require a partner, please let Marc know and he will attempt to find a partner for you.
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| Forthcoming Essex Events |
The next Essex events are:
Teams of 4 - 26 January 2025 online. This is the qualifier for the Pachabo so Essex members only.
Ray Cornell - 9 February 2025 at Barleylands. Essex club competition.
Championship Pairs - 16 March 2025 at Barleylands. Essex members only.
EBU director at all events. See Competitions and Entry Forms for more details and to enter
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| Boot camps - Marc Chawner |
Following the Boot Camp on 12 May Marc Chawner has now produced a new guide Know your Percentages to add to; Defence, Play in a No Trump contract and Play in a Suit contract
Most of the best players in Essex were set the task of playing the hands in each category - not always successfully.
See if you can do better, if not with Marc's hands maybe the next time you play at the club.
Download the PDFs Defence, No trump, Suit contracts, Know Your Percentages
They will give you everything you could ever want to know!
Once again the ECBA would like to express their sincere gratitude to Marc for this formidable work.
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