Lancashire Contract Bridge Association
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Results
LOP Open
Scorer: Mitch
LOP Open
Scorer: Mitch
LOP Open
Scorer: Mitch
Calendar
Fri 24th January 2025
LOP/OCBC/FOBC Open
7pm
Sat 25th January 2025
LOP/OCBC/FOBC Open
7pm
Mon 27th January 2025
LOP Open
7pm
Recent Updates
Corwen
23rd Jan 2025 14:11 GMT
Home Page
23rd Jan 2025 14:03 GMT
Archives 2024
21st Jan 2025 19:24 GMT
LCBA as a charity

LCBA as a charity

Following on from our registration, we have now established our new bank account and LCBA has commenced trading as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).  Any BACS payments should be made to the following:

Beneficiary: Lancashire Contract Bridge Association (Type as much as you can)
Bank: Lloyds 
Sort Code: 30-54-66
Account Number: 
10848260 

Our constitution can be found by clicking Constitution of LCBA CIO.pdf

Lancashire has a bridge club in most major towns, with many having a host system to ensure visitors can get a game. Contact details, club times, beginners, intermediate classes are on the Clubs page though you should check before attending a new club. This website has details of forthcoming competitions and results. Membership of an affiliated Lancashire club  entitles you to play in Lancashire competitions, be eligible for Lancashire County Teams, and attend all Lancashire Council Meetings. Lancashire CBA has a data protection policy ref LCBA Privacy Notice.pdf

Pls contact the WebMaster jasmith@nildram.co.uk for any omissions, corrections for the site.

Welcome to LCBA
LCBA Teams of 4 16th March 2025

The LCBA Teams of 4 will be held as a one day event this year at Bolton Bridge Club on Sunday 16th March 2025 at Bolton Bridge Club starting at 11am.The event is a qualifier for the EBU's Pachabo Cup competition.  There will be two sessions with a refreshment break (bring your own food).  Entries can be made here (£50 per team).

LCBA Club Teams of 8 16th February 2025

The inter club teams of eight competition will be held on Sunday 16th February at Bolton Bridge Club starting at 11 am.  The event is a qualifier for the EBU's Garden Cities competition.  There will be two sessions with a refreshment break (bring your own food).  Entries can be made here (£64 per team). Current Entries 21Jan24: Bolton (2), Brierfield, Bury, Lancaster (2), Southport, Preston

LOTL 1st Season 2025 Fixtures

The fixtures for LOTL 1st Season of 2025 are now available via the links below.

There are two divisions. Fixtures are scheduled to start from 16th January 2025.

DIV1         DIV2

DRAFT 2025 COMPETITIONS CALENDAR

Please note that the Pachabo qualifier will in 2025 be a F2F 2-session event at Bolton BC on Sun 16 Mar.

LCBA 2025 DRAFT COMPETITIONS' CALENDAR

EVENT DATE VENUE/
PLATFORM
Club Teams of 8 - Garden Cities Qual Sun 16 Feb Bolton BC
Corwen Qualifier Thu 27 Mar BBO
Championship Teams - Pachabo qual Sun 16 Mar Bolton BC
Madeline Berney Swiss Pairs Sun 04 May Brierfield BC
Championship Pairs Sun 19 Oct BBO            
LCBA
Congress
15/16 Nov Barton Manor            
Restricted Pairs TBA St Anne's BC
Mixed Pairs 7 or 14 Dec St Anne's BC
LOP - weekly 7pm Monday MP pairs Mondays BBO
Summer League
T-of-8
4th Thurs
May-Oct
Clubs
LOTL Thurs excl 4th each month BBO
   NBL - RealBridge 2025      County Events 2025       EBU events for counties 2025   
   1 Sat 5 Jul                Manchester F2F      Sun 29 Jun        Garden Cities Regional Final       F2F       Sat 10 May   
   2 Sat 16 Aug                  Cumbria F2F        Sun 28 Sep          Garden Cities National Final       F2F       Sat 7 Jun   
   3 Sat 13 Sep                 Essex       Sat 29 Mar         Corwen Trophy       RealBridge       31 May/1 Jun   
   4 Sat 11 Oct                PresidentsCup      S/S 12/13 Jul         Pachabo Cup       F2F       14/15 Jun   
                  Tollemache Qualifying RealBridge 8/9 Nov
               
Weekly Schedule (BBO)
Monday
LOP Open 7pm
Friday
LOP/OCBC/FOBC Open 7pm
Saturday
LOP/OCBC/FOBC Open 7pm
LCBA Summer League Teams of Eight 2024

The Summer League Teams of Eight 2024 season is now complete.  Congratulations to the Division winners Preston (Div 1), Brierfield 1 (Div 2) and Brierfield 2 (Div 3). Thanks to the organisers (Andrew Petrie, John Dearing, Jeff Smith) who have been largely instrumental in the planning and organisation of what seems to have been a smooth and successful competition over the summer months. We hope to continue and welcome any further teams to the League in 2025.

The final results for the 2024 Summer League Teams of Eight can be found via the links below.

Div1        Div2        Div3

LOTL 3rd Quarter Results

The 3nd season is now complete. Final placings can be seen via the links below.

Congratulations to the winners:

Division 1 Winners

Jeff Smith, Marianne Farr, Rod Greenhalgh, Mike Nicolson

Division 1 Runners Up

Paul Hepworth Brian Irlam, Richard Bentley, Mike Ferguson, Jim Mason, Denis Murphy, Pearl Murphy

Division 2 Winners

Dave Thompson, Ken Wood, Sandra Dootson, John Dootson, Paul Vose, Barbara Heaton, Cilla Prescott, Cath Ashworth, Anthony Hedley

Division 2 Runners Up

Jefferey Moore, Steve Ellis, Shirley Dobson, Barbara Cain

Div1               Div2