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9-High Corwen Qualifier - Tuesday 15 April 2025
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2pm, Tuesday 15 April 2025 |
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BBO |
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Free Entry |
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Rules. |
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Competition Controller - Bill Barclay |
This is a pairs compettion that is open to players who had an NGS no higher than Nine on 1 Jan 25. Pairs wishing to play who are unsure whether their grade on 1 Jan was Nine or below should still enter as this will be checked against a list provided by the EBU.
If you wish to enter, please complete the entry form at this link here.
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Gimson Trophy - Championship Pairs
The top three Leicestershire Pairs will be invited to represent Leicestershire in the
EBU's Corwen
Trophy
on the weekend of 31st May-1st June on RealBridge, with the LCBA paying the entry fee.
Qualification for the final is via various club heats. You can play in multiple qualification heats.
♣️ Loughborough Bridge Club
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Salt Cellars Charity Pairs
This is a two-session pairs competition with a break for mid-afternood buffet.
To enter, please see this Entry Form.
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Pairs League Playing Night Survey
The TSC thanks all those who responded to the short survey regarding the preferred night for the Pairs League. Two years ago this moved from a Thursday evening to a Wednesday evening and it was felt prudent to check with members whether they were happy with the change or would prefer to move back to a Thursday evening. By far, the majority of those who responded preferred a Wednesday evening, so the Pairs League playing night will accordingly be scheduled for Wednesday evenings going forward.
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Eligibility for non-Expert Prizes in LCBA Competitions
The Tournament Sub Committee has revised the definition of non-expert for the purpose of identifying who is eligible to win non-expert prizes in LCBA competitions. In general, players who have represented the County in a Midland Counties League match within the previous three years, or who have an NGS rank of 9 or higher, will be considered ‘Expert’, and thus not be eligible to win a non-expert prize. The full definition is contained in this document here.
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We are sad to report that Peter Harvey has passed away. Peter was a Grandmaster and long-time stalwart of Leicestershire Bridge.
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LCBA Green Point Swiss Pairs
Jane Jenson and Chris Jagger were the runaway winners of the LCBA Green Point Swiss Pairs.
| 1st |
Jane Jenson & Chris Jagger |
119 VPs |
| 2nd |
Steve Raine & Adam Hickman |
96 VPs |
| 3rd |
Paul Cutler & Colin Draper |
95 VPs |
The top Leicestershire Pair were Dick Bell and Alison Nichols who finished 6th out of 46 pairs.
Please note that there was a scoring mistake on the day where three scores were omitted. These have since been recovered and the corrected Results have been published to this website and also to MyEbu on Tuesday 4th March. The missing scores did not affect the prize money placings.
Full Results
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County Match Selection: Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire
- Ben Norton & Duncan Happer ✏️
- Ian Bruce & Dick Pathan
- Nick Stevens & Ric Wilde
- Richard Rees 💷 & Phil Harrison
- Alan Lord & Jim Cooil
- Dick Bell & Pat Watson
- Tim Glover 👨✈️✏️ & John Glover
- Mark Wiggins & Juith Simpson
- Harry Gordon & Steve Francis ✏️
- Ken Moore & Freda Moore
- Irene Krantz & Jonathan Hughes
- Paul Anderson & Susie Perrett
- Pauline Dignan & Val Rees
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| Division 1 |
| 1st |
Alan Lord & Gerry Bucciero |
118 VPs |
| 2nd |
Ian Bruce & Lyn Hilton |
109 VPs |
| 3rd |
Mike Ayers & Mike Gould |
104 VPs |
| 4th |
Anne Wright & Steve Wright |
89 VPs |
| 5th |
Brian Stockdale & Sheila Stockdale |
86 VPs |
| 6th |
Ben Norton & Jim Mason |
79 VPs |
| 7th |
Tim Glover & Peter Neville |
77 VPs |
| 8th |
Lucy Pathan & Duncan Jones |
58 VPs |
| Division 2 |
| =1st |
Steve Fieldhouse & Robert Killip |
132 VPs |
| =1st |
Martin Stone & Ray Bray |
132 VPs |
| 3rd |
Peter Halford & Jim Cooil |
121 VPs |
| 4th |
Freda Moore & Ken Moore |
93 VPs |
| 5th |
Dick Bell & Alison Nichols |
79 VPs |
| 6th |
Bill Barclay & Judy Hulland |
56 VPs |
| 7th |
Mark Wiggins & Judith Simpson |
54 VPs |
| 8th |
Richard Rees & Gail Tillen |
53 VPs |
Week 1 Results
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The Midlands Congress took place over the weekend of 3rd to 5th January. Leicestershire players placed well in a number of events.
Open Teams
Pat Watson partnering Carolyn Fisher, and teamed up with Penny Dawson and Sharon Smitten, were third in the Open Teams.
Full Results
Ladies Pairs
Pat Watson, again partnering Carolyn Fisher, was runner-up in the Ladies Pairs.
Full Results
Mixed Pairs
Mark Wiggins and Judith Simpson competed in the Open Teams and finished in the top half.
Full Results
Swiss Pairs
In a large field of 68 pairs, Ben Norton and Adam Hickman finished 12th
Full Results
Swiss Teams
Ben Norton and Adam Hickman had a better result when they teams up with Andy Cope and Giles Ip in the Swiss teams. They finished second, just 1 VP
behind the winners, having had a draw with them in a head--to-head match.
Nick Stevens and Colin Dean teamed up with Rogr Bryant and Gareth Roberts to finish fourth.
Full Results
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Congratulations to Ben Norton, partnering Sarah Bell, and Teamed up with Francis
Hinden and Graham Osborne,
for winning the Swiss teams at the Year End Congress.
Ben and Sarah also posted very respectable scores in the Mixed Pairs, coming 8th, and in the Swiss Pairs,
coming =9th.
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The Hyman Crammer Trophy was run as a club qualifier heats, followed by an online final (BBO). The
various LCBA affiliated clubs were invited to run one heat for each club session, whether face-to-face
or online. Pairs who finished in the masterpoints automatically qualifed. There was also a relaxed
policy for substitutes where one member of a partnership was either unavailable or qualified multiple
times with different partners. In addition we there was a reserve list for any pair that finished above
50%, but outside of the masterpoints.
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Dick Pathan & Lucy Pathan |
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| 2nd |
Andy Mackriell & Peter Halford |
(County) |
| N/E |
Jacob Florijn & Richard Turner |
(Grantham) |
Full
Results
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Chairman's News - November 2024
I'd like to start with some Thank-yous: My thanks go to:
The teaching teams round the county.
Thanks to their organisation and hard work, we are now seeing recent past students entering National
competitions (and holding their own well) and helping with the teaching.
We are also now, finally, no longer seeing a regular decline in our Leicestershire membership.
My heartfelt thanks goes to ALL those involved in the County-wide teaching sessions
The local organisers for the Festival of Bridge of September.
Our Leicestershire clubs raised significant funds for the "It's a real deal" cancer charity/EBU
campaign.
Some clubs were able to link it to student recruitment and gained extra students as a result of
their
campaign.
My thanks go to all those who contributed in any way for these events (organising, distributing
posters,
making cakes etc).
There were many of you and it was great to see you joining together to support the initiative. (See
the
LCBA website for more details).
All the Leicestershire Club Directors; without you running these sessions, the members would not be
able
to enjoy your club sessions.
Taking on these responsibilities eats in to your time and can adversely affect your NGS scores, so
thanks to you all for your hard work.
Paul Bowyer for providing training for experienced players and for providing the excellent teaching
material that so many of us use.
Our hardworking LCBA Committee who provide events for all of us (and all their background work for
this)
We still need more help to keep the improvements going. REQUEST Please volunteer:
- to be the LCBA Vice Chair (we need fresh blood and ideas and helping hands)
- to be an extra Committee member on the LCBA
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to replace John Wilcox as Winter League co-ordinator on the Committee.
John served us extremely well; providing years and years of hard work and shared his vast bridge
expertise.
He is willing to help any prospective replacement....please volunteer and take your turn on the
Committee
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Anyone who hasn’t helped yet with local bridge teaching, do consider helping in any way you can
to
help keep the momentum going of bringing new students to the bridge table to boost out table
numbers.
You could also help with duplimating boards if you don’t want to be a bridge teacher (helping
hands
ease the workload)
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County bridge club Committee also need help with duplimating. If you haven’t yet taken a turn,
please volunteer (training can be provided)
Bridge holiday
County Bridge club are organising a bridge holiday in March to Makeney Hall in the Peak district.
They have a few places left and are now kindly opening it up to all Leicestershire players (whether
affiliated or not).
Frank Travers is the organiser and more information can be found on the County Bridge Club website.
Steve Wright will be the Director and I will be the Host.
Competitions
The LCBA continues to offer a range of competitions (league, pairs league, student competitions,
various
cups etc)
that cater for a wide range of players with non-experienced prizes.
In 2025 there will also be 2 Green point events (in March and June) and a Charity Swiss Teams event
(in
April) (all held at County Bridge club).
County matches
Would you like to represent your County and improve your bridge at the same time? If so please
contact
Tim Glover and he can explain more.
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The Josephs Bowl is Leicestershire's Championship Teams of Four competition. It consists of a Multiple Teams round followed by a knockout phase for the top four teams. Teams that don't make it through to the knockout phase for the Josephs Bowl are entered into the plate competition for the Butterworth-Langley Trophy.
Non-expert teams can enter the Butterworth-Langley Trophy directly, bypassing the Multiple Teams round - but there were none this year who chose to do so.
| 1st |
- Mason
- Paul Bowyer & Dick Pathan
- Ben Norton & Duncan Happer
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+91 Imps |
| 2nd |
- Pathan L.
- Duncan Jones & Tom Lindop
- Mike Ayers & Mike Gould
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+46 Imps |
| 3rd |
- Glover
- Tim Glover & Peter Neville
- Ian Bruce & Ric Wilde
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+45 Imps |
| 4th |
- Halford
- Peter Halford & Jim Cooil
- Andy Mackriell & Peter Nuttall
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+29 Imps |
| 5th |
- Rees R
- Mark Wiggins & Judith Simpson
- Richard Rees & Gail Tillen
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| 6th |
- Lord
- John Thompson & Alan Lord
- John Bee & Gerry Bucciero
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| 7th |
- Gibson B.
- Joan Gibson & Ben Gibson
- James Spencer & Angela Abbott
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| 8th |
- Stone
- Raymond Bray & Martin Stone
- Graham Kendal & Debbie Pullen
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| 9th |
- Wright.A
- Anne Wright & Steve Wright
- Pat Watson & Dick Bell
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-46 Imps |
| 10th |
- Wells
- Anne Morris & Val Rees
- Peter Wells & Philip Harrison
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Round 1 Full Results
Josephs Bowl Knockout Draw
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Mason |
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Pathan L. |
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Butterworth-Langley Trophy Knockout Draw
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Rees R. |
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Rees R. |
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Gibson B. |
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SF1 Winners |
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Lord |
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SF2 |
Lord |
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QF4 Winners |
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Stone |
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Monica Lucas - Honorary Member
Monica Lucas has been awarded Honorary membership of Bradgate Bridge Club for being the inaugural member of their Centurion Club.
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