| Happy New Year |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ May all your guesses and finesses be successful!♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
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| Events - LMBA and elsewhere |
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| LMBA Teams - for the Ian Gardiner Trophy |
25th January 2025 |
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Lederer Memorial Trophy I
Lederer Memorial Trophy II |
22nd Feb 2025 11 am
23rd Feb 12 noon |
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| West London Gay BC New Year Swiss Pairs |
11th January 2025 |
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LMBA Pairs - Corwen Qualifier
Nine High Pairs - New |
9th March 2025 (online) |
Poster Entry form |
| Cafe Bridge in aid of The Clement James Centre |
5th March Notting Hill |
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| See the full Calendar |
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| Tollemache Qualifier - the Chosen! |
The LMBA has selected the following five pairs to represent London in the forthcoming Tollemache Qualifying round, to be held on RealBridge on 9th/10th November: David Burn & Brian Callaghan; Stefano Tomassini and Sebastian Atisen; Sarah Bell and Kieran Dyke; David Bakhshi and Liam Sanderson; Richard Creamer and John Pemberton. We wish them good luck!
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| In Memoriam - Colin Freeman and John Matheson |
We are sad to report the death of Colin Freeman, a long-term member of the LMBA. Colin played at the Young Chelsea BC in its early years, but latterly mainly at the RAC. He was extremely helpful to the Association in arranging for the hosting of the Lederer Memorial Trophy at the RAC, and he will be much missed. We extend our condolences to his family and friends.
We are also very sad to note the passing of Dr John Matheson. John was a very big star of Scottish bridge, but he was also a member of the LMBA for many years. He was passionate about bridge, did much to encourage the development of new young Scottish players, and was instrumental in the establishment of Bridge: A MindSport for All (BAMSA) - the academic, research-led project that explores the social world of bridge and the benefits of mindsport. He died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease and we send our sympathy to his wife, Trish, his family and all his many friends in the bridge world.
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We are sad to report the death of Colin Freeman, a long-term member of the LMBA. ..........
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| London Congress Winners |
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 London Congress: Teams: Gordon Clark, Niall Igoe, Jonathan Clark and Kripa Panchagnula; Also well done to the runners-up: Gad Chadha, Steve Lee, Jon Cooke and Cameron Small (Steve and Cameron not in picture) and 3rd placed Tony Verran, Liz Clery, Andrew Clery and Paul Huggins. Pairs: Steve Raine and Matt Brown.
  
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| Ireland Win Lederer 2024 |
Full details HERE The team led the field from the third match onward. There was a very exciting last set where de Botton came back to within 1VP of the leaders but in the end Ireland prevailed to win the 2024 title. The Irish team are great supporters of the Lederer and have four previous wins, most recently in 2009. This is the fourth time John Carroll has won the event – the most victories of any of the Irish team.
Ireland: l-r Frederic Volcker, Adam Mesbur, John Carroll, Grainne Barton (NPC), Tom Hanlon, Mark Moran, Nick Fitzgibbon
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| London Teams of Four 2024 - Winners |
The winners of the London Teams of Four heat for the Ian Gardiner Trophy: Left to Right Sebastian Atisen, Phil King, Stefano Tommasini, Kevin Castner. They also won the play off against the 3rd placed team (David Muller Trevor Mathews, Brian McGuire and Gordon Rainsford) and will represent London in the Pachabo.
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