Lakeland 2013
The Kettering team of Dan Baines, Rob Miller, Mark Tilley, Mike Trask, Colin Porch, Amy Cherry, Mark Hodgson & Chris Wormleighton won the Lakeland on 27th October and qualify for the Garden Cities regional final in May. Results.

Kettering Trophy 2013
The Kettering team of Simon Few, Liz Coltman, Graham Dolby & Janet Porter won the Kettering Trophy on 27th October. Results.

On Sunday April 13 we shall be holding the Alastair Brodie memorial  trophy. The event will be pairs in the afternoon with teams in the  evening, team-mates being determined by your position in the afternoon  pairs. This year's trophies will be presented at this event rather thanat the AGM.. 
 
Congratulations to the following teams who have won their divisions in the inter club league:

Kettering A in division 1;

Stamford B in  division 2; 

Kettering C in division 3 south;

Spalding B in division 3  north.

Kettering C and Spalding B will play off for the division 3 trophy. 
 
Marcus Witt’s team (Marcus Witt, Trevor Thrower, Chandra Ramamoorthy, Mike Gore Browne) have won the North-Eastern section of the Winter league with Dan Baines' team (Dan Baines, Mike Trask, Tony Hough, John Walshaw) winning the South-Western section. These two teams will play in the final. 
 
The Broke Cup Final will be between Jim Deacon's team and Mary Knights' team.

Teams captained by Richard Gibson and Mark Hodgson have reached the final of the Betts Bowl. 
 
The county played in the final of the Tollemache where we finished in fifth position, the county's highest ever position.

Against Cambridge University in the Eastern Counties league the county A team won 11-9 and the B team won 20-0 .

Against Essex the A team won 16-4, the B team won 17-3 but the C team lost 4-16. 
 
Diary Dates:

Sun 13 April Alastair Brodie Memorial Trophy,

Wed 16 April County AGM, Kettering. Kettering.

Wednesday 7 May Fixtures Meeting, Kettering. 
 

The county's Eden Cup and Murchie Lerner competitions will take place at Kettering Bridge club on Sunday 30th March. The first two places in the Eden Cup will represent the county in the Corwen.   

The Alastair Brodie Trophy will be held at Kettering on Sunday 13th April. This is designed as a social event with a pairs event in the afternoon and a teams event in the evening. Presentation of the season's trophy will take place in the interval.   

The Lakeland was won by Kettering A and they will represent the County in the Garden Cities.

The Kettering Trophy was won by the Kettering team of Simon Few, Liz Coltman, Graham Dolby and Janet Porter with the Stamford team of Marlene Jones, David Banks, Angela Abbott and James Spencer.   

In the Eastern Counties league match against Bedfordshire the A team lost 5-15, the B team won 20-0 and the C team won 15-5.   

Jim Deacon, Rob Miller, Marcus Witt and Trevor Thrower won the Sussex Cup at the Autumn Congress.   

Results:

Wed Winter League 3: 1. Kevin Fogarty, Margaret Bryant, Richard Gibson and Eifion Jones. 2. Daniel Baines, Mike Trask, Tony Hough and John Walshaw.

Wed Winter League 4: 1. Daniel Baines, Mike Trask, Tony Hough and John Walshaw. 2. Brian Davies, Gerard Lawlor, Jim Bainbridge and Maggie Jones.

Sat Winter League 3: 1. Bill Simpson, Beryl Peill, Doreen Simpson and Rona Stewart 2. 2. Marcus Witt, Mike Gore Browne, Trevor Thrower and Chandra Ramamoorthy.

Sat Winter League 4: 1. Marcus Witt, Trevor Thrower, Bill Chadwick and Mike Gore Browne 2. Mike Keogh, Steve O'Kell, Chris and Christina Heames.   

Diary Dates: Sat 1 Feb Saturday Winter League, Stamford.

Wed 19 Feb Wednesday Winter League, Northampton.

Sat 15 Mar Winter League Play Off, Stamford.

Sun 30 Mar Eden Cup and Murchie Lerner.

Sun 13 Apr Alastair Brodie Memorial Trophy.   

ROB Miller, Ufuk Cotuk, Mark Tilley and Trevor Thrower finished 2nd at the Bedford  Congress

Teams. Michael Keogh, Stephen O’Kell, Alan Coker and Doreen Simpson won the   Felixstowe Congress Swiss Teams.

In the Eastern Counties League match against Hertfordshire the A team won 13-7, the B team lost 9-11 and the C team won 13-7. In the match against Norfolk the A team lost 8-12, the B team won 16-4 and the C team lost 8-12.

Kettering Bridge Club’s Porch Trophy will take place on Sunday December 1st. This is a two-session Swiss Pairs event; entries to Colin Tuton.

Results:

Wed Winter League 1: 1. Jim Deacon, Dan Baines, John Walshaw and Tony Hough; 2. Maggie Jones, Brian Davies, Jim and Nicky Bainbridge.

Wed Winter League 2: 1. Richard Gibson, Margaret Bryant, Eifion Jones, Ian James; 2. Malcolm Orr-Ewing, Leszek Lubaszewski, John Josephs, Ross Stacey.

Sat Winter League 1: 1. Robin Griffiths, Christine White, Andrew Bisson, Graham Dolby; 2. Mike Keogh, Steve O’Kell, James Spencer, Angela Abbott.

Sat Winter League 2: 1. Marcus Witt, Trevor Thrower, Chandra Ramamoorthy and Mike Gore Browne; 2. Graham and Berry Hedley, Ben and Joan Gibson.

Diary dates:

Sun Dec 1st, Porch Trophy, Kettering.

Sat Dec 14, Saturday Winter League, Stamford.

Wed Dec 18, Wednesday Winter League, Northampton.

Sat Jan 11, Saturday Winter League, Stamford.

Wed Jan 15, Wednesday Winter League, Northampton.