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Ray Bliss Cup Awards 2024

 

Congratulations to the Winners
of the Ray Bliss Cup 2024

1st Place: Phil Dixon & Geoff Plowman 59.56%

2nd Place: Frances Barker & Maureen Brinton 57.86%

3rd Place:  David Batchelor & Lorna Rook 53.47%

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Current Positions for Ray Bliss Cup 2025

1st Place:  Jenny Daniel & Diana Skypala 67.19%

2nd Place: Phil Dixon & Geoff Plowman 62.89%

3rd Place:  Lesley Pool &Brenda Robinson 59.79%

Masters of Bridge
Masters of Bridge

70+% Club Percentages

1st Phil D. & Geoff P.  79%  
Nov 30th  2023

2nd Diana S. & Heather U.  76.74%  
Oct 12th  2024

3rd David C. & Sue D.  71.1%  
May 25th 2023

4th Frances B. & Jim B.  70.14%  
March 16th 2023

EBU Bridge Masters

Promotions December 2023-24

13 Star Regional Master
Sue John 
1 Star Premiere Master

Judith Williams 
2 Star Master
Jim Buckland 
Master
Geoff Plowman
County Masters
Jane Ritchie
Ivan Greenslade 
District Masters
Lesley King
Olive Foss
Janet Meredith 
Annette McAvoy
Alan Millard
Angela Ingram
Betty Rawlings
Area Master
Wendy Williams
Jilly Whittaker
Colin Lee 
Club Masters
David Batchelor
Heather Rogers
Sally Denham-Vaughan
Dee Staton
Local Masters
Eugene Pitts
Helen Jones
Jim Denham-Vaughan

NGS Partnership Leaders

Owen Prior & Heather Peers
 Q  56.99%

Phil Dickson & Geoff Plowman 
 10  54.69%

Bob Smith & Jon Dean 
 10  53.86%

NGS Individual Leaders

Heather Peers  K  59.47%

Phil Dickson  J  55.96%

Diana Skypala  10  53.81%

To see your own scores please login to MyEBU on the EBU website 

 

Ray Bliss Cup 2025

Current Positions

1st Place:  Jenny Daniel & Diana Skypala 67.19%

2nd Place: Phil Dixon & Geoff Plowman 62.89%

3rd Place:  Lesley Pool &Brenda Robinson 59.79%

See the ongoing table of results on the Ray Bliss Cup Page under Competitions on the main menu.

Contact us

You can contact

Jim Barker 

jimfrances@talktalk.net

Tel:  01736 794134

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Welcome to St. Ives Bridge Club

Welcome to 

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St. Ives Bridge Club!

St Ives Bridge Club
St Ives Bridge Club

Come and Join Us!

 We play live duplicate bridge at St Johns Church Hall TR26 2JJ every Thursday starting at 6:30pm

If you wish to play please contact Jim Barker 

at jimfrances@talktalk.net or phone (01736 794134)

Cost

Members: £3 per session

Non Members: £4 per session

Membership: £5 per annum

 

If you need to find a partner for our Thursday Session

please contact Jim Barker

at jimfrances@talktalk.net or phone (01736 794134)

 

Swiss Pairs at Carnon Downs

CORNWALL CONTRACT BRIDGE ASSOCIATION

 

SWISS PAIRS


SUNDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2.00pm start
at Carnon Downs Village Hall, TR3 6GH

Director : David Stone

Scorer : Liz Perry

 

*** FREE ENTRY ***

 

A face-to-face event in which each pair plays a short match against another pair, and each board is converted to Victory Points with 20 VPs at stake for each match. Each pair is then matched with another pair with a similar VPs total.

Six 5-board matches envisaged.

 

Entries to Chris Bickerdike by email, text, or personally: 
bickerdikechris@gmail.com  07807 009010

EBU Nine-High Corwen Competition

For All NGS Players Rated  2  up to  9 

Message from Chris Bickerdike (Cornwall County Bridge Association)

In an ongoing effort to encourage lower ranked players to play more competitive duplicate, in Spring 2025 the EBU is organising a new national pairs event for players with an NGS of nine or less. It is called the Nine-High Corwen (the annual national pairs for all ranked players being called the Corwen), and Cornwall can enter a maximum of three pairs into the final which will be played online, on either BBO or RealBridge, depending on each pair's preferred platform.

The Competition runs from 1st January to 30th April 2025 with the Final on 31st May 2025.

For more information, go to the Nine-High Corwen page on the EBU Website.

To Bid or Not to Bid?

Let Sleeping Bids Lie?

Is it better for South to pass...
...or open in ♣ and be overcalled in ?

Taken from a hand played at St Ives Bridge Club.

How would you bid as South?

Possible Answers...

This hand has 5 possible calls, any one of which could have been correct!

  1. Pass: The Rule of Fifteen suggests adding HCP to the number of Spades. Less than 15 Pass (too easy for the opponents to overcall in Spades and outbid you)
  2. 1 Club: you have 13 HCP and a good suit, is any game possible??
  3. 3 Clubs: you have 7 Spades and partner will assume you have more than 10 HCP
  4. 4 Clubs: Probably keeps the opponents out! You may well make it, you have 8 tricks if they lead Hearts so only need a couple from partner
  5. 3NT: Gambling with a solid minor and lack of stops in the other suits. Partner bids 4 Clubs if they can’t stop the suits and if they are void in Clubs or Diamonds. Usually you will be able to work out partner’s suit

If you open 1 Club and the bidding goes as it did at our table:

West North East South
Pass Pass Pass 1♣ 
1  1♠  2  3 ?

 


 

This is an extension of the Gambling 3NT: "Partner I have a solid minor (Clubs!) and if you can stop Diamonds bid 3NT.  Otherwise bid 4 Clubs".

So two ways of getting to 4 Clubs which is the making contract and Pass would not be the top score.

West North East South
Pass Pass Pass ?
Carbis Bay Bridge Club

Carbis Bay Bridge Club

Carbis Bay Bridge Club meets weekly on a Monday afternoon from from 2pm – 5pm
We also hold one duplicate session a month (usually on the 4th Friday) at

The Memorial Hall, Trencrom Lane, Carbis Bay TR26 2TA.

We are a mixed ability group from complete beginners to seasoned hands with the more experienced players always ready to help those with less experience. We welcome complete beginners who want to learn the game but also improvers keen to advance their game. The club is very fortunate to have Jim Barker as our Bridge Tutor. Jim is a Professional member of the EBTA (English Bridge Teachers Association) and is also a Cornwall County Bridge Director and Secretary of St Ives Bridge Club.

 

To join us please contact Graham Kidson  (01736 762512or Jim Barker  (01736 794134)
or just turn up at the hall

Penwith Pairs

 

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Penwith Pairs Saturday Bridge

Carbis Bay and Penzance Improvers are jointly running Saturday afternoon duplicate sessions once a month on the second Saturday of each month.  These are open to all levels of duplicate players and include afternoon tea.

They are held at Leedstown Village Hall,

Leedstown, Hayle TR27 6DQ,

situated near the middle of Leedstown on the B3302.

Parking is available beside the hall.

The Hall is open from 1.30 pm  for a 2pm start. Table money is £5 per person including afternoon tea (cash only).  You need to register as a pair.   If you would like to play. then please email Jane Ritchie or phone her on 01736 711818

Penwith Pairs
Results
Penwith Pairs
Director: Jim Buckland
Scorer: Graham Kidson
St Ives Duplicate Pairs
Director: Jim Barker
Scorer: Jim Barker
Ray Bliss Cup
Director: Jim Barker
Scorer: Jim Barker
Calendar
Thu 16th January 2025
St Ives Duplicate Pairs
St John's Church Hall 6.30pm
Director: Jim Barker
Host: Jim Barker
Thu 23rd January 2025
St Ives Duplicate Pairs
St John's Church Hall 6.30pm
Director: Jim Barker
Host: Jim Barker
Fri 24th January 2025
Carbis Bay Duplicate
Memorial Hall 1.30pm
Director: Graham Kidson
Host: Graham Kidson
Thu 30th January 2025
St Ives Duplicate Pairs
St John's Church Hall 6.30pm
Director: Jim Barker
Host: Jim Barker
Thu 6th February 2025
Ray Bliss Cup
St John's Church Hall 6.30pm
Director: Jim Barker
Host: Jim Barker
Sat 8th February 2025
Penwith Pairs
Leedstown Village Hall 2pm
Director: Jane Ritchie
Host: Jane Ritchie
This Weeks Duplicate Pairs
 

St Ives Duplicate Bridge

Thursday 16th January

6.30

Contact Jim Barker if you want to play
(preferably with a partner)

                 

 

Bob & Jackie

Brenda & Colin 

David B & Lorna

Frances & Jim Bark

Owen & Pam

 

 

 

 

Bridge Tip of the Month

Bridge Etiquette: "One No Trump" and Responses

When your partner opens "One No Trump", or "Two No Trumps" you MUST tell the opponents the HCP range of the bid.

 

Don’t say "Weak" nor say "Strong" as there are different numbers around (13-15 for instance) 

You don’t need to announce an overcall of 1NT

***

If partner bids Stayman 2♣  over 1NT or Stayman 3♣  over 2NT you announce "Stayman"

If partner makes a transfer bid (2 to 2 or  2  to 2♠  or 2♠  for a minor) you can say:

"Transfer to …" or you may just say the suit

***

So: 1NT, 2H 

Say "Transfer to Spades"

or just

"Spades"

Penwith Pairs at Leedstown
 

Penwith Pairs Duplicate

Next on Saturday 11th January 2024 at 1.45pm

 

Contact Jane Ritchie if you want to play (preferably with a partner).

 

Carbis Bay Duplicate Pairs
 

Carbis Bay Duplicate Pairs

Next on Friday 27th December 2024 1.15pm

 

Contact Graham Kidson if you want to play (preferably with a partner)