Congratulations to the Coventry & North Warwickshire Bridge Club team of:
 

George Cuthbertson & Ian Handley
Roger Bryant & Gareth Roberts
Nick Stevens & Colin Dean
Giles Ip & Andy Cope
 

on winning the Midlands Regional Final and qualifying for the National Final of the Garden Cities Trophy.

Congratulations to Winners:

Denis Gough & Melanie Boynton

who, along with:

2^nd: Adrian Knight & Peter Abbott
3^rd: Sharon Smitten & Penny Dawson
4^th: Val Cooper & Bob Foster

are invited to represent Warwickshire CBA in the EBU Corwen Trophy (entry paid by WCBA)

Saturday 27^th  March 2021

Click Here for Results

 ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠  We are supporting ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠
 

Warwickshire CBA is teaming up with the Bridge Circle
to support Children in Need, and we need your help!

So far this year we have raised £1308

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In 2020 we raised £1650
in 2021 we raised £1000
in 2022 it was £1155
a total of £3805 for Children in Need - Thank you!

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Evening Sessions @ 7.15pm (on BBO):

Monday 6 November 2023

Tuesday 7 November 2023
(Andrew Robson will be hosting a FREE Zoom session (Wed 8^th @ 10:30am) to review the boards from Tuesday's session click here)

Wednesday 8 November 2023

Thursday 9 November 2023

Friday 10 November 2023

Sessions will be free of charge*, but donations (please mark as Bridge Circle/WarksCBA) are welcome, PLEASE, to eCatsBridge CiN

On the evening, search for the event WMBCircle - CiN

*Players will need to be a member of the Bridge Circle to play. 
For the above period, membership is free of charge - please visit the Circle website to register.

♥ The Circle will make a donation of £2 per player that plays in all its sessions during the period 6 - 10 November 2023 ♥

It is with sadness and gratitude that we report that Elayne and Mike Meakin have stood-down from the Warwickshire Executive Committee with immediate effect.

We would like to thank Elayne & Mike Meakin so very much for their years of loyal service and commitment to Warwickshire CBA, particularly Elayne with her leadership of the Competitions Committee, and we wish them all the very best for the future.

We also report that Lin Birch has stood-down from the Competitions Committee, and we too thank Lin for her support and dedication and wish her well for the future.

Congratulations to Winners:

Division A - Kent

Division B - Warwickshire

Division C - Northamptonshire

Click the Division for full results

and particular congratulations to the Warwickshire team of:

Leslie Reece & Chris Lewis
Peter Abbott & Tony Poole
Alan Patel & Roger Harris
Jon Downing & Mike Meakin

Congratulations to Winners:

Val Cooper & Bob Foster

Congratulations to the Warwickshire Team of:

Ian Handley & George Cuthbertson

Mike Leese & Malcolm Oliver

Peter Heatherington & Dominic Connolly

Gareth Roberts & Paul Fearnhead

Giles Ip & Andy Cope

on winning their section of 15 teams for the first time in many years and qualifying for the Tollemache Final in February

Congratulations to Winners:

Judith Arnold, Lynne Ballinger, Graham Pemberton, 
and mentor, David Jones

Warwickshire CBA's (WCBA) full title is now:

Warwickshire County Bridge Association

If you spot anything on our website that still shows "Contract", please let us know here.  Thank you!

The winners of the 2021/22 Series 2 are ...

Division A : Roger Bryant & Gareth Roberts

Division B : Mike Meakin & Andy Baruch

Division C : Peter Nicholds & David Hulston

Congratulations to them all!

Details of this competition can be found below under Warwickshire Online Club (WOC).

If you would like to play, the next session will be on Tuesday 20 September. 
Entries are required by end August.  Please email here with your entry.
If you have already taken part, you will hear from us. Thank you.

Congratulations to:

Division 1 Winners:
West Midlands (Hackett):  
Jason Hackett, Paul Hackett, Adrian Kenworthy, John Sansom

Division 2 Winners:
Moseley (Goldman):
Sue Goldman, Jon Downing, Chris Potter, Julian Wernick

Division 3 Winners:
Wyverns:
Kevin New, Brian Osmond, Val Cooper, Bob Foster

Congratulations to Winners:

George Cuthbertson & Ian Handley
 Darren Evetts & Simon Creasey

Congratulations to Winners:

Darren Evetts & Simon Creasey

Runners Up:

Dave Pratt & Dave Rutter

Click here for full ranking list

The top 4 ranked pairs will be invited to represent Warwickshire in the EBU Corwen Trophy.

Congratulations to Winners:

Arden Bridge Club

John Illingworth & Jane Follett, Mary Andrew & Margaret Crangle
Dave Rutter & Dave Pratt, Mike Thorley & Andy Clifford

Arden will now represent Warwickshire in the Garden Cities Regional Final on Sunday 8 May.

Congratulations to the Series 1 Winners
of the 2021/22 Gentle Pairs:

Ann Chapman & Graham Pemberton

Click for full results

Congratulations to

Clive Owen
^{(with 22248 masterpoints)}

2021 Cock O' the County

Runner Up:
Philip Colman (20523 MPs)

The Cock O' The County trophy is awarded to the Warwickshire player
who has won the most masterpoints in the previous calendar year

Saturday 29 January 2022

Congratulations to Winners (Warwickshire):

Sarah Rehmany, Sally Hodgetts, Kate Routledge and Jerry Staffurth

Click here for full results

7 - 9 January 2022
 
Click here for Results

The 2021 Annual General Meeting of
Warwickshire Contract Bridge Association will take place

@ 6pm 

on

Thursday 24 June
via ZOOM

A copy of the Constitution is available here

Agenda - Click Here

Chairman's Remarks - Click Here

Other Documents (login required):

Nominations for Officers, Committee & Shareholders - Click Here

Treasurer's Report - Click Here

Accounts 2019-2020 - Click Here

Congratulations to the team of:

Roger Bryant, Dominic Connolly, John Collin, George Cuthbertson, Ian Handley, Peter Heatherington,
Adrian Knight (Captain), Mike Leese, Malcolm Oliver, Clive Owen, Gareth Roberts and Steve Wood

In qualifying for the Tollemache (EBU Teams of 8 County Championship) Finals to be held 19 & 20 February 2022.

Well done!

Warwickshire CBA donates £1708 on behalf of its Members and Clubs

As you may already know, Warwickshire Air Ambulance is now the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity and, unfortunately, we were unable to run our usual annual Charity Simultaneous Pairs event in 2020. 

Having considered how we might approach the event this year, we were unable to come up with a format that would generate the interest and financial yield for the charity that we, as a County, have supported in previous years without placing a great onus on our Clubs during a time when they have other huge challenges to deal with.  However, a number of Warwickshire officials asked that their Honoraria and TD fees be donated to the Charity, as did a number of players owed refunds from the abandoned 2019/2020 WPL.

On behalf of the Members and Clubs of Warwickshire CBA we say a big THANK YOU! to each of them.

 ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠  We supported - THANK YOU! ♣ ♦ ♥ ♠

Warwickshire CBA teamed up with the Bridge Circle to support Children in Need with we have this year raised:

£1000 - Thank you!
(These totals include the Circle per table donation and any donations that could be attributed to the Circle/Warwickshire CBA made directly to eCats)

Anna & Mark @ eCats have said, "That’s just magnificent and I can’t thank you enough. You will make sure that everyone knows that we are overwhelmed and so so grateful for their support won’t you".

Last year we raised £1031.50 for Children in Need - Thank you!

Results & Commentary

Friday 5 November 2021 - Results & Commentary

Monday 8 November 2021 - Results & Commentary

Tuesday 9 November 2021 - Results & Commentary

Wednesday 10 November 2021 - Results & Commentary

Thursday 11 November 2021 - Results & Commentary

Congratulations to the Series 1 Winners
of the 2021/22 Gentle Pairs:

Ann Chapman & Graham Pemberton

Click for full results

Warwickshire competed in the 2nd (Porter) and 3rd (Markham) divisions of the National Finals.

Both finished a creditable second. Well done to all who helped get them there and to those who played in the finals.

Congratulations to Winners:

Division A - Gloucestershire

Division B - Hertfordshire

Division C - Gloucestershire

Click the Division for full results

A message from Ian regarding the results:
 

Although I am fairly confident that the software has scored the event using Cross-IMPs (though it isn't transparent on Bridgewebs), it has not merged the two halves of each 10-board match.  So in fact the VPs are as if you have played 8 or 10 5-board matches.

We are to some extent at the mercy of the scoring facilities available to us, and I don't believe that I can produce results as originally intended without (as one player suggested, jokingly I hope!) resorting to pencil and paper.  I am fairly confident that the ranking order - in particular when it comes to the overall winners in each division - is unlikely to be affected by the method of scoring used.

The National Inter-County League Finals (NICLF) was the brainchild of Graham Jepson.  Recognised and sanctioned as a National Final by the English Bridge Union, Graham ran the event personally for the first five years of its existence whereupon he passed the baton to Ian Mitchell.  In early 2020, Warwickshire CBA agreed to adopt the event and become its official Sponsoring Authority.  Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the 2020 event was cancelled, and the 2021 event is the first under Warwickshire’s stewardship.  We are delighted that Ian Mitchell has agreed to continue as the event organiser. 

The event is a one-day teams-of-eight open to the champion counties of each division of the five Regional Inter-County League Teams-of-Eight events (ie the County League Champions) of:

• The Eastern Counties League
• The Metropolitan Cup (South Eastern Counties)
• The Midland Counties League
• The Northern Bridge League
• The Western League (South West)

Each of the regional events has a slightly different format, but the common feature is that they all consist of three divisions.  There is no promotion/relegation, but every county ‘A’ team competes in Division 1, etc.

The National Final consists of three sections (divisions).  Division 1 (or 'A' Division) is contested by the five champion teams of the respective 1^st divisions of the Regional Leagues.  Similarly, the five Division 2 champions (county ‘B’ teams) and the Division 3 champions (county ‘C’ teams) compete within their own categories.

Saturday 19^th  June 2021

Congratulations to Winners

Warwickshire's

Ailsa Betts, Vicki Hudson, Lynne Ballinger, Judith Arnold

Full results here

The winners of the 2020/21 Series 2 are ...

Division A : Tony Poole & Peter Abbott

Division B : Alan Patel & Roger Harris

Division C : Sarah Jones & John Baxter

Congratulations to them all!

Details of this competition can be found below under Warwickshire Online Club (WOC).

If you would like to play, the next session will be on Tuesday 21st September starting at 7.15pm. 
Entries are required by end August.  Please email here with your entry.
If you have already taken part, you will hear from us. Thank you.

The winners of the first series of the new WPL Online are ...

Division A : Darren Evetts & Simon Creasey

Division B : Diana Thorne & Peter Randall

Congratulations to them!

Details of this competition can be found below under Warwickshire Online Club (WOC).

If you would like to play, the next session will be on Tuesday 16th February starting at 7.15pm. Entries are required by end January.

Congratulations to Series 2 Winners:

Susan Norton & Darren Evetts

Click here for full results

Congratulations to Winners:

Susan Norton  Darren Evetts
Ian Handley  George Cuthbertson
Elizabeth Gahan  Andy Cope

15 & 16 May 2021

Congratulations to
Sternol Charity Cup (A Final) Winners:

Neil Rosen, Anne Rosen, John Atthey
Kay Preddy, Norman Selway

&

Consolation (B Final Winners):

Nick Stevens, Clive Owen, Frank Dixon, Paul Brereton

Click for, results, etc

2019 Roll of Honour & Prize Winners

Winners (pictured): 
Ben Norton, Kieran Dyke, Michael Byrne, Toby Nonnenmacher

2^nd:  Paul Hackett, Croz Croswell, David Debbage, John Sansom 
3^rd:  Qian Li, Claire Robinson, John Atthey, Richard Bowdery
4^th:  Robert Miller, Ufuk Cotuk, India Leeming, Ian Robson
5^th:  Steve Root, Jonathan Harris, Shahzaad Natt, Niall Igoe

Stratification B Winners: Rob Turner, Mary Whyms, Ann Wall, Toby Wall
2^nd:  Myra Twyman, Roger Twyman, Bob Galvin, Stephanie Galvin
 

FULL RESULTS ARE HERE

Congratulations to Winners:

Ian Handley & George Cuthberson

Runners Up:

Roger Bryant & Gareth Roberts

Click here for full ranking list

Congratulations to:

Division 1 Winners:
Clive Owen, Malcolm Oliver, Andy Cope, Giles Ip, Nick Stevens

Division 2 Winners:
Jon Garrett, Sarah Mcnutt, Sharon Smitten, Gillian Butterworth

Division  3 Winners:
Sue Stone, Sue Froggatt, Annabel Hampson, Marijke Rodrigo

Congratulations to the First Ever Winners of the Gentle Pairs:

Geoff Walters & Ashley Gray

Congratulations to

Philip Colman
^{(with 18142 masterpoints)}

2020 Cock O the County

Runner Up:
Andy Baruch (17550 MPs)

The Cock O' The County trophy is awarded to the Warwickshire player
who has won the most masterpoints in the previous calendar year

Congratulations to:
 

David Jones
Awarded Life Membership of Warwickshire CBA in recognition of 50 years in support of the County.

and

Elayne Meakin
2020 Recipient of the EBU's Dimmie Fleming Award.

After 12 years serving as Chairman of Coventry Bridge Club, now Coventry and North Warwickshire Bridge Club, David hangs up his administrative hat.  David also recently retired from the County Executive Committee, and from his role as an EBU National Tournament Director, running many national events and oversees congresses.

One role David cannot retire from, however, is as head of the three-generation Jones bridge clan, which he can now spend more time with, along with pursuing his passion for golf and, of course, politics free bridge!

We thank you, David, for your many years of dedicated and loyal service, not only to Coventry Bridge Club, but to the County and Country you have served so wonderfully well, with true passion and good humour, for many years.

We wish you a long and happy retirement with many hours of great golf and bridge.

Congratulations to Winners:

DIVISION 1 & HANDICAP:
WMBC (Hackett)
Jason Hackett, Paul Hackett, Adrian Kenworthy and John Sansom

DIVISION 2:  
Northfield (Nicholds)
Peter Nicholds, Philip Colman, Chris Curtis, Raul Sutton and Greg Varnom

DIVISION 3 
WMBC (King)
Pam King, Tony King, Mary Andrew and Margaret Crangle

DIVISION 4
Sutton (Blythe)
Max Blythe, Tony Hynes, Clive Kent, Ed Laughton, Brian Parker, Roy Smith and Linda Stocks.

♣ ♦ Congratulations to ♥ ♠ 

Liz Gahan

on being named

EBU Young Player of the Year 2020

Well done, Liz!

Congratulations to Winners:

Vicky Milne & Val Evans

Congratulations to Winners:

Lin & Ron Birch

Consolation Winners:

Tony Cundy & Terry Edge

Congratulations to County Leaders:

1^st : Dominic Connolly - 15373 Total Points & 2019 Cock O County Winner

2^nd - Carolyn Fisher : 9453 Total Points

3^rd - Melanie Boynton : 9190 Total Points

Click here for full lists

It has been 15 years since Warwickshire last increased its standard table money, but now the time has come.

With effect from 1 September 2019 the standard per session table money will increase from £4 to £5.

Warwickshire CBA, Coventry & North Warwickshire and West Midlands Bridge Clubs continue to support the Inter-University Bridge Festival (organised by Warwick University Bridge Society, and hosted by Coventry & North Warwickshire Bridge Club), which, this year, took place on
Saturday 22 February 2020

Teams from: Imperial College London, London School of Economics, University College London, and Warwick Universities along with a Warwickshire guest team, competed for the title.  

Congratulations to Winners:

Warwick University A: Jack Ronayne, Gideon Harvey, Jason Ly, Stanislav Cholakov

Results here.

Congratulations to:

Warwickshire Pairs League

Division A:  George Cuthbertson & Ian Handley

Division B:  Glyn Preece & Chris Potter

Division C:  Jack Ronayne & Gideon Harvey

Coventry Pairs League

Division 1:  Steve Green & Martin Jones

Division 2:  Malcolm Oliver & Adrian Knight

Division 3:  Carolyn Fisher & Pat Watson

Division 4:  Alan Patel & Roger Harris

Division 5:  Chris Malthouse & Peter Baines

Division 6: Philip Harrison & Bruno Speed

Birmingham Pairs League

Division 1:  Peter Heatherington & Dominic Connolly

Division 2:  Linda Stocks & Alan Sant

Division 3:  Matthew & Helen Brigham

Division 4:  Juliana Berck & Evelyn Whiteford

Division 5:  Kim Singh & Douglas Brown

Congratulations to Winners

Valerie & David Ivens

Congratulations to Winners:

Coventry 'A'

Susan Norton & Darren Evetts 
Martin Jones & Stephen Green
David Kenward & Gareth Roberts
Colin Dean & Nick Stevens

Congratulations to Warwickshire's

Andy Cope & Liz Gahan
and partners/teammates

On winning the Under 21 Channel Trophy

&

Meg Jones & Imogen La Chapelle
and partners/teammates

Runners Up in the Under 26 Women

(The event involves England, France,
Belgium and The Netherlands)

Full Results Click Here

Congratulations to Winners:

Sue & Derek Anderson, Waldemar Wolinski,
and mentor, Enid Thorley

Congratulations to Winners:

Peter Oldbury & Gordon Clark

Congratulations to Winners:

Denis Gough & Dennis Heighway

and Team Winners:

Warwickshire

Congratulations to Warwickshire Winners:

Gordon Clark, Peter Randall, Dominic Connolly, Peter Heatherington

Warwickshire retaining their 2018 title, with Gordon Clark being in both winning teams.

Click here for full results

Congratulations to Liz Gahan and her team-mates on winning the Bronze Medal in the
under 21 teams at the 2019 European Youth Team Championships.

The Under 16s team also won Bronze.

Ben Norton (Leicestershire) and his team-mates finished 8^th in the under 26s.

Well done to them all!

Further details click here

Congratulations to Winners:

Clive Owen & Malcolm Oliver

In Aid of Warwickshire Air Ambulance

Total raised THIS YEAR:  £1734.60 - Thank you!

Last year we raised £1907
TOTAL RAISED SINCE 2009: £14767

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣  

TUESDAY 4 June 2019

Winners:  
Denis Gough and Jo Oakley

Click here for Results

Click for commentary by George Cuthbertson

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

THURSDAY 6 June 2019

Winners:  
Clive Owen & Adrian Knight

Click here for Results 

Click for commentary by David & Martin Jones

♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 

Congratulations to Winners

Ken Crane, Joanne King, Audrey McBride,
Henry McBride, David Werry

Congratulations to Winners:

Jane Rowley & Alan Patel

Notice is hereby given
 

The 2019 Annual General Meeting of Warwickshire CBA
will take place @ 7pm 

on
 

Wednesday 19 June @ West Midlands Bridge Club

Constitution click here

Agenda click here

Nominations for Officers and Executive Committee click here

Treasurer's Report - click here (Login required)
(If you cannot log in, please email the webmaster, with your name & EBU number)

Congratulations to League Winners:

Division I - West Midlands (Hackett)
Justin Hackett, Dan Crofts, Jason Hackett, Paul Hackett, Adrian Kenworthy, Brian Senior

Division II - West Midlands (Fisher)
Carolyn Fisher, Wynne Lewis, Pat Watson, John Cooper, Tony Cundy, Jane Hall, David Hulston

Division III - West Midlands (Seifas)
Nigel Seifas, Neil Ford, Sue Ford  Jon Garrett, Paul Owen

Division IV - Sutton (Crane)
Ken Crane, Joanne King, Audrey McBride, Henry McBride

*****

Congratulations to Handicap KO Winners:

West Midlands (Hackett)
Justin Hackett, Dan Crofts, Jason Hackett, Paul Hackett, Adrian Kenworthy

Congratulations to Winners:

    Maggie Kay & Janet Hogg

Congratulations to Winners:

Adrian Knight, David Kenward, Peter Heatherington, Dominic Connolly

2019 Roll of Honour & Prize Winners

Winners (pictured): 
Ben Norton, Kieran Dyke, Michael Byrne, Toby Nonnenmacher

2^nd:  Paul Hackett, Croz Croswell, David Debbage, John Sansom 
3^rd:  Qian Li, Claire Robinson, John Atthey, Richard Bowdery
4^th:  Robert Miller, Ufuk Cotuk, India Leeming, Ian Robson
5^th:  Steve Root, Jonathan Harris, Shahzaad Natt, Niall Igoe

Stratification B Winners: Rob Turner, Mary Whyms, Ann Wall, Toby Wall
2^nd:  Myra Twyman, Roger Twyman, Bob Galvin, Stephanie Galvin
 

FULL RESULTS ARE HERE

Congratulations to Championship Pairs Winners:

Peter Heatherington & Domonic Connolly

Consolation Winners:

Mike Meakin & Jon Downing

Congratulations to Winners:

Ash Patini & Michael Smith

Warwickshire CBA, Coventry & North Warwickshire and West Midlands Bridge Clubs continue to support the Inter-University Bridge Festival (organised by Warwick University Bridge Society, and hosted by Coventry & North Warwickshire Bridge Club), which will, this year, take place on Saturday 23 February.

Teams from: Imperial College London, London School of Economics, University College London, Nottingham, Durham, & Warwick Universities along with Warwickshire Juniors(!), will compete for the title. 
(Although Warwickshire juniors cannot win the University Bridge Festival title, they have topped the leader board for a number of years now...).

Congratulations to Winners:

Event Winners:  Warwickshire 'Juniors' : Megan Jones, Andy Cope, Imogen La Chapelle, Darren Evetts

University Bridge Festival Winners:  LSE 100 : Vivian Kawn, Jianbo Sun, Pengfan Zhu, Tytus Zurawski 

Results here.

Congratulations to the

WINNERS

ENGLAND!

This year's team included Warwickshire's

Liz Gahan, Andy Cope & Imogen La Chapelle

The Full Team was:

Sam Anoyrkatis & Liz Gahan
Oscar Selby & Imogen La Chapelle
Theo Anoyrkatis & Andy Cope
NPC: Michael Byrne

The Peggy Bayer is the Under 21s Home International Competition between England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland & Northern Ireland.

Final results here:  

Congratulations to Frank Cup Winners:

Bob Foster, Valerie Ivens, Val Cooper, David Ivens

Warwickshire Pairs League

Division A:  Simon Creasey & Darren Evetts

Division B:  John Pyner & Bob Foster

Division C:  Mike Sallis & Chris Quarmby

Coventry Pairs League

Division 1:  Steve Green & Martin Jones

Division 2:  Pauline & John Rudolf

Division 3:  Brian Stockdale & Alison Nichols

Division 4:  Joanne King & Ken Crane

Division 5:  Alan Webb & Graham Lightfoot

Birmingham Pairs League

Division 1:  John Collin & Steve Wood

Division 2:  Ken Crane & Joanne King

Division 3:  Dan Crofts & Celia Day

Division 4:  David Marsh & Jackie Marsh

Division 5:  Ron Court & Brian Stokes

Congratulations to Winners:

Coventry & North Warwickshire Bridge Club 'A'

Steve Green & Martin Jones
Susan Norton & Darren Evetts
Colin Dean & Nick Stevens
David Kenward & Gareth Roberts

Roll of Honour

Mixed Pairs (Peter Millar Plate) – Gilly Cardiff & Peter Griffin

Flitch (Standish Salver) – Sue Evans & Dennis Loynes

Ladies Pairs’ (Allen Cup) – Carolyn Fisher & Jane Hall

Men's Pairs (Hudson Cup) – Dan Crofts & Andrew Thompson

Open Teams (Hayward Bowl)
Giles Ip, Gabriel Ip, Jon Garrett, Brent Wormald

Swiss Pairs Overall (Foster Cup) – Ben Norton & Mike Bell
Swiss Pairs Stratification B (Cooke Porter Cup) – Richard Smith & Peter Nuttall
Swiss Pairs Stratification C (West Midlands Trophy) – Myra & Roger Twyman

Swiss Teams Overall (Hayward Cup) –
Ankush Khandelwal, Ben Green, Stefano Tommasini, Shahzaad Natt
Swiss Teams Stratification B (Littleford Healey Cup) –
John Mewes, Andrew Leslie, Mary Johnson, Michael Mahoney
Swiss Teams Stratification C (Joyce Hare Plate) –
Caroline Brown, Harvey Brown, Christine Swanston, Mark Johnson

Congratulations to Winners:

Val Cooper & Bob Foster

WCBA Supports

WMBC's Children in Need 

Which this year has raised:

£1312

Thank you!

Congratulations to Winners:

Arden A

Lynda Williams & Minu Nathwani
Terry Halliwell Ewen & Jenny Middlemiss

Congratulations to Pairs Winners:

John Councer & Mark Rogers (Gloucestershire)

and Gloucestershire on winning the teams element,
in which Warwickshire finished second.

This event was hosted by Worcestershire

Full Results Here (Worcestershire Website)

Congratulations to Stephen Green, Roger Bryant and Graham Link (earlier rounds),
with team-mates Nick Smith & Alan Wilson on winning the Crockfords Plate.

Click here to view your feedback and our comments

We would like to thank everyone who has provided feedback.  We have tried to share our thinking with you on matters where you have raised particular concerns, or suggestions.  We are sure you are aware that WPL has developed over many years, and it is one of the most successful County events in the UK, and we do keep reviewing all aspects of the event to ensure it remains enjoyable, competitive, and fair to everyone, without being overly onerous in terms of regulation (although we do have to have them!), and commitment.  Regardless of our responses, we do appreciate the feedback and we do bear in mind all the comments received, even if we do not agree with them.  Thank you!

We are pleased to announce that Wadsworths Solicitors have generously agreed to become the new sponsors of Warwickshire CBA.

 Wadsworths are a Shirley based firm of solicitors that have been trusted by the people of Solihull for over 30 years. They pride themselves on their legal knowledge, whilst always maintaining a down to earth approach together with a clear commitment to their local community.  

If you are looking to engage the services of solicitors, please do consider Wadsworths.  They are able to assist in most areas of the law, including; Residential Conveyancing, Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Probate, Court of Protection, Family Law, Immigration, Commercial Property, Services for Businesses, Dispute Resolution, Employment Law, Clinical Negligence Claims and Personal Injury Claims.  If you do get in touch with them and mention Warwickshire CBA, you may be eligible for a special offer!  

Wadsworths Solicitors, 325 Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 3BL.  Tel: 0121 745 8550. Email here.

• 

  Andy Cope
• 

  2017 European Junior Teams
• 

  Liz Gahan

We wish Liz Gahan and teammates, and Andy Cope and teammates, the very best of luck in the 17^th World Youth Teams Championships being held in Wujiang, China, from 8^th to 18^th August.  Andy and Liz are representing their respective teams, Under 26 Women, Under 16s.  Also competing are the Under 21s and the Under 26s.  A list of the English teams is available here.

All England Junior teams qualified at the 2017 European Junior Teams Championship, the first time all the junior teams have qualified for a World Championship, so a huge well done to them all.

Event Website

Results

Warwickshire members participated in a special fund raising event, raising £1000, to support the EBU and the junior teams.

Congratulations to Liz Gahan

on her selection to represent England
at the 17th World Youth Team Championships
Suzhou, China, 8-18 August 2018

We wish Liz, and her teammates, all the very best!

Congratulations

to

Andy Cope and teammates
(Dido Coley, Henry Rose, Roland Bourne, Jasmine Bakhshi, Liam Fegarty, Jamie Fegarty, Oscar Selby) 

on reaching the final of the Online Junior (Under 16) Bridge Championship

Click for match report by Graham Cope

Please note that dates are still subject to change and Clubs are advised not to book anything without confirming the date with WCBA before so doing.

Due to resourcing issues, Warwickshire's Calendar now only contains events run directly by, or in association with, Warwickshire CBA.

ANY CLUB OPEN EVENT requires the approval of WCBA as part of the EBU Licensing Process

Warwickshire CBA, West Midlands Bridge Club &
Coventry Bridge League Charity Pairs Evening

Congratulations to Winners of the Swiss Pairs:

Andy Cope & Graham Cope

Click Here for the full Results

Congratulations to Winners of the Pairs:

Joan Burke & Sonia Yagi

Click Here for the full Results

Click Here for the Commentary

♠  ♦  Commentary by George Cuthbertson ♥  ♠ 

Congratulations to Winners:

Lyn & Roy Dempster, Rob & Chris Evans

Congratulations to Winners:
 

Pauline & John Rudolf, Peter Oldbury & Gordon Clark

Click here for full results

In Aid of Warwickshire Air Ambulance

£1907 raised this year!  Well done!
Last year we raised £1685.50
TOTAL RAISED SINCE 2009: £10479

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TUESDAY 5 June 2018

Congratulations to WINNERS:  
Val Cooper & Bob Foster

Participating Clubs: Arden, Edgbaston Priory, Coventry, Rugby, West Midlands
 

Click for RESULTS

Click for Commentary by George Cuthbertson
 

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THURSDAY 7 June 2018

Congratulations to WINNERS:  
Diana Thorne & Peter Randall

Participating Clubs: Kenilworth, Moseley, Northfield, Stratford, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands

Click for RESULTS

Click for Commentary by David & Martin Jones

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Four Warwickshire Clubs have once again featured in the EBU's top 50 Clubs by Players in 2017/18

3^rd - West Midlands

5^_th - Kenilworth

15^th - Stratford

30^th - Sutton Coldfield

An excellent showing from Warwickshire Clubs,
which highlights the excellent work undertaken, on behalf of our members, by all of our Clubs.
Well done!

(The ranking is based on player sessions)

Congratulations to League Winners:

Division I - West Midlands (Hackett)
Justin Hackett, Dan Crofts, Jason Hackett, Paul Hackett, Adrian Kenworthy

Division II - Moseley (Morris)
Sue Morris, Dominic Connolly, Peter Heatherington, Geoff Morris

Division III - Northfield (Nicholds)
Peter Nicholds, Philip Colman, Chris Curtis, Jane Nicholds, Julian Shingler, Raul Sutton, Greg Varnon

Division IV - Arden (Isaacs)
Joanne Isaacs, Maria Marsay, Louise Noble, Sharon Smitten, Ann Wilkins

*****

Congratulations to Handicap KO Winners:

Coventry (Green)
Stephen Green, Roger Bryant, Darren Evetts, Martin Jones, Graham Link, Susan Norton

Congratulations to Goodman Plate Winners:

Lin & Ron Birch, Elayne & Mike Meakin, Andy Baruch

Congratulations to Winners:

Sonia Yagi & Fiona Langton

2018 Roll of Honour & Prize Winners

Winners (pictured): Ben Green, Andrew Murphy, Ben Norton, Ankush Khandelwal
2^nd:  Paul Fegarty, Catherine Curtis, David Kendrick, Jeremy Dhondy
3^rd:  Sally Brock, Barry Myers, Jeffrey Allerton, Frances Hinden
4^th:  Edward Levy, Paul Hackett, David Debbage, John Sansom
5^th:  Liz Commins, David Stevenson, Julian Merrill, Paul Roberts

Stratification B Joint Winners: Jamie Fegarty, Liam Fegarty, Andy Cope, Henry Rose jointly with Val Cooper, Bob Foster, Valerie Ivens, David Ivens

Stratification C Winners: Sandra Squires, Annabel Hampson, Jacqueline Marsh, David Marsh

FULL RESULTS ARE HERE

Congratulations to Winners:

Ladies' Pairs: Anne Carmichael & Gillian Adams 

Men's Pairs: Raul Sutton & Peter Nicholds

Congratulations to Winners:

Susan Norton, Darren Evetts, Ian Handley, George Cuthbertson, Simon Creasey & Roger Bryant

The team will represent Warwickshire in the Pachabo

Congratulations to Andy Cope

on his selection to represent England
at the 17th World Youth Team Championships
Suzhou, China, 8-18 August 2018

We wish Andy, and his teammates, all the very best!

Congratulations to Championship Pairs Winners:

Susan Norton & Darren Evetts

Consolation Winners:

Dave Rutter & Dave Pratt

Congratulations to Winners:

Chris Lewis, Leslie Reece, Pauline & John Rudolf

Congratulations to Winners:

Pauline Hogan & Keith May

Congratulations to:

Premier Grand Masters Winners - Jason Hackett & Dan Crofts

Premier Life Masters Winners - Jon Downing & Mike Meakin

Sunday 28 January 2018

Congratulations to Winners and Qualifiers for the Regional Finals:

West Midlands Bridge Club 'B'

Margaret Wort & Paul Loweth, Pauline & John Rudolf,
Andy & Graham Cope, Elizabeth Gahan & Megan Jones

Warwickshire Pairs League

Division A:  Adrian Knight & David Kenward 

Division B:  Prue Knight & Wynne Lewis

Division C:  Leslie Reece & Nigel Wain

Birmingham Pairs League

Division 1:  Peter Heatherington & Dominic Connolly

Division 2:  Glyn Preece & Chris Potter

Division 3:  Philip Colman & Chris Curtis

Division 4:  Liz Court & Edward Legg

Division 5:  Melanie Boynton & Roy Gardiner

Coventry Pairs League

Division 1:  Susan Norton & Darren Evetts

Division 2:  Pauline & John Rudolf

Division 3:  Val Cooper & Bob Foster

Division 4:  Margaret Wort & Sarah Jones

Division 5:  Kath & Graham Lightfoot

5 - 7 January 2018
 

RESULTS CLICK HERE

Congratulations to Winners:

Val Cooper & Bob Foster

Sunday 19 November 2017

Congratulations to Winners:

Coventry 2:  Linda Smith, Paul Smith, Linda Huckvale & Mentor, Martin Lythell

SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS

@

West Midlands Bridge Club

THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2017

7pm - All Welcome

A COLLECTION IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN IN NEED
WAS MADE AT WPL.  £184 was collected.  Thank you!

RESULTS CLICK HERE

Congratulations to the

West Midlands Bridge Club A team:

Peter Oldbury, Gordon Clark, Roger Flood, and Pip Whitehouse

on winning the

2016-17 National Inter-Club Knockout Plate

The WMBC team beat Young Chelsea Bridge Club G by 118 imps (YCBC conceded after 32 boards of the 48 board final, when WMBC led by 118 IMPs)

Well done!

Congratulations to Winners:

Kenilworth BC - Barbara Roberts, Michael Gammon, Valerie & David Ivens

Congratulations to Winners:

Liam Johnstone, Chris Potter, Julian Wernick & Jon Downing

Congratulations to:

Anne & Nick Woosnam

Congratulations to Division Winners:

Division A - George Cuthbertson & Ian Handley

Division B - Stephanie & Bob Galvin

Division C - David Hulston & Peter Nicholds

The results are CONFIRMED

P on the ranking list denotes PROMOTION 

R on the ranking list denoted RELEGATION

Congratulations to League Winners:

Division 1  
Sutton Coldfield C
(John Collin, Steve Wood, Mike Leese, Malcolm Oliver and Jeremy and Liz Fenwick)

Division 2
Moseley B
(Jon Downing, Sue Goldman,Peter Heatherington, Liam Johnstone, Chris Potter,Doug Tweddle and Julian Wernick)

Division 3
West Midlands C
(Carolyn Fisher, John Cooper, David Hulston, Wynne Lewis, Pat Watson and the late Graham Sherlock-Brown)

Division 4  
Edgbaston Priory 2
(Marijke Rodrigo,Sue Frogatt,Annabel Hampson, ,Geraldine Draysey and Mary Shingler)

Handicap KO Cup  
Moseley B
(Jon Downing, Sue Goldman,Peter Heatherington, Liam Johnstone, Chris Potter,Doug Tweddle and Julian Wernick)

Congratulations to Winners:

Anne & Nick Woosnam

Congratulations to 2017 Championship Pairs Winners:
John Collin & Mike Leese

2^nd:  Jeremy Fenwick & Steve Wood
3^rd:  David Rutter & David Pratt
4^th:  Anne & Nick Woosnam

Who also qualify to represent Warwickshire in the EBU Corwen Trophy

Consolation Final Winners:
Derek Oddy & Edward Legg

In Aid of Warwickshire Air Ambulance

TOTAL RAISED THIS YEAR: £1685
(Last year we raised £2140)
TOTAL RAISED SINCE 2009: £8794

WELL DONE EVERYONE!

TUESDAY 9 May 2017 - Click for Results

Congratulations to Winners:

Julian Shingler and Priscilla Carney

Commentary (Click Here) prepared by George Cuthbertson

Participating Clubs:

Arden
Coventry
Edgbaston Priory (Afternoon)
Heathercroft
West Midlands

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THURSDAY 11 May 2017 Click for Results

Congratulations to Winners:

Peter Johnson and Sue Johnson

Commentary (Click Here) prepared by David & Martin Jones

Participating Clubs:

Kenilworth
Moseley (Donations only)
Northfield
Stratford
Sutton
West Midlands

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Winners:

George Cuthbertson, Ian Handley, Susan Norton, Simon Creasey & Darren Evetts

Congratulations to Winner:

Jenny & Piers Cockcroft

2017 Roll of Honour & Prize Winners
 

Winners (pictured): Kieran Dyke, Michael Byrne, Ed Jones, Toby Nonnenmacher

2^nd: Catherine Draper, Nichola Smith, Andrew Woodcock, Malcolm Prior
3^rd: Ben Green, John Holland, Barry Myers, Sally Brock
4^th: Paul Hackett, John Sansom, Ed Levy, David Debbage
5^th: Simon Stokes, Ian Bruce, Nick Stevens, Ben Norton
6^th: Steve Root, Jonathan Harris, Tom Paske, Stefan Skorchev

Stratification B Winners: Neil Ford, Sue Ford, Paul Owen, Jon Garrett
Stratification B 2^nd: Lawrence Gaunt, Jenny Gaunt, John Nolan, Sarah Jones

Stratification C Joint Winners: Henry Rose, Jasmine Bakhshi, Imogen La Chapelle, Elizabeth Gahan & Rob Wilson, Maggie Webster, Chris Quarmby, Mary Currigan, Judith Currie

FULL RESULTS ARE HERE

Congratulations to Winners:

Melanie & Peter Boynton

Congratulations to
Winners:

Stephanie & Bob Galvin,
Jon Downing & Julian Wernick

Click here for Results

Congratulations to Winners:

ARDEN
Jackie O’Sullivan, Suzanne Naylor, Mick Connell, Glynis Nicholson and Karen Bartlam

Congratulations to Winners:

Steve Green & Martin Jones

Click here for full results

8, 9 & 10 January 2016 

@ West Midlands Bridge Club
 

CLICK FOR RESULTS

Congratulations to Winners:

Peter Oldbury & Leslie Reece

Congratulations to Winners

Iris Lane, Fay Maxwell, Trina Price and mentor, Prue Knight

6 - 8 January 2017 @ WMBC

RESULTS on MCC Website - Click Here

Click Here for Photo Gallery

We are pleased to annouce the addition of a Plate Knock-Out in the Goodman Cup.  

Teams knocked out in Round 1 and Round 2 will play in the Plate event for a cash prize!

Click here for the draw

Congratulations to Winners:

Coventry A

Stephen Green & Martin Jones
Roger Bryant & David Kenward
Nick Stevens & Colin Dean
Darren Evetts & Susan Norton

Results are CONFIRMED

Promotions/Relegations are represented by P and R respectively.

Congratulstions to DivisionWinners:

WPL A - Ian Thompson & Mike Willoughby

WPL B - Caroline & Harvey Brown

WPL C - Doug Tweddle & Matthew Brigham + Prue Knight & Wynne Lewis

Congratulations to Winners:

Ladies Pairs' - Margaret Wort & Liz Gahan

Men's Pairs - Ian Handley & Darren Evetts

Contratulations to Winners:

David Jones & Mike Northwood
 

Congratulations to Winners:

Rugby Village Bridge Club 

Blues - Maxwell Kynoch & Malcolm Melrose, Nicky & Jim Bainbridge

Warwickshire Pairs League

Premier A - George Cuthbertson & Ian Handley

Premier B1 - Dave Pratt & Dave Rutter

Premier B2 - Edward Legg & Derek Oddy

Birmingham Pairs League

Division 1 - Glyn Preece & Chris Potter

Division 2 - Peter Heatherington & Julian Wernick

Division 3 - Denis Gough & Dennis Heighway

Division 4 - John Walter & Wirender Khorana 

Coventry Pairs League

Division 1 - Stephen Green & Martin Jones

Division 2 - Yasser Haider & Simon Stokes

Division 3 - John Baxter & Rob Cook

Division 4 - Andy Cope & Paul Jones

Division 5 - Thierre Jones & Maggie Rattigan

Myra Scott represented Warwickshire members on a visit to the Warwickshire Air Ambulance Base on Monday 6 June 2016.  

Warwickshire supports the Air Ambulance with its annual charity simultaneous pairs, which this year raised £2140!  

It costs an average of £1700 per mission, so our efforts certainly have contributed significantly to the saving of lives.  Well done all!

Let us hope that next year we can top this year's amount!

Congratulations to Winners:

Stephen Green, Roger Bryant, Martin Jones, Rob Helle & teammate, Ed Hoogenkamp

Executive Committee Officers & Members were elected as proposed.

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Congratulations to Frank Cup Winners:

Stephanie & Bob Galvin, Chris Lewis, Leslie Reece

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Congratulations also to:

Liz Gahan, Meg Jones & Andy Cope (pictured below)

who were presented with the English Bridge Union Gold Level Junior Award

Sunday 3 July

Congratulations to winners:

Steve Smith & Jason Webb, Staffs & Shrops

The DRAFT 2016-17 Calendar was agreed at the Executive Committee Meeting, 26 April.

The FINAL 2016-17 Calendar will be agreed at the July meeting.

If Club's are planning open events, please ensure that the dates are agreed with the County before doing anything else.  

Click here for DRAFT Calendar
(Please note that dates are subject to change)

Please email us if you are planning events, so we can avoid clashes, etc.

Hylda was a doyenne of bridge who, until recent times, was a keen and active bridge player, as well as being a committed and capable bridge administrator.

At National level, Hylda became a Vice President of the English Bridge Union in 1997; was the recipient of a Dimmie Fleming award in 1993, and had been a
long serving Member of the English Bridge Union Tournament Committee.

At County level, Hylda served as Chairman and a Shareholder of Warwickshire Contract Bridge Association, being made a Life Member for her services to the
County in 2009.  Hylda always kept a keen eye on the affairs of the County, and over many years Chairmen have found her insight and support extremely
valuable.

At Club level, Hylda was a Founder Member, Life Member, and President (1979‐1981), of Moseley Bridge Club.  She was also a Life Member of North
Birmingham Bridge Club where she was instrumental in helping the Club to acquire its premises.  A Life Member of West Midlands Bridge Club, Hylda was
heavily involved in many aspects of the Club’s management and, well into her nineties, ran an assisted play session, from which a number of enthusiastic
bridge players emerged.

Hylda, unfortunately, stopped playing bridge a few years ago, but will now be taking her seat at the Eternal Bridge Table where all her finesses, endplays and
squeezes will be fruitful, and where during the bidding she will always be on the same wavelength as her partner.

Hylda’s personality, sense of humour, and all‐round presence, will remain forever in the hearts of all those who knew her.

Congratulations to:

Introduction to Duplicate Play Winners: Mick Connell & Glynis Nicholson

Novice Spring Pairs Winners: Judith Currie & Nigel Seifas

Congratulations to Winners:

Mike Leese, Steve Wood, Roger Bryant & Steve Green

who beat the team of

Ian Handley, George Cuthbertson, Darren Evetts, Simon Creasey, Susan Norton & David Kenward

A team from the finalists will represent Warwickshire in the EBU Pachabo Cup 11 & 12 June 2016

Congratulations to Winners:

Lin & Ron Birch, Audrey & Henry McBride

In Aid of Warwickshire Air Ambulance

TOTAL RAISED: £2140
WELL DONE EVERYONE!
(Last year we raised £1545.50)

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TUESDAY 10 May 2016 - Click for Results

Congratulations to winners: Margaret Wort & Darren Evetts

Commentary prepared by George Cuthbertson

Participating Clubs:

Arden
Coventry
Edgbaston Priory
Heathercroft
Kenilworth
Rugby
West Midlands

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THURSDAY 12 May 2016 Click for Results

Congratulations to winners: Adrian Kenworthy and Ollie Burgess

Commentary prepared by David & Martin Jones

Participating Clubs:

Moseley - (Donations Only due to many players participating at Northfield)
Northfield
Rugby
Silhull
Stratford
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands

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*** This is the first time, under the current format, that all Clubs possible are participating *** Thank you!

Congratulations to Winners:

Margaret Crangle & Andrew Clifford

Congratulations to Winners:

Fledgling Pairs – Dianne Meere & Roger Baty

Introductory Pairs – Melanie & Peter Boynton
 

Congratulations to Winners:

Val Cooper & Bob Foster

2^nd Anne & Nick Woosnam
3^rd Ian Handley & George Cuthbertson
4^th Alan Patel & Roger Harris

Those listed above have been invited to represent Warwickshire in the EBU Corwen Trophy 4 & 5 June 2016

Congratulations also to the Consolation Pairs Winners:

Chris Potter & Glynn Preece

Winners:
Arden – Sharon Smitten, Jo Isaacs, Chris Gunning,  Allan Richardson, Ann Wilkins

Runners up:
WMBC – Pauline Hogan, Chris Bateman, Sally Hodgetts, Keith May, Polly Stephens,

Best 3 scores:
Edgbaston Priory/WMBC – Melanie & Peter Boynton, Kate McKinnon-Evans, Ali Al-Chalabi

Congratulations to:

Division I Joint Winners

Steve Green & Martin Jones

Division II Joint Winners

Marilyn Jones & John Godderidge

Warwickshire CBA, Coventry & West Midlands Bridge Club continue to support the Inter-University Bridge Festival.  
This year London School of Economincs, Imperial, Warwick University and Warwickshire Juniors.

Congratulations to Winners:

Warwickshire Juniors (retaining their 2015 title):
Liz Gahan, Meg Jones, Andy Cope & Darren Evetts

Runners Up (and winners of the Official Inter-University Bridge Festival):
London School of Economics:  Yifei Zheng, Keith Lai, Jiawei Lim, Ho Hin Benedict Pan

Butler Ranking

Congratulations to Winners:

Coventry & North Warwickshire Bridge Club A

Susan Norton & Darren Evetts
Martin Jones & Stephen Green
David Kenward & Roger Bryant
Colin Dean & Nick Stevens

We wish Coventry the best of luck in the Regional Finals.

Warwickshire Pairs League

Premier A - George Cuthbertson & Ian Handley

Premier B - Ian Thompson & Mike Willoughby

Premier B NGS - Myra & Roger Twyman

Birmingham Pairs League

Division 1 - John Collin & Steve Wood 

Division 2 - Sue Goldman & Doug Tweddle

Division 3 - Helen Brigham & Matthew Brigham

Division 4 - Jane Collier & Chris Martin 

Coventry Pairs League

Division 1 - Stephen Green & Martin Jones

Division 2 - Mike Adams & Nigel Wain

Division 3 - Graham Cope & Graham Sherlock-Brown

Division 4 - Kevin New & John Godderidge

Division 5 - Anne Burrage & Ken Miles

Congratulations to 2015 Silver Plate Winners

Tony Poole, and teammates from Worcestershire, Chris Philp, Stewart Fishburne, and Mike Willoughby

Midland Counties Congress RESULTS

It is with sadness that we announce the death of Roger Bowles

Roger passed away on 27 December 2015 following a fall at his home.

As a former Warwicksihre member, Roger served as Secretary for a number of years and was known by all local players.

Our sincerest condolences go to Roger's wife, Shirley, family and friends.

Roger's Funeral will be on Monday 18 January 2016, 1pm, at:

At Worcester Crematorium, Tintern Avenue, WR3 8HA

Immediately following the formal service, there will be a gathering in the Seymour Suite,
at the DIGLIS HOUSE HOTEL, Severn Street, Worcester WR1 2NF.
 

Directions: From the Worcester Crematorium to The Diglis House Hotel it is about 2 miles.
NB The Diglis House Hotel has car parking to the front and rear and there are municipal car parks nearby.

Family flowers only please. However, if you would like to make a donation to charity, his family have selected one of the many charities Roger supported. As a family they have chosen the second charity because Roger died only bexause of his head injuries and did not have any life threatening disease.

The John Muir Trust – Charity No: SC002061

Conservation Charity dedicated to protecting and enhancing wild places.

Roger was a keen walker and loved open spaces –and he passionately supported this charity.

Headway – the brain injury association

Depends on voluntary donations to support people who suffer brain injuries.

If you wish to make a ‘donation’ please make your cheque payable to either one of the above charities. Or if you wish your donation to be split between both charities, please make your cheque payable to E Hill &Son Donation Account. There will be an opportunity to leave your donation at the Crematorium or send direct to E. Hill & Son, Funeral Directors, Fairfield House, Defford Road, Pershore, Worcs WR10 1HZ.

Congratulations to:

Overall & Blue Division Winners Arden C

Tony Whitby, Bob Griffiths, Sean Callaghan and Bryan Stock

Red Division Winners Northfield B

Maurice Smith, Barbara Gough, David & Jackie Marsh

For table of results. click here

The 2015 Gold Cup Finals will be held at West Midlands Bridge Club over the weekend of

12 & 13 December 2015

Spectators are welcome

Semi-Finals on Saturday

Final on Sunday

Matches will be broadcast on BBO

Click for Event Website

November 2015

Having lost the appeal the EBU are now considering the next course of action.

22nd & 23 September 2015

The Judicial Review in to Sport England's position that bridge should not be considered a 'sport' was heard at the High Court on Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd September 2015

It is not expected that a ruling will be made immediately, but any new information will be shared with the membership when it is known.

To find our more click here

4 Jun 2015

Sports minister, Tracey Crouch MP, has today spoken of the benefits of playing bridge.

When asked by fellow MP Bob Blackman for an update regarding the status of bridge, and other mind sports, as sports, she replied “I recognise that many of these games are enjoyed by many people and that the mental agility required in this activity can help with conditions and bring many health and wellbeing benefits". She added that approaches for funding support could therefore be made to the departments of education or health.

The Judicial Review into Sport England's refusal to recognise bridge as a sport is scheduled for 22nd - 23rd September. A summary of the arguments for a reversal of their position can be seen in the EBU Press Release

Bridge has again been in the headlines recently, with reports in the national media on the case involving the EBU, Sport England, and whether ‘bridge is a sport’.

In the most recent hearing Mr Justice Mostyn ruled that a judicial review could be undertaken against Sport England’s refusal to recognise bridge as a sport. This is a first step in the legal process to have Sport England recognise bridge as a sport, so whilst it is not a definitive decision in itself it is an important and positive step towards a favourable ruling and a reversal of Sport England’s position.

The EBU hopes that a favourable outcome will be to the benefit of its members, but also to all current, and potential, bridge players in the country, and to society as a whole. We hope that irrespective of personal opinion of what constitutes a ‘sport’, all members will appreciate the inconsistencies in Sport England’s position, and that the benefits of playing bridge deserve the greater exposure that a change in their stance could generate.

Read More on the EBU Website

At their recent meeting the Warwickshire Executive Committee endorsed the EBU Board's decision to seek a Judicial Review, and wished them every success.

How can we help?

Given that bridge is currently in the public’s thoughts we encourage members to contact their local media, or local MP (perhaps after May 7th), and extol the virtues of bridge. You need not address the issue of whether it is, or is not, a sport – that is something which will ultimately hinge on a legal ruling – but please explain why it is such a worthwhile pursuit and should get the greater prominence and funding which the status of ‘sport’ would allow it to receive. Any positive response which your contribution receives may aid the EBU’s case, but more significantly will increase interest in bridge in the Warwickshire area.

At EBU Shareholders Annual General Meeting 25 November 2015

Leslie has been a member of the Warwickshire Executive Committee, formerly Council, for thirty four years. Joining the Committee in 1981 as assistant League Secretary, Leslie took over as League Secretary in 1985, an office he held until he became Vice‐Chairman in 1990. Leslie took over the Chairmanship in 1992 and remained for two years until he retired and then spent a year as an Ex‐Officio member of the Committee. In 1996 Leslie returned to the office of League Secretary, a post he held for nine years until, in 2005, he became Treasurer, an office he still holds today. In addition to his various roles on the Committee Leslie has, over the years, represented Warwickshire as a Shareholder, which he still continues to do. He has also served on many subcommittees of the County, and on the Midland Counties Congress Committee.

Congratulations to Winners:

Pauline & Simon Hogan

Runners Up:

Sharon Smitten & Alan Richardson

Congratulations to Winners

WMBC 4 - Neil Boynton, Elizabeth Boynton,
Kate McKinnon-Evans & Mentor, Carolyn Fisher

Congratulations to:

Leslie Reece & Peter Oldbury

Congratulations to:

Ladies Pairs Winners:  Linda Stocks & Sue Cope

Runners Up: Elayne Meakin & Lin Birch

Men's Pairs Winners: Ian Handley & Darren Evetts

Runners Up: Philip Colman & Denis Gough

Warwickshire CBA is proud to announce that Leslie Reece has been awarded Life Membership of the County in recognition of his thirty four years service to Bridge in Warwickshire.  Leslie has served on the Executive Committee (formerly Council) in various roles including Chairman, Vice-Chairman, League Secretary and is currently serving as Treasurer.  

Leslie was presented with the award at the Warwickshire Pairs League, 21 October 2015

Members will be sad to hear that Roy passed away on 22 October 2015.  Roy, a Staffordshire & Shropshire member, was known to many of us as a regular player both locally and nationally.  Roy’s jovial nature will be sadly missed.

Our sincerest condolences go to Roy’s family and friends.

Roy’s funeral took place on Monday 2 November at Walsall Road Crematorium

Congratulations to Pairs Winners:
Brian Lawless & Dominic Connolly

The Teams Element was Won by:
Staffordshire & Shrophire

27 September to 10 October 2015

The World Bridge Championships start this weekend in Chennai, India, and, for the first time, England will be represented in all three competitions. All teams qualified by virtue of their medal-winning performances at the 2014 European Championships.

All teams have qualified for the knock out stages!

Good luck to our teams:

Open team - Bermuda Bowl Justin Hackett & Jason Hackett; David Gold & David Bakhshi; Andrew Robson & Tony Forrester; NPC: Simon Cope; Coach: Andrew Murphy 

Women's team - Venice Cup Sally Brock & Nicola Smith; Fiona Brown & Catherine Draper; Heather Dhondy & Nevena Senior; NPC: Derek Patterson; Coach: David Burn 

Senior team - D'Orsi Trophy Paul Hackett & David Mossop; Gunnar Hallberg & John Holland; David Price & Colin Simpson; NPC: Simon Cochemé 

Coverage on BBO

Click for Website

vs Staffordshire

Dawes (1st Team)         19-1  

Porter (2nd Team)         13-7  

Markham (3rd Team)     12-8  

Details can be found in the Inter County League section

Congratulations to winners, Arden

Mary Andrew, Margaret Crangle, Andy Clifford & Mike Thorley

Congratulations to:

Frank Handicap Cup Winners:
Lin & Ron Birch, Andy Baruch, Mike Meakin

Cock O' the County Winners:
Lin & Ron Birch

Non-Expert Pairs Winners:
Anju Shah & Brian Mitchell

Click to read the Chairman's Annual Report

also

Click to read a 'thank you' card from Bentley Heath Primary School
to Warwickshire, re our Minibridge scheme

Congratulations to:

Premier A Winners - Roger Bryant & Stephen Green

Premier B Winners - Terry Parkes & Tony Poole

Premier B Stratification - Doug Tweddle & Matthew Brigham

Key to Rankings - P = Promotion Zone, R = Relegation Zone

Congratulations to Division Winners:

Division I - Stephen Green & Martin Jones

Division II - Chris Lewis & Leslie Reece

Dividion III - David Kenward & Mike Summers-Smith

Division IV - Derek Thomas & Steve Royston

Division V - Ann Ridgway & Alf Cowdrey

Congratulations to Division Winners:

Division I - Glyn Preece & Chris Potter

Division II - Prue & Adrian Knight

Dividion III - Denis Gough & Dennis Heighway

Division IV - Sheila Lewis & Tom Donoghue

Division V - Shaunagh Wand & Evelyn Whiteford

Wednesday 27 May 2015

Congratulations to Winners:

Carolyn Fisher & Peter Oldbury

Congratulations to winners of:

Division I and the KO Handicap Cup: 
West Midlands A: Margaret Wort, Darren Evetts, Jason, Justin & Paul Hackett and Brian Senior

Division II 
Coventry: Mike Butler, Frank Deakin, Colin Dean, John Godderidge, David Jones, Marilyn Jones, Martin Jones, Kevin New, Mike Northwood

Division III
Arden: Andrew Clifford, John Illingworth, David Pratt, David Rutter, Mike Thorley

Introductory League
West Midlands B:  Martyn Brawn, Heather Fairbairn, Neil Ford, Susan Ford, Nigel Seifas

Congratulations to Winners:

John Collin & Mike Leese

2^nd Brian Lawless & Dominic Connolly
3^rd David Rutter & David Pratt
4^th Sue Goldman & Douglas Tweddle

Those listed above have been invited to represent Warwickshire in the EBU Corwen Trophy 30 & 31 May 2015.

Congratulations also to the Consolation Pairs Winners:

Jean Burns & Ken Crane

In Aid of Warwickshire Air Ambulance

TOTAL RAISED THIS YEAR: £1545.50

Well done!  We have topped last year's when we raised £1500

TUESDAY

Click for RESULTS

Click for Commentary by George Cuthbertson

Congratulations to Winners: Mike Butler & John Pyner
 

THURSDAY

Click for RESULTS

Click for Commentary by David & Martin Jones

Congratulations to Winners: Dodo Georgevic & Denis Gough

Congratulations to Joint-Winners:

Stephanie & Bob Galvin

and

Roman Gembicki & Arthur Hughes

Congratulations to Winners:

Fledgling Pairs: Sue & Paul Debling (Stratford)

Introductory Pairs: Ann Wilkins & Roger Golsby (Arden)

Congratulations to the EBU Eggheads Team, 5 Diamonds, on winning BBC2's Eggheads!

The Five Diamonds (pictured with the Eggheads and host Jeremy Vine) - Nick Smith, Chris Cooper, Emily Middleton, Marc Lee and Denis Gough.

Congratulations to Winners:

Red Section - West Midlands B – Nigel Seifas, Heather Fairbairn, Martyn Brawn, Sue & Neil Ford

Blue 1 Section  - Edgbaston Priory A – Marijke Rodrigo, Gerri Draysey, Alex Iliff, Sophie Lagarde, Mark Reuben, Tom Burley

Blue 2  Section  – West Midlands E – Andy Moir, Jeff Mann, Nick Hall, Helen Thompson, Paul Machin

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It is with sadness that we report the death of Peter Chapman.

Peter was a highly respected bridge player, representing his County many times.

A retired Maths teacher, from King Edwards School Edgbaston, Peter followed with keen interest the Bridge career of one of his former pupils, Clive Owen (now in the North East).

Peter had a formidable recall of hands he had played. He recently told me of an amazing coup he executed in the National Teams played at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool in the early seventies.  Peter and his partner George Cook with team mates Hylda Townsend and David Hulston broke down on their way to the event, but just managed to get to the in time.  They paid £3 per night for their hotel rooms!

Peter was a Life member of Moseley Bridge Club and will be sorely missed.

Dodo Georgevic

Congratulations to Jason Hackett (with partner Brian Senior and team-mates John Holland and Gunner Hallberg) for winning the 20th NEC Cup Teams in Japan.

Congratulations to winners Coventry & North Warwickshire A

Ian Handley & Simon Creasey, Garry Watson & David Jones, David Kenward & Roger Bryant, Martin Jones & Stephen Green

The WPL Results are CONFIRMED

Congratulations to Winners:

A - George Cuthbertson & Ian Handley

B - Denis Gough & Dennis Heighway

Stratification B Winners - Doug Tweddle & Matthew Brigham

Key: P = Promotion Zone, R = Relegation Zone

Congratulations to Winners:

Tony Poole, Peter Oldbury, Pip Whitehouse & Roger Bowles

Congratulations to the West Midlands Bridge Club team of Jason, Justin & Paul Hackett, Brian Senior and Anita Sinclair on winning the

2014 National Inter-Club Knockout 

The 2014 Annual General Meeting of the EBU was held 26 November.

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Click to view the Annual Report

Click to view the Elections

This weekend (13 & 14 December 2014) West Midlands Bridge Club will be hosting the Finals of the 2014 Gold Cup.

Spectators are welcome.

FINAL

Alexander Allfrey, David Bakhshi, Tony Forrester, David Gold, Andrew Robson 

v

Andrew McIntosh, Phil King, Stefan Skorchev, Cameron Small

SEMI-FINAL MATCHES:

Alexander Allfrey, David Bakhshi, Tony Forrester, David Gold, Andrew Robson 
beat (by 6 IMPS)
Jim Mason, Les Steel, Hugh Mc Gann, Alan Mould, Duncan Happer, Paul Bowyer

&

Simon Gillis, Frederick Bjornlund, Espen Erichsen, Ben Green, John Holland, Zia Mahmood
Lost to (by 57 IMPS)
Andrew McIntosh, Phil King, Stefan Skorchev, Cameron Small

Matches will be broadcast on BBO

Congratulations to the Winners:

Geraldine Draysey & Barbara Gough
Marijke Rodrigo & (Mentor) Denis Gough

Congratulations also to our team of Juniors (& Mentor) who came second:

Andy Cope & Elizabeth Gahan
Meg Jones & (Mentor) Sarah Jones 

Congratulations to:

Ladies Pairs Winners: Beryl Latham & Louise Payne

Men's Pairs Winners: Mike Meakin & Andy Baruch

Congratulations to Winners:

Val Cooper & Bob Foster

Congratulations to Winners:

Sue & Paul Debling

Congratulations to Jason & Justin Hackett
with teammates David Mossop, David Price & Colin Simpson 
on winning the 2013-14 Crockfords Cup

Congratulations to Winners

Chris & Mike Lynn

& Runners Up

Mike Sallis & Brian Osmond

Congratulations to winners:

David & Valerie Ivens, Mike Curley & John O'Farrell

The Chairmen of Coventry & North Warwickshire Bridge Club and West Midlands Bridge Club once again claim the Seniors' Teams title.  Margaret Wort (WMBC) and David Jones (CNWBC), with their respective partners Cyril Hall and Mike Northwood, won the event for the second successive year.

Congratulations!