NB: In order to cut down on administration activity and costs,  Master Points are only uploaded to the EBU every 3 months.  The next upload will be after the event on 25 March 2009.

After four rounds of competition, Andrew Jenkins & Geoff Clements lead with an average of 63.66% (played twice). In second place are defending champions Richard Rothwell and Don Butt with 57.83% (played three times). In third place are Valerie & Val Down with 57.56% (played twice), closely followed by Sheila & Bob Price with 56.36% (played twice). 

For the full list of current standings, please click here.

Click here for the rules for Acacia's Club Pairs Championship.

November 2008

No club member earned a promotion this month.

For the full list of November promotions, please click here.

October 2008

Tracey Tibos is now an Advanced Master

Diana Wild is now a County Master

For the full list of October promotions, please click here.

September 2008

Jenny Wolf is now a 1* Master.

For the full list of September promotions, please click here.

June, July & August 2008

No club member earned a Master Point promotion in these months.

May 2008

Shirley Feinmesser is now a 5* Master

Tony Wild is now an Area Master

For the full list of May promotions, please click here.

April 2008

Sandra Simpson is now a 3* Regional Master

Please click here for the full April promotions list.

February & March 2008

Gill Harris is now a National Master

Chris Argent is now a 5* Master

Alice Carlisle is now a County Master

Brian Carlisle is now a County Master

Sheila Price is now a Local Master

Tony Wild is now a Local Master

Please click here for the full February & March promotions list.

January 2008

Andrew Jenkins is now a National Master

Gill Harris is now a 1* Premier Regional Master

Click here for the full January promtions list.

Acacia had a record turnout of 11 tables on 12/11/08. This enabled the club to raise £234 for Children in Need. A big thank you to everybody. For the club result please click here.

And very well done to Tracey Tibos and David Sims. After scoring 66.14% at Acacia, they finished 3rd in the country. To see where club members finished in the national ranking list, please click here. 

Nationally, the five Sim. Pairs events in aid of Children in Need raised the highest amount ever: over £56,000!!

The club's highest Pairs' event scores achieved by any pair since the 2008 AGM can be found in the "Competitions" section under "2008 - 9 Top Scores" or by clicking here. 

N.B.: this page will be updated regularly, but only after Pairs' events when a score exceeds the current 15th place. Last updated 26/11/08.

The national results from the BGB Simultaneous Pairs on 8 October are now finalised. Club members' national finishing positions, and Master Point awards, can be seen here. Particular congratulations to Don Butt & Richard Rothwell, who finished 71st out of 2493 competitiors.

The winners of 22/10/08's Random Teams - Aggregate IMPs event were Shirley Feinmesser, Marie Brindle, Geoff Clements and Andrew Jenkins. For the full result please click here.

The results of the recent Surrey Sim. Pairs event are in. Best placed Acacia pair were Andrew Jenkins & Geoff Clements, who finished 23rd overall. The full ranking list for club members in the county can be found here.

71.26% is now the score to aim for!! Congratulations to Andrew Jenkins & Don Butt. Playing NS on 10/09/08, they recorded the highest score seen at Acacia since the 2008 AGM. Can you beat that? For the full result please click here. To see the full list of Top Scores since the 2008 AGM please click here.

There have been some minor changes to the Laws of Bridge. These take effect from 1st August 2008. For further information please click here. For a paper copy of the changes that affect players please ask Andrew.

Well done Don Butt and Richard Rothwell, who won the Acacia heat of Surrey's Dorin Salver Charity Sim. Pairs with a magnificent 70%. This translated to 68.16% in the county, enough to win the Wednesday to Friday heat, but only enough for fourth place overall. Commiserations!

For the full local result please click here. For club performance at County level, please click here. For the full Weds - Fri county result please click here.

At the EGM of the English Bridge Union on Wednesday June 4th, the Members voted on the Board's pay to play proposals. The voting results were 52 in favour and 31 against. The proposals will be implemented from April 1st, 2010. For more detailed information please click here.

For the view of Surrey CBA please click here.

The Minutes of the 2008 AGM can be found by clicking here.

Congratulations to the 2008 Acacia Club Teams Champions: Wendy Johnson, Geoff Clements, Don Butt & Richard Rothwell. For the full result please click here.

The Minutes of the committee meeting held on 15/04/08 can be viewed by clicking here.

After eight rounds of hard-fought competition, defending champions Don & Richard have retained Acacia's Club Pairs  competition. They won by an impressive margin of 6%. In second place were new pairing of Dorothy Versteegh and Geraldine Brock. Third were last year's runners up, Shirley Feinmesser and John Rees. 

To see the final standings please click here .

Congratulations to Shirley Feinmesser for winning Acacia's first ever Individual competition with a magnificent 68.27%. For the full result please click here.

The EBU has introduced two new Master Point ranks from April 2008:

• Area Master for players with 500 Black points
• Local Master for players with 100 Black points

Please click here for the full list.

The following new ranks were introduced in July 2006:

• Premier Grand Master for those highly skilful players with more than 1500 Green Points
• Premier Master for players with at least 5000 Master Points including 10 Green Points, with a star to be added for every further 5000 Points