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A very big thank you to all who took part in the congress both players and donators of bottles for the raffle. The amount raised for St Peter & St Paul Hospice on the day was £500 - a record for this event so far - thank again to all who contributed. The final sum, including a donation from Henfield DBS was £612. This amount has been matched by a donation from the Santander Foundation making the total raised for the Hospice £1224.

Many congratulations to the winners:
Teams for the Bugden Bowl
(Steyning)
Peter Harrison & Dick Moore,
Howard Da Vall & Penny Hill
(pictured above with trophy donor James Bugden - far left)
Non-Expert Trophy (Keymer)
Peggie & Eric Pool
Gwen & Peter Knight

Pairs for the Beryl Pitman Memorial Trophies
(a Steyning double N/S!)
Peter Harrison & Dick Moore
(Keymer E/W)
Mo Etherington & Bill Cammish

Congress Non-Expert winners 2012
(Keymer)
Peggie & Eric Pool
Gwen & Peter Knight

Congress Pairs winners North/South
Presented this year by
EBU Chairman Sally Bugden
(Steyning)
Peter Harrison & Dick Moore

Congress Pairs winners
presented this year by
EBU Chairman Sally Bugden
(Keymer)
Mo Etherington & Bill Cammish

Thank you again this year, for bringing Adur Valley into the top EBU 50 clubs 2011/12 measured by player sessions. We have moved up 2 places to 47th and are constantly aware of the competition we have in this part of the country with four other clubs above us in the top 50.

Bob & Kathy

Thank you to those who gave donations in exchange for Pudsey Buns and who supported our 'heats' on Monday and Tuesday

The amount raised for Children in Need so far (including the Club contribution) is £379.13. Thank you.

You can access the ecats site to look up your national result (!) on www.ecatsbridge.com

Changes which come in to force on 1st August are detailed in the document attached to this item. Click here to read about the changes. MOST NOTABLY the definition of a strong 2 opening (in Acol or Benjaminised Acol)...you have been warned!

Thank you for taking part in our various Sim Pairs heats

To see your results on E-Cats click here

Our combined total,
from players at the 4 clubs, students at PG,
the club, & Santander Foundations is:

£1100

Thank you all for giving generously

Club best results @ 06.30 on 17th Nov