Friendly Pairs for the Tony Boothroyd Plate - for pairs with an NGS rating of Jack or less (20 boards)
to be held at SBBC on Sunday 27th October 2024 starting at 1:30pm

To assist in planning the event, entries should be submitted as soon as possible.

For entry forms, rules and full information please click here.

Entry fee £5 per person.

A list of entrants will be updated every 48 hours and can be accessed by clicking the box below.  
Later entrants may still be accepted, but they should phone the Event Director on the County mobile (07401 079752) after 8:00 am on the day of the event.

Players turning up at an event unexpectedly will not be guaranteed to be allowed to play.

The above number should also be used in the event of a late cancellation.

Contact the Friendly Events Organiser Mike Ribbins by Click here to Email  or by Phone: 01189 473207 for more information.

The following partnerships will represent B&BCBA in the Tollemache Qualifier on 9-10 November 2024 :-

Dick Davey & Nigel Wolfendale Dee

Dee & Peter Lindon

Ian Reissmann & Mike Perkins (captain)

Steve Eginton & Bill Souster

Chris Mooney & Phil Thornton

We wish them good luck.

The A team led until their last match (we sat out the last round, but sadly were overtaken by Sussex at the death and finished 2nd). All the pairs were plus on the cross imps analysis.  Click for A team results

Our B team also performed creditably finishing in mid table. We didn't field a team in the C division.  Click for B team results 

A team

Steve Eginton & Bill Souster

Bob Holder & David Owen (Captain)

Barry Read & Marc Rivoira

Simon Roberts & Stuart Townsend

B team

John Coleman & Marilyn Murtagh

David Corbett & Nigel Thompson

Giorgio Jeronimidis (Captain) & Iain Mackenzie

Heather Tan & Matthew Tan

 Berks and Bucks Green Point

Berks and Bucks are running a Green Pointed weekend on November 2nd/3rd 2024 at 11:00am, at Windsor.

   -  Please click here for further information  

EBED ( the EBU’s training arm ) are running a Club Directors training course at the Richmond Club during September and October. Anyone interested in attending the course can get full information regarding dates and costs from the EBED website, see https://www.ebedcio.org.uk/td-course-calendar

The county teams of 4 KO championship will once again take place this season. This event is a Green point one and the winners  will represent the County in the Pachabo, entry for which  is paid for by the County.  Matches will be played on BBO, or any other suitable online platform agreed by the two captains. The playing regulations for online matches are the same as set out in the Rules and Guidance for Playing Brown Cup Matches Online. If both captains agree, matches may be played face-to-face.  Entries will be free and as BBO does not currently charge for setting up and playing matches there will be no charge to play. If the captains agree to play on RB they will have to contact Mike Ribbins to ask for the match to be set up.

If you are interested in entering this year please send me (p@ribbins.co.uk) the details of your team by the 9th of September.

The home team captain will be responsible for setting up the match on BBO/RB. For this season all matches will be 2 stanzas of 12 boards.

I hope you will be able to put a team together.

Steve Eginton kindly accepted the county committee's invitation to join the main committee and to take up the vacant position of chairman until the next AGM.

For teams who have won their county teams of Four Events.

B&B was represented by: Ed Scerri,Steve Eginton, Peter Lindon and Dee Lindon.

They did well to finish in the top half in a field of 29 county teams.

B&B had 5 pairs playing in this prestigious event.

Ed Scerri & Steve Eginton

David Owen & Bob Holder

Dee Lindon & Peter Lindon

Daisy Dillon& Hanna Tuus

John Coleman & Marilyn Murtagh

Congratulations to them all as they were all 50% plus, a great result for the county. Special congratulations to Ed and Steve who came 2nd with 59.37 % (75 pairs played).

The annual League of 8 has been completed for another season with 34 teams from 19 clubs playing. 
Congratulations to Amersham A for winning Division 1 and the Perkins Cup. They finished with the grand total of 155 VPs from their nine matches, well clear of Loddon Vale in second place with 121 VPs. 
Congratulations to the leading teams in the other three divisions:
Division 2 (10 teams): Burnham B 1st, Basingstoke A 2nd
Division 3 (9 teams): Phyllis Court A 1st, The Bridge School at Gerrards Cross A 2nd
Division 4 (5 teams): Newbury B 1st, Hazlemere 2nd 
We thank all those who played and all the team captains for organising their teams and arranging matches. We look forward to another successful season starting in September and would welcome any new teams from clubs. The League Secretary will be asking for entries as usual in June.  

Once again, the winner of the Brown Cup was not determined until the last round of matches when the team led by Mike Perkins (Ian Reissmann, John Howard, Peter Jackson, Jim Niblett)  scored an emphatic win over their closest rivals, the team of Ed Scerri, winners last year.

Congratulations also go the winners of the other divisions:

Division 2: Steve Lynch (Paul Dolphin, Paula Hopkinson, Colin Johns)

Division 3: Bruce Franklin (Mike O'Neill, Jennie Corfield, Mike Corfield)

Division 4: Andrew Ferguson (Mary Ferguson, Barbara Thomas, Neil Thomas)

One team fewer this season. However, still a good year with no problems and all matches played.

Dee Lindon’s team were the eventual winners with a slightly altered line up and will represent the county in the EBU’s Pachabo event. They played last year’s winners (Mike Perkins)  in the final.

Congratulations to Dee and her team and we wish them luck in the Pachabo.

Dee Lindon, Peter Lindon, Steve Eginton and Ed Scerri

Senior Pairs for the Directors Cup 

for players who are members of the EBU and are 60 or over on 20 May 2024

This was played at SBBC on the 20th May 2024 at 10:30 am

Although there was a full day's bridge, scoring problems meant that result the committee decided to cancel the event in respect of Trophies, prizes and master points. Results can be viewed on website.

Congratulations and well done Karen Kelly and Jane Barker, winners of the End of Season Pairs event in the BBCBA Student League.

The EBU have published a new summary of Announcements and Alerts which became effective on 1st August 2024. The new summary table can be found and downloaded at the EBU website https://www.ebu.co.uk/laws-and-ethics/laws-ethics-publications#rules

The revised two-page summary document can be found at :-
https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/laws-and-ethics/convention-cards/announcements-table.pdf