| Master Point Promotions |
Congratulations to the following who were promoted in August:
County Master Roy Bassett Sue Bassett
District Master Barry Marchini Sue Rumble
Area Master Keith Oatway John Sadler
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| Last updated : 2nd Oct 2016 14:24 BST |
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| Dorin Salver |
Last week we raised £120 for the Queen Elizabeth Foundation for disabled people's Brain Injury Centre at Banstead . Please click on the box to se details of the charities activities.
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| Last updated : 2nd Oct 2016 14:24 BST |
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| Dorin Salver Thursday |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick for winning the heat and the Dorin Salver
They are currently first in Surrey out of 151 pairs
| Surrey |
Surrey |
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Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
74.58 |
Please click this box to see the County wide results
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| Last updated : 2nd Oct 2016 14:23 BST |
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| Dorin Salver Wednesday |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick for winning the heat.
The following pairs are doing best in Surrey out of 148 pairs
| Surrey |
Surrey |
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Score |
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Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
62.88 |
| 13 |
Mike Snailham & Tony Cherrett |
61.23 |
| 15 |
Andrew Rumble & Sue Rumble |
60.43 |
Please click this box to see the County wide results
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| Last updated : 1st Oct 2016 16:31 BST |
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| Dorin Salver Tuesday |
Congratulations to Colin and Tony for winning the heat.
The following pairs are doing best in Surrey out of 103 pairs
| Surrey |
Surrey |
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Score |
| 2 |
Tony Cherrett & Colin Edy |
70.4 |
| 11 |
Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
60.7 |
Please click this box to see the County wide results
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| Last updated : 1st Oct 2016 16:31 BST |
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| Dorin Salver Monday |
Congratulations to Mick and Alan for winning the heat.
The following pairs are doing best in Surrey out of 203 pairs
| Surrey |
Surrey |
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Score |
| 6 |
Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
62.2 |
| 20 |
Ian McIntosh & Misaki Kumon |
59.72 |
Please click this box to see the County widel results
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| Last updated : 1st Oct 2016 16:31 BST |
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| Intermediate sessions |
Declarer Play
8/9 Techniques and Timing
15/9 End Plays
22/9 Loser on Loser play and the simple squeeze
We are using Mike Lawrence’s Bridge Tips on Card Play as a reference book
The sessions will run from 14:00-17:00
Cost £40 for 3 sessions plus book
Individual sessions £12 + book £10
If you play in the morning and inform us we will provide lunch for free
Please click on this panel to book your place
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| Last updated : 24th Sep 2016 00:53 BST |
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| EBED Sim pairs Thursday |
Congratulations to Mick and Alan for winning the heat.
The following pairs are doing best nationally out of 390 pairs
| National |
National |
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Score |
| 10 |
Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
65.80 |
| 40 |
Roy Bassett & Sue Bassett |
60.48 |
| 143 |
Keith Oatway & Jenny Bunner |
53.21 |
The following pairs are doing best nationally out of 390 pairs
Please click this box to see the national results
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| Last updated : 23rd Sep 2016 07:35 BST |
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| EBED Sim pairs Wednesday |
Congratulations to Mick and Alan for winning the heat.
The following pairs are doing best nationally out of 324 pairs
| National |
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Score |
| 58 |
Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
56.95 |
| 75= |
Sarah Lockwood & Roger Metcalfe |
55.45 |
| 115 |
John Gill & Peter Kelly |
52.64 |
Please click this box to see the national results
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| Last updated : 23rd Sep 2016 07:34 BST |
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| EBED Autumn Pairs Tuesday |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick for winning the heat.
| National |
National |
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| 39 |
Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
61.4 |
| 47 |
Ian McIntosh & Jane O'Hare |
60.35 |
| 188= |
Colin Edy & Tony Cherrett |
55.55 |
The following pairs are doing best nationally out of 822 pairs
Please click this box to see the national results
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| Last updated : 23rd Sep 2016 07:33 BST |
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| EBED Autumn Pairs Monday |
Congratulations to Ali and Tony for winning the heat.
The following pairs are doing best nationally out of 732 pairs
| National |
National |
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Score |
| 58 |
Tony Cherrett & Ali Kocar |
59.54 |
| 88 |
Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
57.95 |
| 224 |
Nicky Gill & Patti Ecob |
53.69 |
Please click this box to see the national results
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| Last updated : 23rd Sep 2016 07:33 BST |
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| British Summer Pairs Thursday (with masterpoints) |
Congratulations to Heather and Barry for winning the heat. The following pairs are doing best nationally out of 512 pairs
| Club Position |
National Position |
Name |
Club Score |
National Score |
Local Points |
Blue Points |
| 2 |
34 |
Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
59.72 |
61.4 |
199 |
0.67 |
| 4 |
104 |
Sue Bassett & Roy Bassett |
55.56 |
56.36 |
108 |
0.37 |
| 5 |
118= |
John Sadler & Tony Cherrett |
43.06 |
55.79 |
89 |
0.30 |
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| Last updated : 6th Sep 2016 00:15 BST |
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| Master Point Promotions July 2016 |
Congratulations to the following who were promoted in July:
2 Star Master Mick Edwards
Area Master Tabitha Cherrett Heather Streets
Club Master Sally Baising Mandy Baker Pam Fox Laurence Max Caroline Parkinson John Sadler Tony White
Local Master Jane Gallagher John Gallagher Imelda Moore
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| Last updated : 3rd Sep 2016 13:24 BST |
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| British Summer Pairs Wednesday (with masterpoints) |
Congratulations to Sue and Roy for winning the heat. The following pairs are doing best nationally out of 648 pairs
| Club Position |
National Position |
Name |
Club Score |
National Score |
Local Points |
Blue Points |
| 3 |
19 |
Sue Rumble & Andrew Rumble |
60.91 |
62.43 |
249 |
0.83 |
| 1 |
23 |
Sue Bassett & Roy Bassett |
65.91 |
62.14 |
244 |
0.82 |
| 2 |
83= |
Sarah Lockwood & Rosemary Linington |
65.45 |
58.76 |
174 |
0.58 |
Please click the box to see the national result
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| Last updated : 25th Aug 2016 10:17 BST |
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| British Summer Pairs Tuesday (with masterpoints) |
Congratulations to Ian/Jane and Tony/Alex for winning the heat. The following pairs are doing best nationally out of 872 pairs
| Club Position |
National Position |
Name |
Club Score |
National Score |
Local Points |
Blue Points |
| 3 |
61 |
Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
57.94 |
60.61 |
252 |
0.85 |
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92= |
Ian McIntosh & Jane O'Hare |
58.73 |
59.21 |
220 |
0.74 |
| 5 |
169 |
Colin Edy & Keith Oatway |
46.83 |
56.06 |
142 |
0.48 |
Please click the box to see the national result
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| Last updated : 25th Aug 2016 10:17 BST |
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| British Summer Pairs Monday AM (with masterpoints) |
Congratulations to Sue and Roy for winning the heat. The following pairs are doing best nationally out of 1436 pairs
| Club Position |
National Position |
Name |
Club Score |
National Score |
Local Points |
Blue Points |
| 1 |
266 |
Sue Bassett & Roy Bassett |
65.28 |
56.22 |
189 |
0.63 |
| 2 |
319 |
Peter Kelly & Andrew Rumble |
62.50 |
55.25 |
146 |
0.49 |
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428= |
Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
48.61 |
53.69 |
58 |
0.2 |
Please click the box to see the national result
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| Last updated : 25th Aug 2016 10:16 BST |
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| British Summer Pairs Monday PM |
Congratulations to Alex and Imelda for winning the heat. The following pairs are doing best nationally out of 1436 pairs
| Club Position |
National Position |
Name |
Club Score |
National Score |
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489 |
Caroline Parkinson & Pam Fox |
50.00 |
53.09 |
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504= |
Alex Hunter & Imelda Moore |
54.17 |
52.86 |
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520= |
Keith Oatway & Jenny Bunner |
45.83 |
52.63 |
Please click the box to see the national result
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| Last updated : 25th Aug 2016 10:16 BST |
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| Kidney Research Sim Pairs (with Masterpoints) |
Congratulations to Heather and Barry for winning our heat.
The three top pairs were:
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National Position |
Name |
Club Score |
National Score |
Masterpoints |
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32 |
Heather Streets & Barry Marchini |
62.5 |
63.14 |
363 |
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167 |
John Sadler & Gillian Bibby |
58.33 |
56.42 |
175 |
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169 |
Alan Webber & Mick Edwards |
57.14 |
56.40 |
173 |
For National results please click this box
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| Last updated : 22nd Aug 2016 18:40 BST |
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| Master Point Promotions June 2016 |
Congratulations to the following promoted in June
County Master John Gill
Club Master Sarah Lockwood
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| Last updated : 31st Jul 2016 00:03 BST |
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| Bill Hughes Sim Pairs |
Congratulations to Mick and Alan for winning our heat.
Our club had three pairs gaining Masterpoints
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Club Position |
National Position |
National Percentage |
Masterpoints |
| Mick and Alan |
1 |
52 |
61.69 |
373 |
| Ian and Jane |
5 |
98 |
59.17 |
314 |
| Tony and Alex |
2 |
204 |
56.02 |
176 |
For National results please click this box
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| Last updated : 29th Jul 2016 11:19 BST |
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| Hitchin Swiss Pairs |
Congratulations to Mick and Alan for coming 6th out of 40 pairs in this Blue Pointed event.
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| Last updated : 2nd Jul 2016 09:55 BST |
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| Master Point Promotions May 2016 |
Area Master Jose Souren
Club Master Phil Brady Jenny Bunner Keith Oatway Chris Watts
Local Master Verity Friend
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| Last updated : 2nd Jul 2016 09:54 BST |
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| Caterham Teams Championship |
Well done to Nicky Gill John Gill Roy Bassett and Sue Bassett for winning the Caterham Teams Championship they will be representing the club in the County final on 26/6 at Wimbledon.
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| Last updated : 30th Jun 2016 13:40 BST |
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| Novice League |
Well done to Pam Fox Caroline Parkinsom Sally Baising and Mandy Baker for winning the Surrey Novice League Section 3 they will be representing the club in the County final on 5/6 at Oxshott. Please click on the box to see the final league tables.
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| Last updated : 11th Jun 2016 10:20 BST |
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| Masterpoint Promotions April 2016 |
Congratulations everyone who was promoted this Month
County Master Colin Edy Nicky Gill Peter Kelly
District Master Roy Bassett Sue Bassett
Area Master Mary Ingersoll
Club Master Carol Penn
Local Master Colin Estes Sarah Lockwood Laurence Max Dee Patel
Please click this box to link to the notice on the EBU website
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| Last updated : 2nd Jun 2016 00:44 BST |
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| EBED Sim Pairs Monday |
Congratulations to Jose and Tony who won our Monday heat. They are currently 4th out of 334 pairs with Mick and Alan 61st.
Please click on this box for the national results
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| Last updated : 26th May 2016 08:48 BST |
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| EBED Sim Pairs Thursday |
Congratulations to Colin and Tony who won our Thursday Heat. They are currently 8th= out of 585 pairs, with Mick and Alan 15th.
Please click on this box for the national results
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| Last updated : 26th May 2016 08:48 BST |
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| EBED Sim Pairs Wednesday |
Congratulations to Nicky and John who won our Wednesday Heat. They are currently 77th= out of 625 pairs, with Alan and Mick 14th, Sue and Roy 27th.and Jane and Ian 92nd.
Please click on this box for the national results
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| Last updated : 26th May 2016 08:47 BST |
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| EBED Sim pairs Tuesday |
Congratulations to Colin and Tony who won our Tuesday Heat. They are currently 3rd out of 819 pairs, with Jenny and Keith 160th=.and Fiona and Ian 198th.
Please click on this box for the national results
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| Last updated : 26th May 2016 08:47 BST |
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| Letter from EBED Chairman |
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EBED Spring Simultaneous Pairs
Thank you for taking part
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Dear Tony
On behalf of English Bridge Education and Development I want to thank you for participating in the recent EBED Spring Sim Pairs. I hope your members enjoyed playing in the event.
Over 130 clubs, and 2300 pairs, took part, raising in excess of £11,000 for the charity. Please pass on our thanks to those who took part as their entry fee is helping the charity in its work - and as it was a fundraising event for the charity, there is no VAT levied, so they will likely take satisfaction from knowing it will all go to EBED. In this specific instance the proceeds are helping EBED in its work researching and promoting the health and social benefits of playing bridge.
As you may have read in the recent issue of English Bridge magazine (April issue, page 37), one of the charity’s Trustees, Caroline Small, is working with researchers at Stirling University to look at the social benefits of playing bridge. An early part of this work is the distribution of a survey to both bridge players, and non-bridge players, which will allow a comparison of the affect of playing bridge on the respondent's perception of various topics. This will be ready in the near future, and will be distributed when available.
This is just the first stage of a larger project that will take place over the coming months and years. If you would like to continue to support EBED’s work you can do so by entering the EBED Autumn Sim Pairs which will take place 5th to 9th September. You can also help us simply by making use of the services we provide – for example by joining a TD training course or coaching juniors through the Junior Award Scheme. Information on all of EBED’s work is available on our website – www.ebedcio.org.uk.
If you have any ideas, or queries, on the work EBED is doing please don’t hesitate to contact EBED’s Business Manager – Richard Banbury – or its Education Manager – Sue Maxwell.
Thank you again for your participation in the Sim Pairs.
Andrew Petrie
EBED Chairman
PS we raised £212.80 at Caterham
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| Last updated : 26th May 2016 08:32 BST |
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| Bridge helping ladies stay healthy and active into their 90s |
BBC Woman's Hour on Radio 4 on the 21st April looked at how women in their 90s have managed to stay healthy and active. Two interviewees from Birmingham cited bridge as one of the biggest influences on their prolonged good health, noting both the benefits of keeping the mind active, and also the social benefits of playing bridge after the death of their husbands.
The interview is available on the BBC website for a limited time - scroll to 15:00 for the start of the interview (which lasts around six minutes).
The EBED Sim Pairs event, which takes place in the first week of May, will be raising funds to help English Bridge Education and Development undertake work relating to the social and health benefits linked to playing bridge, including combatting social isolation and cognitive decline. We are participating on all 4 days.
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| Last updated : 14th May 2016 22:42 BST |
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| Masterpoint Promotions March 2016 |
Congratulations to Alan Webber who was promoted to 1 Star Master
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| Last updated : 4th May 2016 08:08 BST |
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| Bristish Spring Sim Thursday |
Congratulations to Phil and Tony for winning our Thursday heat. Tony and Phil are currently 4th nationally with Brian and Jan 103rd out of 510 pairs. Please click this box for the national results.
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| Last updated : 29th Apr 2016 00:00 BST |
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| British Spring Sim Wednesday |
Congratulations to Lloyd and Gitte for winning our Wednesday heat. Sue and Roy are currently 47th out of 977 pairs nationally with Lloyd and Gitte 141st. Please click this box for the national results.
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| Last updated : 28th Apr 2016 23:59 BST |
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| British Spring Sim Tuesday |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick for winning our Tuesday heat. Brian and Colin are currently 126 out of 843 pairs with Alan and Mick 174th=.. Please click on this box for the national results.
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| Last updated : 28th Apr 2016 23:59 BST |
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| British Spring Sim Monday |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick for winning our Monday heat. Brian and Jan are currently 103= out of 836 pairs. Please click this box for the national results.
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| Last updated : 28th Apr 2016 23:58 BST |
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| New Annual Competition |
For 2016 we will be starting a new annual most improved player competition. To qualify you must have a NGS grade at the end of 2015 and have played at Caterham at least 4 times in the previous year. We will record your grade at the end of each month and compare this with your grade at the end of 2015 the person who has the biggest percentage movement at the end of any month during the year will be the winner.
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| Last updated : 23rd Apr 2016 17:17 BST |
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| Stratified Sim Pairs Thursday |
Congratulations to Mick and Alan who won our Thursday heat. Nationally they are 4th out of 278 pairs (first in the C Stratification), Laurence and Emma are 54th and Colin and Diane are are 59th (fifth and sixth in the D Stratification respectively). Click this box for the national results.
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| Last updated : 2nd Apr 2016 16:22 BST |
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| Stratified Sim Pairs Wednesday |
Congratulations to Sue and Roy who won our Wednesday heat and are 54th out of 272 with Colin and Sarah 49th. Click this box for the national results.
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| Last updated : 2nd Apr 2016 16:21 BST |
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| Stratified Sim Pairs Tuesday |
Congratulations to John and Colin who won our Tuesday heat. Nationally Nicky and Roger are 10th out of 322 (first in the C Stratification) and Colin and John are 57th (second in the D Stratification). Click this box for the national results.
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| Last updated : 2nd Apr 2016 16:21 BST |
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| Stratified Sim Pairs Monday |
Congratulations to Peter and Andrew who won our Monday heat and are currently 12th out of 610 pairs nationally third in the D Stratification). Brian and Jan are 88th also Bob and Diana are 152=. Click this box for the national results.
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| Last updated : 2nd Apr 2016 16:20 BST |
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| Masterpoint Promotions February 2016 |
Congratulations everyone who was promoted this Month
County Master Brian Jeffries Jan Jeffries Andrew Rumble
Area Master Roy Bassett Sue Bassett Emma Brown Diane Hanley Elin Pooley Sue Rumble
Local Master Sally Baising Mandy Baker Alex Hunter Tony White
Please click this box to link to the notice on the EBU website
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| Last updated : 2nd Apr 2016 11:05 BST |
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| Surrey Sim Pairs |
Over the week we raised £169 in aid of the Woking and Sam Beare Hospices. You can find more details of this charity by clicking this box.
At present Mick and Alan are leading the rankings for the weeks prize
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| Last updated : 15th Mar 2016 06:25 GMT |
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| Surrey Sim Pairs Thursday |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick who won our Thursday heat and are currently 30th out of 217 Pairs. Alex and Tony are 33rd in the county rankings. Click this box for the County results.
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| Last updated : 3rd Mar 2016 09:00 GMT |
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| Surrey Sim Pairs Wednesday |
Congratulations to Sue and Andrew, Brian and Jan, Rosemary and Jane joint winners of our Wednesday heat. In the county standings out of 154 pairs Rosemary and Jane are 3rd, Roy and Sue are 9th, Sue and Andrew are 20th, Brian and Jan 27th. Click this box for the County results.
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| Last updated : 3rd Mar 2016 08:59 GMT |
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| Surrey Sim Pairs Tuesday |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick who won our Tuesday heat and are currently 14th out of 154 Pairs. Currently Fiona and Tony are leading the county rankings. Click this box for the County results.
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| Last updated : 3rd Mar 2016 08:59 GMT |
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| Surrey Sim Pairs Monday |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick who won our Monday heat and are currently leading the rankings county wide. Sue and Roy are currently 9th out of 238 Pairs. Click this box for the County results.
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| Last updated : 3rd Mar 2016 08:59 GMT |
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| EBU Annual Masterpoint awards Club Surrey |
Congratulations to Mick Edwards who won the Level 5 catagory also to Alan Webber who won the level 6 catagory. They have both won prizes. Please click on the box to see the results.
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| Last updated : 3rd Mar 2016 08:58 GMT |
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| EBU Annual Masterpoint awards Club |
Congratulations to Mick who was the Club Champion for Caterham. Please click this box for the Club details.
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| Last updated : 3rd Mar 2016 08:58 GMT |
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| Annual Masterpoint Competitions |
Congratulations to Andrew Rumble who won the Monday Competition and Alan Webber who won the Wednesday competition. Please note for 2016 there will also be a Thursday Competition. Monday 1 Andrew Rumble 390 2 Peter Kelly 345 3 Mick Edwards 318 Wednesday 1 Alan Webber 339 2 Mick Edwards 315 3 Ian McIntosh 201
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| Last updated : 16th Feb 2016 13:58 GMT |
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| EBED Sim pairs Tuesday |
Congratulations to Brian and Jan for winning our Tuesday Heat. Currently nationally Peter and Andrew are 17th, Brian and Jan are 35th, Alan and Mick 38th, Jane and Ian 47rd and Jenny and Keith 65th. Please click this box to see the national results.
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| Last updated : 16th Feb 2016 13:58 GMT |
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| EBED Sim pairs Wednesday |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick for winning our Wednesday Heat. Currently nationally Roy and Sue are 3rd, Mick and Alan are 10th and Jane and Ian are 24th=. Please click this box to see the national results.
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| Last updated : 16th Feb 2016 13:57 GMT |
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| British Winter Sims Monday |
Congratulations to Janet and John for winning our Monday heat. Mick and Alan are currently lying 3rd nationally and Janet and John are lying 5th nationally. Please click on this box for national results.
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| Last updated : 2nd Feb 2016 23:52 GMT |
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| British Winter Sims Thursday |
Congratulations to Mick and Alan for winning our Thursday heat. Mick and Alan are currently lying 2nd nationally, Colin and Diana are 28th=, Emma and Elin are 65rd and Mandy and Sally are 138th. Please click on this box for national results.
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| Last updated : 2nd Feb 2016 23:48 GMT |
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| TASK Charity Christmas Play Sessions |
We would like to thank everyone that attended TASK's Christmas Assisted/Play sessions on 9th, 10th and 14th December.
You helped us raise £434.00 for the charity.
Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
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| Last updated : 25th Jan 2016 00:13 GMT |
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| Master Point Promotions November |
Congratulations to the following on being promoted in November: Mick Edwards 1 Star Master Alan Webber Advanced Master Mike Snailham Club Master |
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| Last updated : 31st Dec 2015 14:09 GMT |
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| Master Point Promotions October |
Congratulations to everyone who was promoted in October:
County Master Jane O'Hare
Area master Barry Marchini
Club Master Heather Streets, Pauline Poturicich
Local Master Mike Snailham
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| Last updated : 14th Dec 2015 06:02 GMT |
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| Master Point Promotions September |
Congratulations and well done to everyone who was promoted in September:
Mick Edwards is now an Advanced Master
Allan Webber is a Master
Tabitha Cherrett, John Deverill and Bill Lumb are now Club Masters
John Deverill and Carol Penn are now Local Masters
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| Last updated : 4th Nov 2015 00:03 GMT |
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| August Masterpoint promotions |
Congratulations to everyone who was promoted in August:
John Gill and Roger Metcalfe are now District Masters,
Yve Anderson is an Area Master
Emma Brown, Gillian Bibby, John Bibby, Pam Connor, Barry Marchini and Elin Pooley are now Club Masters
Mary Ingosoll is a Local Master
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| Last updated : 6th Oct 2015 00:20 BST |
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| EBED Autumn Sims Monday |
Congratulations to Nicky and John who won our Monday event. They are currently lying 50th out of 925 pairs. Click this box for the national results.
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| Last updated : 6th Oct 2015 00:19 BST |
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| EBED Autumn Sims Thursday |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick who won our heat and are currently leading the rankings countrywide. John and Mary are currently 68th out of 372 Pairs. Click this box for the national results.
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| Last updated : 6th Oct 2015 00:19 BST |
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| Dorin Salver Monday |
Congratulations to Brian and Jan who won our Monday heat of the Dorin Salver they are currently lying 75th out of 317 pairs. Tony and Tabitha are lying 22nd. Please click on this box to show the county result.
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| Last updated : 6th Oct 2015 00:18 BST |
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| Dorin Salver Wednesday |
Congratulations to Rosemary and Bill who have won our Wednesday heat they are currently 3rd in Surrey out of 143 pairs. Please click on this box to show the county result.
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| Last updated : 6th Oct 2015 00:18 BST |
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| Dorin Salver Thursday |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick who won our Thursday heat of the Dorin Salver they are currently lying 1st out of 146 pairs. Carol and Mary are lying 28th. Please click on this box to show the county result.
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| Last updated : 6th Oct 2015 00:18 BST |
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| British Summer Pairs |
Congratulations to Barry and Heather for winning our Thursday heat. Due to different results nationally they are lying 152nd in the national rankings out of 465. Currently Mick and Alan are leading the national rankings, with John and Gillian 32nd, Emma and Elin 34th, Colin and Simon 75th and Pam and Mary 82nd.
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| Last updated : 2nd Sep 2015 00:02 BST |
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| British Summer Pairs |
Congratulations to Jan and Brian for winning our Wednesday heat. At present they are lying 32nd= in the national rankings out of 633, with Alan and Mick 52nd and Nicky and John 73rd.
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| Last updated : 2nd Sep 2015 00:01 BST |
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| British Summer Pairs |
Congratulations to Yve and Tony who won our Monday heat. At present in the national rankings they are lying 43rd= out of 1498 with John and Nicki 283rd=. Please click on this box to see the National results.
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| Last updated : 2nd Sep 2015 00:01 BST |
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| July Masterpoint Promotions |
Congratulations to Simon Brew, Patti Ecob, Bob Edney and Les Hobbs who have all been promoted to Area Master. Also to Chris Watts who has attained the rank of Local Master.
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| Last updated : 2nd Sep 2015 00:00 BST |
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| Bridge among sports to apply for 2020 Olympics inclusion |
Please click on box to see article
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| Last updated : 15th Aug 2015 11:39 BST |
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| Master Point Promotions June |
Congratulations to Sue Rumble who has gained the rank of Club Master
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| Last updated : 28th Jul 2015 08:54 BST |
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| Novice League Final 6th June |
Congratulations to Jan, Brian, Patti and Les who have won the Surrey novice league final. Click on this box to see the results.
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| Last updated : 28th Jul 2015 08:53 BST |
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| Master Point Promotions May |
Congratulations to Rosemary Linington and Colin Edy on attaining the rank of Master also to Ian MacIntosh who is now a County Master. Andrew Rumble and Peter Kelly have become District Masters. Jose Souren and Christine Thabet are now Club Masters and Sue Rumble is now a Local Master.
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2015 15:58 BST |
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| Is Bridge a Sport? |
Please click on the link to view an article from the Independant talking about about the recent Judicial Ruling.
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| Last updated : 18th Jun 2015 16:38 BST |
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| Tuesday EBED Spring Pairs |
Congratulations to Nicki and Les who won our Tuesday heat. At present in the national rankings Jane and Ian are lying 50th out of 625 with Peter and Andrew 119th. Please click on this box to see the National results.
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| Last updated : 3rd Jun 2015 15:55 BST |
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| Wednesday EBED Spring Pairs |
Congratulations to Rosemary and Tony who won our Tuesday heat. At present in the national rankings they are lying 12th out of 704 with Alan and Mick 23rd, Christine and Ian 44th, Andrew and Sue 183th= and Brian and Jan 196th. Please click on this box to see the National results.
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| Last updated : 3rd Jun 2015 15:55 BST |
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| April Master Point Promotions |
Congratulations to Colin Edy on attaining the rank of District Master. Also to Roger Metcalfe for becoming an Area Master, as well as Pat Coulson and Barry Marchini on becoming Local Masters.
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| Last updated : 3rd Jun 2015 15:54 BST |
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| March Master Point Promptions |
Congratulations to Mick Edwards for reaching the rank of Master, also to Alan Webber for reaching the rank of County Master and to John Gill for reaching the rank of Area Master.
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| Last updated : 15th May 2015 20:24 BST |
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| Caterham Teams Competition |
Congratulations to Les & Patti, Jan & Brian who have won the Caterham Teams Championship. They have qualified to represent the club at the Wanborough Cup a county event for the club teams champions
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| Last updated : 6th May 2015 08:32 BST |
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| British Spring Sim Pairs |
Currently Jose and Tony are positioned 20th out of 847 pairs and Mick and Rosemary are 60th=. Click on this box for the national results.
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| Last updated : 5th May 2015 22:18 BST |
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| Master Point Promotions February 2015 |
Congratulations to Brian Jeffries, Jan Jefferies and Nicky Gill for attaining the rank of District Master. Also to Anne Pressey who became an Area Master as well as John Gill and Liz Friend who became a Club Masters.
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| Last updated : 5th Apr 2015 08:54 BST |
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| Stratified Sim Pairs Monday 9th |
Congratulations to Brian and Jan, Roger and Colin for winning the heat. Currently Roger and Colin who are currently lying 29th and Brian and Jan are lying 58th out of 518 pairs.
Click this box to see the results on the EBU web site.
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| Last updated : 5th Apr 2015 08:53 BST |
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| Stratified Sim Pairs Wednesday 11th |
Congratulations to Alan and Mick, Jane and Rosemary for winning the heat. Currently Alan and Mick are currently lying 24th, Jane and Rosemary are lying 46th and Sadie and John are 62nd out of 315 pairs.
Click this box to see the results on the EBU web site.
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| Last updated : 5th Apr 2015 08:53 BST |
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| Surrey Friendly Swiss Pairs |
Congratulations to Brian and Jan Jeffries who won the Non Expert prize.
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| Last updated : 13th Mar 2015 23:04 GMT |
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| Master Point Promotions |
Congratulations to Mick Edwards who was promoted to County Master in November.
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| Last updated : 13th Mar 2015 23:03 GMT |
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| Annual Masterpoint Ranking Surrey 2015 |
Leader Board Level 6: Surrey (Unranked, Local Masters, Club Masters, Area Masters, District Masters)
1 Mr Michael Tinsley 5078 Area Master Surrey
2 Dr J Carpenter 4382 District Master Surrey
3 Kostadin Blagoev Vasilev 3975 Unranked Surrey
4 Mr WM Edwards 3292 Unranked Surrey
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| Last updated : 3rd Mar 2015 23:42 GMT |
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| Master Point Promotions December 2014 |
Congratulations to Nicky Gill for attaining the rank of Area Master.
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| Last updated : 7th Feb 2015 09:42 GMT |
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| Monday Annual Master Points Competition |
Congratulations to Mick Edwards who has won the 2014 event with 315 Master points. Alan Webber was second with 240 Master points (having the best average for each time he played) and Colin Edy was third with 215 Master points. The new competition will start on January 5th. There will also be a Wednesday competition in 2015.
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| Last updated : 30th Jan 2015 10:43 GMT |
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| British Winter Sim Pairs Monday |
Congratulations to Mick and Tony for winning the heat. Currently they are lying 79th out of 935 pairs.
Click this box to see the results on the EBU web site.
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| Last updated : 23rd Jan 2015 13:10 GMT |
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| British Winter Sim Pairs Wednesday AM |
Congratulations to Jane and Ian for winning the Wednesday morning heat. Jane and Ian are currently 50th and Alan and Mick are 99th out of 952 pairs.
Click this box to see the results on the EBU web site.
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| Last updated : 23rd Jan 2015 13:09 GMT |
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| British Winter Sim pairs Wednesday eve |
Congratulations to Brian and Jan for winning the heat. Currently they are lying 144th= out of 952 pairs. John and Nicki are currently lying 14th nationally with a spectacular +17% revision to the local score.
Click this box to see the results on the EBU web site.
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| Last updated : 23rd Jan 2015 13:08 GMT |
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| Monday British Autumn Sim Pairs |
Congratulations to Bob and Roger,Colin and Mick joint winners of our heat. At present nationally Bob/Roger are 13th and Colin/Mick are 62nd out of 624 pairs. The percentages vary as the comparison is made across the entire field.
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| Last updated : 4th Nov 2014 23:17 GMT |
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| Master Point Promotions September 2014 |
Congratulations to Alan Webber, Brian Jeffries and Jan Jeffries for reaching the rank of Area Master. Also to Andrew Rumble and Peter Kelly for reaching the rank of Club Master.
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| Last updated : 1st Nov 2014 20:00 GMT |
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| Visit to Selsdon Bridge Club |
Selsdon Bridge Club have invited us to visit on the 23rd October. We are hoping that 4 or 5 of our stronger pairs might attend. Selsdon is the strongest club in the area and will present a good challenge.
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| Last updated : 26th Oct 2014 14:32 GMT |
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| Master point promotions August |
Congratulations to Ali Kocar and Mick Edwards who have acheived the rank of District Master. Also to Anne Pressey who has achieved the rank of Club Master. Please click on this box to see the details on the EBU web site.
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| Last updated : 3rd Oct 2014 23:59 BST |
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| July Master Point Promotions |
Congratulations to Ann Pressey and Liz Friend who have acheived the rank of Local Master. Please click on this box to see the details on the EBU web site.
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| Last updated : 6th Sep 2014 10:31 BST |
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| British Summer Simultaneous Pairs |
Congratulations to Nicky and Alan for winning Mondays heat on 25 July 2014. When scored nationally the places can change significantly; in our case Andrew and Peter are best placed nationally being 70th out of 1437 at the present time with a score of 62.19%. Please click on this box for the national results and commentry.
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| Last updated : 25th Aug 2014 10:37 BST |
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| June Master Point Promotions |
Congratulations to Colin Edy, Brian and Jan Jeffries who attained the rank of Club Master. Please click on this box to see the details on the EBU web site.
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| Last updated : 29th Jul 2014 16:35 BST |
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| Do Bridge Players Know the Secret to Longevity? |
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| Puzzles and crosswords could be the best way to beat dementia |
An article from the Daily Express
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| Last updated : 15th Jul 2014 16:55 BST |
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| EBU Spring Simultaneous Pairs |
Congratulations to Colin Edy who despite his partner came 20th and Brian and Jan who were 58th. There were 499 pairs competing from 28 clubs from all over England. For your diaries our next simultaneous pairs will be the British Summer Pairs on Monday 28th July and Wednesday 30th July. Please click the box to go to the results and hands on the EBU web site.
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| Last updated : 5th Jul 2014 13:06 BST |
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| Surrey Novice League Final Winners |
Congratulations to Liz Friend, Ann Pressey, Mick Edwards and Ali Kokar who have won the Surrey Novice League Final. Please click on the link to see the result. We will run a Surrey organised Try Teams session on 17th September at 19:30 for those wishing to enter the Novice league next year.
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| Last updated : 5th Jul 2014 13:05 BST |
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| Warren Buffet and Bill Gates on Bridge |
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| Simon Heffer Confessions of a bridge addict |
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| How does Bridge work? |
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Bridge is a partnership game for four people deriving from the much older game of whist. It uses a standard pack of 52 cards in four suits, 13 of which are randomly dealt to each player in each deal.
The objective is for each partnership to win as many tricks as possible,each trick comprising one card from each of the four hands dealt. Tricks can be won by high cards - aces are high, followed by the other honour cards:king, queen and jack and then the 10 down to the 2 - or by trumps, cards of a designated suit which always outrank cards in any other suit.
Each deal consists of two distinct stages - the bidding and the play of the cards to the tricks. During the bidding the trump suit is decided and a target number of tricks is set, which must be won before any points can be scored for the side winning the contract.
That makes bridge different from whist is that there is a dummy - one of the four hands which is placed face up for all to see during the card-playing stage. This is always the hand which partners the declarer - the player who has won the auction and contracted to take a particular number of tricks -always more than half the total of 13 available. The other two players form the defenders, whose aim is to prevent the contract being made.
The bidding is conducted in a special bridge language where the words are the same all over the world, but the meanings given to the bids made can vary enormously.Much of the skill at this stage is in making sure you and your partner 'talk the same language' - that you mean the same things by your bids. There's plenty of scope for misunderstandings here and bridge players have been known to be quite vociferous in arguing for their own interpretation!
The card play stage requires all kinds of skills - planning, counting, reasoning,working out probabilities and often a bit of cunning and deception as well.Again there's a need for teamwork - the defending side has to pull together if it is to do well.
When a player first looks at his hand, he needs to assess how good it is - how likely is it to take lots of tricks in conjunction with partner's hand?
Obviously,the honour cards are important, so we assign a value to each of them: four points for an ace, three for a king, two for a queen and one for a jack.
This same method of valuation is used in MiniBridge as well – the simplified form of the game, which is generally taught as an introduction to bridge. The total points in a hand give a pretty good idea of its strength, though possession of a long suit – five or six or more cards in one suit – can also be very useful,especially if you can contrive for that suit to be trumps.
Isn't it really just a gambling game though, based on the luck of the cards?
Absolutely not. There is some luck in any one deal, though over a period of time this should even out. But there is a form of the game - duplicate bridge -which eliminates the luck element completely.
This is because the same deals are played by different partnerships - the hands are duplicated to allow this, which sounds rather complicated to organise but actually isn't at all. So you are just trying to do better than others holding exactly the same cards - pure skill, in fact, with no element of betting or gambling.
Duplicate bridge is not a mere 'game of cards' - it is played at many schools where 'cards' are banned but bridge is encouraged because its educational value is recognised. This is the sort of bridge promoted by the English Bridge Union(EBU), the governing body for duplicate bridge in this country.
Duplicate bridge is a real 'sport of the mind', as evidenced by the fact that it has been recognised by the International Olympic Committee as a demonstration sport, the first step towards its inclusion in the Olympic Games. It is as keenly contested as any sport with national, European and World Championships. There are open, women's,mixed and junior events and we are proud that teams from this country have been Champions in many of these events in the past and, we hope, will be again in the future!
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| Last updated : 5th Jul 2014 13:01 BST |
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