The committee of The County Bridge Club has agreed, after a suggestion from Lucy Pathan and John Young, to hold a Teams of Four competition. It is hoped we can interest 12 teams and the competition would be held on Friday evenings (twice a month) at The County Bridge Club premises to commence a soon as possible – say October. Details of the format would be advised at a later date but would hopefully take a similar format to the League Teams of Eight on an all play all basis. Teams could consist of any number of players but each team could contain no more than 2 players ranked Queen or higher on the National Grading System. If 12 teams enter there would be 11 sessions as a round-robin followed by a final with the top teams competing for the League Championship and the others competing in a Plate competition. Prize money would be £300 for the winning team, £200 for 2^nd team and £100 for 3^rd team with a prize for the Plate winner. Prize money would have to be adjusted if a lesser number of teams play. Cost of entry would be £5 per team and a further £4 table money per person per session. We look forward to hearing from you that you are interested in competing in this new competition and that you would be interested in entering a team. 

Contact either Frank Travers or Ian Walkerdine if you are interested in raising a team.

Below is the NGS grading which will be used to ensure that no more than two grade Q or higher are permitted in any team. 

1     Duncan Happer    LEI    66.45 AH    Evolving Grade (300 <= boards < 1000)
2     Paul Bowyer    LEI    65.62 AH    Evolving Grade (300 <= boards < 1000)
3     Dick Pathan    LEI    65.09 AH    
4     Bharat Thakrar    LEI    63.97 AD    
5     Ian Bruce    LEI    63.93 AD    
6     Gary Duddle    LEI    63.30 AD    
7     Jim Mason    LEI    63.18 AD    Evolving Grade (300 <= boards < 1000)
8     Ben Norton    LEI    61.57 AC    
9     Tim Glover    LEI    61.56 AC    
10   Graham Lee    LEI    61.01 AC    Evolving Grade (300 <= boards < 1000)
10   Marcin Sakowicz    LEI    61.01 AC    
12   Colin Dean    LEI    60.83 K    
13   Simon Stokes    LEI    60.80 K    
14   Nick Stevens    LEI    60.79 K    
15   Peter Halford    LEI    60.24 K    
16   Barry Smith    LEI    60.13 K    
17   Mike Ayers    LEI    60.12 K    
18   Andy Brown    LEI    60.10 K    
19   Peter Nuttall    LEI    60.05 K    
20   Robert Killip    LEI    59.88 K    Evolving Grade (300 <= boards < 1000)
21   Andrew Mackriell    LEI    59.74 K    
22   James Spencer    LEI    59.71 K    
23   Geoff Foldys    LEI    59.68 K    
24   Tom Lindop    LEI    59.33 K    
25   Marjorie Gilbertson    LEI    59.29 K    
26   Yasser Haider    LEI    59.25 K    
27   Kerri Happer    LEI    59.12 K    Evolving Grade (300 <= boards < 1000)
28   Azam Khan    LEI    59.05 K    
29   Duncan Jones    LEI    58.87 Q    
30   Mike Osborne    LEI    58.51 Q    
31   John Milne    LEI    58.50 Q    
32   Lloyd Danvers    LEI    58.47 Q    
33   Gerardo Bucciero    LEI    58.29 Q    
34   Phil Watts    LEI    58.11 Q    
35   John Thompson    LEI    58.05 Q    
36   James Cooil    LEI    57.97 Q    
37   Peter Neville    LEI    57.74 Q    
38   Linda Stone    LEI    57.67 Q    
39   Robert Northage    LEI    57.54 Q    Evolving Grade (300 <= boards < 1000)
40   Nicholas Wyche    LEI    57.51 Q    Evolving Grade (300 <= boards < 1000)
41   Ben Gibson    LEI    57.40 Q    
42   Pat Watson    LEI    57.32 Q    
43   Irene Krantz    LEI    57.21 Q    
44   Nick Daniels    LEI    57.12 Q    
45   John Clark    LEI    57.11 Q    
46   George Olsson    LEI    57.02 Q    
47   Jonathan Hughes    LEI    57.01 Q