Cross in Hand Bridge Club – Our Competitions

All sessions held at the Club are to Level 4 of EBU Permitted Understandings

The Hilbourne Cup

Donated by Deidre & David Hilbourne, this competition was conceived to foster wider friendships within the Club.

To qualify a player must be a fully paid member of the Club and have played a minimum of five times  Each round must be played with a different partner who should also be a member of the club.

The sessions played will be scored in the normal manner.  However, for each round played, individual results will be recorded for each player.  This will comprise their finishing position and their percentage scored.  The finishing positions will be aggregated to provide a total for the year.  If more than five rounds have been played the worst results will be discarded to leave five scoring rounds.

The cup will be awarded to the player with the smallest number of finishing position points from their North/South or East/West position

For example: Player `A` plays all 9 rounds and has results of finishing position 1,2,1,3,1,1,4,2,3.  The worst results 4,3,3 can be discarded leaving 1,2,1,1,1,2 - Total 8

Player`B` plays all 9 rounds and has results of finishing in positions 1,2,2,3,3,1,3,2,3. The worst results 3,3,3, can be discarded leaving 1,2,2,1,1,2 - Total 9

Thus `A` is the winner  The purpose of this complicated scoring is to give NS or EW equal chances.

In the event of a tie the percentages for the rounds used for the counted results of the tied players will be averaged.  The best average will be used to break the tie.

The Alistair Graham Trophy

The Alastair Graham Trophy was donated to the Club by Jay Graham, wife of our late Chairman. Alastair always felt that our Annual Event was a particularly important date in the Club calendar and this trophy is presented to the pair who win the one session pairs event on this very popular occasion. At least one of the winning pair must be a Club member.

Oliver Hanson Cup

The Oliver Hanson Cup was presented to the Club by his fellow committee members in his memory and is awarded to the player with the highest average calculated from the 15 best scores achieved between January and December.  Only games with a member can be counted.  

The Cross in Hand/Crowborough Salver

Each year we play a friendly Teams match against Crowborough Bridge Club for this silver plate.