| October 2016 |
Congratulations to Norman Selway & Kay Preddy on winning the Kent Mixed Pairs Championship, the Dyer Smith Cup. Well done to Leigh & Sarah Chapman who won the prize for the best-placed married pair.
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| Swiss Teams |
 Congratulations to Michael Prior, Leigh & Sarah Chapman and Mike Hampton, winners of the Swiss teams on Sunday 18th September.
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| September 2016 |
Congratulations to Stephen Brown & Stuart McPhee and David Dawson playing with Christine Dyer were joint winners of the Swiss pairs. Keith Ashcroft & Michael Collins were joint third, 164 pairs competed. Keith Ashcroft & Peter Taylor were half of the team that finished third in the Swiss teams, 71 teams competed.
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| Haycocks Cup |
Well done to the team representing Farnborough on Friday night - Christine Kempton & Peter Hibbins, Helen & Richard Gibbons, Jenny Kerr & Chris Wall, Jan Johnson & Graham Clements - on winning the Haycocks Cup. The margin of victory was 47 IMPs.
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| July 2016 |
Congratulations to Norman Inniss & Stefan Syplywczak & Pat McBain (playing with Colin Game), who won the Brook Shield - the Kent area leagues play-off.
Congratulations also to Norman Inniss & Richard Creamer, who were part of the winning team in the Sussex Green Point Swiss Teams.
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| May 2016 |
Congratulations to Norman Selway who was part of the winning England team in the Senior Camrose (Teltscher Trophy). They led convincingly throughout the weekend and ended up comfortable victors with almost 80% of the available Victory Points.
Congratulations also to Mike Hampton & Michael Prior who won the Sussex green pointed Swiss Pairs by 20 VPs, scoring 121 out of a possible 140, and to Sue Parkins & Mark Wiggins who won the prize for being the leading non-expert pair.
Well done to Keith Ashcroft & Michael Prior and John Griffiths & John Hemington who came second in the Kent green pointed Swiss Teams.
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| April 2016 |
Well done to Norman Selway who with his partner Nick Irens has won The George Griffiths Cup for the Kent Senior Pairs.
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| April 2016 |
Well done to Chris Wall & Mike Hampton on winning The Larsky Kent Championship Pairs.
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| March 2016 |
Well done to Kay Preddy & Norman Selway & Derek Patterson who with Gerald Tredinnick came second in the Easter Swiss Teams.
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| March 2016 |
Well done to Keith Ashcroft and Peter Taylor who won the Kent green pointed Swiss Pairs and to Kay Preddy and Norman Selway who came second.
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| February 2016 |
Well done to Stuart McPhee who came second in the Grand Masters Pairs.
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| February 2016 |
Well done to Norman Selway, Kay Preddy, Derek Patterson, Patrick Collins and Mike Hampton who were members of the Kent team that came second in the Tollemache final (national inter-county teams of eight).
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| February 2016 |
Corbett League (Teams of Eight)
A big thank you to all those who represented Farnborough in the Corbett Cup, Corbett Plate and Mitchell Salver.
Congratulations to Farnborough members - Bill Charlwood, Pat Collins, John Griffiths, John Hemington, Derek Patterson and Michael Prior - who were members of the winning Chislehurst A Team in the Corbett Cup.
Mike Hampton
Match Captain
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| January 2016 |
Well done to Norman Selway and Pat Collins who were part of the team that won the Senior trials to represent England in the European Championships.
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| January 2016 |
Well done to the Farnborough team, Richard & Helen Gibbons, Paul Saunders & Carol Homden, Graham Clements & Jan Johnson and Jim Metcalf & Jenny Kerr who won the Mitchell Salver.
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| January 2016 |
Well done to John Amor and Keith Ashcroft who won the Kent Men's Pairs Championship and to Sue Parkins and Hilary Powell who came third in the Kent Ladies' Pairs Championship.
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| November 2015 |
Well done to Norman Selway, Kay Preddy, Derek Patterson and Patrick Collins, who were members of the team representing Kent in the Tollemache qualifier. The team won their group convincingly with 130VPs out of a possible 160. This equates to an average score of 16.25VP in each of their 8 matches.
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| November 2015 |
Well done to Steve Burton and Patrick Collins, who were part of the winning team in the MCC mixed teams bridge event held at Lord’s Cricket Ground. They were representing the Cam Bridge Circle.
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| November 2015 |
Well done to Phil Jones & Christine Kempton on being joint runners up in the Sussex invitational event, the Chairman's Cup.
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| November 2015 |
Premier League
Well done to Derek Patterson, who was in the team that won Premier League Division 2 and also to Norman Selway & Kay Preddy, whose team came 2nd in the same Division. Both teams have gained promotion to Division 1 for next year’s Premier League.
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| November 2015 |
Dyer Smith Kent Mixed Pairs
Well done to Leigh & Sarah Chapman on coming second in the Dyer Smith (Kent mixed pairs) and winning the Hunter Cup (highest placed married couple). Also, well done to Mike de Winter and Mary Kendall on coming fourth.
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| October 2015 |
 Kent Congress
Congratulations to Mike Hampton, John Amor, Michael Prior & Keith Ashcroft for winning the Kent Congress Teams for the fourth year running. Norman Selway was a member of the team that finished third.
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| September 2015 |
 Surrey Green Point Swiss Pairs.
Congratulations to Mike Hampton and Michael Prior who came equal first in the Surrey Swiss Pairs on Saturday 26th September 2015.
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| August 2015 |
Brighton Congress
Well done to Norman Selway and Kay Preddy on another excellent showing in the Brighton Swiss Pairs. In a field of 287 pairs they finished in 4th place, just 3 VPs behind the winners. They have now been in close contention in each of the last 3 years since winning the event in 2012.
Well done to Patrick Collins in the Brighton Congress. His team finished third in the Four Stars A Final.
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| July 2015 |
 English Riviera Congress
Congratulations to Michael Hampton and John Amor on winning the Riviera Swiss Pairs in Torquay. In a field of 100 pairs they went through the two day event undefeated and the final winning margin was 26 VPs.
Well done also to Michael Prior and Keith Ashcroft, who came 3rd.
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| June 2015 |
North West Kent League (Gill Cup)
Congratulations to Allan & Gillian Foster, Mike Rafferty and Liz Blande on winning the North West Kent League Division I (the Gill Cup) for the third consecutive year.
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| May 2015 |
Arnold Cup
Well done to Norman Selway and Kay Preddy who were members of the team that won the Kent County Teams Knockout Competition, the Arnold Cup. In a very close final, they narrowly beat a team that included Michael Prior and Leigh Chapman.
Sussex Green Point Swiss Pairs
Congratulations to Christine Kempton & Phil Jones on coming equal first in the Swiss Pairs.
Kent Green Point Swiss Teams
Well done also to Keith Ashcroft & Michael Prior, John Hemington & John Griffiths who came second. Christine Kempton, Phil Jones and Tony Price (along with Jon Chapman) came fourth.
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| April 2015 |
Hubert Phillips Plate
Congratulations to Leigh Chapman, Sarah Chapman, Michael Prior and Mike Hampton on winning the 2015 Hubert Phillips Plate.
Easter Festival London - Swiss Pairs
Congratulations to John Amor and Peter Taylor who won the Swiss Pairs on Easter Monday. In a very strong field of over 130 pairs they won by a convincing 12 VPs. Norman Selway (playing with David Kendrick) came fourth.
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| March 2015 |
Larsky Cup
Congratulations to Michael Prior & Keith Ashcroft, who won the Kent Pairs Championship (the Larsky Cup) on Sunday. Other Farnborough members were also highly placed: Robin George & Keith George came second and Nick Barlow & John Amor were fourth.
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| February 2015 |
Corbett League (Teams of Eight)
A big thank you to all those who represented Farnborough in the Corbett Cup, Corbett Plate and Mitchell Salver. All teams had very respectable results (details can be found on the KCBA website).
Congratulations to Farnborough members - Bill Charlwood, Pat Collins, John Griffiths, John Hemington, Derek Patterson and Michael Prior - who were members of the winning Chislehurst A Team in the Corbett Cup.
Mike Hampton
Match Captain
In figures pulished by the EBU recently Mike Hampton tops the list for the most Master Points won at Farnborough Club. Well done.
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| December 2014 |
Teltscher Trophy
Congratulations to Norman Selway who will be part of the team to represent England in the Teltscher Trophy, the 'Senior Camrose’, in May 2015. His team won the trials that were held just before Christmas.
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| November 2014 |
Middlesex Congress - Swiss Teams
Well done to Norman Inniss and Stefan Syplywczak (playing with London players Richard Creamer and Mike Bull) on finishing third.
Tollemache Qualifier
Leigh Chapman, Pat Collins, Derek Patterson, Kay Preddy, Michael Prior and Norman Selway were all members of the team representing Kent in the Tollemache Qualifier. They won their group and qualified comfortably for the Final. Congratulations! The final will be held in February.
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| October 2014 |
Kent Congress
Norman Selway and Kay Preddy were clear winners of the Swiss Pairs. Norman Inniss and Stefan Syplywczak came 3rd.
Allnutt Trophy (Leading Mixed Pair): Christine Kempton and Phil Jones.
Mike Hampton, John Amor, Michael Prior and Keith Aschcroft won the Swiss Teams - they have now won this event three years in a row. Norman Inniss, Stefan Syplywczak and Bill Charlwood (playing with Dick Davey) came an extremely close 2nd - they scored exactly the same number of VPs but just lost on a split tie.
In a strong field, other Farnborough members were well placed in both events - Well Done!!
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Norman Selway and Kay Preddy won the Dyer Smith trophy. Gillian and Allan Foster were 3rd.
Keith Ashcroft, John Griffiths, Michael Hampton and John Amor won the Bromley North Swiss Teams for the third year running. Mark Howarth, John Hunter, Barbara Howarth and Phil Bailey came equal 2nd with David Powell, Hilary Powell, Valerie Smith and Mary Kendall.
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| September 2014 |
Pat Collins (with Peter Law, Steve Auchterlonie and Malcolm Lewis) came 2nd in the Crockfords Plate.
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| August 2014 |
Norman Selway and Kay Preddy had another great Brighton Pairs tournament with an equal 8th position in the Swiss Pairs having won the event in 2012.
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| July 2014 |
Pat Collins (with Peter Law, Alan Kay and Jeremy Dhondy) won the Swiss Teams at the Summer Seniors Congress.
Mike Hampton and Michael Prior won Kent’s Phillimore Cup Swiss Pairs.
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| June 2014 |
Mike Hampton, John Amor, Michael Prior and Keith Ashcroft won the Swiss Teams at the Riviera Congress at Torquay.
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| May 2014 |
Derek Patterson (with John Chapman, Ian Draper and Jeremy Willans) won the Green Pointed Kent Swiss Teams. Keith Ashcroft, Michael Prior, John Hemington and John Griffiths came 3rd.
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| April 2014 |
Mike Hampton and Bill Charlwood won the B-Final of the National Pairs.
Norman Selway (with Nick Irens) won the George Griffiths Seniors Kent Pairs; Steve Burton and Chris Wall were 3rd.
Phil Jones, Michael Prior, Karen and Malcolm Pryor won the first SEBL PAB Rotter Cup teams KO. Mike Hampton, Pat Collins and Bill Charlwood (with Jonathan Chapman) were runners up.
Bill Charlwood (with Bob Holder, Dick Davey, Phil Thornton and Nigel Wolfendale) reached the quarter finals of the Gerard Faulkner Salver (National Seniors KO competition).
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| March 2014 |
Norman Selway and Kay Preddy won the Kent Green point Swiss Pairs scoring 126/140 (90% of the VPs). Mike Hampton and Michael Prior were second with 115/140 (82%). Normally a score of 75% will win a Swiss event.
Norman Selway and Kay Preddy won the Tunbridge Wells heat of the Portland Pairs. Also they came 9th out of 376 nationally.
Phil Jones and Christine Kempton came second in the Larsky Cup (Kent main pairs event).
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| February 2014 |
Chris Wall and Jenny Kerr came 2nd in the Masters Pairs.
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| January 2014 |
Michael Hampton and John Amor won the Kent Men’s Pairs (Hunter Homines) with Michael Prior and Leigh Chapman 2nd.
Norman Innis and Stefan Syplywczak came 3rd in the Life Masters pairs.
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| December 2013 |
Leigh Chapman, Sarah Chapman, Michael Prior and Mike Hampton reached the quarter final of the Hubert Phillips Plate.
Norman Selway, Kay Preddy and Pat Collins (with John Reardon and Richard Butland) reach the quarter final of the Gold Cup.
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| November 2013 |
Derek Patterson and Norman Selway gained selection for the first weekend of the Camrose series of matches for the Home Nations.
Norman Selway and Kay Preddy were part of the Kent team that qualified for the Tollemache final. Pat Collins, Michael Prior and Leigh Chapman (with Peter Law, Jeremy Willans, Ian Draper, Colin Wilson, Gerald Soper, Steve Auchterlonie, Malcolm Lewis) played in the final and came 3rd out of eight.
Mike Hampton, Leigh Chapman, Michael Prior and Keith Ashcroft reached the semi-final of the Silver Plate.
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| October 2013 |
Keith Ashcroft, John Griffiths, Michael Hampton and John Amor won the Bromley North Swiss Teams, with Phil Jones, Karen Pryor, Michael Prior and Steve Burton coming 2nd and Mark Howarth, John Hunter, Barbara Howarth and Phil Bailey 3rd.
Phil Jones and Christine Kempton won the Dyer Smith mixed pairs for Kent.
Kay Preddy, Norman Selway, Patrick Collins and Derek Patterson (with Ben Green) won the 2012/13 Hubert Phillips Bowl.
Malcolm and Karen Pryor came second in the Kent Congress Swiss Pairs
Michael Hampton, John Amor, Keith Ashcroft and Michael Prior won the Swiss Teams at the Kent Congress, with Malcolm and Karen Pryor with Steve Burton and Tony Price 2nd.
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| September 2013 |
Michael Prior and Mike Hampton came 2nd at the Guildford One Day Green Point Swiss Pairs (172 pairs took part).
Phil Jones, Christine Kempton, Keith Ashcroft and Michael Prior came 2nd out of 87 teams at the Guildford One Day Green Point Swiss Teams.
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