The team which will represent Gloucestershire in the final of the Tollemache trophy on February 17th and 18th at Coventry Bridge Club will be: 

Richard Butland & Graham Cornell; Richard Chamberlain & Andrew Kambites; Peter Waggett & Ben Ritacca; Patrick Shields & Dan McIntosh; Paul Denning & Garry Watson

The 2023-24 MCL season is now complete.  The running tables can be found by clicking here.

Gloucestershire have had a very successful season winning both the Dawes and Markham Divisions.

The following teams have been selected to play in the Midland County League match against Warwickshire on RealBridge on Sunday September 10th

Dawes:   Richard Butland (Capt.) & Rob Stevens; Richard Chamberlain & Andrew Kambites; Paul Denning & Garry Watson; Patrick Shields & Dan McIntosh Won 16-4

Porter: Mark Rogers & John Councer (Capt.); Jim Simons & Patrick Phair; Tony Letts & Keith Sharpe; Ashok Kwatra & Alastair Catchpole Lost 8 -12

Markham: Mike Wignall (Capt.) & Val Constable; Allan Sanis & Steve Bunker; Nick Haynes & Steve Sasanow; Alison Pritchard & David Atthey Won 14-6

The following teams have been selected to play in the Midland County League match against Nottinghamshire on RealBridge on Sunday October 8th.

Dawes:   Richard Butland (Capt.) & Rob Stevens; Richard Chamberlain & Patrick Shields; Paul Denning & Garry Watson; Peter Waggett & Ben Ritacca Won 19-1

Porter: Mark Rogers & John Councer (Capt.); Jim Simons & Patrick Phair; Tony Letts & Roger Schofield; Ashok Kwatra & Alastair Catchpole Won 19-1

Markham: Mike Lewis & Roger Williams; Allan Sanis & Steve Bunker; Angelos Agathangelou & David Atthey; Val Constable (Capt.) & Roy Collard Won 20-0

Reserves: Nick Haynes & Steve Sasanow

The following teams have been selected to play in the Midland County League match against Staffs & Shrops on RealBridge on Sunday November 19th.

Dawes:   Richard Butland (Capt.) & Paul Denning; Richard Chamberlain & Garry Watson; Peter Waggett & Ben Ritacca; Patrick Shields & Dan McIntosh Won 15-5

Porter: Mark Rogers & John Councer (Capt.); Jim Simons & Patrick Phair; Tony Letts & Roger Schofield; Alan Wearmouth & Ron Davis Won 20-0

Markham: Nick Haynes & Steve Sasanow; Allan Sanis & Steve Bunker; Angelos Agathangelou & David Atthey; Val Constable & Mike Wignall (Capt.) Won 18-2

Reserves: Ashok Kwatra & Alastair Catchpole; Mike Lewis & Roger Williams

The following teams have been selected to play in the Midland County League match against Leicestershire on RealBridge on Sunday December 10th.

Dawes:   Richard Butland (Capt.) & Garry Watson; Richard Chamberlain & Patrick Shields; Peter Waggett & Ben Ritacca; Paul Denning & Dan McIntosh Won 18-2

Porter: Mark Rogers & John Councer (Capt.); Ashok Kwatra & Alastair Catchpole; Tony Letts & Roger Schofield; Alan Wearmouth & Jackie Davies Lost 2-18

Markham: Allan & Judy Sanis; Malcolm Green & Roger Williams; Alison Pritchard & David Atthey; Val Constable & Mike Wignall (Capt.)  Drew 10-10

The following teams have been selected to play in the Midland County League match against Oxfordshire on RealBridge on Sunday January 14th.

Dawes:   Richard Butland (Capt.) & Rob Stevens; Richard Chamberlain & Garry Watson; Peter Waggett & Ben Ritacca; Alan Wearmouth & Ron Davis Lost 5 -15

Porter: Mark Rogers & John Councer (Capt.); Tony Letts & Roger Schofield; Allan Sanis & Steve Bunker; Jim Simons & Patrick Phair Lost 1 -19

Markham: Val Constable & Mike Wignall (Capt.); Ashok Kwatra & Alastair Catchpole; Alison Pritchard & David Atthey; Steve Sasanow & Nick Haynes Won 16-4

The following teams have been selected to play in the Midland County League match against Derbyshire on RealBridge on Sunday February 11th.

Dawes:   Richard Butland (Capt.) & Rob Stevens; Paul Denning & Garry Watson; Peter Waggett & Ben Ritacca; Patrick Shields & Richard Chamberlain Won 19-1

Porter: Val Constable & Mike Wignall (Capt.); Ashok Kwatra & Lesley Harrison  Lost 8-12

Markham: Nick Haynes & Steve Sasanow; Angelos Agathangelou & Alison Pritchard Won 13-7

The following teams have been selected to play in the Midland County League match against Worcestershire F2F away on SATURDAY March 9th. at Hallow Village Hall, WR2 6PP

Dawes:   Richard Butland (Capt.) & Roy Collard; Paul Denning & Garry Watson; Peter Waggett & Ben Ritacca; Andrew Kambites & Joe Angseesing Won 19-1

Porter: Mark Rogers & John Councer (Capt.); Tony Hill & Steve Evans; Tony Letts & Roger Schofield; Allan Sanis & Steve Bunker Won 17-3

Markham: Mike Wignall (Capt.) & Ashok Kwatra; Val Constable & Jim Simons; Roger Williams & Stan Powell; Paul Lilley & Peter Swales Won 13-7

Selection for MCL teams carries with it an expectation that your match fee (now £5 per pair per match) will reach the Treasurer at worst 3 days before the relevant match. Details can be found at Entry Payments. Please avoid creating additional admin work by forgetting to pay.

Will those nominated as Captains please be responsible for organising the seating in teams of four of their four pairs and for informing us at rec@gcba.org.uk of the result by email as soon as possible after the match having agreed the imp and overall score with their opposing captains.

The 2022-23 MCL season is now complete. Our Dawes team won their division very comfortably. The Porter team finished third. The Markham team finished second. A big thank you to all players for producing a very creditable performance during the season.

The teams selected to play against Nottinghamshire on Sunday October 9th on RealBridge were:

Dawes: Richard Butland (Capt.) & Rob Stevens; Paul Denning & Garry Watson; Richard Chamberlain & Andrew Kambites; Patrick Shields & Dan McIntosh  -   Won 17-3

Porter: Jack Armorgie & Ashok Kwatra; John Councer (Capt.) & Mark Rogers; Ben Ritacca & Peter Waggett; Roger Schofield & Keith Sharp  -   Won 20-0

Markham: David Atthey & Alison Pritchard; Val Constable & Jim Simons (Capt.); Malcolm Green & Mike Lewis; Lesley Harrison & Martin McWilliam  -  Won 20-0

The teams selected to play against Leicestershire on Sunday January 15th on RealBridge were:

Dawes:   Joe Angseesing & Andrew Kambites; Richard Butland (Capt.) & Rob Stevens; Richard Chamberlain & Garry Watson; John Councer & Mark Rogers Lost 7-13

Porter: Peter Waggett (Capt.) & Ben Ritacca;  Tony Letts & Keith Sharp; Val Constable & Mike Wignall; Ashok Kwatra & Jack Armorgie Won 17-3

Markham: Jim Simons (Capt.) & Patrick Phair; Tom Jarman & Nicky Ferguson; Nick Haynes & Steve Sasanow; Toby Roberts & Jackie Davies Won 12-8

Reserves: Lesley Harrison & Martin McWilliam

The teams selected to play against Worcestershire on Sunday February 12th at the Cheltenham Bridge Club were:

Dawes:  Peter Waggett & Ben Ritacca; Richard Butland & Garry Watson; Paul Denning & Roy Collard; Patrick Shields (Captain) & Richard Chamberlain Won 19-1

Porter: John Councer (Captain) & Mark Rogers;  Ashok Kwatra & Jack Armorgie; Jim Simons & Patrick Phair; Nick Haynes & Steve Sasanow Lost 8-12

Markham: Roger Schofield (Captain) & Tony Letts; Val Constable & Mike Wignall; Allan & Judy Sanis; Paul Lilley & Peter Swales Lost 6-14

The teams selected to play against Oxfordshire on Sunday March 12th on RealBridge were:

Dawes:   Garry Watson & Richard Chamberlain; Richard Butland (Capt.) & Paul Denning; Patrick Shields & Dan McIntosh; Peter Waggett & Ben Ritacca Won 14-6

Porter:  Alan Wearmouth & Ron Davis;  John Councer (Capt.) & Mark Rogers;  Ashok Kwatra & Jack Armorgie; Jim Simons & Patrick Phair Won 13-7

Markham: Keith Sharp & Tony Letts; Alison Pritchard & David Atthey; Val Constable (Capt.) & Mike Wignall; Toby Roberts & Arun Nanda Won 15-5

Reserves: Nick Haynes & Steve Sasanow

The following teams were selected to play in the Midland County League match against Warwickshire on RealBridge on Sunday December 11th

Dawes:  Paul Denning (Capt.) & Andrew Kambites; Richard Butland & Rob Stevens; Patrick Shields & Richard Chamberlain; Garry Watson & Jack Armorgie  Won 14 - 6

Porter: Roger Schofield(Capt.) & Tony Letts;  Val Constable & Mike Wignall;  Mark Rogers & John Councer; Alan Wearmouth & Ron Davis Lost 8 -12

Markham: David Atthey & Alison Pritchard; Jim Simons (Capt.) & Patrick Phair; Lesley Harrison & Martin McWilliam;  Roger Williams & Mike Lewis Lost 9 - 11

The following teams were selected to play in the Midland County League match against Staffs. & Shrops. on RealBridge on Sunday November 20th (please note - this is the third Sunday, due to the Tollemache Qualifying occurring on the second Sunday).

Dawes:  Butland, Chamberlain, Denning (Capt.), Kambites, McIntosh, Shields, Stevens, Watson  Won 12 - 8

Porter:  Armorgie & Kwatra; Councer (Capt.) & Rogers; Letts & Schofield; Ritacca & Waggett  Won 16 - 4

Markham:  Atthey & Pritchard; Constable & Wignall; Davies & Oliver; Phair & Simons (Capt.)  Won 14 - 6

The following teams were selected to play in the opening fixture of the new season against Derbyshire at home on BBO, starting at 2pm.

Dawes: R.Butland (Capt.) & J.Angseesing; P.Denning & T Hill; J.Armorgie & G.Watson;  A Kambites& D.McIntosh -  Won 17 - 3

Porter: J.Councer (Capt.) & M.Rogers; V.Constable & J. Simons; A.Kwatra & D.Simons; T.Letts & R Schofield - Lost 7 - 13

Markham: A.Agathangelou & A.Pritchard; N.Ferguson & T.Jarman; M.Green & R.Williams; L.Harrison (Capt.) & M.McWilliam - Won 14 - 6

The following were selected to play in the above event, which was contested by six Midland counties on both a pair and a team basis. It was played on BBO on Sunday October 23rd starting at 11am.

Angelos Agathangelou and John Councer; Val Constable and Patrick Phair; Ron Davis and Alan Wearmouth; Ben Ritacca and Peter Waggett.

The Pairs Cup was won by Joyce Skelton and Chris Taylor of Worcestershire.

Worcestershire also won the Teams Cup convincingly with the team results (best three scores to count, 1 for first down to 24 for 24th, lowest total wins) being as follows:

Worcestershire 16

Herefordshire 23

Warwickshire 26

Gloucestershire 35 (with Peter Waggett and Ben Ritacca being the highest placing pair)

Derbyshire 37

Staffs & Shrops 44

There are three squads in this team, and each squad of four pairs will play against the four pairs in the other team.  The scoring is by IMPS and then the stanza is VP-d.  The cumulative VPs of the four pairs in the squad determines the result of that squad's match.

Our squads are

• Lesley Harrison & Ashok Kwatra, Arun Nanda & Toby Roberts, Pam Pearce & Steve Sasanow, Val Constable & Judy Sanis
• Ralph Brooks & Zubyar Sulaiman, Carol Cowlishaw & Nigel Burton, Derek Boreham & Kate Neale, Nick Haynes & Chris Hickey  
• Caroline Bourke & Beverley Graham-Jones, Denise Clayson & Ingrid Dawson, John Jenkins & Colin Lennox, Ian & Wendy Melvin

Many thanks to all these for volunteering, many representing the county for the first time.

THE TEAM ENDED SECOND BEHIND SCOTLAND EAST; RESULTS ON EACH DAY ARE LINKED FROM THE GCBA RESULTS LISTINGS.

The team which represented Gloucestershire in the above competition was:

Saturday July 16th

Arblaster & Barlow; Constable & Simons (Capt.); Harrison & Pearce; Schofield & Sharp 

Sunday July 17th

Agathangelou & Jarman; Chamberlain & Kambites; Harrison & McWilliam; Kwatra & Shields (Capt.)

Special thanks to Lesley Harrison and Pam Pearce, Angelos Agathangelou and Tom Jarman, who stepped up to play at short notice.

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE IN THE MIDLANDS COUNTIES LEAGUES - CLICK HERE.

Selection for the MCL carries with it the willingness to pay the requested fee in good time. Please be kind enough to do so in order to avoid unnecessary additional work. This link tells you how and where to pay.

MCL matches all begin at 2pm unless otherwise advised.

The results of this season's matches are as follows:

• Oxfordshire on 12 Sep : Dawes lost 7-13; Porter lost 8-12; Markham won 16-4
• Derbyshire on 10 Oct : Dawes won 11-9; Porter won 16-4; Markham won 15-5
• Nottinghamshire on 21 Nov: Dawes won 19-1; Porter won 18-2; Markham won 11-9
• Staffordshire on 12 Dec: Dawes won 20-0; Porter won 16-4; Markham won 14-6
• Warwickshire on 16 January: Dawes lost 7 - 13; Porter won 15 - 5; Markham lost 7 - 13
• Leicestershire on 13 February: Dawes lost 7 - 13; Porter won 15 - 5; Markham lost 5 - 15
• Worcestershire on 13 March: Dawes won 12-8; Porter won 19-1; Markham won 19-1

Congratulations to the Porter team who won 19-1 (163-60 IMPs) and thus win the Porter Division. The Markham also won by 19-1 (160-53 IMPs), finishing second in their division behind Warwickshire. The Dawes won 12-8 (97-86 IMPs), finishing 4th in their division.

Selection for MCL teams carries with it an expectation that your match fee (now £5 per pair per match) will reach the Treasurer at worst 3 days before the relevant match. Details can be found at Entry Payments. Please avoid creating additional admin work by forgetting to pay.

Will those nominated as Captains please be responsible for organising the seating in teams of four of their four pairs and for informing me of the result by email as soon as possible after the match having agreed the imp and overall score with their opposing captains.

Hisotrical results have been deleted in the interests of simplicity and clarity but can be accessed via the results tab.