Marjorie Lukyn Charity for 2023-24 Season
Marjorie Lukyn Charity for 2023-24 Season

We have made a donation of £1,200 to our chosen charity for the 2023-24 season, Open Door St Albans. Their aim is to support people who have experienced homelessness or are at risk of sleeping rough.  The Charity funds improvements to the Open Door shelter, as well as covering the costs of outreach services and the volunteer coordinator.  Click here.. for their acknowledgement letter.

Master Point Promotions

Congratulations to all those recently achieving new master point promotions.   
Click here.. to see the full August list.

HBA Committee Meeting

Key points from the Committee Meeting of July 19th are available here..

Latest from the EBU

For all the latest news articles from the English Bridge Union, click here.. 

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This website provides details of all bridge clubs that are affiliated to the County Assoc and the EBU

AGM Sunday 6th October 2024
AGM Sunday 6th October 2024

This year’s AGM will be again held by video conference over the internet at 2pm on Sunday, 6th October:

Click here.. to launch the Zoom meeting

The AGM requires a quorum of 30 HBA members to attend and hopefully you will be able to join. A sign-up sheet for members intending to attend has been set up so that the number of attendees can be monitored.

Agenda & Reports - click here..

Questions about reports should be submitted to the HBA Secretary by September 8th.  Likewise for any Motions for Debate (which should be proposed and seconded) or proposals for the choice of our next Marjorie Lukyn charity.

The meeting itself will be short as all the officer reports will be published in advance and only questions on them will be addressed during the AGM.  

The HBA Committee for 2024/5 will also be elected at the AGM. If you wish to nominate anyone for the Committee please use the attached nomination form.

Geoff Cordingley 
HBA Secretary
geoffcorders@hotmail.co.uk

Forthcoming Events

All Hertfordshire events will be staged on RealBridge unless otherwise stated.


9-High Pairs F2F on Sunday 29th September at 2:00pm at the Jersey Farm Community Centre, St Albans
Click here..
for details.


Seniors Pairs on Sunday 13th October at 11:00am
Click here.. for details.


Mixed Pairs on Sunday 20th October at 2:00pm
Click here..
for details.

Further Afield

All county events below are green-pointed unless stated otherwise. 

Berks and Bucks Contract Bridge Association are running a Swiss Pairs and Swiss Teams on the weekend of November 2nd - 3rdClick here.. for details. 

For links to other counties' websites - click here


Education & Development

Learning to play Bridge

For details of teaching lessons, please see the Learning Bridge in Herts page.

 


Green-pointed Swiss Pairs

Congratulations to Peter Clark and Jeff Green for a fine performance to win the Swiss Pairs at Jersey Farm on July 28th.   Click here.. for the full results.

Eastern Counties League

County Match v Norfolk Sunday 14th July

Clean sweep for Hertfordshire

A Team Won 19-1

B Team Won 15-5

C Team Won 18-2

Well Done everybody

Humble Cup Plate

The Humble Cup Plate has been won by the Green team (Jeff Green & Helen Robinson, Arni Anidjar-Romain & Robert Teesdale), beating the Kemp team 93-38 in the final.

Garden Cities Trophy

The regional finals were played on May 11th  and the WGCBC team, representing Hertfordshire, finished fifth of ten teams in the Stamford (Lincolnshire) heat. The top two teams qualified for the national final. With 100 VPs, Herts were very close to the third placed team, Norfolk, which scored 103 VPs, but a long way behind the joint winners (Warwickshire and Cambs & Hunts) on 128 VPs.

Humble Cup

The 2024 Humble Cup has been won by the Fawcett team (Mike Fawcett, Denis King, Michael Kaltz, Jim Niblett and James Rogers), beating the Rawlins team in the final 45-24. They will now represent Hertfordshire in the Pachabo Cup.

Seniors Teams

Congratulations to Jeff Green & Arni Anidjar-Romain and Roy Button & Karima Basse, winners of this year's Senior Teams, played on May 12th. Click here.. for the full results.