November sees our first seminar of the season - still time to register, and clubs holding heats of the HIWCBA simple systems & Pottage Cup events.
It also sees two more HIWCBA events at Romsey - The Jubilee Cup Teams of Eight on the 13th and the Wessex/Bloxsom Teams on the 27th.
Plus, 19th-20th November sees this years Tollemache Qualifier with Andy Hughes/Jeremy Dhondy, James Clark/Owen Leigh, Dave Huggett/Steve Preston, Jeremy Baker/Guy Lawrenson, Sonia Zakrzewski/Gareth Birdsall selected to represent HIWCBA. Congratulations to them on selection and good luck to them in the qualifier.

Congratulations to Richard & Christine Ray (Pictured) winners of the HIWCBA mixed & married pairs competition which attracted 30 pairs last Sunday. John Moore and Pauline Serby were the highest mixed but unmarried pair in 2nd place.  This result gives Richard a narrow lead in the Derek Gibbins trophy after two events. PS. Following observations at this event, all future entry forms have / will have a cancellation option as well as a new entry & resubmission option.
Jeremy Dhondy, John Dakin & Adrain Fontes/Karen Dewer preferred the EBU autumn congress the same weekend with notable success: Jeremy qualifying for the main pairs and teams finals and doing well in them, John qualifying for the main pairs final and Adrian/Karen qualifying for both the secondary finals. 
The autumn congress's really easy  afternoon was won by  Basingstoke's Andrew & Mary Ferguson, playing at Richmond.Extremely well done to them. (The lymington heat was won by Julian Patten & Heather Tarbard  (4th overall in that competition))
Prior to this Gordon Clarke & Ros Concanon had some good results in the Lake Garda Overseas congress (Notably 4th in the Open Pairs and 5th in the Mixed Pairs) & Bill Taylor was 11th= in the Great Northern Swiss Pairs with Wei Che Tham half of the pair winning the C stratification prize.
Then back in September Steve Preston & Dave Huggett were 1/2 of the team who were second in our neighbour Surrey's Green Point Swiss Teams.

We have now moved into October. Well done to Lesley Bolam (+2.88), Anthea Cowan(+2.65), Jean Steele (+2.54) 1st, 2nd & 3rd in the HIW list of improved NGS grades  during September. Absolutely Dave Huggett remains 1st, extending his lead and moving up to A♠, Jeremy Dhondy moves up to 2nd and Richard Hyde slips down to 3rd. Looking forward, The next HIWCBA event is the Mixed/Married pairs on 16th October (enter now!). For the less experienced player, there are really easy bridge events at Lymington & Churt on the 14th October and clubs should be looking to hold heats of our simple systems competitions during the week of the 7th to 11th November. There is also our seminar on 6th November Looking back at neighbouring county and national events, September saw the Guildford green point weekend (etc). Congratulations to ....(list to be completed)

Congratulations to camera shy Miles Cowling & Steve Preston, Jeremy Dhondy & Andy Hughes winners of the Candover Teams on 18th September(see results) . Several 2015-2016 cups were also presented. Congratulations again to all those who received trophies - including those whose pictures are now to be found on the county competitions page.

August has gone and with September comes the HIWCBA season. Events until xmas may now be entered. League and knockout draws have now been made and the competitions are underway. In Eastbourne in August well done to the following: Andy Hughes & Jeremy Dhondy 14th in the main swiss pairs event  with John Jones & Adrian Fontes also in the top fifth of the field; Bob McRobert 4th in the Seniors pairs; Lilias Lamont 4th in the mixed pairs championship. Also, John Dakin was in the top quarter of the Monday open pairs and Steve Tearle & Tracey Adams just snuck into the top quarter of a couple of one day events. Finally well done to R Green-Wilkinson(+2.60), Jane Jenner(+2.40) and Keith Golding(+2.38) 1st, 2nd & 3rd in the HIW list of improved NGS grades  over the month of August. 

Congratulations to Bill Taylor part of the pair that won the main Swiss Pairs event at the Scarborough Summer Congress at the end of July  (Jeremy Dhondy 7th=), and well done to Joan Holmes(+2.39), Neil Goulding(+2.26) and Sam Golding(+2.19) 1st, 2nd & 3rd in the HIW list of improved NGS grades  over a 28 day period in July. Then in early August well done to John Dakin part of the pair second in the Northern Midweek Congress Championship Pairs.

Our neighbour Dorset had its Dorest Green Pointed Swiss Pairs on Sunday 24th July with plenty of HIWCBA entrants the best of which were Karen Dewar & Adrian Fontes (3rd=) equal with Christine Bradley; Then Jeremy Dhondy & Jeremy Baker 5th & Steve Tearle & Tracey Adams 7th.
Otherwise (to 26th) July had national events -  the English Riviera Congress (In the swiss pairs  Adrian Fontes & John Jones just squeeked into the top quarter), Eastbourne Summer Seniors Congress(Well done to Jeremy Dhondy half of the pair who were 6th in the Championship Pairs A final and to Ann McMahon & Sula Turpin for qualifying for that final. Also, Rosalind Concanon 5th in the Championship Pairs B Final and Adrian Fontes & John Jones 2nd in Swiss pairs. In the swiss teams well done again to  Jeremy Dhondy part of a team that was 3rd & Adrian Fontes & John Jones part of a team who were also in the top quarter)

Following the HIWCBA Green Point Swiss Teams on 22nd May, June has seen several neighbouring Green Point events - Congratulations to Miles Cowling & Dave Huggett, Steve Preston & Jeremy Baker victorious raiders at the Dorset Green Pointed swiss teams; also Jeremy Dhondy whose largely Dorset team just squeaked into the top quarter.  The EBU Southern Midweek Congress (14-16th June) was right next door in Bournemouth this year, and HIWCBA members were 2nd in both events Congratulations to Andy Hughes & Jeremy Dhondy in the pairs and Lindsay McDougall, Helen Kinloch, Graham Ledger & Manny Navarro in the teams. Well done also to Bob McRobert  and Mike Fithyan in the top quarter of the pairs/teams (playing with others who arent primary HIW members with public NGS grades).  No top quarter results for HIWCBA pairs in Berks & Bucks on 18th or 19th June. Those not mentioned  who entered will also have enjoyed themselves.

Well done to HIWCBA teams champions Team Zakrewski (Represented by Gareth Birdsall, Sonia Zakrzewski, Adam Dunn, Graham Allan) representing HIWCBA in the Pachabo Cup on 11/12th June. They came equal 6th out of 26 competing counties - we have to go back to 2008 to find a better HIW result. Its now up to the 2016/2017 HIW League 1 season to qualify a team to do even better next year.

Congratulations to HIWCBA pair  Andy Hughes & Jeremy Dhondy 2nd in the Corwen on 4th/5th June. Hopefully Mike Kinsey & Owen Leigh (37th) and Gloria Benton & Susan Poole (73rd) also enjoyed the opportunity to play  as HIWCBA qualifiers against other counties' top pairs.

We have provided a simple systems convention card, which you may wish to use.  Go to County Competitions; then Simple systems.

From June 2016 webmaster policy is to highlight names of primary HIWCBA members with public NGS grades & report on their notable achievements in HIWCBA events, national events & neighbouring county events, in addition to reporting HIWCBA  events & major HIWCBA club events & news.