| LCBA Calendar 2026 |
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DATE 2026 |
VENUE |
NOTES |
| 9High Corwen Qualifier |
Jan-Mar |
Online via LOP |
Highest qualifying pairs in the quarterly ladder |
| Club Teams of 8 - Garden Cities Qual |
Sun 15 Feb |
Bolton BC |
Clubs enter here via LCBA website |
| Championship Teams - Pachabo qual |
Sun 15 March |
BBO |
TBA |
| Lancs v Essex |
Sat 21 March |
RealBridge |
County Selection |
| Madeline Berney Swiss Pairs |
Sun 3 May |
Brierfield BC |
Pairs enter via LCBA website |
| Lancs v Manchester |
Sun 28 June |
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County Selection |
| NBL 1 |
Sat 11 Jul |
RealBridge |
County Selection |
| NBL 2 |
Sat 15 Aug |
RealBridge |
County Selection |
| NBL 3 |
Sat 12 Sep |
RealBridge |
Coutny Selection |
| NBL 4 |
Sat 17 Oct |
RealBridge |
County Selectiom |
| Lancashire Congress ??? |
Fri-Sun 13-15 Nov 2026? |
Bury Bolholt Hote |
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WEEKLY EVENTS
LOP/OCPC/FOBC Monday, Friday, Saturday 7pm (BBO)
MULTI-SESSION EVENTS
Lancashire Online Teams League (LOTL), 2 fixtures a month, 7pm on a Thursday on BBO
LCBA Summer League, 5/6 matches May to September. 7pm at the home club.
Contact LCBA Tourny Secretary, Oliver Cowan at ocbridgecomps@gmail.com for further details
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| LCBA ONLINE IMPROVERS' LESSONS |
LCBA THROUGH THE FRENDLY ONLINE BRIDGE CLUB
ONLINE IMPROVERS' LESSONS
THURSDAYS AT 9AM FROM 8TH JANUARY
30 MINUTE ZOOM POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THEN PLAY SOME SUPERVISED HANDS ON REALBRIDGE TO PRACTICE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED!
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CLICK HERE AND TO REGISTER, PLEASE EMAIL OLIVER AT OCbridgecomps@gmail.com
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| DIMMIE FLEMING AWARD PRESENTED TO JOHN BREARLEY |
DIMMIE FLEMING AWARD PRESENTED TO LCBA SECRETARY JOHN BREARLEY
The LCBA secretary John Brearley was presented with the EBU’s Dimmie Fleming award during the LCBA Mixed Pairs at St Anne's BC. This award was in recognition of John's outstanding contribution to bridge in Lancashire over the last 30+ years, including spells as Chairman (twice) and most recently LCBA Secretary. You can find the citation associated with the award by clicking HERE.
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| Changes to LOP from 5 Jan 2026 |
Changes to LOP from 5 January 2026
Providing a match-point pairs session each week is an important part of LCBA’s service to its members. Since 2022 this has been delivered through LOP and anyone who has played regularly will be aware of a significant reduction in table numbers over the past three years. In July 2022 we averaged 11.3 tables, in July 2025 we only managed 8.5, a near 30% reduction. In recent sessions we have had as few as 7 tables. LOP is also an important part of LCBA’s income stream, enabling us to invest in education and development, whilst still keeping the county UMS fee at only 2p.
We have therefore decided from 5th January 2026, to join our Monday LOP session with Oliver Cowan Bridge Club’s Monday session. This should ensure a regular double figure attendance and protect the session’s long-term future.
This will have the following impact on players:
1) The session on BBO will have LOP in its name, so you can still search for LOP;
2) The number of boards will increase from 18 to 20;
3) The table money will be the current OCBC level of 4.25BBO$;
4) The start time will be 7:15pm.
Andrew Petrie – Chairman LCBA Competitions’ Working Group (WG3)
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| LCBA Development Programme - BTGB |
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Lancashire Contract Bridge Association
BEYOND THE GREEN BOOK (BTGB)
LCBA’S Development programme for improving players (NGS 6-10)
LCBA is planning a series of free/heavily subsidised development events particularly aimed at Lancashire members NGS 6-10. For all the details please click anywhere on this item.
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