Welcome to the Nottinghamshire Contract Bridge Association web site. The Association was  founded  in 1937  and  its  aims  are  to promote and further bridge in Nottinghamshire, to organise competitions in the County and to participate in matches with other counties.

It is with great sadness that we have to report the death on 6th October 2016 of Dinah Mairs  one of the best known and best loved players in the county.

In his message to members Mark Goddard the chairman of Nottingham Bridge Cub refers to her many years of service to the club, including her time as secretary and Chairman. Her involvement was widespread and dedicated to everyone at the club. She was, Mark suggests, the embodiment of what the members want the club to be. 

 Donations in Dinah's memory for Fight for Sight may be sent to: A W Lymn The Family Funeral Service Nottingham NG3 1GF

Notts won the Dawes match 14-6 but lost the Porter 4-16 and the Markham 5-15.

Click for report & Butler imps

Winners of the second Winter Pairs were Gordon Fullerton & David Burgess (63 imps) followed by Ankush Khandelwal & Steve Raine (55imps) and  Pravin Tailor & Bill Whalley (18imps).

Gordon & David, Ankush & Steve join Mark Goddard & David Hodge in the lead with 4 points after 2 events.

The Winter pairs  continues on second Wednesday monthly. All are welcome.

Scoring is by Butler imps when numbers permit otherwise normal matchpoints. Winners of each event score 4 points runners up 2 points and third 1 point. The best 4 scores count for the trophies as follows:

Black Cup for mixed pairs ( holders Shirley Ashtari & Ian Dovey ) 

Farr Cup for similar pairs ( holders Gordon Fullerton & David Burgess )

Overall Winter Champion with best individual score, not to be won by a pair ( holder Willie Crook )

TD courses being run at Nottingham BC

Further details

Congratulations to The Palookas in winning this years competition.

Thanks to all the Teams that entered this year making it such an enjoyable competition.

The Dawes team drew 10-10 but the Porter and Markham teams lost 16-4 and 17-3. 

Click for match report & Butler imps

Aimed at the developing bridge player, a Wednesday afternoon drive is being arranged, hosted by Graham Brindley at the Nottingham Bridge Club. You do not need to be an EBU or Club member, nor come as a pair. Support to help you make the transition from beginners lessons to joining a club. Just turn up! 14:00

Will restart 12 October 2016

A new series of Improver Classes will start 1st September 2016.

Hosted by Graham Brindley.

Please contact graham@brindley57.plus.com for further information.

Good luck to Nottinghamshires Ankush Khandelwal who plays for Englands Junior team in this event starting on Thursday 4th August.

Details on EBU site

Congratulations to Steve Raine who came 5th of 144 pairs in the Swiss Pairs and 3rd in the teams final.

Results (External web site)

Congratulations to William who becomes only the second current Notts player (with Graham Kirby) to attain the highest EBU rank.

Congratulations to the winners of the NCBA Green Point Events

Pairs: Carolyn Fisher and Pat Watson

Teams: John Gould, Alastair McCance, John Sowter and Amanda Sowter.

Sorry for the delay in publishing results

The Corwen Trophy is an EBU pairs event.  Each County Association hold qualifying events and may send up to 3 pairs.

Steve Fordham and Keith Spencer represented Nottinghamshire in 2016.

The Final was held at the Holiday Inn Birmingham.

After a steady start in session 1 and a well placed 10th in session 4 they finished in the lower half due to an inconsistent performance in session 2.

This was an excellent event in which 98 pairs took part.

Full Results on EBU site

Open to all bridge players (from EBU affiliated, and non-EBU affiliated clubs) with less than 5 years bridge playing experience.  (EBU members should have no more than 5000 master points.)

NCBA has agreed to sponsor 1 pair from each club.

For further detail:

Teams of 4 Summer League

A team may be picked from a squad of 8 Players

We have 8 Teams entered.

Please see menu for Rules  

Please send results to:
Keith.m.spencer@btinternet.com and copy to chris@theclarkhome.tv

In the final on  19th May winners were Mark Goddard & David Hodge,  Sandy Fulton &William Crook, Rob Sharpe & Graham Kirby comfortably defeating John & Irene Auld, Lloyd Eagling & Keith Rodgers.

The winners will  represent Notts in the Pachabo Cup on 11/12 June 2016

Woodborough BC have written the following article for the EBU.

How Woodborough BC increase its membership.

Many congratulations to Ankush Khandelwar who was in the team winning the Punch Bowl from a very strong field.

Congratulations to Stephen Southorn and Brian Nowell.

Full results available via Results Tab

Congratulations to Kyle Lam who captained Cambridge B to victory in the Universities championship.

EBU web site

Full results available via Results Tab.

After the final Winter Pairs on 13/04/16 (won by Steve Raine & Willie Crook) the results are:

Overall champion (12 points) is Willie Crook.

Farr Cup winners (9.5 points) are David Burgess & Gordon Fullerton.

Black Cup winners (8 points) are Shirley Ashtari & Ian Dovey.

Congratulations to all the above.

The NCBA committee secretary would like to thank all Clubs and Individuals that completed a Survey.  Clare is currently compiling a report, which will take several weeks.  We have received over 40 replies.

Summary of Suvrey 2015 Survey results.docx