 January - March 2011 |
League 1
1st Tony Haworth
2nd Peter Bennett
=3rd Barrie & Vera Robinson
League 2
1st Janet Richards
2nd Sue Anthony
3rd Megan Taylor
League 3
1st Avril Mort
2nd Ken Jenkins
3rd Marie Hartland |
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| WBU President 2019 |
 We are pleased to have as a member of our club Mr David Newman who is the President of the WBU 2019/2020
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| McAllister Salver 2019 |
 Sue McAllister came to present the McAllister Salver to this year's winner - Pat Haworth and Terry Dolan
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| Haworth Salver 2017 |
Club Mixed Pairs Competition
Thursday 19th October 2017
Congratulations to Sue & Tony who are this year's Championship Pair!
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| Mildred's Birthday |
 Mildred was 100 years old on Monday 9th November 2015.
We celebrated at the Glamorgan Holiday Hotel who provided the buffet followed by a toast to the birthday girl and then we played bridge - what Mildred loves best!
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| Haworth Salver |
Congratulations to Pat Roper & Tony Haworth who are this year's winners of the Haworth Salver - our club's mixed pairs competition.
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| Ladder Results April - June 2011 |
League 1
1st) Tony Haworth
=2nd) Barrie & Vera Robinson
League 2
1st) Tricia Cogbill
2nd Phyllis Howells
3rd) Mildred Knight
League 3
1st) Gwen Thomas
2nd) M Morgan
3rd) Kath Grossey |
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| OLYMPICS TRIATHLON |
Well done to our Gold medallists : Sue Anthony, Pat Haworth and Gary Williams.
They each won some coffee from Brazil!
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| Sid Gibbons Salver |
Club Championship Pairs
This year's winners are Terry Dolan & Roger Plant!
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| Charity Night - Marie Ratcliffe Trophy |
Congratulations to Gary & Pat who won the trophy!
We are supporting the RNLI in Porthcawl this year. They are celebrating their 50th anniversary.
£135 was raised on the night and has been sent to the RNLI, Porthcawl
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| Charity Night - 9th October 2014 |
The club has sent a cheque to Sandville for £200.
Thank you to all who were there on the night and to those who gave a donation.
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| Meskin Cup & Bowl |
Congratulations to Mary Fletcher & Roger Draper who win the Meskin Bowl 2014 and to Janet Richards & Tony Haworth who win the Meskin Cup 2014
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| Charity Night |
We took £205.50 last week - Thursday night's table money and raffles on each of the club nights.
The club made it up to £300 and sent £150 to Sandville and £150 to R.N.L.I. |
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| Margaret Thomas Bowl |
Congratulations to Ken, Tony, Pat and Gary who win the Margaret Thomas Bowl - our club teams competition 2014
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| Team Porthcawl ! |
 Our club sent a team of six to compete in the President's Cup 2019 which was held in Whitchurch on 1st and 2nd June.
We won ! We competed against North and East Wales.
David and Norma Newman, Susan Anthony and Janet Richards, Dave Nicklin and Roger Draper came back with the President's Cup
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| Club Championship Pairs |
Congratulations to Janet and Keith on winning the Sid Gibbins Salver - the Club Championship Pairs (Janet's very modest - I've posted this on her behalf - Tony.)
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| Club Mixed Pairs |
Congratulations to Vida Halford and Glyn Williams on winning this year's Mixed Pairs Championship
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| Club Championship Pairs 2019 |
The results of the combined sessions for the Club Championship Pairs for the Sid Gibbins Salver are:
1st. Dave & Norma Newman 103.67%
2nd. Pat Haworth & Terry Dolan 102.09%
3rd. Sue Anthony & Trish Saunders 92.06%
Congratulation to our winners
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| Peter Bennett |
Peter’s funeral is at 11am at Coity crematorium on Friday this week (29th).
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| AGM 2017 |
We are pleased to announce that following our AGM, Mrs Pat Haworth becomes our new President and Mr. Dil Evans is Vice Chairman.
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| The Meskin Cup |
Congratulaions to Tony & Keith who just pipped Sue & Trish to win the cup this year.
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| Marie Ratcliffe Trophy -- Charity Night |
Congratulations to Rob & John who are this year's winners.
The charities we are supporting this year are Sandville and the RNLI - they will each receive £80
Thank you to all who played on the night, another thank you to those who donated raffle prizes and also to those who made monetary donations.
Well done everyone!
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| Margaret Thomas Bowl |
Congratulations to John & Rob and John & Liam who are this year's club team champions.
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| Future bridge player? |
 Let's hope so! Our youngest member, Ben, became a dad on Saturday night! Harry James Richards arrived at 11:35pm weighing in at 7lbs 10 oz.
The general concensus is that he's a mini-Ben!
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| Gaskell & Cornish Cups |
Congratulations to Tony Haworth & Gary Williams who won the Cornish Cup for the men's pairs championship and to Trish Saunders & Tricia Cogbill who won the Gaskell Cup for the ladies' pairs Championship.
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| Meskin Cup & Bowl |
Congratulations to Sue Anthony and Eileen Mahoney who won the Meskin Bowl and to Tony Haworth and Keith Davison who won the Meskin Trophy.
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| Sid Gibbins Salver |
Congratulations to Connie Dick & Janet Richards who are this year's winners of the Sid Gibbins Salver - our club's championship pairs event!
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| Triathlon 2014 |
Congratulaions to Tony Haworth who wins this year's Triathlon and to Keith Davison who is the runner up.
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| News Update |
Table money is now £2 for members and £2.50 for visitors.
The ladder will now have only 2 divisions and there will be prizes for division 2 only.
Your committee for 2014/2015 is listed on the information page
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| Gaskell & Cornish Cups |
Congratulaions to Sheila Storer & Marie Hartland who won the Ladies Championship Pairs and are the holders of the Gaskell Cup 2014
and congratulations also to Roger Plant & Terry Dolan who won the Men's Championship Pairs and are the holders of the Cornish Cup 2014
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| Triathlon 2012 |
 Congratulations to our medal winners :
Gold - Emer & Pat
Bronze - Tony
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This is Trish, our secretary, in Jubilee spirit!
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 Here are our club members donned in their red, white and blue!
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 Spot the flags in the bidding boxes!
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| Obituary - Dave Griffiths - President Porthcawl DBC |
Dave Griffiths - a personal friend, and the most affable and friendly tournament director that any club would wish for.
Dave was originally a Manxman, but his roots were in Pembroke. Having met Bronwen, they embarked on an RAF 'service' life, undertaking duties both in the UK and abroad, in particular in Germany. We were recently on holiday with Dave and Bron and every evening Dave would regale us with an amusing anecdote about his service life.
They settled down in Porthcawl over 25 years ago and brought a different style of bridge to our tables - I still don't understand his 'Vienna Club' system. Dave was highly instrumental in the instigation of the Awel y Mor bridge club, formed out of the original Porthcawl Club, and he became its first Chairman. He encouraged members to participate in this new club, whose emphasis was on playing bridge in a friendly and congenial manner - the way bridge should be played - and it was not uncommon to boast a 16+ table attendance on Saturday evenings.
Ten years ago the club re-merged with the Porthcawl club (economies of joint equipment and joint membership), and he was popularly elected the President of the Porthcawl Club in 2008.
His Thursday night partnership with Richard, and more latterly with myself on a Saturday night, were a thrill a minute, in translating from the 'Griffith's Strong Club' to a more sober Benji Acol. It was my pleasure and honour to have played with him.
Dave's other major interests were rugby (armchair), and jazz, but foremost he was a family man, nearly every day giving open house to his children and grandchildren.
Our deepest sympathies to Bron, his four children, and seven grand-children - he will be sadly missed.
Tony
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| Gaskell & Cornish Cups 2010 |
Congratulations to Kate Craven & Jean Hughes who won the Gaskell Cup and to Rob Charlesworth & Roger Penton who won the Cornish Cup |
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| Christmas Party 2009 |
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|  A jolly good time was had by all.
The meal was absolutely delicious - 'A Touch of Class' did the catering. The bridge was expertly managed by Tony and the winners of the Kathleen Chalke Salver were Sadie Daniels, Tricia Cogbill, Colin Thomas and Steve Burgoyne. |
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| Margaret Thomas Bowl & Martha Davies Cup - Saturday 29th. Jan. 2009 |
Congratulations to David Griffiths & Richard Wronski and Bron Griffiths & Tony Haworth - winners of the Margaret Thomas Bowl and congratulations also to Barrie Jenkins & Connie Clancy and Gren Coleman & Clive Mort - winners of the Martha Davies Cup. This teams event was played on 29th January. |
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| Christmas Party Winners 2008 |
 The Christmas party was held at The Rest Hotel Porthcawl on Thursday 18th December.
We had a lovely meal, the wine flowed and 'fun' bridge followed. Our thanks must go to Barrie who ensured the efficient collection of our meals and to Tony who arranged the play that night. North/ South stayed put and East moved one table at a time whilst West moved two. All went smoothly and a good time was had by all.
Here's a photo of the winners of the Kathleen Chalke salver on the night - Sid, Phyllis, Tricia & Megan together with Barrie who presented the salver.
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| Christmas Quiz 2008 |
A very good entry to the 2008 Christmas Quiz
The winners of the Quiz were:
Bidding - 1st. - £3 Steve Burgoyne
2nd. - £2 Julia Davies
Play - 1st. - £3 Gary Williams - (full marks on two difficult problems)
2nd. - £2 Peter Bennett
(I know that I regularly play with Gary - but he had no help from myself)
Click on link Christmas Quiz Answers |
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