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SCBA AGM

This was held on Sunday 2 July 2023

►  SCBA 2023 AGM Minutes

► SCBA Final Accounts 31 March 2023

All documents relating to the AGM will be found as they become available by using the link below

Archives --> Library --> AGM 

Train to be a Bridge Teacher

Have you or any of your club members ever thought about becoming a bridge teacher?

Why not join one of the upcoming Club Teacher Training courses run by English Bridge Education & Development (EBED).

For 2024 the course dates are:

Horsham 27/28 April 2024

The 2-day courses give aspiring bridge teachers the skills to teach bridge effectively. As an EBU affiliated club, you are eligible for discounts or concessionary places.

If you are interested, please contact Clive Turner on 01296 317 212 (clive@ebedcio.org.uk).

Any questions please ask douglaswright@3countiesbridge.com 07801 989630

EBU Director Training

The EBU have re-commenced
face-to-face Director Training

Click Here for more information

Richard Banbury will be running these sessions
at Richmond Bridge Club

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Representative Events

 Click here to go to our Library where you can find the selection criteria for all of these events

 

    EBU Events

Corwen Trophy

The Corwen Trophy is the national inter-county pairs competition held in The Midlands over a weekend in late May or early June.  Entry is open to the leading pairs in the current pairs championship of each County Association of the EBU. The number of pairs permitted from each County depends on its number of members.  As Surrey CBA is one of the largest County Associations we are allowed to enter five pairs. The top five eligible pairs in our County Pairs Cup event are invited to represent Surrey, so if you would like to have a chance of representing Surrey in the Corwen, make sure that you enter the County Pairs!

 County Pairs Entry

Pachabo Cup

The Pachabo Cup is the national inter-county teams of 4 held over a weekend in June.  Entry is open only to the then current holders of the teams-of-four Championship of each County Association of EBU or, if they are unavailable, and subject to the relevant county’s approval, a combination of winners and runners up. As long as they have primary allegiance to Surrey CBA, the winners of the Lady Rose Cup Teams Knock Out competition are invited to represent Surrey, so if you would like to have a chance of representing Surrey in the Pachabo make sure you enter the Lady Rose!

Lady Rose Entry

Tollemache Cup

The Tollemache Cup is the premier inter-county championships for teams of eight.  Entry is open only to County Associations of the EBU and District Associations of the Welsh Bridge Union.  The event is held over two weekends at central venues in The Midlands: a qualifying round is held in November; and the final is held in February.  For the qualifying round, the teams are drawn into four pools and the top two teams from each pool qualify for the final. Surrey CBA sends a team every year.  The Surrey team is selected by the Matches Sub-Committee.  The current selected team is:

Frances Hinden & Graham Osborne,  Martin Garvey & Jeffrey Allerton, Richard Granville & Graham Sadie,

Peter Lee & Mike Scoltock,   Charles Chisnall & Bob James

Garden Cities Trophy

The Garden Cities Trophy is the EBU's inter-county championship for club teams-of-eight.  Surrey CBA is represented by the club that wins our Affiliated Clubs Teams of 8 competition. The winning Surrey club team plays in the South East regional final on a Saturday in May. The top two teams from the regional final qualify for the single day national final in June.  

Affiliated Teams of 8 Entry

 


    Other Representative Events

Home Counties League

This is an inter-county teams-of-eight competition for London and the Home Counties. It is aimed at county second team players who would not normally be expected to represent their counties in events such as the Tollemache Cup. Teams are allowed to field at most two Grand Masters in any one match. Matches are of 24 boards and are normally played at the Young Chelsea Bridge Club on weekday evenings.  Surrey CBA enters two teams.  If you are interested in being considered to represent Surrey CBA in this event, please contact either of the captains: Tony Richards or Mike Ellis.

Metropolitan Cup

This a one day inter-county teams-of-12 event for the counties in the South East of England, held during the Autumn. There are three divisions A, B & C.  Surrey CBA enters a team in each division.  The Matches Sub-Committee and the team captains are responsible for selecting the teams. Current team members are:

'A' Team: Peter Lee & Richard Fedrick; Mike Scoltock & Paula Leslie; Ian Swanson & Bill Hodgkiss; David Norman & David Dawson

'B' Team: Andrew Mann & Gerard Thompson; Peter Hardyment & Malcolm Bricknell; Tony Cherrett & Steve Irwin; Mike Ellis & Paul Mumford

'C' Team: Tony Richards & Alan Cadge, Steve Bourton & Julia Brough, Brian Adlam & Dave Selman, Brian Barrow & Peter Lane

If you are interested in being considered to represent Surrey CBA in next year’s event, please contact the  Surrey Match Secretary including details of recent performances you would like to draw to the attention of the Matches Sub-Committee.

Invitation Events

Surrey CBA occasionally receives invitations from other Counties to participate in invitational events. Teams or pairs to represent Surrey in these competitions are selected by the Matches Sub-Committee whenever such invitations are received.