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Sadly, Margaret North (Freddie North's widow) passed away overnight on the night of May 10/11th.  Margaret’s funeral will be held next Tuesday (22nd May) at 11am at Worthing Crematorium.

Together with her mother Elsie, Margaret ran the Avenue Bridge Club and was the driving force behind its success in its 1980s heydays.  Margaret built up the Avenue into becoming the best supported bridge club in Sussex with both rubber and duplicate being popular with the regulars.  Margaret also guaranteed a warm welcome to everybody. 

Whilst Margaret was not greatly taken with bridge competitions away from the Avenue, she did win the SCCBA Autumn Congress Pairs in 1985 with Joyce Hunter in one of her rare forays into the tournament world.

Margaret's husband Freddie also had a long association with the Avenue, of course.  Later, Margaret and Freddie moved to Shoreham and played their bridge at Worthing Bridge Club but still would not retire, running bridge cruises with P & O up until 2002.

To see the full tribute by Julian Mitchell of which the above is a summary, please click here.

Sadly, Brian Loasby has also died.  Brian died overnight at his home in Ringmer on Thursday 26^th April.  He had been a member of Lewes Bridge Club for over 20 years and played regularly on both the Tuesday evening and Thursday afternoon sessions.  Indeed he played the Thursday afternoon before his death.  He was a club director for many years and was also the club’s representative on the county committee before ill-health forced him to give up these roles.  He was fond of telling colleagues that he had been an EBU national director.  When Lewes had its congress event in the 1990s, Brian was responsible for the catering operation and did so successfully.  He was Master Points Secretary for a number of years on the county committee, a role he fulfilled diligently.

The main love of his life was his time in the RAF and he used to relate many stories about this time at the bridge table, being particularly proud of his association with the V bombers of the 1950s. He leaves behind a son and a daughter.

Old Barn Way Bridge Club ran a Students & Improvers Pairs Competition on May 13th.  Comprising 8 1/2 tables altogether, there was one section for students and those with under 200 master points and one section for improvers.  It is hoped that some of these players will enter the Venture Pairs at Cuckfield on July 15th.

The winners in the Students section were Lynne Tunley & Margie Parris who are Mike Keeping students from Lewes and who are pictured with SCCBA Education Coordinator Dave Armstrong.  The best newcomers, i.e. students in their first 12 months, were Keith Bassant & Alison Dempsey (Sandra Landy students from Hove) who finished 3rd.

The winners in the Improvers section were Mike Withington and Ann Bradstock.

Congratulations to the Horsham team (Gerry Stanford, Dave Franklin, Mick Carrington, Ian Lancaster, Andrew Southwell and Martin Pool pictured plus absent team members Duncan Curtis and Andrew Morris) who won this year's 'Teams of Eight' event at Eastbourne on Sunday April 22nd by beating teams from 11 other Sussex clubs (see Results entry and individual match scores).  Horsham go forward to represent Sussex in the regional final of the Garden Cities trophy at Richmond on May 19th.

Avenue were second and West Sussex were third.  Many thanks to organiser Pyers Pennant and directors Keith Norman and David Cross.

SCCBA is very pleased to announce that this year's recipient of the Gladys Hakki trophy is Julia Simpson.  Julia, still recovering from an impromptu skating session during the winter!, is pictured receiving the trophy from the newly-elected SCCBA Chairman Joy Mayall during the Spring Congress.

The Gladys Hakki trophy is awarded to a Sussex member who has given outstanding service to county and club over a number of years.  Julia has received the award for her unstinting service to the Association, particularly during her five years as Hon. Secretary.

Dick Wheeler, who succeeded Julia in 2011, has commented “I’m not in the least bit surprised that Julia has received this award.  Perhaps reflecting her previous service in the Royal Navy, Julia ran a very efficient and effective ‘ship’ at the SCCBA and was clearly prepared always to go the extra mile in support of her colleagues on the Management Committee and to promote the enjoyment of bridge in Sussex.  I’m very grateful to have inherited such a well ordered and organised set-up".

Another season is drawing to a close in the ever-popular Sussex League competition. All 7 Divisional winners have now been decided.  Results and winners can be viewed by clicking on the heading of this article.

The trophy for the winners of Division 1 was presented at the recent SCCBA Spring Congress.  Congratulations to the team captained by Dave Franklin, together with Martin Pool (both pictured with SCCBA Chairman Joy Mayall), Gerry Stanford, and Jeremy Willans who have now won this competition for 3 successive seasons.

The new League season will start in August.  New teams are always welcome to join the competition and interested players should contact the event organiser David Galpin.

Best Behaviour at Bridge is in operation at all county competitions.  Click here for full details.

In the Garden Cities Regional Final at Richmond on May 19th, Horsham, representing Sussex due to having won the SCCBA Teams of Eight event, led by 12 VPs.  But they eventually finished 4th which was 18 VPs behind winners Young Chelsea.  See full results.

A summary of the survey results is now available.

Congratulations to Frank Sansom of Crawley Bridge Club who was the lucky winner of the draw.  As his prize, Frank receives free entry into a pairs or teams county event of his choice for himself and a partner any time in the next year.

Please note that the venue for this year's Venture Pairs on July 15th has been switched from Henfield to Cuckfield.