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It is with great sadness that the Management Committee announces the death of SCCBA Vice President Ron Buddery on 19 October.  Ron was a tireless and enthusiastic supporter of bridge in Sussex, serving on the Management Committee for more than 20 years, before being appointed Vice President in 2003.  Ron won most if not all the SCCBA competitions from time to time including one year winning both the Championship Teams & the Sussex Pairs, both with his wife Margaret.  He also created the Sussex Premier League which later evolved into the Sussex League and one of the divisional trophies for the latter is named after him.  We shall all miss Ron greatly.

Ron's funeral will be at 1.30pm on Friday 4th November at Woodvale and afterwards at John Harvey's Tavern in Lewes.

Many congratulations to Frances Fuller and Joan Kellett who won the 2016 SCCBA Ladies Pairs held at Patcham Bridge Club on Sunday October 16th.  31 pairs of Ladies competed for the trophy this year.  Many thanks to Peter Langston for directing, to organiser Joy Mayall and also to Marit Langston who once again provided a truly delicious tea.

The runners-up were .....

...... Linda Gardiner and Sally Bugden (pictured with director Peter Langston) and in 3rd place were.....

..... Liz Hoskins and Jill Armstrong.

Congratulations to Neil Watts and Chris Jepson (pictured with director Eddie Williams) who won this year's Midweek Swiss Pairs on Wednesday October 12th.

Many thanks to organiser Joy Mayall who again worked hard to keep the numbers up, to director Eddie Williams and to Kathy Williams who did all the catering, including the provision of a delicious Ploughmans lunch.

The runners-up were .....

...... Liz Lancaster and Lindsay Geddes and .....

..... in 3rd place were Fran Thornton and Richard Burnett.

The Kremer Dersch Trophy is an annual teams event for committee members of EBU-affiliated clubs in Sussex.  It's a competitive but social event which this year was held at Eastbourne Bridge Club on Sunday October 9th.

Many congratulations to the Eastbourne team of Stuart Barker, Stewart Pennycuick, Roger Poulter and Richard Coombs who were presented with the trophy by SCCBA Vice-Chairman Ros Wolfarth.  Eastbourne won by the narrowest possible margin of 1 IMP!  The close runners-up were the Patcham team of Marit & Peter Langston, Ian Macgregor and James Bugden.  The SCCBA committee team of Gerry Stanford, Mervyn Wotton, Ros Wolfarth and Andrea Galpin were just 3 further IMPs behind in 3rd place although SCCBA committee teams are not eligible to win the trophy.

Many thanks to director David Galpin, organiser Gerry Stanford and to Eastbourne Bridge Club who hosted the event and provided an excellent tea.

Among the next SCCBA events are :-

• the SCCBA Autumn Congress - Saturday October 29th to Sunday October 30th
• the SCCBA Basic Bridge Pairs at Turners Hill - Saturday November 12th
• the SCCBA Basic Bridge Pairs at Bognor - Sunday December 11th
• the SCCBA New Year Swiss Teams - Sunday January 8th

You can enter these events by using an on-line entry form and pay via Internet or Telephone Banking or you can print off an entry form and post it with your cheque.  Why not go to the Entry Forms section and make your choice now?

You can also enter Worthing BC's Hill's Trophy using the entry form in the Entry Forms section

Very well done to Andy Ryder and David Dickson who were the highest-placed Sussex pair in the 4-session Swiss Pairs played over the first weekend, finishing an excellent 9th= out of 270 pairs.

Congratulations to Oliver Powell and Jon Derrick who won the Under-26 Pairs and Roger Poulter and Pyers Pennant who won the Senior Pairs Consolation Final on the Tuesday and to Peter Griffin who was in the team which won the Mixed Pivot Teams on the Wednesday.

The following EBU courses for club directors will be held at Worthing over the coming months :-

• Saturday October 15th - Essentials
• Saturday November 12th - Book Rulings
• Saturday December 10th - Judgement Rulings
• Saturday January 14th - Assessment

And the following EBU courses for club directors will be held at Hastings in 2017 :-

• Sunday April 9th - Essentials
• Sunday May 14th - Book Rulings
• Sunday June 11th - Judgement Rulings
• Sunday July 2nd - Assessment

For further details or to register for a course, please see the English Bridge & Development web-site and the current schedule for all Club Tournament Director Training Courses.