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This year's Charity Simultaneous Pairs raised £450 for each of the chosen county charities - St. Catherine's Hospice and Crawley Open House.  Clubs are invited to send their suggestions for next year's charities to Julia Simpson.

In a thrilling climax to this year’s competition, Mitchell (Julian Mitchell & Peter Clinch, Duncan Quibell & Philip Poulter and Per Lindsten & Andy Ryder) came from behind to defeat Carrington (Mick Carrington & Richard Fedrick and Andrew Southwell & Ian Lancaster) by 1 IMP over 64 boards.

The match, played at the Avenue BC on Saturday 11th May, was close throughout, but always in Carrington’s favour.  An early 18 IMPs lead had been whittled back to 1 IMP at half-time, but then had been extended again to a significant 15 IMPs advantage going in to the last set.  However, by dint of Poulter & Quibell making 6 on the last of the 64 boards, Mitchell took the lead for the only time in the match.

I have seen racehorses that win like that …

As befits the county championship final, the match was played in an excellent spirit throughout with both teams playing top quality bridge - neither side deserved to lose.  And the bonhomie displayed will continue next month when a composite team of Andy Ryder & Peter Clinch and Andrew Southwell, Richard Fedrick & Julian Mitchell represents Sussex in the Pachabo in Daventry.

The 2012/13 Sussex League season is now almost complete.  Congratulations to all the Divisional winners, particularly to the Division 1 winners, Ken Ford’s team, comprising Ken, Ian Swanson, Nigel Urban, Neil Watts, Andy Ryder and Mike Allen.  In a very close finish, with 4 Victory Points covering the first 4 teams, they finished on 79 VPs from their 6 matches, 3 VPs clear of the team captained by Dave Franklin, winners of the competition for the last 3 seasons.  Congratulations also to Malcolm Pryor’s team (Malcolm & Karen Pryor, Duncan Curtis, Andy Morris, and Harold & Cecily Linfield) on winning Division 2 and thereby earning promotion to Division 1 for next season.

League organiser David Galpin will be contacting all team captains in the near future to invite entries for the new season starting in August.  David will also be pleased to receive enquiries from any new team interested in joining the competition.

The scoring for this event has now been completely reviewed and the Avenue Bridge Club are confirmed as winners of this event which took place at Eastbourne on Sunday April 21st.

Congratulations to the Avenue team of Peter Clinch, Nigel Urban, Shefton Kaplan, Liz Hoskins, Tim Dickinson, Andy Ryder, Mike Allen and captain Richard Newton.

SCCBA apologises sincerely for the delay in publishing the results.

SCCBA is very pleased to announce that this year's recipient of the Gladys Hakki Trophy is Mike Webber.  Mike is pictured receiving the trophy from SCCBA Chairman Joy Mayall during the SCCBA AGM. The Gladys Hakki trophy is awarded to a Sussex member who has given outstanding service to county and club over a number of years.

For over 20 years, Mike has worked tirelessly as director, newsletter editor, organiser, communicator, consultant on bridge matters, handyman and devoted all round servant of Chichester Bridge Club.  And, when the club moved premises, Mike was active in assisting with the construction and fitting out of the new building.  Without him, Chichester would not have the premises that they have today.

As well as being a bridge director (up to national level) for very many years with a legendary knowledge of the rules, Mike has helped train and support new directors at the Chichester club, guiding and mentoring them with his calm, authoritative manner. Mike has also run his own bridge classes and currently supports the teaching and development of new members.

Reflections from the Sea End - May 2013

Results of 2013 AGM Voting

The draft minutes of the May 7th SCCBA Management Committee meeting and the draft minutes of the May 16th SCCBA Selection Committee meeting are now available for viewing.  Alternatively, click on the heading to this article to access minutes of all available SCCBA Management Committee meetings, Tournament Committee meetings, Selection Committee meetings and AGMs.