TAYLOR TROPHY
This has now become the Club Championship and Plate. It consists of a qualifying heat plus a final played on the third Wednesday in November and December. After the qualifying heat, the top half of the field play for the Cup and the lower half of the field play for the Plate.
Dates for 2016 are November 16th and December 21st.
In 2015 the winners of the Cup were Neil Watts & Nigel Urban and the winners of the Plate were Catherine & Ivan Yeatman
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NEW PAIRS LEAGUE
Created in Coventry by George Cuthbertson and John Pyner, the competition is run in divisions of 4 tables, where over a period of 5 months, each pair plays 2 eight board matches against every other pair in their division. After each match, the E/W pairs score up as teams with the other N/S pairs in their division. The final scores for each match are converted from imps to VP’s.
Scoreboards of the results are displayed during the evening after each match is completed and cumulative scoresheets are put up on the website and at the club after each session has been completed. Master points are awarded at the end of each series. There is promotion and relegation at the end of each series plus a free entry for the next series to the winners of each division.
Not only is the event very social but over the series, the teams scoring reduces the randomness that is often associated with pairs events. It is important to bid close games and slams and NOT to go for big penalties!
The competition is played on the first Wednesday of the month and the New Series will start on Wednesday October 5th and will run for 5 months finishing on Wednesday February 1st 2017.
We are hoping for three divisions for the 2nd series which is a total of 24 pairs. An entry form will be put up at the club in August and it will be first come, first served, so please remember to sign up quickly.
Attendance and Substitutes:
Full attendance is required for this competition so as to avoid an eight board sit out. However substitutes are allowed (either individuals or pairs). Any substitute or substitute pair can play more than once and for different people. Their score will be allocated to the original entrants. It is the responsibility of the original entrants to arrange their substitutes.
In 2015 the winners of Division 1 were Peter Brown & Yves Lebrec and the winners of Division 2 were Hazel Beveridge & Chris Gray
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SWISS PAIRS
Spring and Summer Series each run over 4 month periods.
This event is held on the third Wednesday of the month from January through to August. The Spring series is from January to April and the Summer Series is from May to August
The event is expertly directed by Graham Hedley and each evening consists of 4 x 7 board matches with a prize for the winners of each evening. Pairs can drop in and out to suit but there is an extra cumulative prize for the leading pair over the whole of each series – (please note that only one substitute is allowed in each series).
The Spring series in 2016 was won by Graham & Berry Hedley. The Summer series in 2016 was won by Peter Griffin & Leon Northeast.
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THE BRADLEY-CROUCH CUP
This competition (including the non-expert section) is played on each Thursday evening in January to March. A player's three best results are counted, one in each month. Partners must be club members. "NGS Stratification" will be used and the non-expert trophy will be awarded to the highest scoring player with an EBU National Grading Scheme (NGS) grading of 6 or below (i.e. <47%). (Stratification will be based on members’ EBU NGS ranking on 1 January.)
The winners in 2015 were Valerie Austin & Caroline Exall and the winners of the Non Expert were Pat Weir & Christina Barratt
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WEDNESDAY LADDER
This competition runs on Wednesday’s throughout the summer from April to the end of September. Players can play with the same or various partners and a prize of 6 free play vouchers will be awarded to the individual player (or pair if applicable) for the best 8 scores over this period.
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NON EXPERT TROPHY
This trophy is awarded to the non-expert (fewer than 5000 master points as at 1st April) who attains the most master points at club sessions in the following year.
The winner in 2015 was Brian Kirkdale
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THE ERIC VALENTINE REEVES MEMORIAL PRIZE
This award is a Mixed Pairs competition and a prize is awarded to the winning pair. It is played on the Tuesday nearest to Valentine’s Day.
The winners in 2015 were Linda Gardiner & Rob Harris
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ANNUAL CLUB INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION/ PAIRS CHAMPIONS
A competition for the best individual and best pair in the club with the highest average score from 1st April to 31st March with a minimum of 10 sessions played for pairs and 20 sessions for individuals to be played.
In 2015 the individual winner was Nigel Urban and the winning pair was Richard Fedrick & Matt Read
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WSBC LADIES & MENS PAIRS
This is a one session event where a prize is given to the leading Ladies pair and Mens pair.
If there is a sufficient entry the event is run in separate divisions for ladies and men with both sections playing the same boards.
However with less than 10 pairs in each division, the competition is run in a single section with all the Ladies pairs sitting North/South and all the Mens pairs sitting East/West.
In 2016 the Mens Pairs was won by Peter Griffin & Leon Northeast and Chris Jepson & Liz Lancaster won the Ladies Pairs.
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WSBC MIXED PAIRS
The Mixed Pairs is a one session event with a prize for the leading Mixed pair. Pairs of the same sex are allowed to play but their score is not eligible for the prize although they will be allocated master points.
The date for this event in 2016 is Wednesday October 19th.
In 2015 the winners were Ian & Liz Lancaster.
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