Chairman's Cup 2023 |
Congratulations to Lyndsay and Russell, frequently seen at Hallow on Tuesdays, who won the Chairman's Cup on Sun 9th July!
In a good field of 16 pairs, Josie + Andy, Susan, Simon, Mike, Liz, Kirk and John, all involved in WBC activities, did themselves proud.
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DECEMBER EVENTS 2023 |
Tuesday 12th Dec was the Hallow Christmas Party; 12 tables played Multiple (Scratch) Teams,and a good time was had by all! Winners of the Teams were Alan, Rob, Sarah and Isobel; Maurice and Janet won the XIMPs wine prize, and Janet also won the "beer card" prize. Sue Smith and Peter Smith won wine for the first slam bid and made.
Wednesday 13th Dec was the Claines Christmas Party. The Main event of 9 Multiple Teams was won again by Jimmy + Paul, Maureen + Geoffrey, with John, Tim, Dick & Jane in 2nd place. The Try-Teams winners were Russell, Lindsay, Brenda & Gill. Photos below.
On Tuesday 19th Dec, we "joined up" with our French partner club BC Romorantin in a "simultaneous" pairs event (they played the same boards at their own Christmas Party). They had 10 tables, we had 12, and honours were shared, with Susan Sharp and Bryan Ratcliffe winning the NS Section, whilst M. Rousseau and M. Dupré won the EW Section!
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November 2023 News |
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Alan Biggs and Mike Vetch held on to their lead in the Wednesday "P" competition to retain the trophy, with Geoffrey + Jimmy in 2nd place and Dick + Martyn in 3rd. In the PAIRS PLAY-OFF Final, Jimmy and Geoffrey were the winners- see picture.
WBC's 12th series of Online Pairs is now complete: in Division One, congratulations go to Steve A/Mike W and Nick F with newly promoted Jane and Mark in 2nd place. Champions in Division Two were David + Yvette Waide, with Roland and George runners-up.
Three WBC teams competed in the Healey Cup on November 12th, defending the trophy won last year by Simmons/Ledger/Ledger/Herbert; this year, the winners were Brian Yates, Bryan Ratcliff, John Dowbiggin and Mike Vetch, thereby retaining the cup for the Club. Opposition came from Bromsgrove, Marcle and Bewdley.
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Andrew Robson Seminars - Friday March 17th 2023 |
On Friday 17th March, we welcomed Andrew Robson OBE back to WBC at Claines RBL, for his fourth visit.
Both sessions were well-attended, and much enjoyed by all.
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CHILDREN IN NEED 2022 |
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A superb £830+ raised for Children in Need (including the gift aid) from the combined efforts of Worcester and Ridgeway BCs!
Many thanks indeed to all who contributed!
Click HERE to access the JUST-GIVING page.
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Children-In-Need 2021 |
Children-in-Need was a huge success! As last year, we joined with WCBA/BBC/DBC and RBC to mount a County-wide effort to raise a huge sum, with the help of Yvette, who has again set up a Just-Giving page for this. Last year, £1250+ was raised across the County in this way, and an additional £200+ was generated via the GIFT-AID option. This year, we surpassed this, with a spectacular £1450, boosted further by over £250 in Gift Aid!
Many thanks are due to Yvette for doing this! And to all our bridge players for their donations! The LINK for this is below, and for the time being is still live, so not too late to add to it!
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Christmas Party Claines 2019 |
We had 13 tables in play at our Party; ably hosted by Jimmy as ever, and plentiful delicious food from Freda - many thanks!
The Main Section was won (for the second consecutive year!) by Sue and Dennis, by a very large margin! The Try-Duplicate was quite different, with four of the six players in close contention. Congratulations to Diane and Jane, who won it, and also to Neil and Gay who are confirmed as our Try-Duplicate champions of 2019!
Lots of pics below!
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Cake Reloaded 2019 |
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Tuesday 12th November saw the Anniversary cake making a come-back, almost restored to its former glory!
(Spot the difference - compare with the other pictures below!)
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WBC: 30th BIRTHDAY! Wed 6th NOVEMBER 2019 |
On Wednesday 6th November, we celebrated 30 years of Worcester Bridge Club; 17 tables were in play, including four players who were present on the first session on 1st November 1989: (Neil Humphries, Lyn Jackson, Sue Evans and Dennis Loynes).
Congratulations to Nick and Dennis who won the main section pairs event, by just one match-point! And to Gay and Neil who won the Try-Duplicate event.
Lots of pictures of the cake and prize winners here.
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CAFE BRIDGE - 2019 |
Putting those last scores in quickly was risky... All other travellers had been double-checked... However an error scoring bd 20 changed a few things: John and Ian up a bit, and that three-way tie for the 50% prize was transformed: Roland and Tim hit 50% on the nose! Congratulations to Rosie and Sue who clinched their win in the last round!
Thanks to everyone for all that dashing back and forth! And for your generous donations: the charity total was £191 for Acorns Hospice.
Next WBC Cafe Bridge is likely to be the (single-cafe) Christmas event: details will be avvailable soon, and you will all get emails!
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ANDREW ROBSON OBE, 2018 : A GREAT SUCCESS! |
Photos are here - many thanks to Maureen for her organisation, and to Freda and team for the fantastic food!
Next Robson date: Fri 16th October 2020!
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Christmas Party Claines 2017 |
Thanks to Andy O'Hare for the photos!
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Christmas Party 2015 |
Thanks to Andy OH for some great pictures!...
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Andrew Robson OBE 2013: a day to remember! |
Friday 22nd November saw the long-awaited Andrew Robson seminars - a complete sell-out, much appreciated by all who attended. Many thanks went out to Jane Rutter who made such a major contribution to this event.
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Pics from Robson seminar, Nov 2013 |
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British legion Club, Claines |
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