| Objectives |
The objectives of the WCBA are to promote and further the interests of bridge in the County and to organise Contract Bridge competitions. This Web Site will include details of future events, results of County competitions and other information concerning the organisation of bridge in the County.
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| WCBA AGM 2024 |
The WCBA Committee has decided to hold the 2024 AGM online using Zoom as we have done for the last few years. It will be on Monday the 13th of May at 7.30pm and there are links to the agenda, the accounts and the Trophy Winners below. The Zoom link will be posted on the website beforehand. It will be set up so that everyone making a request to join the meeting is put in a waiting room and then they can be let in.
Notice of 2024 AGM
2024 Accounts
2023/2024 Trophy Winners
Zoom link for AGM
(Some people may have problems joining the Zoom session. If you get a pop-up window with the message saying that you must update to the latest version of Zoom to join this meeting and you need to contact your IT admin to update there should also be a button labelled "Join from browser". If you click this button you will need to enter the passcode, which is WBC, and your name but it should then work. Alternatively, if you have time you can uninstall the old version and install the latest version from scratch.)
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| Rubber Bridge Knock-Out |
The semi finals of the rubber bridge competition have now been played
Martin Gill & Tony Oliver beat Martyn Hills & Ian Kemp
Gavin & Manel Tringham beat Jane Bayliss & Ann Cole
Therefore the final will be
Martin Gill & Tony Oliver v Gavin & Manel Tringham
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| IMP PAIRS LADDER |
The final heat of the IMP Pairs Ladder was held on Monday the 25th of March and the winners of the competition are Richard Jephcott & Dennis Loynes.
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| Inter Club Teams |
 The Inter-Club Teams event was re-introduced last year, after the Covid pandemic, as an online event. This year, we reverted to the original face–to–face format, playing at Ombersley once more. At the final heat Droitwich won but the Worcester Ledger team did enough to retain the lead and won the trophy. The winner team is pictured here and also included Alan Biggs who played in the first heat.
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| Championship Pairs 2024 |
 The Championship Pairs was held on Sunday the 17th of March at Ombersley Memorial Hall. The winners were Nick Forward & Steve Allerston, closely followed by Keith Collins & Clive Finney with Chris & Joyce Taylor in 3rd place.
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| Ron Allen Trophy |
 The Ron Allen Trophy was played on Saturday the 2nd of March at Ombersley Memorial Hall and the winning team, representing the Worcester Bridge Club, consisted of Mike Vetch, Alan Biggs, Jane Morton, Rob Cookson, Brian Yates, John Dowbiggin, Jimmy & Maureen Ledger. They will represent the County in the Regional Final of the Garden Cities competition.
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| EBU Overseas Congress in Majorca |
 At the EBU Overseas Congress in Majorca Chris Taylor, David Wing, Kathy & Dennis Talbot won the Pivot Teams.
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| Roving Phillipps Pairs |
The Phillipps Pairs is being relaunched in September and will be a roving event played at various Clubs around the County, The dates for all the heats up until Christmas are in the calendar with most of these being F2F sessions and some being online. Click the header to get more details including how it will be scored.
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| Latest News |
In the final County Match of the season against Gloucestershire, which was played F2F, the 1st team lost 1-19, the 2nd team lost 3-17 & the 3rd team lost 7-13. This was particularly frustrating for the 3rd team who had won all their previous matches and were leading the division but this match was against their main rivals and the loss meant that they finished 3 VPs behind Gloucestershire.
In the sixth County Match of the season against Oxfordshire, which was played online, the 1st team won 15-5, the 2nd team lost 3-17 & the 3rd team won 14-6. With 1 match to go the 3rd team have won all their matches and are leading the division.
Mike Willoughby has a written a February 2024 Edition of the County Newsletter. Previous editions of the Newsletter can be found under the Information/Worcestershire Bridge News menu item.
In the fifth County Match of the season against Derbyshire, which was played F2F, the 1st team lost 2-18, the 2nd team lost 4-16 & the 3rd team won 14-6. With 2 matches to go the 3rd team have won all their matches and are leading the division.
In the fourth County Match of the season against Warwickshire, which was played online, the 1st team lost 4-16, the 2nd team lost 8-12 & the 3rd team won 15-5.
In the third County Match of the season against Nottinghamshire, which was played online, the 1st team won 13-7, the 2nd team won 17-3 & the 3rd team won 14-6.
In the second County Match of the season against Leicestershire, which was played F2F, the 1st team won 13-7, the 2nd team lost 4-16 & the 3rd team won 19-1.
In the first County Match of the new season against Staffs & Shropshire the 1st team won 12-8, the 2nd team lost 9-11 & the 3rd team won 18-2.
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| Recent Successes |
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At the Scottish Overseas Congress in Turkey Jimmy and Maureen Ledger came 3rd in the Swiss Pairs and were part of the team which won the Afternoon Teams. In the Swiss Teams Dick & Jane Rutter were part of the winning team with Chris & Joyce Taylor, Jimmy & Maureen Ledger coming second.
At the Ranked Masters Pairs John Sansom & Clive Owen came 2nd in the Premier Grand Master Pairs and Steve Allerston & Nick Forward came 5th in the Grand Masters Pairs.
John Sansom & Jason Hackett came 5th= in the Swiss Pairs at Eastbourne.
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