| SBU Overseas Congress in Dubrovnik |
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| Last updated : 16th Jun 2016 11:51 BST |
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| 2016 AGM |
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| Last updated : 29th May 2016 11:28 BST |
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| Silver Plate 2015 |
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Tony Poole, Stewart Fishburne, Chris Philp & Mike Willoughby have won the Silver Plate. In the final they beat a team from Yorkshire by 10 IMPs over 48 boards.
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| Last updated : 8th Mar 2016 11:58 GMT |
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| Roger Bowles |
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WCBA is sad to report the death of Roger Bowles following a fall at home over the Christmas period. This is terrible news and the County has sent our condolences to his wife Shirley and our sympathies go to his family at this sad time. Roger will be a huge loss to bridge generally - being a Grand Master and one of the top 100 players in the country according to the National Grading System.
Having started out as an English Teacher, Roger made a significant contribution to Birmingham’s Further Education during his working life, moving into Senior Management positions at Josiah Mason College. His bridge career can be traced back to the 1970s and, in the time that he played in Warwickshire with his friends Roger Flood and Pip Whitehouse, he won the County Championship Pairs seven times, the Goodman Cup six times and the Warwickshire Pairs League twice. He also won the Corwen Trophy, the national inter-County Pairs event, and was County Secretary for a number of years.
Moving to Wales, Roger won the Welsh National Pairs Championship and then the Perry Shield (mid-Wales winning for the first time ever) with John Waller. He went on to win the Webber Cup (the Welsh Teams of Four Championship) twice and the Welsh Teams of Eight with John, Keith Shuttleworth and Brian Nicholls. He also won the Bearne, representing the Shrewsbury club.
Arriving in Worcestershire in 2013, Roger soon established himself as a force within the county, winning the Championship Pairs at his first attempt and helping the County to qualify for the Tollemache Final for the first time in over twenty-five years. He initiated a mentoring scheme to bring on promising players: this has just very successfully completed its pilot phase and, as it continues into 2016, will form a permanent reminder of how much he contributed to the County’s bridge in the short time that he lived in Worcestershire.
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| Last updated : 2nd May 2016 17:11 BST |
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| Malvern Congress 2015 |
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The Wall James Chappell Championship Swiss Pairs was won by Diane & Filip Kurbalija. (Press Release)
The Origin Financial Ltd Swiss Teams Championship was won by Warner Solomon, Taf Anthias, Richard Samter & Pat Davies.
Here are directions to the venue of the Malvern Congress and the car parking. (Map)
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| Last updated : 19th Jul 2016 10:50 BST |
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| Irene Allen 2015 |
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The Irene Allen Non-Expert Swiss Pairs was won by Wilf Atkinson & Sally Martin. The Richard Lewis Trophy was won by Vic Laver & Eric Myers.
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| Last updated : 29th Oct 2015 09:39 GMT |
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| Inter Club Teams - 2014/15 |
 With one match to go in the final heat of the Inter-Club Teams Worcester 2 were neck-and-neck with Droitwich 1. Worcester 2 beat Bewdley 11-9 whilst Droitwich 2 beat Worcester 1 14-6 and won the competition finishing 3 VPs ahead of Worcester 2. Droitwich 2 were represented by Nick & Steph Forward, Sue Evans, Dennis Loynes, Eddy & Jette Blackburn.
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| Last updated : 12th Feb 2015 11:52 GMT |
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| Healey Cup 2014 |
 The Healey Cup was closely contested but in the end Pershore A (Alan Boyes, Peter Kershaw, Ted Phillipps & Mary Portman) triumphed with 85 VPs. Malvern & Bromsgrove B were equal 2nd with 74 VPs, Bromsgrove C were 4th with 72 VPs andEvesham were 5th with 69 VPs.
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| Last updated : 12th Feb 2015 11:52 GMT |
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| Malvern Congress 2014 |
At the 2014 Malvern Congress the Swiss Pairs was won by Jack Terry & Ian Walsh with Jeffrey Jones & John Pugh taking the Non-Expert prize. The winners of the Swiss Teams were David S Jones, Alan Jones, Tim Brierley & Jack Terry with Richard Jephcott, Roger Bowles, Nick Forward & Steve Allerston coming second and Dick & Jane Rutter, Eddy & Jette Blackburn coming 5th. The Non-Expert prize was won by John Brandon-Joyce, Vanessa O'Callaghan, David Beacham & Simon Rye.
Thanks to Tony Gervis FRPS for the photographs.
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| Last updated : 30th Oct 2014 12:20 GMT |
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| Inter-County League Final |
 The County First Team has won the Inter-County League A Final. The team was John Sansom & Richard Jephcott, Ian Thompson & Simon Harrison, Nick Forward & Steve Allerston, Stewart Fishburne & Mike Willoughby. Photograph courtesy of Ian Mitchell.
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| Last updated : 12th Feb 2015 11:58 GMT |
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| Photos from 2014 AGM |
Thanks to Tony Gervis FRPS for the photographs.
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| Last updated : 10th Jun 2014 16:23 BST |
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| Malvern Congress 2013 |
The Swiss Pairs at the Malvern Congress in 2013 was won by Geoff Fogg & Saleem Sachek. That makes 2 years in a row for Geoff as last year he won playing with John Turner.
There was a tie for the Swiss Teams which was split in favour of Robert Procter, Sandra Claridge, Allan & Judith Sanis. The team they tied with was Sue O'Hara, Nelson Stephens, Steve Tomlinson & Chris King.
Photographs by Tony Gervis.
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| Last updated : 4th Dec 2015 16:07 GMT |
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| Irene Allen 2013 |
The Irene Allen Non-Expert Swiss Pairs was won by James Taylor & Linda Wright. The Richard Lewis Trophy was won by Jane & Felicity Somervell.
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| Last updated : 12th Feb 2015 12:01 GMT |
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| Photos from 2013 AGM |
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| Last updated : 25th Jun 2013 14:27 BST |
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| EBU Overseas Congress in Furteventura |
At the EBU overseas congress in Fuerteventura Marian Wilcox and Maureen Hannah won the Ladies Pairs. In the Swiss Teams Jimmy Ledger, Maureen Hannah, Paul Tapster & Paul Hammond came 2nd.
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| Last updated : 12th Feb 2015 12:02 GMT |
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| Healey Cup 2012 |
The Healey Cup was won by the team from the Worcester Bridge Club consisting of David Thomas, Jimmy Ledger, Ross Garratt & Mel Downing. It was very close for 2nd place with 4 teams within 3 VPs of each but almost the same team from Wyeside who won the competition last year prevailed. The team from Marcle came 3rd and the early front runners from the Malvern Hills Bridge Club ended up 6th.
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| Last updated : 12th Feb 2015 12:02 GMT |
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| Malvern Congress 2012 |
Worcestershire players did well in the Green Pointed Swiss Pairs at the Malvern Congress. Nick Forward & Steve Allerston won, Dennis Loynes & Sue Evans came 2nd and Dick & Jane Rutter came 4th. The Green Pointed Swiss Teams was won by Tim Brierley, Jack Terry, Alan Jones & David Jones. Worcestershire players again did well withJohn Sansom, Richard Jephcott, Nick Forward & Steve Allerston finishing 2nd and Joyce Skelton, Ross Garratt, Stewart Fishburne & Steve Gore finishing 3rd. |
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| Last updated : 12th Feb 2015 12:03 GMT |
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| Irene Allen Non-Expert Swiss Pairs |
The Irene Allen Non-Expert Swiss Pairs was won by Lorna Fellows & Terry Collins,whilst Wendy & Eric Silverstone retained the Richard Lewis Trophy.
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| Last updated : 12th Feb 2015 12:03 GMT |
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