| Chris Kinloch |
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We were all very sad that Chris Kinloch passed away on 7th July. He will be sorely missed by club members at Basingstoke and the bridge community.
We would like to capture any memories that you have of times with Chris by entering the details below.
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| Club Hosts Corn Cairdis |
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Corn Cairdis - an annual match between teams representing the County, Club, and Officials of the English Bridge Union (EBU) and Contract Bridge Association of Ireland (CBAI). The EBU team were:
Jeremy Dhondy & Andy Hughes; Philip Mason & Peter Stocken.
Club representatives who played over the weekend: Helen & Chris Kinloch, Iain Climie, Andrew & Mary Ferguson, Tracey Adams, Steve Tearle, Richard Ray, Ann Goss.
Basingstoke Bridge Club agreed to host the 2019 Corn Cairdis match for Hampshire.
It was a successful weekend. The actual competition did not begin until Saturday, but the club hosted a social evening on the Friday in which all the Irish attended. Although the Irish took 1st & 2nd place, Richard & Christine Ray were the top club players closely followed by Tracey Adams and Steve Tearle.
There was a really lovely friendly atmosphere throughout the weekend with good food organised by Sam, Stan and Jean. Sam organised the purchasing of the food, Jean and Stan picked it up at M&S, and Jean cooked it and laid it all out.
The Tournament was opened by the Mayor of Basingstoke and a reporter from the Basingstoke Gazette took pictures. The Irish were taken to Milestones museum and had dinner on Saturday evening.
The Irish team prevailed and won back the Trophy this year which was probably fitting as they have lost in the last 2 years but the most important thing about the weekend was the firm friendships established among the competitors.
The name, Corn Cairdis, translates most appropriately as Cup of Friendship.
Our thanks to Helen who single handedly organised the event for the County and the EBU.
Also to Chris Kinloch and Keith Bennet for directing.
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| Hampshire Pairs Event 2021 |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Success for Basingstoke in Hampshire Pairs event! ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
A combined Men's, Ladies, Mixed and Married Pairs event took place yesterday 28th March in Virtual Romsey.
Margaret Blewett and John Fairhurst won the event with 71.58 % (top mixed pair also)
Neil and Barbara Thomas were 5th with 53.73% (top married Pair)
Dorothy Rivers and Helen Gault were 6th with 53.26% (top ladies pair)
Congratulations to all!
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| Pottage Cup Final |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Pottage Final Results ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
The County's annual pairs championship final (the 'Pottage') was held on Sunday 11th April (online on BBO playing 45 boards). The club had 4 pairs playing out of the 16 who reached this stage. A very special congratulations to:
Judi Coady and Nick Browne - joint 2nd with 55.83% (top was 56.1%).
Charles Nixon and Sally Miller - 5th with 54.78%
John Glasscock and Sam Golding - 11th with 49.18%
Madeline Lawson and Sula Turpin - 12th with 47.71%.
Well done to all who took part!
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| Mixed Pairs Results |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Mixed Pairs Results ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
The Mixed pairs competition took place over two Thursday evenings with 18 eligible pairs playing in both events. It was very close at the top - Congratulations to Margaret Blewett and Malcolm Green who were just ahead of Jill Vaughan and Brian Knight in second place. Well done to all who took part.
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| Margaret Blewett & Malcolm Green |
60.18 |
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| Jill Vaughan & Brian Knight |
55.18 |
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62.20 |
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117.38 |
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| Chris Diston & Georgina Bovill |
64.68 |
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49.95 |
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114.63 |
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| Manny Navarro & Helen Kinloch |
62.32 |
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50.36 |
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112.68 |
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| Anona & Clive Edwards |
57.14 |
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52.28 |
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109.72 |
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| Christmas Party |
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Thank you to all of you who joined the Christmas Party on 17th December; we had 15.5 tables - our highest attendance at any of our online events. Thanks to the organisers for an enjoyable evening.
Prizes were awarded to 3 pairs; the first to Dayl and Ethna for unpinning the whole event, the second to John F and Phil for coming top in the ranking and finally to Richard and Judy for winning the quiz with 17 out of a possible 25. (John P and Leo were 2nd with 16 , tied 3rd were George and Cathi and Abha and Danielle) Well done to all.' Potentially life changing prizes will be sent in the post (Lottery tickets for Christmas Day)
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| Chris K Memorial Sims |
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57 pairs took part in the memorial Sims event from Basingstoke and Petersfield clubs. Congratulations to John Glasscock and Sam Golding who took first place with Charles Nixon and Dorothy Rivers coming in second.
The full results are on eCats and can be better accessed from a table on our club results pages. The hands and commentary can be accessed under Results on the lefthand menu.
If anybody who was unable to play would like to make a donation to the charities, please do so via bank transfer to the club's account.
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| Club regains the Simmons Cup |
 Our annual match against Newbury (Simmons Cup for Mixed pairs) took place recently. This year we were successful in reclaiming the trophy after it had been in Newbury's possession for the last 2 years!
Well done to our team of Chris & Helen Kinloch, Manny & Fil Navarro, Tracey Adams & Steve Tearle, Mary and Andrew Ferguson, Sandra Ruffell and Keith Bennett,
Viv Morris & George Collins and Ann Goss & Keith Williams and Jane Rutherford and John Fairhurst.
Special thanks to Newbury for again playing the match in such a friendly manner, an enjoyable day for all!
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| Fun Bridge at the Club |
This year we again held our party at the Chute Pavilion so we could all mix up together.It was good company, food, drinks and prizes.
Were these the smartest men in town?
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| AGM - Winners receive their prizes |
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| Charity Challenge Sims Results |
♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Charity Challenge Sims Results ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣
On Thursday 18th March, the club ran a heat of the Charity Challenge Sims event hosted by eCats. This year the nominated charities are Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie. We had 15 tables – a very good turnout. The Basingstoke pair coming highest in the overall online eCats ranking wins the Whitbread Trophy. Overall, 418 pairs took part. The positions of the top 5 Basingstoke pairs are shown below. Congratulations to the winners Tracey and Sandra.
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Tracey Adams & Sandra Ruffell
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Bill May & John Binks
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62.50
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60.84
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44
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Brian Knight & Jill Vaughan
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62.14
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60.38
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70
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Georgie Bovill & Chris Diston
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57.68
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57.58
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74
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John Glasscock & Martin Church
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56.79
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57.49
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| Xmas Party All friends together |
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| Simmons cup photos |
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| Members enjoying themselves at the 50th Anniversary and reopening of the club. |
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| St Leonard's on Sea photos |
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| Alencon visit 2016 |
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Back in 1982 bridge players were suddenly invited to participate in the annual Basingstoke/Alencon twinning Festival of Sport. Two Alencon players arrived for the weekend to stay with Chris & Helen Kinloch. Since then firm friendships have been made.
Although the other twinning visits have fallen away, the exchange between the Bridge clubs has grown and every year, each club has hosted the Bridge match along with social visits.
This year it was the French hosting the visit and although it normally takes place in May, it was an Autumn weekend this time.
The Basingstoke team, Chris & Helen Kinloch, John & Barbara Glasscock, Andrew & Mary Ferguson, Graham & Liz Bragg, David Walton & Anne James and May Lawn & Danielle Sissingh, arrived in bright sunshine in Alençon to the usual warm welcome from French friends, old and new. There were nine tables for the bridge tournament in the afternoon. Unfortunately none of our pairs came top, so we had to relinquish the Raymond Guérin trophy which we won in Basingstoke last year. However, as usual, the bridge competition was only one small part of the weekend and it was followed by several apperitifs and a delicious meal at the club.
On Sunday we visited Le Perche, an area of natural beauty situated around the town of Belleme in the south-east of the Orne department of southern Normandy. Despite the light rain and mist which continued throughout the day, everyone really enjoyed looking round the picturesque villages and trying to find answers to quiz questions about the area. After lunch at the golf club some brave souls took part in a two hole putting competition, the scores for which were added to our team's quiz totals.
Anne & David were the worthy winners of the Sunday events. Back at the Alençon bridge Club there were more apperitifs and another beautiful meal. We did manage to sing an adaptation of the well known French song "Ma Normandie" as a thank you to our hosts.
Dates are still to be arranged, but we look forward to welcoming our French friends in Basingstoke again next year.
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