The next event will be Berks and Bucks Sims Pairs which will be held from the 14th to 17th October 2019 

Congratulations to Ed Scerri and Steve Eginton winners of the Denys Jenkins Cup in the Blue pointed Swiss pairs event held on the 6th October 2019.  Well done also to the runners up David Owen and Charles Chisnell (2nd Place) and Mike Wenble and John Coleman (3rd Place).   20 pairs took part.

Congratulations to the top B&B pairs in the EBED Simultaneous Pairs which were held over 2 - 6 September.

Tuesday 3rd:    John & Dan Skipper coming 6th out of 672 with 66.1% playing at Ascot BC
Thursday 5th:   England U26 international Daisy Dillon and her father Oliver coming 5th out of 266 with 65.9% playing at Reading BC

Our A team came second in the A flight, our B team fourth in the B flight and our C team won the C flight. Congratulations to all. Full results are available on the Middlesex Website www.bridgewebs.com/mcba.

For the third year, Berks and Bucks will be holding our now well established County Simultaneous Pairs from 14-17 October this year.  As before, we will be using the services of the EBU to run and score the event.  Instructions on how to enter will be sent to the club sectretaries soon.  B&B will pay the EBU costs so there will be no charge to the clubs for entering.  After the successful introduction last year, we will continue to award prize money for the leading pair on each of the four nights and provide a commentary on the hands of each night, which will be available the next day.  

The county are pleased to announce a new competition, The Champions Cup. This event will be a pairs event for the "Champion" pair of each affiliated Berks & Bucks club. Each club is invited to put forward their "Champion" pair to an all play all final to be held at Windsor in May each year, commencing 10th May 2020. Clubs can decide on their Champion pair in whatever way they wish.  Only one pair per club will be allowed to enter. An invitation will be sent to clubs shortly and it is hoped that all our clubs will wish to take part in this new event.

Congratulations to Michael Green, Tony Parkinson, James Bond & Graham Davison - winners of the Richard Palmer Trophy in the Green Ponted Swiss Teams event.    The runners-up were Ed Scerri, Gary Jones, Barry Myers & Steve Eginton and in 3rd place were Robert Procter, Michael Robinson, Christopher Whitehouse & Matthew Covill - well done to both of those teams also.  34 teams took part.

Congratulations to Jette & Alan Bailey on winning the Anders Wallen Trophy in the Swiss Pairs event.    And to the runners-up (only 1 VP behind) Ed Scerri & Barry Myers.   In 3rd place were James Bond & Graham Davison, and in 4th equal places were Eddie Lucioni & John Dakin and Peter Clarke & Andrew Doye.   Well done.   103 pairs played.

We are saddened to learn that Brian Best died on 18 June, aged 85.  Brian was the leading light at Slough Bridge club for many years and played at several other clubs in the area until quite recently. He was also active in the affairs of the county association, serving as chairman from 1994 to 1998. He was a real gentleman at the bridge table and will be sadly missed.
The funeral will take place at the Milton Chapel, Chilterns Crematorium near Amersham on Thursday 27 June at 4pm. His widow Barbara invites those wishing to attend to do so - the dress code is bright colours or black. Family flowers only.

This EBU event, featuring the teams-of-four champions from each county, took place at the weekend. Berks & Bucks were represented by the winners of the knock-out teams competition, Dick Davey, Richard Bowdery, Ed Scerri, Gary Jones, Sally Brock and Barry Myers. Congratulations on finishing 7th out of the 29 teams.

The 5 top pairs from our County Pairs Championship represented Berks & Bucks in the Corwen trophy at the weekend, with 94 pairs competing. Ed Scerri and Dick Davey were second, Paul Dolphin and Steve Lynch 21st, Peter Hawkes and Roger Donato 32nd, Matthew and Heather Tan 39th and John Coleman and Marilyn Murtagh 75th. Congratulations to all.

Congratulations to ‘Mary’s Berries’, Alan & Elena McBride, Sally Tilleray, Anita Wallace & captain Gary Jennison (L-to-R in photograph) on winning the Graduate League over a series of 4 matches against Mike Etkind’s Finesse team. Mary’s Berries were taught by Mary Sharp, and are eligible to play in the Graduate League again next year, it will be interesting to see if they can retain their trophy against the newcomers from the Student League!

Congratulations to ‘Ruff & Ready’, Elaine Rushforth (captain), Peter Rushforth, Carl Dorsett, Clare Marshall, Jenny Wooding & Nicola Wilsdon on winning the Student League, 4 VPs ahead of Julie King’s ‘6 Queens.’ The winning team were taught by Rob Wilkinson and the runners-up by Clive Lewis.  The photograph shows Nigel Thompson presenting the SBBC Trophy to Elaine & Peter.