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Swiss Pairs

There were 112 pairs and the winners were Rob Lawy and Harry Anoyrkatis with 113 VP

There were many good performances by local members including :-

3^rd  Mike Wenble and Angela Adams

5^th David Owen & Bob Holder

6^th =  Ed Scerri & Steve Eginton

6^th = Dominic Cooke & William Clennell

 Special congratulations to them and well done to all who took part.

Swiss Teams

There were 36 teams. The winners were James & Alan Hobden / David Telfer & Peter Burns with 107 VPs.

There were many good performances by local members including :-

2^nd = Peter & Dee Lindon with Celia & Derek Oram

2^nd = Bob Holder & Chris Mooney with David Owen & Naomi Gibbs

5^th = David Calcutt & David Green with Andy & Michelle Margetts

5^th = Ed Scerri & teammates

Special congratulations to them and well done to all who took part.

Entries are invited for the 2022-23 Brown Cup, the B&BCBA League for Teams of Four. There are likely to be four divisions so you will be able to play at a level that suits your experience. Each team will play five or six matches.

Subject to the agreement of both captains, matches can be played face-face. Such matches are normally played in the home of one of the players. In the last two seasons Realbridge and BBO have been the two platforms chosen for on-line matches. Matches can be played on Realbridge with the agreement of both captains. Otherwise, matches will be played on BBO.

If you are interested, please email Bob Dowdeswell, the League Secretary, by Sunday 31 July 2022 at the latest, at bobdowdeswell@virginmedia.com or ring 01189 479585. Email is preferred.

The EBU’s Pachabo Cup for counties teams of four was held over the 11^th and 12^th  of June.

Twenty four counties took part, playing 92 boards over the two days.

Berks & Bucks were represented by Ed Scerri, Barry Myers, Mike Perkins and Ian Reissmann.

At the end of day one they were in second place and then finished fourth overall at the end of day two.

An excellent performance. Well done !

EBUScore Training

Following the success of the County’s training courses for Club Directors, we are now putting together a course on EBUScore for club scorers.

Although yet to be finalised, it is envisaged that the course will likely be one or two days and will be free to any of our Affiliated Clubs 

It will be targeted at anyone who wishes to become a club scorer or an existing scorer who wants to improve their knowledge of EBUScore.

INTERESTED? - Click to email Mick Green

The Loddon Vale team have won this years Committee Cup, the County's competition for teams of 4 rerpresenting their clubs.

The team was Gordon Maxwell & Marc Rivoira with Simon Roberts & Andy Kirk. They were 6VPs clear of the second placed team from Burnham.

Congratulations to the Loddon team and thanks to all those who took part.

Congratulations to Dave Owen and Bob Holder for winning the Waller Bowl.

They finished nearly 4% ahead of Trevor Morris and Vanessa Clark in second place.

25 pairs qualified for the final.

Congratulations to Burnham A for winning this year’s League of 8.  They finished with 124 VPs from their eight matches in division 1, 7 VPs clear of Reading A in second place.

Burnham A represented Berks & Bucks in the EBU's Garden Cities regional final on 8 May and finished mid-field. 

Congratulations to the leading teams in the other 3 divisions of the League:

Division 2: Newbury 1^st, Chalfont 2^nd

Division 3: Yateley & Hawley/Camberley 1^st, Lane End A 2^nd

Division 4: Basingstoke 1^st, SBBC C 2^nd