County Teams of 4 Championship

The final has now been played between Mike Perkins and Gordon Maxwell 's teams.

Congratulations to Mike Perkins' team (John Howard, Ian Reissmann, Peter Jackson) who are now the County Teams of 4 Champions. Also, well done to Gordon Maxwell's team (Marc Rivoira, Stuart Townsend and Simon Roberts) for reaching the finals.

The County Pairs Championship Final was held on Sunday 19th January 2025 with 23 pairs competing in an all play all over 40 boards at Windsor.

The winners were Peter and Dee Lindon . Well done.

The top five pairs will be invited to represent the County in the EBU’s Corwen Trophy event, to be held 31st May/1st/2nne. The other four pairs are Mike Wenble and James Chapman, Marc Rivoira & Barry Read, Ed Scerri & Steve Eginton , Pat Dowdeswell & Mike Ribbins. Congratulations to all.

The Jack High Friendly Pairs was held on Sunday 26th January at South Bucks BC

Thirty pairs took part and the winners were William Smyth & Angela Subramaniam  with a great score of 66.12%, second were Kumar Patel & Mike Rossiter with 60.07%. Well done indeed.

Thanks to all those played. We hope you enjoyed this event as the County are keen to encourage all levels of players to County events.

 The Club teams final for the Committee Cup was held on Sunday 23rd March at Windsor. It was an all play all for 13 teams over 36 boards.

The winners were Ed Scerri & Gilly Cardiff with Nigel Wolfendale & Dick Davey from Amersham on 125 IMPs, second were Ian Robert & Sally Bride with Godfrey Vangeyzel & Carol Humphreys   on 73 IMPs.

B&B Jack High Friendly Pairs

The Berks & Bucks Jack High Friendly Pairs for the Finchampstead Plate was contested by 23 pairs this weekend.  The winners with 62.13% were Paul & Norma Lord, narrowly ahead of Tim Davies & Mary Nash on 62.03%. Congratulations to Paul and Norma Lord and thanks to all who took part. We hope you all enjoyed the event.

At the end of a close-fought 48-board match, played against the Bakshi team at TGR's club in London, Carole Mueller's team was victorious in the final of the Hubert Phillips Plate KO. Pictured, left to right, are Herb Mueller, Chris Mooney, Carole Mueller and David Perkins.

A side note is that David Perkins was 92 this week, so he must be one of the 'more senior' winners of a national KO tournament, if not most senior!

35 teams from 19 clubs played this season.

Congratulations to Amersham A for winning Division 1 and the Perkins Cup. They finished with the grand total of 151 VPs from their nine matches. Reading A were second with 139 VPs.

Congratulations to the leading teams in the other three divisions:

Division 2 (10 teams): Austenwood 1st with 128 VPs, just pipping Newbury A who had 127 VPs.

Division 3 (10 teams): Newbury B 1st with 125 VPs, Amersham C 2nd with 123 VPs.

Division 4 (5 teams playing 8 matches): Hazlemere and Maidenhead B, equal 1st with 99 VPs.

We thank all those who played and all the team captains for organising their teams and arranging matches. We look forward to another successful season starting in September and would welcome any new teams from clubs. The League Secretary will be asking for entries as usual in June.

In a dramatic finish, with the lead changing hands twice in the last three boards, Gary Jones, a member of Amersham BC, was part of the Welsh international team which won the Teltscher Trophy last weekend.

The Teltscher Trophy (aka the Senior Camrose) is an annual event which takes place between international teams from the five countries of the British Isles. The event was inaugurated in 2008 and this year was held in Dublin. Gary and his Welsh partner, Paul Lamford, were also the leading pair after cross imping.

 The County Senior Pairs was held on Monday 19th May at South Bucks Bridge Centre. Twenty pairs took part, playing 36 boards.

 The winners of the Directors Cup were David Owen and Bob Holder with 60.24%.

2nd was Ed Scerri and Gilly Cardiff,  3rd Dick Davey and Paula Hopkinson
 
 

Well done to all who took part. We hope you enjoyed the day.

The committee is sad to hear of the recent death of Nigel Marlow. Nigel died in his sleep overnight on Monday night. Nigel was our BBCBA treasurer for several years.

Nigel's funeral will take place on Monday morning (21st July) at 11.00am at Aylesbury Vale Natural Burial Meadow Owlswick HP27 9RH followed by food and real ale at the Red Lion, Chinnor from midday.

Click here for an order of service.

 The end-of-season pairs event for the Bridge Plus Trophy. The winners were Louise and Tom Payne.

 The winners of the Student League (for the SBBC trophy) were Louise and Tom Payne, Usha and Virinder Chatrat - team name Double Trouble, after a split tie with Andy's Angels captained by Carole Wharrier.

 Picture showing most (4 of the 5 tables) in play.