Blaby's teams have have a great a great start to the LCBA Winter League season.

In Division One, Blaby A drew 10 - 10 (33-33 IMPs) with perennial champions Clarendon.

Blaby B also had a great start beating County Kestrel 17 - 3 in Division 3.

Well done both teams.

You can see the current table for Blaby A here and for Blaby B here.

The final of the  LCBA Hyman Crammer pairs competition  will take place this year on BBO starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday 28 October. Entries will be invited from pairs who come in the top third of designated  heats in Clubs, i.e. those that gain Masterpoints

Blaby will  hold a heat on Tuesday, 29 September. This will be like our normal Club night.
If you qualify, you will invited to play in the final.
If you do not wish to play in the final, another pair who finish on 50% or more will be invited instead.

Good luck.

Well done Paul, Ian, Peter and Dave on winning our 2026 Summer Cup teams of 4 event. 

In a field of 9 teams, they won with an astounding +77 IMPs.
Lloyd Danvers, Peter Nuttall, Shilpa Modi and Lesley Neville were second with +21 IMPs and Dave Pollard, Chris Bancroft, Kishore Bhavsar and Karen Macrae third with +5 IMPs.

The event was first played in 1991 but had not be played since 2019 because of Covid and dwindling numbers. It was encouraging to have such a large number this time.

Well done everyone.

Well done to the following Blaby members who have been promoted in the June EBU Masterpoints Promotions list.

Peter Nuttall - 9 Star Premier Regional Master
Kenneth Faller - District Master
 

You can see your current status on this and the National Grading Scheme by logging on to My EBU (see Useful Links in menu on the left).

Sadly I have to let you know that Dorothy Pennington passed away peacefully on Monday night, 20th July, after a very short illness.  She was 91.
Dorothy and Roy had been members of Blaby Bridge Club for many years, playing a full part in the Club's activities including teams events and our weekends away.
Both were excellent players and were keen players at several Congresses.

Following Roy’s death, Dorothy played with Martin Stone.

Until recently, as Dorothy’s mobility declined, she played regularly online. 
She was a lovely lady and we shall miss her.

The funeral will be held in mid August and is for family members only.  We send our condolences to the family.

Our AGM meeting was well supported with 27 attending.

Doreen Arnold, who had been covering as Secretary as well as Chairman, announced that she was stepping down as Chairman and will continue as Secretary.
Dave Pollard will take over Chairman. We welcome Graham Anderson to the Committee as Treasurer.
Other committee members remain.

Doreen reported that we had had another successful year at the County BC premises with numbers holding up well.

The sad death of Paul Statham, a regular player at Blaby, was reported.

Doreen thanked committee members and others for their work in helping to keep the Club running smoothly.

Dave reported that we are currently in a stable position financially.

Trophies were awarded to the  winners the two competitions we are currently holding:

• Club Cup Champions - Mike Deakin and David Green
• Toon Cup winners (most improved pair) - Averil Bemment and Diane Jarvis

The meeting agreed that we should reintroduce the Summer Cup teams event provided numbers allow.