| Decorators in Tournament Room |
The County BC is having a facelift.
At the moment, the decorators are in the Tournament Room, where we ususally play and for tomorrow only we will play in the Club Room. This is the room immediately on the left as you enter the premises.
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| Blaby Club Cup - Round 3 |
Round 3 of the Club Cup, the Club's main competition, has been held. Click for the latest positions.
Please see the news item below for more details.
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| BLABY BRIDGE CLUB EVENTS |
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| Blaby is continuing its Christmas Party and two Cup Competitions |
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| Blaby BC Christmas Party – 2025 |
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| This will be held on Tuesday, 16 December. As in previous years, it will be an individual event, so you don’t need to bring a partner. Hands will be pre-dealt (Duplimated). |
| At the half-way stage, there will be a break for buffet style food. As usual, we will ask each player to bring some food, cold as we will not be using the County BC oven. |
| The Club will provide wine. There will be a prize for the top three winners. |
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| Blaby Club Cup – 2025/26 |
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| The Club Cup was presented in 1966 by Viscountess Hall OBE. It is Blaby's major pairs tournament. The winners are the ones with the best three performances out of six designated sessions. Scoring is by what is (or was) called County Pairs Scoring. If there is a tie for first place, the winners (but not other positions) will be determined by countback. |
| Visitors are allowed but will not be eligible to win the cup |
| The dates of each round are: |
| Round 1 – Tuesday 7 October |
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Round 2 – Tuesday 4 November
Round 3 - Tuesday 2 December
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| Round 4 – Tuesday 6 January |
| Round 5 – Tuesday 3 February |
| Round 6 – Tuesday 3 March |
| Please try to attend at least 3 rounds so that they count towards winning the cup. |
| Blaby Toon Cup – 2025/26 |
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| The Toon Cup was presented in 1980 by Mrs Nora Toon. It is awarded to the most improved pair comparing a year’s results with previous year. This will start in April 2025 and the Cup awarded at the April 2026 AGM. |
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| Blaby Summer Cup |
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Unfortunately, this was cancelled this year. due to insuffient numbers.
The Summer Cup was presented in 1991 by Neil and Pat Beasley. This was a teams-of-4 competition, teams being drawn according to their current NGS Grading in such a way that each team is roughly equal.
Your Committee are considering a different format.
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| Great win for Blaby B in League |
Well done Blaby B. They beat Division Three leaders, JSH, 15 - 5. They remain in third place.
Unfortunately, Blaby A lost 5 - 15 to Melton in Division One. They remain in fourth place.
You can see the current positions and scores in Division One here and Division Three here.
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| Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs |
 The Blaby Tuesday session of the Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs competition organised by ECATS and played throughout the UK was a resounding success. Due to the generosity of the players with the raffle plus donations from those unable to play added to the table money, the Club will donate £264.50 to this worthy cause.
WELL DONE everybody for your generosity and help.
Results for our Club are published on our website. The overall results nationally are on ECATS website, updated as results come in. You can see the latest results here and a commentary on the hands here.
There were 1,182 pairs taking part overall in three countries. Top Blaby pairs were:
- John Bee and Paul Loveday - 62nd
- Mike Deakin and David Green - 137th
- Lloyd Danvers and Peter Nuttall - 175th
- Jenny Hand and Dave Pollard - 195th
Thank you for supporting this event.
There are two unclaimed raffle prizes - Orange 650 and Orange 668. If you have these tickets please contact Doreen.
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| LCBA Hyman Crammer Trophy |
The final of the LCBA Hyman Crammer pairs competition will take place this year on BBO starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday 17 December. Entries will be invited from pairs who come in the top third of designated heats in Clubs.
Blaby has decided to hold a heat on Tuesday, 25 November. This will be like our normal Club night.
If you qualify, i.e. finish in the top third, 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.
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| EBU Masterpoints Promotions - September 2025 |
Sadhana Stokes - Club Master
Well done Sadhana on being promoted in the September EBU Masterpoints Promotions list for Blaby members:
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).
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