The first of the new season of Bridge with tea and cakes events took place on Sunday 13th October 2019. Thirty two member participated and were treated to a feast of calories at the interval, strawberry tarts, meringues and lemon drizzle cake to name a few. The prize winners were, N/S Wendy Blyth & Vanessa Openshaw, E/W Rona Egan & Brian Perry and following handicap adjustment N/S Angela Lohan & Ian Gibson, E/W Loraine & Trevor Corner (pictured above). This will be a regular event over the winter months and a great way to spend a cold and wet Sunday afternoon.

NEXT EVENT SUNDAY 10TH NOVEMBER, 2019

Congratulations to Paul Evans who has won the Spring Ladder 2019 for the best 8 Tuesday Evening duplicate performances over 11 weeks (Tue 5 Feb 19 ro Tue 16 Apr 19). He won with an average of 60.09%. Second was Mike Nicholson on 56.03%, third equal John Simm & Wendy Blyth on 54.27%. Full details on the Competitions > Spring Ladder 2019 page.

Bolton Bridge Club held a session of the EBED Spring Simultaneous Pairs event on Thursday 16th May starting at 7:25pm.  The local event winners were Stuart Norris and Rod Greenhalgh (65.48%) followed by Paul Evans & Sue Hyman (61.90%) . However, the National Ranks are somewhat different with Paul & Sue lying 3rd on 66.45% and Stuart & Rod lying 73rd on 57.31%.

Austin Barnes, the Past President of the club, has been presented the Dimmie Flemming Award by the EBU. This is in recognition of his significant and substantial service to Bridge administration in Lancashire. The award was presented to Austin by the Chairman of the Lancashire County Bridge Association, Brian Irlam.