The competition for the Joan Aspland Shield was held following the A.G.M. on Saturday 27th January.  Congratulations go to Elspeth Allcock and Alan Chadwick who won both before and after handicap with 60.78%. In second place were Stuart Herdson and David Redfearn with 59.44%.  Very well done both pairs.

A few months ago the club held a Charity Bridge event in aid of The Peter Greenwood Memorial Trust. An amazing £600 was raised by the members. 

The charity has since given bursaries totalling £3,600 to help seventeen hearing impaired students pursue their studies at various colleges and universities.

Grants went towards purchasing equipment such as laptops, books, i Pads, headphones and work clothing. We are pleased that our club has made a substantial contribution to these grants this year and send good wishes and lots of luck to all the students who received them.

Many long standing members will, with affection, remember Bob who was the Club steward for many years before his death.  Recently Nicky, his daughter, was looking through some of her late father’s possessions when she came across a plaque which the Club had presented to Bob in 2011.  It commemorated  the 25 years that Bob had, at that point in time, been working at the bridge club.

Nicky kindly decided to donate the plaque to the bridge club and she recently presented it to former Chairman Elaine van Heel together with a large photograph of Bob. (See photo of Elaine and Nicky on the Home page of the website)

By Liz Brown

On Saturday 13 May Bradford Bridge Club were proud to host the Northern Region preliminary round of the Garden Cities Competition.

The Garden Cities Competition is an inter county championship for teams of eight, one from each county.  It started in 1987 in Hertfordshire in Welwyn Garden City - hence the name - before becoming a national competition run by the E.B.U.

This year six teams took part - North East, Lancashire, Manchester, Nottinghamshire, Merseyside & Cheshire and Yorkshire.  The Yorkshire team included one Bradford Club member - Alan Jarvis.  Stuart Davies was Director.

The competition was quite a jolly affair.  It was the first time that it had been held since Covid.  Players were renewing old friendships and several said how nice it was to be back in Bradford!

The catering went smoothly.  Compliments were given and views on the merits of Morrisons sandwiches were exchanged.  (Keighley Morrisons sandwiches are better than most).

Much to our delight, Yorkshire came first and will take part in the final at Coventry in June.  Then everyone went home except the Catering Committee who had to tidy up.  Two hours later when they finished they said they never wanted to do any table clearing and tidying away again.  Then it occurred to them that the ladies had already done their share by baking all those delicious cakes.  Perhaps it was time for the men to show willing by helping with the heavy lifting.  No skill is required and instruction will be given if needed.

Please think about it gentlemen.  Stuart would like to host the Garden Cities Competition again and the competitors would like to come to Bradford again.  It all depends on you.

The charity event to raise money for the Peter Greenwood Memorial Trust and held by our Club on Sunday 1^st October was extremely well supported and raised a total of £500.

There were 38 people in the main drive.  Additionally there was a mini-bridge drive suitable for those who may never have played bridge - the latter being run by Stephen Halston.

The event started with a short informative talk by officials of the Trust.  This included information about the Trust’s origins and described the kind of assistance it provides to help deaf people progress in their chosen careers. 

There was a huge selection of delicious cakes at the break when a raffle was also drawn and a cheque for £500 was presented to the Trust’s treasurer. 

Many thanks to those who came to the event, to the organisers  and to those who provided refreshments and raffle prizes. 

The Flitch competition for married couples was held on Wednesday 14th February and congratulations go to Susan and Harry Hoyle who won with 57.41%.

In second place with 55.56% were Louise and Mark Armitage and third were Liz and Morris Brown who achieved 54.63%.  

Well done all three pairs!

The Men's Team and Ladies Team Competition was held on Monday 19th February. Due to the low turnout all the teams played each other. 

Congratulations go to Jacqui Hutchinson, Margaret Andrews, Georgie Ramseyer and Carol Swales who won the Ladies trophy.  In second place were Susan Hoyle, Pat Benson, Elaine Van Heel and Madeleine Newby. 

The winners of the Men's trophy were George Bak, Stuart Davies, Mark Armitage and Steve Blackburn.  Robert Eaton, Lauri Andrews, Peter Smith and Mark Lewis came second.

Well done everyone!!

The Competition for the Men's and Ladies Pairs trophies was held on Wednesday 13th March. Due to there being few eligible pairs in the Ladies category, the events were combined.  However, Congratulations go to Susan Hoyle and Jean Britteon who won the Ladies trophy and to Stuart Davies and George Bak who won the Men's.  Very well done both pairs.

The Haslock Trophy  competition was held on Tuesday afternoon 9th April. 

After handicap, the winners with a score of 61.11% were Robert Eaton and Joanne Johnson.

In second place were Patricia Loughton and Pat McGrellis with 60.00% and third were Cath Riley and Kevin Sunderland .with 58.33%. 

Congratulations to all.

Congratulations go to George Bak, Stuart Davies, Mark Armitage and Steve Blackburn who won the Handicap Teams competition.

In second place were Robert Eaton, Jacqui Hutchinson, Georgie Ramseyer and Carol Swales. 

Very well done both teams.