Your County Needs.....    YOU!

Merseyside & Cheshire County Bridge Association is for ALL bridge players in our area and we are working really hard to run a range of competitions to suit everyone. Our latest offering is specifically aimed at people who haven’t played in county competitions before.

The One-Eyed-Jacks Cup

• Entry limited to those with NGS grade up to and including Jack (J High)
• Swiss Pairs – so you get to play against those who have similar results to yours
• Five rounds of five boards each with a break for refreshments
• County level master point awards (double the MPs that you would get for a club event)

The One-Eyed Jacks Cup will be played on Sunday 11th April starting at 2 pm. Entry is 5BB$ per person payable through BBO but please pre-register on the M&CBA website: https://www.bridgewebs.com/merseysidecheshire/

For further information/queries contact Dan Miller (fancydan964@gmail.com).

Competitions galore coming up, starting with an EBU Sim Pairs event on Monday 12th April and followed on Tuesday 13th by Deva's annual Ladies and Mens Pairs competitions. The week after sees the finals of the Fearn Cup (18th April) and Championship Pairs (21st April) and the last round of Championship Teams takes place on 14th April.

• The entry fee for sim pairs is 7$ to cover the additional charge from EBU - see if you can beat Simon and Alan's achievement in the Winter Sim Pairs (they were 12th nationally) - you won't though be able to better Liz and David's result in the Autumn Sim Pairs (but can equal it!)
• Register on BBO in the normal way for the Ladies and Mens Pairs on Tuesday 13th - the two events will be separate competitions - make sure you enter for the right one (please no mixed pairs on this day)

We have been playing on-line on BBO for almost a year now but still many members do not have an On-Line Convention Card filled in.

Click here to see how to complete a simple one for you and your regular partner.

There was a delay to posting Monday's results so the NGS updates are only just available now. And the big news is...

Congratulations to John Norman, winner of the "all sessions" ladder. For other ladders, and to see how you did, click here.

The 20 confirmed finalists for the Fearn Cup Final on Sunday 18th April are:

 1    John Hampson
 2    Jerry Hopkins
 3    Barry Jones
 4    Peter Nickson
 5    Philip Waring
 6    Mark Weeks
 7    Laurence Stone
 8    Keith Thompson
 9    Chris Pope
10    Haydn Roberts
11    Alan Sharples
12    Frank Salt
13    Jeffrey Angove
14    David Smith
15    Annie Mead
16    Janice Mairs
17    Ian Blackhurst
18    Daniel Miller
19    Peter Zemroch
20    Albert Bailey

The final is an individual tournament and will be run on BBO as 19x2 board rounds with finalists playing 2 hands partnering each other. 

Start time is 11am, 7 minutes a board. A break of 45 minutes for lunch and should finish at about 5:15.