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This page contains 'old' information and news of interest to the members.

Current news is on the Home page.  For a full list of forthcoming events, see "Calendar" on the menu and for a list of results see "Results".

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Cedric Cockroft and John Griffin (winners of the Pym Berry Trophy), Paul Knighton and Elaine Madden (winners of the Alan & Pat Smith Trophy) and Rosemary Edwards (most improved player of 2023).  

All three competitions will be held again in 2024. 

Last updated : 15th Jan 2024 15:18 GMT
PYM BERRY TROPHY 2023
PYM BERRY TROPHY 2023

Congratulations to Cedric Cockroft and John Griffin for winning the Pym Berry trophy.  

The full results are listed below.

1st Cedric Cockroft and John Griffin

2nd Chris Roger and Richard Hodgkins

3rd David Taylor and Liz Hall

Pym Berry Trophy

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

 

Best 6 total

C. Cockroft and J. Griffin

66.0

61.6

46.3

48.9

56.2

64.7

 

71.6

56.0

 

376.2

C. Rogers and R. Hodgkins

71.1

71.4

 

67.7

63.8

     

58.9

*

332.9

D. Taylor and L. Hall

51.5

43.2

45.6

59.9

50.6

58.4

42.9

51.3

53.8

 

325.6

M. Watson and P. Hobson

52.7

61.9

50.0

52.0

50.1

48.6

42.9

 

56.6

 

323.3

P. Anstice and M. Douglas

   

53.0

50.3

48.7

 

56.0

54.7

58.4

 

321.1

D. Briggs and J. Cater

     

49.2

61.8

43.5

54.2

47.7

64.7

 

321.0

T. Pilkington and T. Haywood

62.4

   

51.4

55.0

41.8

56.3

49.3

   

316.1

J. Nelson and G. Nelson

   

52.3

53.1

48.3

46.4

58.0

53.1

   

311.3

G. Burgess and J. Burgess

 

57.7

51.6

42.9

41.0

47.2

 

54.2

45.7

 

299.3

S. Read and P. Illsley

 

53.9

   

66.7

 

54.8

45.6

63.8

*

284.7

T. Hallam and M. Young

39.1

47.3

41.7

49.4

53.0

   

36.5

52.3

 

282.8

T. Wakeling and T. Morris

 

39.3

50.7

45.3

 

52.4

46.7

 

42.4

 

276.8

J. Parker and J. Lomas

 

50.0

 

58.1

   

48.8

61.4

 

*

218.3

S. Cave and D. Brooks

   

53.7

   

59.4

44.9

 

49.8

*

207.8

R. Edwards and R. Edwards

   

55.8

   

59.7

64.6

   

*

180.1

J. Parker and S. Birch

45.8

 

53.7

         

48.5

*

148.0

B. Woodall and R. Hodgkins

         

54.8

 

46.3

 

*

101.1

D. Briggs and T. Haywood

   

62.5

           

*

62.5

J. Parker and P. Taylor

       

60.4

       

*

60.4

W. Bryce and P. Anstice

57.8

               

*

57.8

T. Alderman and J. Parker

         

51.4

     

*

51.4

J. Lomas and S. Birch

       

49.3

       

*

49.3

R. Mallinson and G. Whalley

45.8

               

*

45.8

                       
Last updated : 15th Jan 2024 15:18 GMT
ALAN & PAT SMITH TROPHY 2023
ALAN & PAT SMITH TROPHY 2023

Congratulations to Paul Knighton and Elaine Madden for winning the Alan and Pat Smith trophy.  

The full results are listed below.

1st Paul Knighton and Elaine Madden

2nd Tricia Alderman and Mary Cater

3rd Brian Rickards and Jean Rickards

Alan and Pat Smith Trophy

                     
                       

P. Knighton and E. Madden

53.4

53.6

45.1

46.4

59.4

44.6

50.3

44.3

48.1

 

311.2

M. Cater and T. Alderman

 

39.6

55.6

58.8

45.6

 

46.7

 

50.1

 

296.4

J. Rickards and B. Rickards

45.2

48.8

44.7

 

43.9

46.6

 

55.7

45.7

 

286.6

D. Turner and G. Alderman

 

53.3

39.4

37.2

 

43.7

50.6

46.8

45.1

 

278.8

B. Loomes and Y. Mackenzie

 

48.2

38.7

49.5

 

42.1

46.7

45.3

46.4

 

278.2

B. Minion and R. Shooter

42.1

 

47.0

47.9

46.1

 

44.1

47.3

   

274.5

S. Moore and J. Stone

38.8

   

42.7

50.0

43.9

 

39.2

47.7

 

262.4

J. Teece and J. Musson

       

44.4

55.5

53.6

 

50.3

*

203.7

W. Bryce and M. Styles

       

53.9

 

38.1

54.6

40.5

*

187.0

C. Paling and D. Wren

47.9

42.9

   

52.9

       

*

143.6

S. Sanders and J. Roe

       

37.4

51.3

   

37.7

*

126.4

P. Gardner and K. Devendra

   

48.8

 

38.4

       

*

87.3

W. Bryce and C. Paling

   

63.9

           

*

63.9

T. Alderman and G. Alderman

49.4

               

*

49.4

J. Roe and J. Stone

 

46.7

             

*

46.7

P. Lowman and G. Whalley

             

45.1

 

*

45.1

W. Bryce and R. Shooter

         

44.7

     

*

44.7

G. Whalley and B. Minion

               

44.7

*

44.7

I. White and C. Batten

44.3

               

*

44.3

L. Pritchard and S. Wright

               

42.2

*

42.2

W. Bryce and G. Whalley

     

38.6

         

*

38.6

Y. Mackenzie and R. Eaton

       

29.2

       

*

29.2

A. Goddard and D. McClusky

 

25.9

             

*

25.9

Last updated : 15th Jan 2024 15:18 GMT
2023 CLUB CHAMPIONS
2023 CLUB CHAMPIONS

THE DAVID WRIGHT TROPHY

 Congratulations to Liz Hall and David Taylor the 2023 winners

(with a score of over 73%)

shown here being presented with the trophy by Judy Lomas 

Last updated : 15th Jan 2024 15:19 GMT
Club Championships 2023

The annual club championship will be held on Monday 23 October.   The winners will be the 2023 holders of the David Wright Trophy (provided they are members of East Midlands Bridge Club).    

Last updated : 14th Nov 2023 15:19 GMT
Annual Subscriptions

Annual subscriptions are now due.  Please pay your £5 subs to Liz Hall before the end of September 

Last updated : 16th Oct 2023 11:34 BST
HAVE YOUR SAY - LEVEL 2 OR LEVEL 4

In the recent poll, members voted overwhelmingly in favour of restricting bidding to level 2

    In favour of restricting bidding to level 2     33 votes

    In favour of allowing bidding to level 4          7 votes

As a result, we will continue to restrict bidding to level 2 at East Midlands Bridge Club

Last updated : 31st Mar 2023 12:10 BST
SAD NEWS - PAUL ATKINS

We were very sorry to hear that Paul Atkins passed away on Tuesday 18 July after a short illness.  He was only 62.   Paul was the captain of the East Midlands White team and is a great loss to the club.  

Last updated : 16th Aug 2023 21:19 BST
CLUB CHAMPIONS 2022
CLUB CHAMPIONS 2022

THE DAVID WRIGHT TROPHY

 Congratulations to Tim Hallam and Malcolm Young the 2022 winners

shown here being presented with the trophy by Judy Lomas 

Last updated : 24th Oct 2023 12:09 BST
TEAMS of 8

At the end of the 2022 - 2023 season, East Midlands Red were 5th out of 7 teams and East Midlands White were 4th out of 7.  Well done and thank you to everyone who played for either team!  

Last updated : 17th Sep 2023 21:31 BST
ALAN SMITH - SAD NEWS

We are very sorry to hear that Alan Smith passed away on Wednesday evening (25 January), following a long illness. 

Alan was a founder member of East Midland Bridge Club.  He was also President of the DCBA.  Alan and his wife Pat were regular players at the club until her death.  But Alan continued to play bridge until his health prevented this.    Alan was always friendly and was a popular bridge player.   Deepest sympathy is extended to his family, bridge partners and the wider bridge community.  

Alan's funeral is at 11 am on Thursday 2 March at Markeaton Crematorium.  All friends and bridge players are welcome.  Donations in Alan's memory can be made to the Nightingale MacMillan Unit.  The wake afterwards will be held at the Red Cow at Allestree. 

Last updated : 2nd Mar 2023 14:59 GMT
TABLE FEE INCREASE

EMBA are putting up the prices for all the bridge clubs that play at Spondon from December 1st (by £2 per table).   Therefore with effect from Monday 5 December our table fees (for members and visitors) will increase by 50p. 

Last updated : 6th Dec 2022 10:25 GMT
Club Champioships 2022

The annual club championship will be held on Monday 10 October.   The winners will be the 2022 holders of the David Wright Trophy (provided they are members of East Midlands Bridge Club).    

Last updated : 11th Oct 2022 13:46 BST
Tuesday Online Bridge

With immediate effect, we will no longer be playing online bridge on Tuesday evenings.

Unfortunately numbers playing have been falling and there is now insufficient support to make the event financially viable.  

Thank you to everyone who has supported this venture.

Last updated : 8th Jun 2022 10:02 BST
Tuesday Online Bridge

If you enjoy playing bridge online, please support our joint venture with Derby Bridge Club which enables members not comfortable with face-to-face contact to continue to play in these diificult times.  Numbers playing have fallen.  If we do not get enough players turning out we will have to stop running our weekly event. 

Please join us on BBO on Tuesday evenings at 7 pm.

Last updated : 9th Mar 2022 15:36 GMT
Tuesday evening Online Bridge

Online bridge will take place on BBO beginning on Tuesday 7th September.  

Start time 7 pm.   It will cost 4 BB$.   The number of boards played will depend on the number of players.  

If you have played previously on Mondays evenings in the EMBC events, you don't need to re-register.  But if not, then please email Liz Hall on lizhall202@btinternet.com to register.

When entering the event, in the search box (above where it says "Entries") type EMBC.  The event is called EMBC/Derby BC Tuesday Evening Duplicate

Last updated : 9th Mar 2022 15:37 GMT
Monday evening Bridge

From Monday September 6 and on subsequent Mondays, we will be playing Face-to-Face at 7 pm at the Old School at Spondon.   Everyone welcome!!   

Unfortunately we no longer have a host.  But if you need a partner, please phone David Taylor on 07908-861333, who will try to find someone for you.

Last updated : 29th Dec 2021 14:15 GMT
Face-to-Face Bridge

We have been playing bridge online since June 2020.  But from Monday September 6, we will be playing Face-to-Face at 7 pm at the Old School at Spondon.   Everyone welcome!!  

There will be no more online bridge on Monday evenings.

For those of you, who would prefer to continue to play online:  It is planned to have online bridge on BBO on Tuesday evenings from Tuesday September 7.  But the details for this are not yet finalised.   

Watch this space for more details of both Monday and Tuesday night bridge.  

Last updated : 30th Aug 2021 12:20 BST
Teams of 4 2020-2021 Results

For 2020-21, the DCBA ran a Derbyshire inter-club Teams of Four competition on-line to replace the normal Teams of Eight league.

The Final Placings are as follows:

Red - 4th in Division 1

Orange - 1st in Division 6

White - 2nd in Division 8

Well done to everyone who played for any of the teams!

Last updated : 3rd Aug 2021 21:23 BST
EMBC ONLINE Bridge

East Midlands Bridge Club will be holding their 1st online bridge session using the Bridge Base Online (BBO) website at 6.30 pm on June 1st 2020, thereafter at 6.30 pm every Monday evening. 

You may have already received an email on this topic. But if you haven't received an email and you are interested in playing in most (or even some) of our proposed EMBC events, please email Liz Hall on lizhall202@btinternet.com.   The club welcome your feedback so if you have any comments or suggestions about EMBC on line events, please contact Liz Hall

To aid the smooth running of each online event, it will be run by an EBU TD.

To play you will need a BBO user account.  Each session will initially be priced at 3 BB$.  This amount will only increase if events are running at a loss.  BB$ are available once you are logged on to the BBO website. 

 

Some useful information about getting started on BBO:-

How to get your own username: Getting a BBO Username

How to become familar with BBO site, see here: Familiarise yourself with BBO.

How to join a game with a partner: Join a game with someone you know.

How to set up your own table for use by you and three friends: create your own table on BBO.

Compare your results with others playing the same cards: Compare your results with others.

On BBO you self-alert all bids or announcements. Here's how: Self-Alerting on BBO

Set up a table to practice bidding with your partner: Practice your bidding

Buying BB$ to pay for events or hire robots: How To Buy BB$

 

Entering the EMBC event  (n.b. this is EBU Level 2)

Registration opens 2 hours before the start time (i.e. 4.30 pm).

Both members of a partnership need to be online simultaneously in order to register, so agree with your partner the best time to register in the event. Then you can log off and return 5 – 10 minutes before start time.  Do not enter the "Casual" domain at this time as you will not be visible and may miss the start of the event which is in the "Competitve" domain.

For your first EMBC game, please register as early as possible so that any issues (e.g. item 8 below) can be resolved before the event starts.  

How to register for a club game:

  1. Log on to BBO
  2. Make sure you have sufficient BBO$ in your account to cover this event
  3. Click Competitive (under Play or Watch Bridge)
  4. Click All Tournaments 
  5. In the Search Box (above where it says “Entries”) type EMBC or EAST
  6. Click on the event in the list
  • Either enter the BBO name of your partner.
  • Or, if you have no partner, there is a partnership desk where you can add yourself if you are looking for a partner. The partnership desk does not do anything automatically.  If there are other people on the partnership desk you need to invite one of them to play with you and register in the normal way.
  • Or you can play with a Robot. This costs an extra BB$0.25.
  1. Click invite. Your partner will also need to be logged on to BBO in order for them to receive your invite.  At this point you will be charged the event fee.
  2. If you receive a message “This tournament is private - only select usernames are allowed to participate” then you need to contact Jim (or Sue) to be correctly added to our BBO events members list.  Therefore it is best to register as early as you can for your first EMBC event.


Contact info:

         Jim Parker 07980 716894
         Secondary contact Sue Birch 07736 395669

Last updated : 3rd Aug 2021 21:22 BST
HAZEL WHINFREY TROPHY 2021 WINNERS

Well done to Liz Hall and David Taylor for winning the 2021 Hazel Whinfrey Trophy! 

Last updated : 5th Mar 2021 14:18 GMT
David Wright Trophy

Due to Covid, the David Wright Trophy will not be awarded this year. 

Last updated : 20th Feb 2021 13:46 GMT
Annual Subscriptions

Normally the annual membership fee is payable by the end of September.  But given the current circumstances, it has been agreed that there will be NO membership fee charged for the 2020-2021 year.

Last updated : 20th Feb 2021 13:46 GMT
BRIDGE FOR BEGINNERS

Bridge classes will start again this month (September). 

Obviously with the Covid virus and social distancing, these cannot be held face-to-face at Spondon.  But they can take place online! 

Being online means that the classes can be more flexible in terms of timing.  This means that potentially there can be multiple classes during the week in smaller groups.   

If you are interested or you know of someone who wants to learn bridge, please contact Anne Townsend by email at spondonoldschool@yahoo.com or phone 07377 555341

Last updated : 10th Jan 2021 14:37 GMT
Through to the Vic Morris Semi-Final!

Great achievement for 3 of our East Midlands White team!

The players, Paul Atkins, Mary Styles and Gill Whalley, plus John Griffin to make up the team of 4, beat Amanda Sowter's team in their DCBA Vic Morris Plate match.  The team is now through to the semi-final of the event.   

The Vic Morris is a teams-of-4 event run by DCBA.  Each player in the team has to play 8 boards with every other player in their team.  The DCBA updated the handicapping system this year to encourage less experienced players to play in the event.  However, Paul, Mary, Gill and John won the match outright by 950 points without the need of their 2400 handicap (so won by 3350 overall)!    
 

Last updated : 10th Jan 2021 14:38 GMT
Teams of 8 2020 Results

The DCBA have decided that all outstanding games not played, before Government advice to suspend social gatherings occurred, will have duplicated points awarded from the first match.

The Teams of 8 final placings are as follows:

Red - 3rd in Division 1

Orange - 2nd in Division 5

White - 5th in Division 6

This the first year of competiton for the White team.  

Well done to everyone who played for any of the teams!

Last updated : 16th Oct 2020 09:39 BST
EAST MIDLANDS BRIDGE CLUB
EAST MIDLANDS BRIDGE CLUB

We are a friendly club. Visitors are very welcome.  We pride ourselves on our welcome for novice players, to the extent that we restrict our players to Level 2 (this means that experienced players cannot play systems that make it hard for novice players to compete against).  
All bridge currently suspended due to Coronavirus.  But we are assessing playing online - see below.

We play on Monday nights (6.50 for 7.00 Start) at Chapel Street Spondon, when we have a host.   

From 1 November, we will also play on Fridays at 10 am.   
Please email Anne Townsend (at spondonoldschool@yahoo.com) to check that there are sufficient tables for the Friday session to go ahead.  Please also contact Anne if you need a partner.  

Please note we are often open on Bank Holiday Mondays.  

For any further information contact  Liz Hall (01283 703705).

Last updated : 26th May 2020 15:53 BST
Bridge Suspended - Coronavirus

East Midlands Bridge Club has suspended ALL bridge sessions until further notice.

This is because the Government has recommended cancellation of all unnecessary social gatherings. 

Please take extra good care of yourselves and hopefully the world will return to normal soon 

Last updated : 2nd Sep 2020 20:30 BST
CLUB CHAMPIONS 2019
CLUB CHAMPIONS 2019

THE DAVID WRIGHT TROPHY

 Congratulations to Yvonne Robson and Jenny Christian the 2019 winners

shown here being presented with the trophy by Judy Lomas 

Last updated : 17th Oct 2020 14:06 BST
CLUB CHAMPIONS 2018
CLUB CHAMPIONS 2018

THE DAVID WRIGHT TROPHY

 Congratulations to Mike Douglas and David Briggs the 2018 winners

shown here being presented with the trophy by Judy Lomas 

Last updated : 29th Oct 2019 08:34 GMT
East Midlands Orange - Division 6 Winners 2019
East Midlands Orange - Division 6 Winners 2019

3 Members of East Midlands Orange - the Divison 6 Winning Team - holding the Winners Trophy!

Last updated : 9th Sep 2019 17:59 GMT
CLUB CHAMPIONS 2017
CLUB CHAMPIONS 2017

THE DAVID WRIGHT TROPHY

 Congratulations to Margaret Watson and Pat Hobson the 2017 winners

shown here being presented with the trophy by Judy Lomas 

Last updated : 10th Oct 2018 10:09 GMT