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EWBA Committee Meeting
EWBA Committee Meeting

The next EWBA meeting is scheduled for : Thursday 26th September at 9.30 am on Zoom. (Zoom link)

The meeting Agenda is HERE

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Welcome to East Wales Bridge Association
EWBA League and Knock-out SEASON 2024-25
EWBA League and Knock-out SEASON 2024-25

The EWBA League opening fixtures announced
 
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Matches should preferably be played Face-to-Face wherever possible.
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The 2024/25 teams are as follows
 
Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
GAMA
Penarth Menagerie
One Off in a Laydown
Royal Bulawayo
Cardiff All Stars
Bedwas on Tour
Chepstow Charmers
Rhiwbina Ruffnecks
Newport Dragons
Clams
Archway (Chepstow)
Chepstow Archers
The Allsorts
Penarth Seasiders
Lisvane Livewires
Ace of Clubs
A Bridge too Far
Cubs
Rhiwbina Diamonds

 

To see the names of captains and team members click here.  Updated 09/10/2024

Divisions 1 & 2            
             
30-Oct 15-Dec 31-Jan 15-Mar 30-Apr    
team 5 v team 1 team 3 v team 1 team 1 v team 4 team 1 v team 2 team 1 v team 6    
team 4 v team 2 team 2 v team 5 team 6 v team 2 team 3 v team 4 team 2 v team 3    
team 6 v team 3 team 6 v team 4 team 5 v team 3 team 5 v team 6 team 4 v team 5    
             
Division 3            
             
30-Oct 30-Nov 31-Dec 31-Jan 31-Mar 30-Apr  
team 1 v team 6 team 4 v team 2 team 2 v team 7 team 5 v team 3 team 3 v team 1 team 6 v team 4  
team 5 v team 2 Team 5 v team 1 team 3 v team 6 team 6 v team 2 team 7 v team 4 team 7 v team 3  
team 3 v team 4 team 6 v team 7 team 4 v team 5 team 7 v team 1 team 5 v team 6 team 1 v team 2  

Please try to keep to the published completion dates for each round. Home captains are responsible for arranging the matches with opposing team captains. 

Contact details for team captains. 

For the EWBA Team Rules - please click here  

 


 


Knockout tournament 

The draw for the 2024-25 Knockout competition has been released. Full details of the opponents and schedule can be viewed HERE

The East Wales League and knock-out competitions are  run by David Smith:davidportskewett63@gmail.com
Learn to Play - Bridge Courses for beginners & Improvers

 

 

Bridge Club Description When Where Contact details
Monmouth BC

Beginners Bridge course running every Wednesday between 2pm and 4:15pm.

Course costs £65 per person.

Starts 2nd October.

10 weeks.

Mitchel Troy Village Hall

Julie Davies

email Julie

Tel: 07977 517818

Rhiwbina BC

A beginners' course for people with no or little previous knowledge of the  game,

or
an improvers' course for people who have some basic knowledge. They may have already completed the beginners' course.

For beginners on Tuesday afternoons from 12.30pm - 2.30pm.

For improvers on Monday afternoons from 1pm - 3pm.

The cost is £50 per person per term payable upfront - plus a text book  covering the year's course costing £20.

NOTE: Improvers course is now full with a waiting list.

Start 9th September

for 10 weeks until June 2025. Aligns with School terms

The Veryard Room, Rhiwbina Memorial Hall, Lon-y-Dail, Rhiwbina, Cardiff
CF14 6EA.

Roger Wright
Tel: 07811 509490  email Roger

Gwent Bridge Academy

A series of 10 lessons at Gwent Bridge Academy Clayton Street Newport
Will begin on Tuesday October 15 th  starting at 7.00pm finishing 9.00pm.

It will be a fun and relaxed way to learn the fascinating game of bridge.
Coffee & Biscuits available.

Cost £30.00 for the 10 lessons.

Starts October 15th. 

Course runs for 10 weeks.

Gwent Bridge Academy, Clayton Street, Newport.

Bill Parkinson

Tel: 01633 667844

email Bill

Mid Glam BC

We hold an assisted play session every Tuesday from 0930 till 1200.

Where you can ask any questions about your hand before you bid.

Non members are very welcome, cost per session is £2.50 members £3.50 non members

Every Tuesday Pontyclun Community Centre

Clive Edwards

email club

Cardiff BC

Cardiff Bridge Club have been running both Beginners' and Continuing Bridge Courses for several years now.

Beginning Bridge Course run by our 4 qualified Bridge Teachers, Simon Gottschalk, Stephen Jenkins, Jon Jones or Suzanne Nesom. The current course begins on Wednesday the 2nd October 2024.
The beginners cost is £190 to include Course Documentation and Associate Membership of CBC.
There will be a free Taster Session the week before, ie Wednesday 25th September at 2pm. Please spread the word about the new course to anyone who might be interested in learning bridge.

Beginners Course starts 2nd October. Course runs for 10 Weeks.

 

The Continuing Bridge Course is of the same length and proposed for January 2025
 

 

Penylan Bowling and Cardiff Bridge Club, Malborough Rd, CF23 5BU

Simon Gottschalk

Tel: 07970 857716

email Simon

         
         

 

Western League - NEW SEASON 2024-25

Western League Bridge

The Western League is made up of 8 counties, Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Herefordshire, Somerset, Wiltshire and East Wales.

We play 7 matches, roughly once a month from September to April.

We play online on Realbridge on a Saturday from 2pm-5.30pm, playing 24 boards, made up of two stanzas of 12 boards each

the match dates are :

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September 28th : Dorset v East Wales

November 2nd : East Wales v Herefordshire

December 7th : Avon v East Wales

January 11th : Wiltshire  vEast Wales

February 1st : East WalesCornwall

March 8th : Devon v East Wales

April 5th : East Wales v Somerset

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We enter 3 teams, an A, B and C team. Each has a criteria for selection, but the C team is the starting point and you and your partner need to be below Premier Regional Master (50 greens).

It is a friendly and enjoyable way of spending a Saturday afternoon and whilst reasonably competitive, offers a good start for regular club players if they haven’t experienced team competition before. You can earn green points or parts of green points for each match you win.

We would welcome new pairs to put themselves forward to join us.

We will try and ensure that each pair plays at least one game in the season, but if we are inundated with new pairs, this may need to be spread over a couple of seasons

If you and your partner would like to put your names forward to play in the C team, please send your details, name, email address, phone number, club and ranking to Richard Welsford, (rtw76@sky.com)

Pairs who are interested in playing in the A or B team in the league should contact Mike Best.  Both are keen to attract new recruits. 

The Western League co-ordinator is Richard Welsford (rtw76@sky.com), who also runs the C Team.

The A and B Teams are selected by Mike Best (mikebest778@gmail.com).

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LAST SEASONS RESULTS

For A Division standings click here.

For B Division standings click here.

For C Division standings click here.

Spring 4's Victory for EWBA's Richard Plackett

Richard wins in the EBU Spring Foursome event

 

EWBA's Richard Plackett adds the EBU Spring Foursome trophy to a list of prestigious wins over the past year.

The EBU's Spring Foursome is rated as one of the toughest events in the British bridge calendar.

The victorious team comprised Richard playing with partner Espen Erichsen and team mates, Andrew Robson, Alexander Alffrey, Peter Crouch and Simon Cope.

Spring 4's Victory for EWBA's Richard Plackett
Winter European Transnational Championship

 

Richard Plackett wins European Winter Games trophy

EWBA's Richard Plackett playing with partner Espen Erichsen along with team mates Ola and Mikael Rimstedt won the prestigious European Bridge League's - Winter European Transnational Championship.

 

 

 

Winter European Transnational Championship
Tollemache Cup - EWBA Team narrowly miss the finals

The EWBA narrowly missed qualifying for the final of the Tollemache Cup.

Qualification went to the top 4 teams in each of the two sections played.  EWBA team missed out by just 4 VP's and despite winning/drawing more matches than the 3rd and 4th placed teams.

The squad was. 

Aida Aris & Mark RoderickMike Best & Kevin Maddox,

Gilly Clench & Dave BirtGwynn Davis & Sue Ingham,

Richard Plackett & Adrian Thomas and Julian Pottage & Tony Ratcliff

 

The qualifiers were held on REALBRIDGE 

♠   ♣  The full Qualifier Results can be on the EBU Results pages here ♠   ♣ 

EWBA Club Representatives
EWBA Club Representatives

Club Representatives – In accordance with the constitution, EWBA affiliated clubs are reminded to nominate a representative(s) to represent their club on the EWBA committee – all such representatives have full voting rights and all major decisions and communications will involve nominated club representatives.

Clubs are entitiled to nominate one representative for every 50 club members.

Please email the EWBA Secretary to update your club's reps details

4th European Winter Games - Winners

Richard wins the European Winter Games

EWBA's very own Richard Plackett playing for 'Team Orca' has won the prestigious  Les Etincelles Cup played in Tignes, France. Richard and his team won by 131-86 imps in the semi-final.

The match was broadcast on BBO VuGraph and you can see the match via the Vugraph Archive on BBO.  

                                                           

team Orca - Erik Berg, Peter Crouch, Richard Plackett, Mikael Rimstedt, Espen Erichsen, Ola Rimstedt

Team Orca - Erik Berg, Peter Crouch, Richard Plackett, Mikael Rimstedt, Espen Erichsen, Ola Rimstedt

For those without a BBO account you can see the hand records HERE

URGENT - Junior Bridge
URGENT - Junior Bridge

Urgent - Junior Bridge

In 30 years there may be few people left to play bridge against in Wales, as we are an aging population with hardly enough youngsters to field a Junior Team.  This has GOT to change, so please help if you possibly can.

Volunteers to help mentor or coach new young players needed.

Can you let me know if you are able to help in any way please.  It is time to give something back.

 

gillyclench1@gmail.com  02920 615245 / 07877 460847

 

Results
Patrick Jourdain Teams
Patrick Jourdain team's event - Green Pointed
Cardiff Bridge Club
Stan Berger 1
Stan Berger - Green Pointed pairs
Cardiff Bridge Club
Calendar
Sun 8th Dec 2024
EWBA mixed pairs
Cardiff Bridge Club
(Full Details)
Sat 8th Feb 2025
EWBA Green Pointed Swiss Pairs
Gwent Bridge Academy
Sun 9th Feb 2025
EWBA Green Pointed Swiss Teams
Gwent Bridge Academy
Sun 11th May 2025
EWBA AGM /Arthur James/Beatus Cup
Cardiff Bridge Club
Western League - November Match
 Results for the East Wales teams who played Herefordshire on Saturday 2nd November.
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A Team:
    Mike Best, Kevin Maddox, Maggie Pierce, Viking Yuen. Lost 8-12 (34-41)
 
B Team:
    Richard Stevenson, Greg Howell, Anna-Marie O'Brien, Margaret  Harrop. Won 13-7 (63-52) 
 
C Team:
    Iain Brisbane, John Dewsnap, Michael Jones, Richard Welsford. Won 13-7 (46-31)
 
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Lisvane Claret Jug -2024
Lisvane Claret Jug -2024

Congratulations to Marilyn Wood & Halina Davies and to Merril Stone & Maxine Brown on winning the EWBA Claret Jug for Monday and Tuesday respectively.

Barrivale EWBA Claret Jug 2024
Barrivale EWBA Claret Jug 2024

Barrivale Bridge Club held its heat of the EWBA Claret Jug in August, the winners were
Diana Kendrick and Sean Macdougall.

Stan Berger Winners
Stan Berger Winners

Congratulations to Sue Ingham and Gwynn Davies winners of the Green Pointed - Stan Berger event that was held at Cardiff Bridge Club on Sunday 8th September.

Penarth Claret Jug winners - ​​​​​​​Youth & Experience

Congratulations to Welsh Junior player James Brindle and his grandfather Adrian Trickey on winning the Penarth Claret Jug.

 

Penarth Claret Jug winners - ​​​​​​​Youth & Experience
Arthur James & Beatus Cup Winners 2024
Arthur James & Beatus Cup Winners 2024

Congratulations to Chris Rochelle and Simon Gottschalk who won the Arthur James Bowl trophy at the EWBA AGM event held on 12th May at the Cardiff Bridge club.

The Winners of the Beatus Cup were Janet Cunnington and Darren Bellamy who were also second in the overall standings. 

Crickhowell Claret Jug

Congratulations to Phil Reid and Ann Jeremiah winners of the EWBA Claret Jug for Crickhowell

Crickhowell Claret Jug
Brecon Claret Jug

Congratulations to Andy Fryer and Tony Davies, winners of the Brecon Club's Claret Jug competition for 2024.

Brecon Claret Jug
EWBA Claret Jug - Gwent Bridge Academy

Congratulations to Martin David and Steve Webb, winners of the EWBA Claret Jug for the Gwent Bridge Academy.

EWBA Claret Jug - Gwent Bridge Academy
Abergavenny Claret Jug

Congratulations to Iain Brisbane and John Dewsnap, winners of the 2024 Abergavenny Claret Jug.

Abergavenny Claret Jug
February Congress - Swiss Teams Winners
February Congress - Swiss Teams Winners

Congratulation to Mia Deschepper, Richard Plackett, Julian Pottage and Tony Ratcliff, winners of the EWBA Swiss Teams.

Full results can be seen HERE

February Congress - Swiss Pairs Winners
February Congress - Swiss Pairs Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the EWBA February Congress Swiss Pairs - Cathy Smith & Andrew Smith.

Results  of the event can be found HERE

EWBA Mixed Pairs Winners
EWBA Mixed Pairs Winners

Congratulations to Gwynn Davis and Susan Ingham, winners of the EWBA Mixed Pairs tournament held on 10th December at Cardiff Bridge Club.

Full results can be found HERE.

Midland Counties - Flitch Winners
Midland Counties - Flitch Winners

Congratulations to Simon and Debbie Richards who won the Flitch title at the recent Midland Counties Congress on 7th January.