| Sparkling Performance Essex B - Metropolitan Cup |
CONGRATULATIONS to the Essex B Division team in the Metropolitan Cup who came equal first, having beaten the team they tied with along the way.
Our team was: Pat Johnson (capt.) & Peter Scotting, Linda Fleet & Petra Bromfield, Ashley Sawyer & Gary Waller, Albert Kitchin & Mike Harbour.
Chappeau!
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| Mixed Pairs Online |
The Essex Mixed Pairs Championship is a one day two session event. It will be It will be a held on RealBridge.
It will be over 36 boards to allow plenty of time time play bridge and, for those round ball followers to watch England. This should prove either that the hype was right for one more round (at least)/that they were always a bunch of overpaid prima donnas. Please delete according to your school of thought.
Of course the early finish may be better utilised to watch an old Midsomer Murder and ponder why Bergerac can't work out that it is always the MFA wot dunnit. (MFA = most famous actor)
The Flitch Trophy, presented by Mr & Mrs Fletcher, is awarded to the highest placed married pair with the exception of the winners.
Entry Fee £12.50 per pair
Entry here and the RealBridge Link is here!
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| Swiss Pairs Online |
 Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs
Online - RealBridge
Sunday 8th January 2022 1.00pm
Entry Fee £12.50 per pair
Entry Form here.
Link to RealBridge will be displayed in the Calendar
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| Gwen Herga - Face to Face |
Is Gwen Herga Essex's MacGuffin?
Most certainly not, she was the Essex Chair from 1946 until 1961. It was largely down to her that bridge in Essex flourished. To honour her sterling work, and to make sure that her efforts were not in vain please support this battle of the sex. It is two separate events, a women's pairs event and a men's pairs event. It is understood this was originally set up to allow the nicer sex a platform to compete without the male attitudes, prevalent at the time, impinging on their enjoyment.
So more akin to Emily Pankhurst than an artifice. Let's keep this great event alive by getting plenty of people playing in both the Women's and Men's events.
Book Here.
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| Cup for Clubs (Club Trophy) |
Many congratulations to Southend and Leigh BC for winning the Club Trophy. The winning team was Linda Marriott and Mark Hopkins, and Ashley and Russell Nicklin.
The runners up were Loughton BC (Bary and Hazel Capal, marion beech and Colin Gilbert) and in third Mayflower BC B (Wendy and Peter Williamson, and Marcia Levan-Harris and John McCoy).
Well done and many thanks to all that participated.
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| The Essex Bridge Academy |
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The Essex Bridge Academy (EBA) is set up by The Essex Contract Bridge Association (ECBA) to promote and support the teaching of bridge in Essex.
The lifeblood of bridge is getting new people playing. The teachers, are the ones that provide the source of new players; to keep bridge alive we need new players. The ECBA have taken the decision to support teachers as much as possible; hence the setting up of the EBA.
It is a not-for-profit organisation; it is purely to encourage the teaching of bridge in the County. The first year is free and the EBA does not have any designs whatsoever on your bridge teaching monies.
Click here for the EBA website.
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| Fletcher Teams of Eight |
Many congratulations to Thorpe Bay for a resounding win in The Fletcher. The team was:
Marc Chawner & Paul Spencer, Alan Cohen & Dennis Johnson, Chris Chorley & Paddy Murray, Richard Perryman & Steve Curran
The hand records on the overall Fletcher results are switched over between sessions (although the actual results are correct) so to look at the hands use the individual session results.
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