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ECBA - Autumn Daytime

     Congratulations to

Peter Richardson & Peter Rogers

for winning the ECBA Autumn Daytime

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ECBA Competitions

Fletcher Trophy

Mid Essex

Richard Register & Robert Elliott,  Simon Moorman & Paul Mollison, Anne & Andrew Smith, Jacek Lapszys & Sandy Riach

Cup for Clubs

Hutton

Linda Fleet & Coral Fallon, John Cosgrove & Carol McCue

Congratulations to the Winners

and a big   Thank you   to the Organisers, Directors and all the Players.

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EBU Awards

   CONGRATULATIONS

TO

BERNIE  HUNT 

FOR RECEIVING THE

DIMMIE  FLEMING  AWARD

In recognition of a valued contribution to the game of Bridge and voluntary services in Essex and to the English Bridge Union

  • Trophy
  • Premier League Team
  • Award
  • Celebrations
  • Congratulations
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EBU Competitions - Premier League

Well done for  6th place in the EBU Premier League, 3rd Division

Ray Clarke & Bernie Hunt, Paul Spencer & Marc Chawner

and an amazing 7th place to Marc & Paul for 0.56 XImps per board (over 352 boards!!)
 
♠   ♣     Detailed Results    ♣   ♠
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ECBA Competitions - Sue Taylor Teams

Congratulations to:

Chris Taylor & Sandy Riach, Pat Johnson & Steve Cade-Bowyer

and

Mike Graham & Ian Moss, Tanya Genthe & Robert Elliott

for jointly winning the Sue Taylor Memorial Trophy Competition

Team Taylor will win the Trophy on a split tie

Results

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Eastern Counties League

     Fourth Game of the Season      

Essex played Beds away as follows:

A Team won 16-4      B Team won 16-4      C Team won 11-9

Results

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Online Competition

 

Congratulations to 

Marc Chawner 

for 48th (70.45%) out of 16,147 players

in the Biggest Online Tournament (as advertised by EBU)

♠   ♣ 

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EBU Competitions - London Year End Congress

   ! Congratulations !   

to some decent results for the ECBA players in London

Swiss Pairs (130)

31st - Ray Clarke & Robert Elliott

Mixed Pairs (81)

12th - Robert Elliott & Tanya Genthe

Swiss Teams (86)

22nd - Sandy Riach, Jacek Lapszys, Paul Spencer, Marc Chawner

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♠    WELL  DONE   ♠ 

Cathebridge raised £1,000 for Essex Community Foundation.

The winners were Jon Ward & Coral Fallon with runners up Alan Aylott & Robert Elliott.

Results

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ECBA Clubs - Woodham Ferrers Congress (Copy)

 

♠    Congratulations   ♠ 

Robert Elliott & Richard Register

for winning the Woodham Ferrers Swiss Pairs

David Piper & Rick Hanley,

Graham Beeton & Ray Clarke

for winning the Woodham Ferrers Swiss Teams

Robert Elliott & Richard Register

for winning Best Performance over the two Days

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ECBA Clubs - Woodham Ferrers Congress

 

♠    Congratulations   ♠ 

Robert Elliott & Richard Register

for winning the Woodham Ferrers Swiss Pairs

David Piper & Rick Hanley,

Graham Beeton & Ray Clarke

for winning the Woodham Ferrers Swiss Teams

Robert Elliott & Richard Register

for winning Best Performance over the two Days

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ECBA Competitions - Nicko

yes   Congratulations to the Mountnessing Team in the NICKO   yes

David Tennet, Theo Todman, Peter Oake & Colin Scott

beat in round 2

the seeded, last year's NICKO Trophy winners Young Chelsea (Thrower, MacIntosh, Rosen, Hamed).

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Eastern Counties League

     Sixth Game of the Season      

Essex played Beds away as follows:

A Team lost 1-19      B Team won 12-8      C Team lost 5-15

Results

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ECBA Competitions

Winners Ray Cornell Trophy

Team Mid Essex B

Simon Moorman & Paul Mollison, Sandy Riach & Jacek Lapszys

Winners Ray Cornell Prize

Team Mid Essex

Simon Moorman & Paul Mollison, Sandy Riach & Jacek Lapszys, Richard Register & Robert Elliott, Paul Spencer & Marc Chawner

Congratulations to Team Mid Essex for representing Essex in the Garden Cities Competition.

Results

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Eastern Counties League

     Last Game of the Season      

Essex played Camb & Hunts away as follows:

A Team lost 5-15      B Team lost 7-13      C Team lost 3-17

Butler Scoring

Overall ECL League 2019 Results:

Division 1 - Essex A: 6th (out of 8)

Division 2 - Essex B: 4th (out of 7)

Division 3 - Essex C: 6=  (out of 7)

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ECBA - Warboys - February 2020

 enlightened       Report by Ian Moss on Hands 11,12,13 and 14     ♠ enlightened  

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EBU - Ranked Master Pairs

 

♠    Congratulations   ♠ 

Paul Spencer & Marc Chawner

for 2nd place in Grand Master Pairs

Susan Taylor & Mary Perkin

35th / 227 in Master Pairs

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Other County Competitions - East Anglian Bridge Weekend

♠    Well done    ♠ 

Graham Beeton & Rick Henley, Ray Clarke & John Sucliffe

for 4th place in MultipleTeams

Graham Beeton & Rick Henley

8th place in Swiss Pairs

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EBU Competitions & Notifications

         !!!  STOP   PRESS  !!!       

Latest Coronavirus Update on EBU website

Letter from the EBU regarding Coronavirus

!!! Portland Pairs are Postponed !!!

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EBU - Easter Ladder

♠    BBO Easter Ladder    ♠ 

1st - Tony Verran 

11th - Tim Connett, 15th - Andrew Smith, 16th - Anne Smith, 37th - Bernie Hunt

Results

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ECBA - Warboys - March 2020

 enlightened       Report by Ian Moss on Hands 4,11 and 16    ♠ enlightened  

(it seems a long time but we played together only 51/2 weeks ago)

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 Bridge Online

in the Sunday Express 

by Cath Fox

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County Matches

Friendly County Matches 

Essex vs Gloucs Spreadsheet

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ECBA CLUBS - POST COVID

     !!!  STOP PRESS  !!!     

   MID-ESSEX CLUB RE-OPENS   

Bridge News by Julian Pottage in the Daily Telegraph, 17/8/2020

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Bridge Online

♠    !!!  Well Done  !!!    ♠ 

to the Suffolk/Essex team for Winning the prestigious Presidents Cup (a National Cup for the best County Teams in the UK).

Congratulations to both teams:

Essex: Marc Chawner & Paul Spencer, Ray Clarke & Bernie Hunt

Suffolk: Rick Hanley & Chris Chambers, Karen & Malcolm Pryor

 

Rick Hanley's full Report

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q9ShJH1jFLXS41YOCuTTFEGzBUk-vXySRJybHluh2SI/edit#gid=66670684

 

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ECBA Members

♠    Congratulations   ♠ 

to Robert Elliott for becoming Grand Master

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Bridge Online - Tollemache

♠    !!!  STOP   PRESS  !!!    ♠ 

The team to represent Essex in the Tollemache Qualifying Round * is as follows:

Marc Chawner (captain) and Paul Spencer

Dimitre Stoev and John Sutcliffe

Jacek Lapszys and Sandy Riach

Peter Scotting and Tony Verran

Raymond Clarke and Audrey Hartley

* (21-22 November on "Real Bridge")

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ECBA Clubs - Charity Events

Chelmsford Bridge Club is proud to present:

David Wing Charity Swiss Pairs on BBO

Monday, 19th October, 19:30

Detailed Information 

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Other County Competitions - Kent Congress

♠    Congratulations   ♠ 

Marc Chawner & Paul Spencer

2nd X-Imps Kent GP Swiss Teams (5/32)

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ECBA Events

A fabulous time was had by all in the ECBA BP Mixed Pairs

Congratulations to the Winners

 ♠   Joyce Skelton & Chris Taylor  ♠  

Well done to 

2nd - Ashley Sawyer & Cath Fox, 3rd - Petra Bromfield & Bernie Hunt,

4th - Mary Perkin & Mike Wren

Results

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Metropolitan Cup 2020

   smiley  Metropolitan Cup 2020 - Results  smiley

Well done to Essex C-Team for 2nd Place

(June Brown & Cath Fox, Alan Bryant & Geoff Webber, Pat Watkinson & Ann Savory, George & Maureen Vede)

Well done to June Brown & Cath Fox for 2nd Place and Ann Savory & Pat Watkinson for 8th Place in the X-Imps C-Team

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ECBA Members

♥ ♥      JUST MARRIED   ♥ ♥ ♥  

Congratulations to Joyce and Chris Taylor

 We wish you every happiness for your life together  

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ECBA Events

 The ECBA wishes all our members

a very happy and healthy 2021

 

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ECBA Competitions

♠   ♣  CONGRATULATIONS   ♠   ♣  

 Gwen Herga 

Men's Pairs - Ashley Sawyer & Gary Waller - Results

Ladies' Pairs - Pat Johnson & Fran Alexander - Results

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ECBA Clubs - Woodham Ferrers Congress

♠    Middlesex Congress - Congratulations   ♠ 

Swiss Teams

3rd - Pat Johnson & Peter Scotting, Tony Verran & Jonathan Jacobs

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EBU Competitions

♠    EBU Spring Congress - Congratulations   ♠ 

Swiss Pairs

13th - Gad Chadha & Ray Clarke

15th - Pers Gozubuyukoglu & Dennis Valtisiaris 

 

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Other County Competitions - Wiltshire Congress (Copy)

Hampshire GP Congress

♠   ♣    CONGRATULATIONS   ♠   ♣  

Swiss Teams - 6th=/34 - Pat Johnson & Peter Scotting, Tony Verran & Jonathan Jacobs

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ECBA Competitions

ECBA BP SWISS PAIRS

♠   ♣    CONGRATULATIONS   ♠   ♣  

1st - John Dagnell & Andrew Bannock

2nd - Gad Chadha & Tony Verran

3rd = Pat Johnson & Peter Scotting

3rd = Clive Owen & John Sansom

Results

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ECBA Competitions - Ranked Master Pairs

National Masters/ Regional Masters Pairs

♠   ♣    CONGRATULATIONS   ♠   ♣  

2nd - June Brown & Cath Fox

Results

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Other County Competitions - Wiltshire Congress

Wiltshire GP Congress

♠   ♣    CONGRATULATIONS   ♠   ♣  

Swiss Pairs - 2nd/110 - Marc Chawner & Ray Clarke

Swiss Teams - 9th/48 - Chris & Joyce Taylor with two others

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EBU - Portland Pairs

♠   ♣    CONGRATULATIONS   ♠   ♣  

to excellent results in the Portland Pairs:

4th - Ashley Sawyer & Cath Fox

19th= - Val & Paul Mollison

27th - Ian Moss & Audrey Hartley

Results

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EBU - National Pairs

♠   ♣    CONGRATULATIONS   ♠   ♣  

for best Essex Pair at National Pairs:

44th= - Jacek Lapszys & Sandy Riach

Results

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ECBA Competitions - Championship Pairs

        Corwen Trophy - Congratulations       

Best Essex Pair (37/106)

  Bernie Hunt & Petra Bromfield

Results

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ECBA Competitions

     ♥    Well done         

To the Essex Team in the Pachabo Cup

Paul Spencer, Marc Chawner, Simon Moorman, Peter Oake, Bernie Hunt, Paul Mollison

 

The Essex team finished a creditable 12th position out of the 26 participating teams which were the top county teams in England.  They were unbeaten against the top three teams.

Results

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ECBA Competitions

        Congratulations        

 

To Dimitre Stoev & Robert Elliott

Winners of the Margaret Curtis Pairs Event

 

 Results

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EBU Competitions

       STOP PRESS        

 

TOLLEMACHE TEAM SELECTION

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ECBA Youth Bridge

       BRIDGE  FOR  8 - 18 YEAR OLDS       

HOLIDAY CLUB EVERY THURSDAY 5TH AUGUST – 2ND SEPTEMBER

Taster Session: 2pm – 4pm on 24th July

First Class Bridge Academy, Barleylands, Billericay CM11 2UD

For more information visit www.bridgewebs.com/youthschool Or email: chelmsfordbc@zoho.com

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Forthcoming Competitions

         CONGRATULATIONS      

Essex/Herts Green Point Weekend

Winners Pairs - Ian Kemp & Hazel Miles - Results

Winners Teams - Warner Solomon & Ian Walsh, Joe & Gillian Fawcett - Results

Best Essex Team - 4th - Paul Spencer & Marc Chawner, John Sutcliffe & Ray Clarke

 

  Thank you to all the organisers and directors - a great time was had by all  

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EBU Competitions

        Congratulations        

 

To Paul Spencer, Marc Chawner & 2 others

Winners of Crockfords Plate

 

 Results

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ECBA Leagues

        Please Register Now       

for Leagues, Teams of 4 and Switch Cup - entry form

or email val@valmollison.com

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Youth Bridge

South East Junior Bridge Half Term Holiday Camp

Registration is via Sussex CBA REGISTRATION

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ECBA Competitions

   ♠   ♣    ESSEX/HERTS CONGRESS    ♠   ♣   

 

Winners Swiss Pairs - Paul & Fiona Littlewood - Results

Winners Swiss Teams - Robert Plumley & Jackie Davies, Gary Hyett & Alan Cooke - Results

 

Essex & Herts say   Thank You    to the organisers, the directors and all the players

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Other Counties Competitions

        Congratulations        

To Jon Ward & Coral Fallon

2nd place Suffolk County Congress GP Pairs

Pat Johnson & Peter Scotting, J Schryber & Tony Verran

3rd place Suffolk County Congress Swiss Teams

 

 Results Pairs          Results Swiss Teams

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ECBA Competitions - Mixed Pairs

♠   ♣   Congratulations  ♠   ♣ 

To Chris Hart & Christine Wood

Winner of EBU Year end Congress Jack High Swiss Pairs

Results

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ECBA Competitions - Mixed Pairs

♠   ♣   Congratulations   ♠   ♣ 

 

Gary Waller & Ashley Sawyer

 

Winner of BP SWISS PAIRS

Results

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Forthcoming Competitions

 ♠   ♣   CONGRATULATIONS   ♣   ♠ 

 

GWEN HERGA - WINNERS

 

Gary Waller & Ashley Sawyer and

Brian Davies & Paul Mollison - Results

 

June Brown & Anne Segal - Results

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ECBA Information

 ♠   ♣   a Message from our Treasurer   ♣   ♠ 

 

Since February 2020, in order to help clubs financially, the ECBA committee decided that they would not charge the Essex portion of the UM fee collected by the EBU.   At the ECBA committee meeting on 12/01/2022 they decided to continue this financial help up to the end of March 2023.

 

If any Essex clubs need any further assistance from ECBA please contact Sue Thorburn on suethorburn08@gmail.com.

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ECBA Events

 ♠   ♣   Congratulations   ♣   ♠ 

 

Chelmsford A - Winners Cornell Trophy

Brian Davies & Val Mollison, Ian Moss & Peter Oake

 

Mid Essex - Winners Cornell Prize - Qualified for Garden Cities

Marc Chawner & Ray Clarke, Sandy Riach & Jacek Lapszys, Bernie Hunt & Paul Mollison, Pat Johnson & Simon Moorman

 

Results

 

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ECBA Clubs

  a Message from the Waltham Forest BC Secretary  

Waltham Forest BC has moved to excellent new premises at the Salvation Army Hall opposite the William Morris Gallery in Forest Road Walthamstow, and is playing face to face on Mondays, 7.15 for 7.30, as well as online on BridgeClubUK at 7.00 on Thursdays.  Everyone is most welcome. Full details are on the Club website (https://www.bridgewebs.com/walthamforest)

 

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ECBA AGM

 ♠  ♦ ♣   ECBA   AGM   ♣   ♠ 

Please come and join us for the ECBA AGM on

Saturday, 14th May 2022, 2.30pm @ Barleylands Bridge Club

Agenda and Nominations

Free duplicate session after the AGM 

 

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ECBA Competitions

 ♠   ♣   ECBA Championship Pairs - 24 April 2022   ♣   ♠ 

CANCELLED DUE TO LOW ATTENDANCE

With regret the ECBA committee has decided to cancel the ECBA Championship Pairs due to low attendance. 

Entry fees will be refunded.

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