Want to Play Bridge in Essex?

 

Essex Contract Bridge Association welcomes new and existing bridge players across the county. If you would like to learn bridge, play at club or county level please get in touch - john@johnmccoy.co.uk.

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CAMBS & HUNTS CBA - BLUE POINTED COUNTY SWISS PAIRS

Sunday 28 th April 2024 Fulbourn Centre Home End, Fulbourn, Cambs CB21 5BS 11.00 am - 6.00p.m. 2 sessions of 3 X 8 boards with a short break for refreshments.

Cost £15.00 per player

To avoid disappointment please enter early. Entries online by April 26th please to https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoq/bw.cgi?club=cambshunts&pid=display_page79 or send cheque(s) with names, EBU numbers, and contact email for acknowledgement to Peter Last, 35 Eversden Road, Harlton, CB23 1ET Refreshments:

Bring your own food (1/2 hr. lunch break about 2.00pm.)

Free squash, tea and coffee

Licenced bar available

 www.bridgewebs.com/cambshunts/

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EBU AWARDS    ECBA AWARDS    
           
EBU Gold Award 2007 Gerard Faulkner ECBA Life Members   Margaret Curtis
  2000 Margaret Curtis     Dick Green
             Jill Hair
EBU Silver Award 2011 Cecil Leighton     Tony Philpott
               
EBU Dimmie Fleming Award 2019 Bernie Hunt      
  2017 Audrey Hartley Good Friend of Essex Award 2014 Nick Hagan
  2013 Tony Philpott   2012 Jill Hair
  2001 Yvonne Dagwell   2011 Roger and Jill Tattersfield
  1999 Sid Prince   2011 Pat O'Gara 
  1993 Cecil Leighton   2011 Wendy Coldham
  1989 John and Gladys Morley   2010 Dick Green
  1987 Ray Knight   2006 Stella Shupick
  1987 George Curtis   2006 Betty Telford
  1986 Frank and Tricia Fletcher   2001 Ann Owen
  1986 Maurice and Teddy Schram   2001 Ray Knight
  1986 Charles Cuthbert   2000 Gerard Faulkner
         1999 Dennis Valtisiaris
EBU Life Members   Margaret Curtis   1998 Bernard and Doris Hammond
  2002 Gerard Faulkner   1997 Simon Suess
    Cecil Leighton   1996 Max Wolfe
          1995 Geoffery Mann
EBU Lifetime Achievement Award 2002 Gerard Faulkner   1995 Jill and Gilfrid Day
        1995 Ted Cockle
        1994 Rob Barker
        1994 Basil Carpenter
        1994 John Helliar
        1994 Bob Hair
        1994 Lionel Wernick
        1993 Yvonne Dagwell
        1992 George Phipps
        1991 Phyllis Spurling
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EBU Awards - Dimmie Fleming 2019

Bernie Hunt

 

Dimmie Fleming Award citation - 2019 (nomination from Essex)

Essex Bridge wish to acknowledge the contribution that Bernie Hunt has made to Bridge in our county over the last 20 years. He has served on the ECBA committee for 10 years and continues to do so as the County League Secretary.

He has introduced many new players to the game, running courses, he provides the basic training for beginners and then introduces them gradually to Supervised Play, Beginner/Improver sessions, and finally Advanced sessions alongside experienced tournament players.

Over the last few years, he has invited the County to run all their events at his club which has greatly reduced the amount of committee work involved in delivering events and numbers of players are up on previous years. The EBU also use his premises as a venue to run National Pairs, Portland Pairs and Ranked Masters Pairs events within Essex, which benefits our players.

Finally, it can be said that Bernie is one of Bridge’s great enthusiasts. His enthusiasm is infectious and continues to encourage many people to take up Bridge and “get the bug” as we all did when first starting out.

The Essex Committee wish to see Bernie’s contribution to Bridge honoured in recognition of all the work he has done to get people into bridge (and keep them interested), but also to acknowledge the financial risks that he has taken on himself in order to promote and help develop Bridge within Essex.

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EBU Awards - Dimmie Fleming 2017

Audrey Hartley

 

Dimmie Fleming Award citation - 2017

The 2017 AGM marked the end of an era in Essex Bridge with Audrey Hartley retiring as a member of the Committee as she enters her ninth decade. Aside from her administrative work, Audrey also represented England in the Lady Milne Trophy in 2008. Outside of Essex she has been instrumental in setting up two new clubs in London, based at the Young Chelsea.

On the ECBA Committee, she served a number of roles including Tournament Secretary and Secretary. The latter of these meant taking over from Margaret Curtis who had been Secretary for 55 years. She put her own stamp on the role including amendments to the constitution and setting up the disciplinary committee.

She has been an EBU shareholder and an Essex delegate since 2011, always attending the meetings and never afraid to speak up on behalf of the County.

Whist teaching mathematics at the King Edwards Grammar School, she set up the school Bridge club and is also a County Director, directing many county events over the years. She is the longest serving member at the Chelmsford Bridge Club.

The Essex Committee would like to see Audrey’s contribution to Bridge honoured by the EBU and wish to propose her for the Dimmie Fleming award in recognition of all the selfless work that she has put in over many years for Bridge in our County.

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EBU Awards - Dimmie Fleming 2013
EBU Awards - Dimmie Fleming 2013

Tony Philpott has received a Dimmie Fleming award from the EBU. This award is made to members who have made a major contribution to bridge administration over many years at county level. Few such awards are made each year.

Tony has been a member of the association for over fifty years and following a successful national partnership with Bob Rowlands, during which time they won the National Pairs, Brighton Pairs and the Pachabo Cup (for Essex); Tony decided that family life was preferable to bridge at national level.  Since then he has won the main Essex competitions several times and has continuously played for the county 1st team. 

From 1975 until 2013 Tony has been the treasurer of the Essex association and more recently became the first Chairman of the 'Essex Selection committee'. (The association made a loss of £20 in his first year but he followed this with a surplus of £24 in his second year!). In addition Tony has always provided excellent advice to the committee on many matters.

Tony could not attend the annual general meeting of the EBU when the presentations are normally made but chose to receive his award at the Chelmsford Bridge Club. (see photo to the left, where Tony, to the right, is seen receiving his reward from John Williams, the then ECBA Chairman). The ECBA committee offer their heartiest congratulations to Tony and wish him all success in the future.

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