Gloucestershire County Bridge, Cheltenham Gloucestershire

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SPECIAL EVENTS

NEW EVENT : Midlands Counties Mixed teams (click for details) - on RealBridge on Sunday 9th July. Now is the time to get partner (of different gender) and team-mates organised. If you are interested contact rec@gcba.org.uk who are organising the teams.

On 22nd-23rd July, we will have the Gloucestershire-Herefordshire Congress at Ross-on-Wye. The entry forms are now available from this page.

GCBA and Cheltenham Bridge Club are hosting the Cheltenham Congress, live at Dean Close School. The new dates are 26th-27th August - please put these in your diary. FULL DETAILS NOW ON THE CONGRESS WEBSITE.

After that, over the weekend of 6-8 October, we have the WESTON Congress, organised by the Somerset CBA - full details on this page.

LATEST NEWS/CHANGES

05 Jun023 : latest newsletter (by Garry Watson) - no May edition - June 2023

25 May 23 : minutes of the May committee meeting (another face to face meeting!)

25 May 23 : minutes of the May committee meeting (another face to face meeting!)03 Jun 22 : The AGM took place last night. The accounts for the past year are now available for inspection. The President's report is here. The list of trophy winners congratulated at the AGM is here. And here are the draft minutes of the AGM

03 Jun 22 : for the year ending March 2022 Financial Report and Accounts

COUNTY KNOCKOUT 2023

Click on this box to see the draw and the current status of the matches played.

Results from 2022 : results from 2021

County Leagues

2022-2023 LEAGUES

Monday Autumn Div One, Div Two.
Cleverly : Div One, Div Two,

2021-2022 ONLINE LEAGUES

Monday : Div One, Div Two
Cleverly : Div One, Div Two. Div Three.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUTH BRIDGE (GYB)

There are no Youth Bridge sessions currently scheduled.

Welcome to Gloucestershire County Bridge

♠ ♥ This is the official website for the GCBA. If you want to know more about the GCBA click here. ♦ ♣

GCBA now has a Facebook presence : search on "GCBA bridge" or click here to find it; if you have a Facebook account, you can "follow" the page and get all the news delivered to you as it happens.

GCBA AGM - Monday 29th May

PRESIDENT'S REPORT - click here. TREASURER'S REPORT - click here. AGENDA FOR THE AGM - click here.

We had 26 pairs in the AGM Pairs and the overall winners, collecting the Steve Darke Salver this year, were Tony Hill & Allan Sanis. The results were stratified and the other winners were (B) Liz Giles & Steve Tedd, and (C) Nicola & Robert Torrance.

At the AGM, the committee elected were Ian Sidgwick (president), Ben Ritacca (treasurer), Andrew Bull (secretary), Paul Denning, Jan Bailey, Richard Buckland, Roger Williams and Alan Stanfield. Elected as auditor was Simon Hartley. No nomination for EBU Shareholder was received - anyone interested please contact Ian. We are also seeking a Publicity Officer to encourage more people to take up the game. At the meeting, Ian reported that on a Sunday last month a group of representatives from clubs and teachers in and around Stroud got together with GCBA for a chat about how to further boost playing in their district. An action plan was produced. A similar get together is planned in the north of the county for 4 clubs including two from Worcestershire.

CLEVERLY LEAGUE : 2022-23 WINNERS

Congratulations to STROUD BADGERS who came first this year, moving up from third last year, and winning ona split tie from North Cotswolds Well done to both!

GCBA PROGRAMME

CLICK ON THIS BOX FOR DETAILS OF THE FULL YEAR'S PROGRAMME

BRIDGE EVENTS

Specially for less experienced players - there is a page on the EBU website dedicated to games for you - click here to see it.

MONDAY EVENTS

SPRING 2023

Full details on its own web page.

On the non-bank-holiday Mondays of the month (January-April) ...

first : Open Teams live at Cheltenham BC; winners for Autumn were WAGGETT (20) from ARMORGIE (19) and for Spring were BUTLAND (24) from EATON 18) and current scores (full list here) over the whole year are
- WAGGETT on 36
- BUTLAND on 34
- ARMORGIE on 32
second & fourth : Pairs League on BBO
third & fifth : County League, with matches preferred as live at CBC, but allowed as online when either team asks for that.

You can just turn up for the Open Teams games (ever as a pair, you'll get a game), but for the Pairs League and County League you need to tell ctd@gcba.org.uk that you want to come.

There is no GCBA game on Bank Holiday Mondays.

SUMMER 2023 will be roughly alternating Pairs League on BBO and Open Teams at Cheltenham BC. See calendar for details.

9-HIGH SWISS PAIRS

Full details here

first & second series won by KINGHAM & POLHILL
third series won by MILES & WILLIAMS
fourth series won by ATKINSON & ATKINSON
fifth & twelfth & 14th series won by BAILEY & MUSSI
sixth series won by MILES & WILLIAMS
seventh & eighth series won by POLHILL & WILKINSON
ninth & 13th & 16th & 20th series won by REEVES & REEVES
tenth series won by LYTHEER & LYTHEER
eleventh & 15th & 17th series won by BERRY & GREEN
eighteenth series won by BROOKS & DAVIES
nnineteenth series won by MOXLEY & SHORRICK

next series (the twenty first) starting in on 7th May 2023

new pairs can join; email online-swissp@gcba.org.uk.

OTHER EVENTS

COUNTY AGM AND AGM PAIRS

Monday 29th May at 1800, with bridge from 1900 hrs. The bridge game will be handicap match-point pairs, so that every participant has a good chance. Some members of the committee will be available to partner anyone who turns up without a partner.

THIRD THURSDAY MATCHPOINT PAIRS

Live at Cheltenham Brtidge Club, just turn up as a pair. The more games you play the more you will score towards the series. Current top scores are ffour sessions are
- Ian Sidgwick & Jane Rowley : with 33
- Ashok Kwatra : with 30
- Alastair Catchpole with 27
- ..... full list here

BRIDGE TEACHING

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Here is a list of what we know. ..........

MASTER POINT CHAMPIONS

In 2021 County-wide top scorers were Patrick Shields (overall and Green Points), Jonathan Bailey (Blue Points) and Dan McIntosh (local points).

In 2022 County-wide top scorers were Jackie Davies (overall and local Points), Ro Kaye (Blue Points) and Garry Watson (Green points).

The 2023 figures for Gliucestershire at the end of February show Jackie Davies leading on all categories (she also leads nationally on total points).

The cub champions for 2022 are now available - click here for the Gloucestershire leaders. Well done to John Skjonnemand for the highest of those scores, but also to Kanwar Rahim who came first at two clubs and was second at Cheltenham as well.

REGULATIONS IN ONLINE BRIDGE

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There are some key differences in online play of which players should be aware:

The GCBA Regulations on UNDOs apply in bidding and in play, and are (EBU and others allow fewer cases):
- Please only request an UNDO for a genuine mis-click and not for a change of mind or because you were not paying attention.
- Be generous in trusting your opponents to be honest and accept as often as you can. ..........

TEACHING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

The lockdown is a wonderful opportunity for people to learn this game. Why don't you look for anyone you could teach - see if these slide shows (updated 10 May) help

Learn bridge in 15 minutes (and here's the storyboard for these slides)
Learn minibridge in 3 minutes (and there's another version here)
Learn bidding in 30 minutes

If you want to illustrate the game quickly to people - this amazing 3 minutes video shows it all.

Once you have got past this introduction you might find the material at this NZ site worthwhile.

ON-LINE BRIDGE

This is a great way to keep your brain active, and to keep in touch with your friends. There are three primary options available, and these are well described on the EBU pages - click here to read.

The key attributes of the options are

>> BRIDGEBASEONLINE (BBO) : there are tens of thousands playing BBO each day, and the first EBU games on 17th March had 26 tables and 21 tables and ran smoothly. The cost is $2 per 12 boards which is good value and EBU Masterpoints are assigned. There is a great variety of bridge on BBO, but in the EBU competitions (NEW fast game at 1200, 1400, 1530, 1930 and 2100 hrs daily) the majority are playing Acol and are regular players at clubs in England. You can turn up as a pair, and singletons can visit the partnership desk or play with a robot. Details on how to play an EBU game are HERE. There is lots of guidance on using BBO available from the EBU - click here - and at the Berwick Bridge Club - click here to view. If ever you have to upload prepared hands to BBO for play - here's how.

>> BRIDGE CLUB LIVE : you will need a BCL login but there is a free guest facility and a more complete service available for an annual fee. There are very attractive special offers at this moment - read here. BCL is a friendly club and is based in England, so system familairy will be high. There is also the facility for Bridge Clubs to run their own sections within BCL, and this might be attractive to allow a club's players to keep in touch with each other.

>> REALBRIDGE : offers you an audio/video interface to a Duplicate Bridge game (and to a casual room too) which has been set up by a bridge organisation. It is alittle demanding of your system/bandwidth but offers a much improved experience over other sysetms.

>> FUNBRIDGE : offers great facilities for playing bridge with robots, and you get an initial allocation of hands when you sign up, but have to pay a small amount per hundred hands thereafter. Robots are sometimes more predictable than humans, but sometimes less so; they bid and play fast.

There are apps available for BBO and FUNBRIDGE on mobile devices, and BCL is also available on phones through a browser.

Provided you are not playing competitively, the pleasure of online bridge can be serious enahnced by running alongside a video conference of the style supported by Zoom or Skype or Google Hangouts. Do try it.

If you have useful advice or experiences to relate, please email to online@gcba.org.uk and we can share this.

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This is a great way to keep your brain active, and to keep in touch with your friends. There are three primary options available, and these are well described on the EBU pages - click here to read.

The key attributes of the options are

>> BRIDGEBASEONLINE (BBO) : there are tens of thousands playing BBO each day, and the first EBU games on 17th March had 26 tables and 21 tables and ran smoothly. ..........

Latest Trophy Winners

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BREDON VALE Cup : Cheltenham

COUNTY PAIRS : Joe Angseesing & Kanwar Rahim

COUNTY LEAGUE DIV ONE : Patrick Shields & Garry Watson, Diana Nettleton & Tom Paske

COUNTY LEAGUE DIV TWO : Allan & Judy Sanis, Brian Goalby, Tony Letts & Roger Schofield, Keith Sharp

COUNTY LEAGUE DIV TWO-A : Mike Wignall & Richard Harris, Tony Roberts & Roger Williams. ..........

External Results

Please email any external result to results@gcba.org.uk for inclusion here.

In the Midlands County Congress (RealBridge 6-8 Jan 2023) we can report
- Ian Sidgwick & Paul Spencer came 7th out of 34 in the Open Pairs
- Arun Nanda and partner came 13th, Jane Morton & Pam Pearce came 17th, and Roger Williams & partner 21st - in a field of 80 pairs in the Swiss Pairs
The team led by Garry Watson (Richard Chamberlain, Paul Denning, Patrick Shields) won the 2022 run of the Gerald Faulkner Salver - the EBU Seniors Knock-Out Championship.
The County team failed - on a split tie - to qualify in November 2022 for the final of the Tollemache Cup.
Well done to Alison Pritchard (playing with Ollie Burgess) coming second in the 2023 Portland Pairs (British Mixed Pairs Championship) - in a field of 100 pairs.
.... waiting for something good to happen ....

EBU EVENTS YOU CAN PLAY IN

PAYING FOR GCBA EVENTS

BBO BIDDING COMPETITION

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If you want a test of your bidding prowess. ..........

BRIDGE LESSONS FOR YOUNGSTERS

Click HERE to join the BRIDGEWHIZ Class

Results

5th Jun 2023

SUMMER OPEN TEAMS 2

30th May 2023

9-HIGH Swiss Pairs S21 M4

29th May 2023

GCBA AGM + FREE GAME

23rd May 2023

9-HIGH Swiss Pairs S21 M3

22nd May 2023

SUMMER PAIRS LEAGUE 1

20th May 2023

COUNTY PAIRS FINAL

18th May 2023

Match Pointed Pairs

16th May 2023

9-HIGH Swiss Pairs S21 M2

15th May 2023

SUMMER OPEN TEAMS 1

9th May 2023

9-HIGH Swiss Pairs S21 M1

29th Apr 2023

Garden Cities Qualifying Round

24th Apr 2023

SPRING PAIRS LEAGUE 7

Calendar

6th Jun 2023

9-HIGH Swiss Pairs S21 M5

12th Jun 2023

SUMMER PAIRS LEAGUE 2

1930

13th Jun 2023

9-HIGH Swiss Pairs S21 M6

15th Jun 2023

Match Pointed Pairs

1900

19th Jun 2023

SUMMER OPEN TEAMS 3

1900

25th Jun 2023

MIDLANDS COUNTIES BOWL

26th Jun 2023

SUMMER PAIRS LEAGUE 3

1930

3rd Jul 2023

SUMMER OPEN TEAMS 4

1900

9th Jul 2023

MIDLANDS MIXED TEAMS

1400

10th Jul 2023

SUMMER PAIRS LEAGUE 4

1930

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