This event will continue on RealBridge, which has a number of advantages but unfortunately (or do I mean fortunately) lacks robots.  We will continue to treat the Divisions as a long ladder, with the top eight available pairs playing Division One, the next eight Division Two, etc. If you miss a session you slip down a little, and if you come last  or last-but-one in your section you move to below whoever came top two of the section below, etc. Otherwise the scores in this session re-jig your position in the ladder.

IT IS IMPORTANT YOU LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE NOT COMING - AND THE EARLIER THE BETTER.

As we cannot collect table money on RealBridge, the Treasurer is offering a bargain of £20 per player for the series of eight sessions, payable by bank transfer to the GCBA.  Instructions here.

We have 29 pairs playing from what I know, and we want to run in Divisions of eight, so that means we have 3 divisions at this point.  We will have two-up/two-down between the top two divisions, but three-up/three down between the next two.

SCORING THIS SERIES IS BY MATCHPOINTS NOT IMPS (STILL WITHIN YOUR DIVISION)

The draft set up for Monday 8 April can be found below, and is based on the   CUMULATIVE SPRING SCORES.

• DIVISION ONE: Cornell-Butland, Shields-McIntosh, , Ritacca-Waggett, Davis-Wearmouth, Constable-Simons, Atthey-Pritchard, Allerston-Forward, Lewis-Williams
• DIVISION TWO: Sharp-Schofield, Gass-Jackson, Stirrup-Lewis, Armorgie-Jarman, Roberts-Nanda, Morton-Pearce, Emery-Lewis, StanleyClamp-Wilmott 
• DIVISION THREE (11 pairs):  Archer-Watson, Catchpole-Kwatra, Harrison-Wignall, Sasanow-Haynes (for Rogers), Healy-Robinson, Tingle-Wethey, Ferguson-Pitel, Jones-Skjonnemand, Nicolson-Robbins, Cunningham-Richards + visitors

SERIES 10 WINNERS: a ranking across the whole series has been created by averaging each pair's position in the ladder ranking after each session.  You can see that on the spreadsheet viewed by clicking this link. The winners are Steve Allerston & Nick Forward, followed by Richard Butland & Graham Cornell, and then Roger Schofield & Keith Sharp. Also worth noting

• Best performers from a Division Two start (now in D1) : Alastair Catchpole & Ashok Kwatra
• Best performers from a Division Three start (now in D2) : Brian Goalby & Judy Sanis
• Best performers from a Division Four starts (now in D2) : Ron Davis & Alan Wearmouth

Past Winners: (1) three way tie Goalby & Sanis, Kurbalija & McIntosh, Shelley & Ward (3) Denning & Shields (4) Nettleton & Senior (5) Armorgie & Shields (6) McIntosh & Pownall (7) Steve Allerston & Nick Forward

  ** CLICK HERE FOR SERIES 1 LIST **      ** LOST SERIES 2 **        ** CLICK HERE FOR SERIES 3 LIST **        ** CLICK HERE FOR SERIES 4 LIST **     ** CLICK HERE FOR SERIES 5 LIST **   

 ** CLICK HERE FOR SERIES 6 LIST**      ** CLICK HERE FOR SERIES 7 LIST**        ** CLICK HERE FOR SERIES 8 LIST**        ** CLICK HERE FOR SERIES 9 LIST**

Scoring for the series (1-9 this way) is as follows - depending on the number in the division : any robot replacements uses the slot but scores 0

• Division of six scores in order of merit : 2-2-1-1-0-0
• Division of sieven or eight scores in order of merit : 2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0
• Division of nine or ten scores in order of merit : 2-2-2-1-1-1-1-0-0-0

Series 10 onwards is running on Realbridge, and because of the difficulty of half-tables, we are running with a ladder system.

   ** CLICK HERE FOR SERIES 10 LIST**   

SERIES 1 BEST PERFORMERS :  (equally) Peter Shelley & Trevor Ward,   Filip Kurbalija & Dan McIntosh,    Brian Goalby & Judy Sanis.

SERIES 2 BEST PERFORMERS :  Filip Kurbalija & Dan McIntosh,    THEN  (equally)  Peter Shelley & Trevor Ward,   Ben Ritacca & Peter Waggett.

SERIES 3 BEST PERFORMERS :   Paul Denning & Patrick Shields,  THEN   Joe Angseesing & Andrew Kambites

SERIES 4 BEST PERFORMERS :   Diana Nettleton & Nevena Senior,    THEN   (equally)   Angelos Agathangelou & Tom Jarman,   Roger Schofield & Keith Sharp

SERIES 5 BEST PERFORMERS :   Jack Armorgie & Patrick Shields,    THEN    Paul Archer & Sarah Watson

SERIES 6 BEST PERFORMERS :    Dan McIntosh & Mike Pownall     THEN   (equally)  Kanwar Rahim & Roger Willians, John Arblaster & Mel Barlow, Jane Morton & Pam Pearce, JA & PS, Ashok Kwatra & David Simons

SERIES 7 BEST PERFORMERS :    Steve Allerston & Nick Forward    THEN  (equally) AA & TJ, David Atthey & Alison Pritchard, Pat Emery & Ian Plewis, Nicky Ferguson & Nigel Pitel, Mike Heard & Susan Sharp, BR & PW

SERIES 8 BEST PERFORMERS :    Jack Armorgie & Jackie Davies    THEN (equally) SA & NF, Steve Bunker & Allan Sanis, Val Constable & Jim Simons, PE & IP, Rod Gass & Pete Jackson, Lesley Harrison & Mike Wignall, Chris Lewis & John Stirrup, Mark Rogers & Steve Sasanow

SERIES 9 BEST PERFORMERS :    (equal) Alastair Catchpole & Ashok Kwatra,  Arun  Nanda & Toby Roberts and then in third Ben Ritacca & Peter Waggett

SERIES 10 BEST PERFORMERS :   Steve Allerston & Nick Forward    THEN  Richard Butland & Graham Cornell,  Roger Schofield & Keith Sharp    

This event will run on the third and fifth Mondays of the months September 2023 through April 2024.   

The plan is that we host matches at Cheltenham Bridge Club, but if BOTH teams wants a match to be online, then it shall be online. 

RULES

1. Promotion/relegation will happen after five matches so we have two runnings of the League this year
   1. We can accommodate extra teams at that point if any can be persuaded to join in January.
   2. We need to decide, but not urgently, what we do about honours boards and trophies – and possibly for the past two years also!
2. One team moves up and one moves down at this point (more possibly if division sizes change)
3. Matches will be of 24 boards
4. Matches will be played in two sets of 12 with compulsory change at half time
5. Any number of subs allowed but a sub cannot be a nominated player in another team in the same or a higher division

ENTRIES RECEIVED (11 so far)

• Colin Lennox & John Jenkins, Ian Plewis & Pat Emery
• Mike Lewis & Malcolm Green, Tom Jarman & Nicky Ferguson (and subs as needed)
• Patrick Shields & Garry Watson, Andrew Bull & Matthew Toynbee
• Jack Armorgie & Alastair Catchpole, Roy Collard & Val Constable
• Richard Butland & Graham Cornell, Paul Denning & Andrew Kambites
• John Councer & Mark Rogers, Alison Pritchard & David Atthey (with Angelos when needed)
• Allan & Judy Sanis, Roger Schofield & Tony Letts + Brian Goalby + Steve Bunker
• Wearmouth & Hill, Ritacca & Waggett
• Simons & Phair, Wilkinson & Edmondson
• Harrison & Evans & Kwatra, Lilley & Swales
• Sasanow & Haynes, Rahim & Stirrup
•  

This event will be held (only) at Cheltenham Bridge Club, and on the first Monday of September through August.

Teams can turn up without notice, can change membership at any time but if they want to build a score across the series, they must have and retain a TEAM CAPTAIN. If a pair turns up without team-mates they will be allowed to play

• The structure on the first evening will be all-play-all multiple teams.
• On the second evening, the top four named teams which return will play a round-robin of 8-board matches;  while all the others play a repechage round robin teams.
• On the third evening, the top two from the top foursome and the top two from the repechage will play as a group;  while all the others play a repechage round robin teams.
• On the fourth evening, and subsequent - the same.

If a Division One team misses a session, an extr team is promoted from D2 and in the next session there will be five teams in D1, and after that session, 3 will be relegated.

All scoring in an evening is on total imps. The overall winners of the event will be whoever gets the most points from     --RUNNING SCORES NOW AVAILABLE--

• Top of a foursome scores 7, second in a foursome scores 5, third scores 3.
• Top of a repechage scores 6, second in a repechage scores 4, next gets 2, next gets 1
• On first session top four score 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points

This event will run on the third and fifth Mondays of the months September 2022 through April 2023.

The plan is that we host matches at Cheltenham Bridge Club, but if either team wants a match to be online, and they inform the opponents and the CTD at least 24 hours beforehand, then it shall be online.  [Playing on a different date, the same preferences apply]

RULES

1. Promotion/relegation will happen after five matches so we have two runnings of the League this year
   1. We can accommodate extra teams at that point if any can be persuaded to join in January.
   2. We need to decide, but not urgently, what we do about honours boards and trophies – and possibly for the past two years also!
2. One team moves up and one moves down at this point (more possibly if division sizes change)
3. Matches will be of 24 boards
4. Matches will be played in two sets of 12 with compulsory change at half time
5. Any number of subs allowed but a sub cannot be a nominated player in another team in the same or a higher division

ENTRIES RECEIVED (12 NOW) :

• Steve Sasanow & Nick Haynes, Kanwar Rahim & John Stirrup
• Mike Lewis & Malcolm Green, Nicky Ferguson & Tom Jarman - only available online
• Jim Simons & Patrick Phair, John Arblaster & Mel Barlow, Nigel Edmondson & Rob Wilkinson - sometimes only available online
• Richard Butland, Joe Angseesing, Richard Chamberlain, Paul Denning, Graham Cornell, Dan McIntosh
• Lesley Harrison & Martin McWilliam, Paul Lilley & Peter Swales
• Alison Pritchard & David Atthey, Roy Collard & Val Constable - playing online
• Rob Lawy & Stefan Lindfors, Jim Grant & Harry Anoyrkatis - playing online
• Patrick Shields & Garry Watson, Tony Forrester, Diana Nettleton & Tom Paske - playing online
• Toby Roberts & Arun Nanda, Ashok Kwatra & David Simons - playing online
• Allan & Judy Sanis, Roger Schofield & Tony Letts, Brian Goalby, Keith Sharp
• Peter Waggett & Ben Ritacca, Jouhn COuncer & Mark Rogers
• John Skjonnemand & Mary Jones, Helen Morris & Steve Betteley

All arranged to cater for the 14 entries

• HARRISON : Lesley & Martin McWilliam, Paul Lilley & Peter Swales
• JONES: Mary & John Skjonnemand, Steve Sasanow & John Stirrup
• ANGSEESING : Joe Angseesing & Andrew Kambites, Richard Butland & Paul Denning, Graham Cornell, Rob Stevens
• KWATRA : Ashok & Jack Armorgie, David Atthey & Alison Pritchard
• LAWY : Rob & Stefan Lindfors, Harry Anoyrkatis & Jim Grant
• LEWIS : Mike & Malcolm Green, Nicky Ferguson & Tom Jarman
• MCINTOSH : Dan & BJ O'Brien, Di & Filip Kurbalija
• SANIS : Allan  Gragham Cornell Judy Sanis, Tony Letts & Roger Schofield, Brian Goalby, Keith Sharp
• SHIELDS : Patrick & Garry Watson, Diana Nettleton & Tom Paske
• SIMONS : Jim & Patrick Phair, John Arblasgter & Mel Barlow, Nigel Edmondson
• SWANNELL : Anne with Rahim, Ken FIllmore and partner
• WAGGETT : Peter & ben Ritacca, John Councer & Mark Rogers
• WEARMOUTH : Alan & Tony Hill, Chris Dixon & David Jones & Peter Shelley
• WILLIAMS : Roger & Mike Wignall, Arun Nanda & Toby Roberts