The Betty Limb Cup for individuals was won by Sarah Bullock with Sally-Ann Rothwell in 2nd place and Amanda Etherington in 3rd place. The competition, which was played on Sunday 5 Oct, attracted 32 entrants and took place in a friendly atmosphere with a delicious tea at half time. Full results here. Many thanks to Martyn Harris for organising the competition.

Photo: Sarah Bullock receives the Cup from John Sellar, Chairman.

Several Kendal members enjoyed the joint Westmorland/Cumbria Swiss weekend, 20/21 September 2025. Many thanks to John Ellwood and Chris Ward for being the main organisers.

In the Saturday teams, Mike and Sally-Ann Rothwell, John Maclachlan and Robin Rose came 3rd.

In the Sunday pairs, the winners were Babs Matthews and John Farmer. Mike and Sally-Ann came 2nd=.

Click here for the full results.

Club Captain Hilary Parker, with Arnside's Alan Farmer behind, displays the Bay Cup retained by the club defeating Arnside Bridge Club by 77 IMPs.

The team was:

Martyn Harris and Phillip Burley,
Russell White and Jeremy Harris,
Ray Gregory and John Ellwood,
David Harris and Tim Harrison,
Chris Walker and Chris Wilkinson,
Chris Banks and Hilary Parker,
Janice Mitchell and Fred Thornton,
Mary Sapsford and Vanessa Cordwell.

Congratulations to Jill & Chris Yates for winning the Hargreaves Cup 2024-25 which is awarded to the pair, both of whom must be below NGS grade 7 at season start, who achieve the highest average top 10 scores in Tuesday F2F Pairs over the season (September to July). The cup was presented by Duidley (Hargreaves) in whose honour the cup is named.

Debbie and Roger Wilkinson won the Monday Cup which was contested over the full season from the beginning of September 2024 to the end of July 2025.

Over the past 15 years, Richard Brazier has held various positions in the Club and has been a prominent member of both the Trustees and the Bridge committee, being Chairman of both. At the AGM on Monday, he was presented with a gift from the club as a token of thanks for all the hard work and commitment he has given over the years - thank you!

Kendal lost its match played against Keswick on Sunday 13th April 2025 by 27 IMPs.
So Keswick retain the Dunmail Plate. But we did enjoy splendid refreshments at half time.
Thanks to Hilary Parker for organising the match.

Click here for the full results.

Tim Harrison and Richard Brazier won the final heat of the Carson Cup to confirm themselves as overall winners with an average score of 61.52%, ahead of Mike & Sally-Ann Rothwell (59.58%) and Jeremy Harris & Russell White (59.47%).

Congratulations to Lesley and John Sellar who won the Spring 2025 edition of the Wraight Cup.

Congratulations to the winners of 2025 Pro-Am, Phillip Burley and Robert Boyd.

The evening’s entertainment raised £145.00 for the Carer Support South Lakes charity.

Kendal Bridge Club now has the services on not one, not two but eight newly qualified Directors.

Well done Bob Churchward, Brenda Richardson, Chris Walker, David Airey, Debbie Wilkinson, Helen Finch, John Sellar and Mary Simm who all successfully completed the course in January.

Please treat them gently, or they'll give you Average minuses.

The Ellis Cup semi final and final were played on Monday18th November 2024. It was won by Mike and Sally-Ann Rothwell, Robin Rose and John MacLachlan who beat the team comprising Babs Matthews, John Farmer, Ian Reeves and Tim Matthews by 4 imps. In the semi Finals, Team Rothwell beat Team Wilkinson (Chris Wilkinson, Martyn Harris, Tim Harrison and Richard Brazier) by 31 imps and Team Matthews beat Team Mitchell (Janice Mitchell, Janice Hornby, Bob Boyd and John Nicholls) by 28 imps. The 3rd place play off was won by Team Wilkinson by 1 point.

In a phenomenally close competion which saw the top 4 separated by a mere 0.5%, victory went to Shaffin Jaffer and Ken Orford. They scraped in ahead of Lynn Percival and Diana Smethurst closely followed by Margaret and Dennis Pook and Sabina and Bernard Houssin.

Sunday 6th October 2024 saw the first club trophy of the year awarded. It was competed for in a friendly atmosphere (helped by an excellent spread) by a field of 36 players of all standards. It was won by Martyn Harris (so he now has a Limb to go with his 200 hands), with Tim Harrison and John Ellwood close on his heels. Well done to Martyn for both his organisational  and his playing skills. And thank you to all who attended.

As you may have noticed Martyn has passed the 200 mark, and written over 200 invaluable "Hands of the Week" articles. That's over 800 hands analysed. So, thank you Martyn, we really appreciate your efforts - and keep going please!!

For the second year running the Hargreaves Cup (for individuals playing F2F on Tuesdays) has been won jointly by Debbie and Roger Wilkinson - Congratulations to them. The cup was presented by Duidley (Hargreaves) - in whose honour the cup was named.

For this year (Sept to July), the cup will be run as a pairs competition restricted to pairs both of whom are below NGS 7 on 1st September. Again it will be for Tuesday F2F players.

The Monday Cup runs on Mondays (there's a shock) from September to July. It is open to anyone who is NGS 8 or lower on 1st September. This year it was won by Brian Smith and John Nicholls.

The Summer Plate runs over the same timeframe on Tuesdays for BBO players. It is handicapped by NGS and for the second year running has been won by Amanda Etherington and Martyn Harris.

She's only gone and done it!

We are thrilled to report that Patricia White has completed her three long distance events in aid od the Stroke Association, namely:

- 26 May Manchester Road Half Marathon

- 2 June Grasmere Trail Marathon

- 13 July Lakeland Trail Ultra 55k

Patricia would like to thank all of you sincerely for your amazing support for her series of challenges: not only for your really generous donations but all your encouraging comments over these last weeks. The total amount raised for The Stroke Association now stands close to a staggering £2,000 with a few donations still pledged.

If you would like to donate to support her fantastic efforts, here is her JustGiving page

https://www.justgiving.com/page/patricia-white-challenge2024

The Wraight Cup is presented to the pair, both of whom are below Advanced Master - and it is handicapped by NGS grade. It was won by Bernard Houssin and Bob Churchward with runners up Diana Smethurst and David Airey.

In a close run final round, Martyn Harris and Mike Howse (62.6%) narrowly held off Mike and Sally-Ann Rothwell (61.4%) and Jeremy Harris and Russel White (58.5%).

The competition is run over 10 Mondays with the best 6 scores counting.

Congratulations to Martyn and Mike.

Mike Howse and Andrew Smith were winners of the 2024 ProAm

Kendal beat Barrow in their first face to face match since Covid to retain the trophy. The Kendal Team (Chris Wilkinson and David Harris, Andrew Peill and John Farmer, Ray Gregory and Brian Smith, Ken Orford and Bill Thomson, John and Wendy Ellwood and Hilary Parker and Chris Banks) ran out the victors by 103 imps.

The results can be found HERE

The club's three trophies that are fought out over the year (September to July) have been awarded.

The Hargreaves Cup is awarded to the Tuesday Face to Face Individual with the highest average score of their best ten results. This has been won jointly by Roger and Debbie Wilkinson with a fantastic score of 69.58. Dudley, who the cup is named after, presented them the trophy. Helen Finch and Moira Williams were 2nd and 3rd.

The Monday Cup is awarded to the pair ranked below Advanced Master with the best average of their top ten results. Steve Douglas and Ken Orford retained the trophy with a score of 58.86.  Sarah Bullock and Philip Burley were 2nd, and Amanda Etherington and Andrew Peill third.

The Summer Plate is played on Tuesdays on BBO. It is a pairs competition that is handicapped by NGS. This year's winners are Martyn Harris and Amanda Etherington with a score of 63.1. The runners up were Hilary Storey and Jacky Truelove with Roger and Catherine Preston coming third.

Many congratulations to Martyn Harris and Mike Howse who have won the Carson Cup with an aggregate score of 65.17%.  Jeremy Harris and Russell White were second with 61.60%.  

Congratulations to  Russell White and Jeremy Harris,  Bob Boyd and Steve Barron who won the Ellis Cup on 16th March 2023 beating Martyn Harris and Robin Rose, Gillian White and Dave Harrison in the final. 

In the consolation final Babs Matthews and John Farmer, Tim Matthews and Ian Reeves  beat  Mike and Stella Howse, Alan and Carolyn Farmer.    

Congratulations to Hilary Pickup and Jackie Beavon who have won the Spring Wraight Cup with a net score of 57.8%

Congratulations to Martyn Harris who has won  the  Individual Competition for the Betty Limb Cup with a score of  69.05% which took place on Sunday 9th October March 2022 in the BLR.  Pat Downes was second with 64.29%  Andrew Peill  third with 61.90% 

Click here for the full results

Congratulations to Ken Orford & Steve Douglas who have won the Kendal Cup 2021-22 with an average score of 60.59% based on their best 15 scores on Monday and Thursday during the period  1st August 2021 to 31st July 2022.  Mary Sapsford & Vanessa Cordwell were second with 58.25% and Amanda Etherington  & Andrew Peill third with 54.78%. To qualify players had to be below the rank of Advanced Master as of 1st August 2021.

Congratulations to Philip Hoyle and Richard Bird who won the Wraight Cup with an adjusted score of 58.3%.

Many congratulations to Jeremy Harris and Russell White who have won the Carson Cup  with an average of 66.67% from their four best scores.

Congratulations to Judith Johnston and Anne Urquhart who won the Autumn Wraight handicap. The trophy was presented by Andrew Peill and Amanda Etherington who, due to a handicapping mishap, thought they had won.