The 2019 Metrolitan Cup is being held on Saturday 28th September, 12noon to 7.30pm. 

The invited Counties are Berks & Bucks, Essex, Hants & IOW, Kent, London, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex.

Kent is keen to enter a team of eight in each of the three divisions and so lots of players are invited to play.

If you would like to be considered for selection, please contact our County Captain, Jeremy Willans  on 07801600364 or by email address - Jeremy.willans@btinternet.com 

As usual the KCBA AGM was held during the interval in the Phillimore Cup on Sunday 16th June.

The minutes can be opened by clicking on the title line of this item.

AGM 2019 Chairman Report  AGM 2018 Treasurers Report

Two committee members have stepped down. We give thanks for many years of service from Liz Blande & Mike Rafferty as Competitions Secretary, and thanks for Malcolm Lewis for his service as Chair. 

Norman Inniss has taken over as Chair person. Stephen Brown and Sue Parkins are sharing the Competitions Secretary role with Sue being responsible for checking off entries, and food orders for all Sunday events, Stephen being responsible for the website, regulations, Saturday events, Arnold Cup and all other competitions. Stephen & Sue can be contacted using the KCBAcompetitions@gmail.com email address. Paul Gibbons continues his work with the Larsky and Monica continues as Congress Secretary for the Congress at the end of October 2019.

The EBU has been developing a membership campaign as we cannot rely on increasing longevity to maintain the numbers playing bridge.

The most important part of the campaign is of course the teaching of bridge to new players. The principal market for this will be empty-nesters, the soon-to-be and the newly retired. However they are the generation which has grown up with the internet and latterly social media. We need to improve our online presence to more easily direct them to their nearest bridge teacher.

We want to create a 'landing page' for these newbie's seeking to find a way into bridge allowing people to enter their postcode or click on a map to be put in touch with their nearest teacher club. There are facilities in our current Bridgewebs software to do some of this but we believe we can achieve much better through creating the landing page outside of Bridgewebs. We are therefore looking for a volunteer who could create such a webpage for us in HTML or other software.

Pilot projects in other areas conducted by the EBU have shown that a significant route to such a landing page is 'Facebook' advertising. We would therefore also welcome help from a volunteer with experience in this area.

Any offers of assistance should be emailed to Paul Gibbons by clicking here.

At the EBED Bridge Teachers’ Conference this weekend, there was a presentation for the inaugural “Bridge Teacher of the Year” award and the board of trustees chose to give it to Chris Lohan. Congratulations.

Tyler Hill BC are holding a Blue pointed Swiss Pairs on Sunday 29th September. Please click here for a copy of the entry form with further information.

The Herts & Essex Green Pointed Congress is being held over the weekend of July 20th/21st at Wodson Park in Ware.

Click here to be taken to the congress page of the Hertfordshire website from where you can click through to enter online, Swiss pairs on Saturday, Swiss teams on Sunday.

The entry fees have been held at last year's prices - £25 per person per event.

Surrey Green Pointed Weekend: 14/15 September 2019:   Swiss Pairs    &      Swiss Teams

Venue: Spectrum Leisure Centre, The Parkway, Guildford  GU1 1UP

A new section has been added to the Archives - National Successes. This document lists National events from as far back as 1946 listing Kent players who have achieved success.  There are many events listed along with the years Kent players achieved success - Gold Cup, Silver Plate, Pachabo, Crockfords and the Garden Cities to name but a few along with Camrose trials and main EBU congresses such as Brighton and Jersey.  Gerald has spent many hours compiling this list and it makes for interesting reading - have a look when you get a moment.

If anyone has any details of missing information from any of the Archive sections please email Gerald Soper with the details so he may add them to the archives, thank you.

Hilton St Anne's Manor, Bracknell

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11th - 13th  October

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