New Chairman of LCBA (CIO)

I am standing down as Chairman and Trustee of LCBA on 31^st March.  I would like to thank all Lancashire members for their help and support over the last 3 years and wish my successor Peter Mayes all the best for his tenure.  I am remaining a non-trustee volunteer with LCBA, helping look after various IT applications.  I will of course still be playing in LOP, LOTL and various F2F events, so I look forward to seeing you at the table.

Andrew Petrie

This event taking place at Brierfield Bridge Club  is now open for bookings. Please click HERE for the entry form. There are prizes for the overall winners and runners up as well as the best and 2nd best placed 10 high pair!

The annual Manchester Green Point Swiss Pairs was held at Altrincham on 28th February 2026.  34 pairs participated. Congratulations to Nick Woodcock and Sue Fjortoft from Southport who won by a fair margin remaining undefeated over their seven matches. Full results at Results

The Lancashire Teams of 8 competition had 8 teams competing at Bolton BC on 15th February 2026. The winners were Southport BC ( S Woodcock & M Fay, N Woodcock & S Fjortoft, B Wattleworth & B Carr, A Butler & N Kenyon) just ahead of Preston BC. Full results at: Team of 8 Results

LCBA THROUGH THE FRENDLY ONLINE BRIDGE CLUB

 ONLINE IMPROVERS' LESSONS

THURSDAYS AT 9AM FROM 8^TH JANUARY

30 MINUTE ZOOM POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THEN PLAY SOME SUPERVISED HANDS ON REALBRIDGE TO PRACTICE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED!

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CLICK HERE AND TO REGISTER, PLEASE EMAIL OLIVER AT OCbridgecomps@gmail.com

Changes to LOP from 5 January 2026

Providing a match-point pairs session each week is an important part of LCBA’s service to its members.  Since 2022 this has been delivered through LOP and anyone who has played regularly will be aware of a significant reduction in table numbers over the past three years.  In July 2022 we averaged 11.3 tables, in July 2025 we only managed 8.5, a near 30% reduction.  In recent sessions we have had as few as 7 tables.  LOP is also an important part of LCBA’s income stream, enabling us to invest in education and development, whilst still keeping the county UMS fee at only 2p.

We have therefore decided from 5^th January 2026, to join our Monday LOP session with Oliver Cowan Bridge Club’s Monday session.  This should ensure a regular double figure attendance and protect the session’s long-term future.

This will have the following impact on players:

1) The session on BBO will have LOP in its name, so you can still search for LOP;

2) The number of boards will increase from 18 to 20;

3) The table money will be the current OCBC level of 4.25BBO$;

4) The start time will be 7:15pm.

Andrew Petrie – Chairman LCBA Competitions’ Working Group (WG3)