| LCBA BBO Congress Sat/Sun 30/31 October 2021 |
The LCBA Congress will be held on BBO on the weekend of 30-31 October
Green-Pointed Swiss Pairs at 11am on Saturday 30th October 2021 at £10 per player
Blue-Pointed Swiss Teams at 11am on Sunday 31st October 2021 at £8 per player
CASH PRIZES will be awarded according to the total number of entries.
To put in your entry click Congress Entry
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| NBL 2021 Final Positions - Lancashire win the A Division! |
Congratulations to the Lancashire team who have won the A Division for the first time since its inception in 2006! The pairs representing the team during the season were:
Bill Alston & Colin Mitchell, John Dearing & Jeremy Stanforth, John Morrell & Marianne Farr, Sue Woodcock & Stuart Clarke, Richard Bentley & Paul Hepworth, Jeff Smith & Jackie Pye, Jeff & Ann Wilkins, Don Hilton & Dagmar Fazackerley, Sue Woodcock & Linda Smith, Sue Woodcock & Michael Fay, Mike Tomlinson & Linda Smith, John Brearley & Andrew Lum
The Lancashire B Team finished 6th of 7 teams and the Lancashire C team 3rd of 7 teams.
The annual NBL meeting is on Wed 13 October at 10:30am by Zoom. Pls contact Jeff Smith at jasmith@nildram.co.uk if you would like to attend and have not yet been invited!
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| NBL Match 4 9 Oct 2021 |
In the final round on Saturday 9th October the A team were 2nd of 6 teams. The team was M Tomlinson & L Smith, J Brearley & A Lum, P Hepworth & R Bentley, D Hilton & D Fazackerley. J Brearley & A Lum were best on cross imps.
In the B division Lancashire finished 6th of 7 teams. The team was M Nicholson & M Farr, M Faye & S Clarke, S Challinor & A Kirby, J & A Wilkins,.M Farr & M Nicholson were best on cross imps.
In the C division the Lancashire team was 1st of 6 teams. The team was B & H Winter, S Gregson & G Beattie, V Petrie & I Edwards, Judy Brearley & H Dent. V Petrie & I Edwards were top in the crossimps, with S Gregson & G Beattie in 3rd place.
Results are on the NBL web site with more detailed results on Adam Wiseberg's site.
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| LCBA NOTICEBOARD |
This area of the website is available for LCBA affiliated clubs and players to promote events and services they are offering across the county and beyond. If you want to put something on this Noticeboard, please send an email with the information to a.petrie.pbc@gmail.com. To keep the Noticeboard up-to-date, entries will be deleted after 1 month.
FREE online bridge lessons - posted 23 Sept 2021
 Every Tuesday from 5th Oct starting at 2pm & repeated at 7.15pm EBUTA qualified bridge teacher Des King will be holding free lessons on zoom.
For more information - click HERE
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| LCBA Plate Final 2021 8th Sept 2021 |
Congratulations to Andrew Petries team (V Petrie, A Lum, D Costich) who beat Ken Broadbents team (P Likely, M Blake, S Bentley) in the LCBA Teams of 4 Plate final by 91 to 46 Imps over 24 boards.
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| LCBA Knockout Teams of 4 Cup competition 2021-22 |
An online BBO Teams of Four knockout with 20 board rounds and a 24 board final. All players must be EBU members with primary allegiance to the LCBA. Teams losing their first (Cup) match may enter a similar Plate competition. The winning team will be invited to represent the County in the Pachabo Cup (on 11/12 June 2022). Closing date for Entries 31 October 2021. The full draw will be made early November in the EBU League area and sent with rules to captains. Green Points awards for the Cup, Local Points for the Plate.
Please send entries with captains Email and player names to: Jeff Smith Tel: 0161 702 3773 Email jasmith@nildram.co.uk. The LCBA Treasurer will handle entry payment once the entries are received.
Entries received thus far (13Oct21) for teams captained by A.Petrie, S Woodcock, R Shine, M Tomlinson, B Irlam, J Brearley,B Alston
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| Bolton Pairs/North Kerry Teams Sat/Sun 4/5 Sep21 |
Congratulations to Jeremy Dhondy/Andrew Petrie who won the Bolton Congress Pairs on Saturday 4th September 2021. There were 17 Pairs taking part. Full details on Bolton site. Congratulations to Jackie Pye/Jeff Smith who won the North Kerry Congress Teams with John Holland/Gary Hyett on Sunday 5th September 2021. There were 6 Teams taking part.
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| Crockfords Plate 21/22 August 2021 |
Congratulations to Ross Shine & Stuart McPhee who with teammates Paul Spencer & Marc Chawner won the prestigious Crockfords Plate for 2020-21. The final was played over two days (21-22 August 2021) and was very close with only 6 VPs separating the top 5 teams! Full results are available on the EBU site.
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| Eastbourne EBU Summer Congress 2021 |
This years EBU Summer Congress Pairs was held at Eastbourne Face to Face on 7/8 August 2021. Well done to Nick & Sue Woodcock who finished 5th in the main first Weekend event - the Swiss Pairs.
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| LOTL Season 6 Results |
LOTL SEASON 6 RESULTS
Season 6 of the LCBA Online Teams League (LOTL) has now completed. Thank you to all players in the 27 teams which competed in the 3 divisions, and congratulations to the leading teams:
Division 1
Winners - Mike Tomlinson, Linda Smith, Ann Wilkins, Jeff Wilkins
Runners-up - David Bowyer, David Briggs, Brian Irlam, Paul Hepworth, John Spencer
Division 2
Winners - Jeremy Stanforth, John Dearing, Peter Richmond, Bill Wattleworth, Andrew Holborn, Anne Burgess
Runners-up - Kenny Broadbent, Marilyn Blake, Steve Bentley, Paul Likely
Division 3
Winners - Neil Draper, Terry Fleetwood, Archana Garg, Andrew Robert Allen McGrae, Raj Subramaniam, Sirima Subramaniam
Runners-up - Fred Hall, Meg Henderson, Paul Holgate, Colin Liddle, Kate May, Margaret Mitchell, Pamela Shepherd, Lesley Willacy
Season 6 fixtures and tables: Div 1 Div 2 Div 3.
For a simplified view of the fixtures and results click HERE.
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| Presidents Cup 17-18 July 2021 |
Well done to the Lancashire team that finished 2nd of 7 teams in the Presidents Cup this weekend. Best pairs on CrossImps were Sue Woodcock/Stuart Clarke and Mike Tomlinson/Linda Smith. Full details at Presidents Cup Results
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| LOTL Season 7 |
Lancashire Online Teams League (LOTL) Season 7
Season 7 will start on Thursday 16th September. 29 teams have entered, so there will be 3 divisions. Division 1 will consist of 9 teams and Divisions 2 and 3 will consist of 10 team.
Season 7 fixtures and tables: Div 1 Div 2 Div 3.
For a copy of the Information for Captains document click HERE
Captains will automatically be deducted the £22 cost from their personal account with the LCBA.
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| John Armstrong Swiss Pairs 23May2021 |
Congratulation to Jackie Pye / John Holland who won the Merseyside & Cheshire annual John Armstrong Trophy held on 23rd May 2021. There were 22 pairs taking part in the Swiss Pairs competition held on RealBridge.
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