There will be a Lancashire Blue Point Swiss Pairs on BBO on Saturday May 31st being run by Oliver Cowan. Please click here for the information and entry form. This game has a $13 entry form and will be 6 x 6 board rounds running from 1pm til 6pm with a 40 minute break. Masterpoints will be awarded for all rounds that you win or draw as well as on final standings.

The fixtures for the 2nd LOTL season of 2025 are now available via the links below.

There are two divisions of 7 teams. The first fixtures are on 29th May 2025.

DIV1            DIV2

There were 26 pairs at the annual Madeleine Berney held at Brierfield on 4 May 2025. Congrats to the winners B Irlam & F Shiers, with 2nd B Loveridge & N Sutcliffe, 3rd - J Smith & J Pye, A Petrie & R Bentley. J & S Dootson finished 5th and won the non-Expert prize The event was 6 x 6 board rounds running from 11:30 to 4:30 which seemed a popular format. Thanks to Stuart Davies the TD.

Fixtures and result via links below.

Div1        Div2       Div3

Congratulations to Jeff & Ann Wilkins, Oliver Cowan & Alan Jarvis who won the Northern Easter Festival at Harrogate on 20th April 2025. Full results at Website

The inaugural friendly match against Essex was held on 29th March 2025 on RealBridge with four Jack High pairs on either side. In a close match, Essex won by 8 Imps. Full results at Essex Results
The Lancashire team was K Broadbent/S Bentley, E Fewster/L Hall, D Fairweather/L Hitchen, I Edwards/H Dent. Kenny Broadbent/Stephen Bentley topped the Ximps by a big margin. We hope this will become an annual event.

The Madeleine Berney Blue Point Swiss Pairs will again take place at Brierfield Bridge Club this year on Sunday 4th May. This event will be played over a slightly shorter than normal 6 x 6 board matches in an attempt to appeal to more players and it really is appropriate for all club players. As a special offer this year and in order to get some new players to try taking part in these events, any player who takes part but does not enjoy the day, will receive a full refund on the bridge entry fee. With an offer like that, why not give it a go! If you have any questions then please drop Oliver Cowan an email at ocbridgecomps@gmail.com.

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Entry fee of £12.50 per player to be paid by BACS to sort 305466 acct 10848260 acct name Lancashire Contract Bridge Association.  To help the Treasurer, please pay immediately after submitting your entry.  Until the payment has been made, the entry is not registered and should the event capacity be reached before payment, the entry will not be accepted.  If you have any difficulties with payment, please contact the LCBA Treasurer, Bill Alston at bill@alston-family.co.uk.

Many thanks for your help.

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The LCBA Teams of 4 was held as a one day event this year at Bolton Bridge Club on Sunday 16th March 2025 at Bolton Bridge Club starting at 11am.The event is a qualifier for the EBU's Pachabo Cup competition.  The winners were Jeff Smith/Andrew Petrie, Mike Nicholson/Rod Greenhalgh. Second were Jeff/Ann Wilkins, Linda Smith/Charlie Colson.  Seven teams took part.

The Manchester Green Point Swiss Pairs was held at Altrincham on Saturday 1st March.  34 pairs entered.  With one round to go there were six or seven pairs who could win overall if they won their last match well.  Well done to Michael Fay and Sue Woodcock who triumphed just ahead of David Sarabowski and Andy Brocklehurst with Alan Mould and Rodney Lighton third. The event was ably run by Stuart Davies. Full results on Manchester Site

The Friendly Online Bridge Club have organised an online seminar which is being delivered by former England Junior international Adam Hickman on Sunday 27th April. Full information can be found at HERE and upto 20 LCBA members with Lancashire as their primary county of affiliation are entitled to the heavily subsidized price of £5. The topic of the seminar is "Simple Lebensohl" and it is aimed at players 10 and below on the NGS scale

The inter club teams of eight competition was held on Sunday 16th February at Bolton Bridge Club. Seven teams took part with the winners Southport followed by Bolton A. Southport will represent Lancashire in the Regional Teams of 8 Final on 10th May 2025. See full details in results section.

This popular event took place at Deva Bridge Club on 25th-26th January.  In the pairs on Saturday 28 pairs played with a qualifier and a 14 pair final.  Jackie Pye and John Holland finished 2nd in the final, followed by Bob Loveridge and Nick Sutcliffe.  The multiple teams event had 10 teams entering on the Sunday. It was won by Alan Mould, John Hassett, John Holland and Jackie Pye.  Second were Bob Loveridge, Nick Sutcliffe, Andrew Lum & David Costich.

Thanks to David Smith and Deva members for organising and to James Vickers for directing.

LCBA 2025 DRAFT COMPETITIONS CALENDAR

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