Congratulations to John & Judy Brearley who won the Mixed Pairs at the Scarborough Open Pairs on Friday 18th July 2024. They finished 5th of 44 pairs in a two session event.In the Swiss Pairs, well done to Jeff & Ann Wilkins finishing 9th and Sue Woodcock & Stuart Clarke finishing 11th of 55 pairs.

The first round of the Northern Bridge League took place on Sat 13th July 2024 on RealBridge. 
In the A division, Lancashire were 4rd of 4 teams. (M Tomlinson/L Smith, S Woodcock/S Clarke, B Alston/C Mitchell, D Hilton/D Fazackerley). Sue & Stuart were best on XImps
In the B division  Lancashire were 3rd of 8 teams (J &J Brearley, A Lum/D Costich, D Hilton/D Fazackerley, S Challinor/D Costich). Andrew & Dave were 2nd on XImps.
In the C Division, Lancashire were 5th= of 6 teams (C Ashworth/S Judd, M Blake/KBroadbent, L Hichen/D Fairweather, S Gregson/G Beattie).Linda & Debs were best on XImps.

Full results at Cumbria BW but will be eventually on the Northern Bridge League site.

Congratulations to all the prize winners

Main Competition 

Winners Nick Woodcock and Sue Fjortoft

Second Sue Woodcock and Stuart Clarke

10 and under NGS

Winners Jeffrey Moore and Steve Ellis

Second Arthur Southwood and David Quick

BrianMas accounts are being credited accordingly

These are the instructions for the NBL match on July 13th 2024. The Player Links are:

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Paul Evans.   Paul has served the Lancashire County as Chairman (2001-4) and Membership Secretary for many years and been a longstanding committee member. Paul has been associated with Bolton BC for over 40 years and served as Chairman, Tournament Secretary, Tournament Director along with many years of contribution on the committee. He was a very strong player having represented Lancashire for many years. He was a delight to partner, always gentle, courteous and good humoured at the table. He will be very sadly missed by all his partners and all his opponents who had the pleasure of bridge with him at the table. Further details will follow

FESTIVAL OF BRIDGE 2024 – LCBA SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS

As part of the national Festival of Bridge, Lancashire is holding a Simultaneous Pairs competition on Tuesday 10^th September 2024.  This event is open to any LCBA Affiliated Clubs to enter, free of charge.

Details

● Clubs enter by completing the online form – please click HERE.  This is a FREE event for clubs, their only cost being the normal club UMS charge (44p per player). LCBA is paying for everything else including £80 in prizes.  Clubs are free to charge table money or not as they wish.

● The Festival of Bridge is focussed on fundraising for Cancer Research (UK) and clubs may therefore wish to donate the table money and/or hold a separate collection for the charity.  This is totally a decision for the club, and any money collected can be donated via this link HERE.

● Heats can take place at any time on the Tuesday, to suit the club entering.

● Free commentaries, by England international, Jeremy Dhondy, will be available on the LCBA website from Wednesday 11^th September - please tell the players.

● There are up to 28 boards available and at least 18 must be played.  Clubs can choose to play any number, 18 to 28, with any movement that suits.

● PBN/DUP dealing files will be sent to the nominated club contact on, or around, Monday 2^nd September, allowing plenty of time for the boards to be dealt.  These files must be confidential to the nominated contact and people dealing.  Any club that cannot handle DUP or PBN files should tick the appropriate box on the entry form, and they will receive a PDF file of the deals to make up by hand.

● Clubs should score their heat but must not make their results public until the next day.  The XML file must be sent to Oliver Cowan by email at oliver@hlcrecruitment.co.uk, ideally on the Tuesday but if not then the Wednesday.

● The results of the club heat should also be uploaded to the EBU as normal.  A normal club UMS charge will be applied, and Master Points awarded.

● Oliver will re-score the event over the whole field and put the county-wide results on the LCBA website.

● Master Points will be awarded for the club county-wide event at District Scale (1.5 times the normal Club Scale).  Players may therefore get 2 Master Point awards, one for their club heat and one for the county-wide event.

● Prizes for the county-wide event: First pair (2x£20), Second pair (2x£10), Highest pair, both players NGS less than 10 on the LCBA database on the day of the event (2x£10).

FESTIVAL OF BRIDGE – Play Without The Experts (PWTE) - Sunday 8^th to Wednesday 11^th Sept

As part of the Festival of Bridge,the EBU is holding a national event at Barton Manor Hotel near Preston, for players, NGS 10 and below.  This PWTE Congress will be a tremendous opportunity for developing players in Lancashire to experience a national bridge congress with a new format offering both competitive match point sessions and seminars, all taking place at a luxury spa hotel.  Oliver Cowan, who is building a national reputation for enjoyable and well run bridge events is organising this event as a volunteer, with all proceeds being donated to Cancer Research UK.

Players can book into the whole event or particular sessions, and you can find all the details by clicking HERE.  Continuing its investment in developing players in the county, LCBA is offering Lancashire members who are booking individual sessions, a £2 discount. Any member can book up to 4 sessions under this scheme.  It’s first come, first served - once the £200 budget has been allocated it will be full price.

The fixtures for the 2nd Quarter LOTL are now available via the links below. There are 2 divisions of 9 teams.

The first fixtures are scheduled for 11th April 2024.

Div1               Div2

The fixtures and results for the Summer League Teams of Eight can be found via the links below.

Div1        Div2        Div3