Lancashire Contract Bridge Association
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Results
LCBA Championship Pairs
Scorer: Mitch
LOP Open
Scorer: Mitch
LOP Open
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Calendar
Fri 29th March 2024
LOP/OCBC/FOBC Open
7pm
Sat 30th March 2024
LOP/OCBC/FOBC Open
7pm
Mon 1st April 2024
LOP Open
7pm
Bulletin

To play in our Lancashire Online Pairs games you need to register. It is free just click this link    Lancashire Online Pairs   Or via the menu on the left hand side

JOHN ARMSTRONG GREEN POINT SWISS PAIRS
Saturday 18 May 2024 with an 11.30 am start, finishing approximately 6.30 pm.
Venue: Deva Bridge Club, WI Hall, Village Road, Christleton, Chester CH3 7AS 
Tournament Director:  David Stevenson
7 matches of 7 boards with a short lunch break after round 3.  Tea and coffee will be available all day no food will be on sale at the venue.  You are welcome to bring your own food along to eat at the break.  Green points to EBU scale.

Entry fee £15 via the Merseyside & Cheshire website:

Recent Updates
Roll of Honour
29th Mar 2024 00:04 GMT
Home Page
28th Mar 2024 20:02 GMT
Corwen
25th Mar 2024 18:02 GMT
LCBA NoticeBoard

ISLE OF MAN BRIDGE CONGRESS.  13 - 15 SEPTEMBER 2024.  CLICK HERE FOR BROCHURE.

 

Lancashire has a bridge club in most major towns, with many having a host system to ensure visitors can get a game. Contact details, club times, beginners, intermediate classes are on the Clubs page though you should check before attending a new club. This website has details of forthcoming competitions and results. Membership of an affiliated Lancashire club  entitles you to play in Lancashire competitions, be eligible for Lancashire County Teams, and attend all Lancashire Council Meetings. Lancashire CBA has a data protection policy ref LCBA Privacy Notice.pdf

Pls contact the WebMaster jasmith@nildram.co.uk for any omissions, corrections for the site.

Welcome to LCBA
LCBA as a charity

LCBA as a charity

We have received the following email from the Charity Commission:

Dear Applicant,

You have applied to register the above organisation as a charity.

We are satisfied that LANCASHIRE CONTRACT BRIDGE ASSOCIATION is a charity and it has been entered onto the Register of Charities

Our next step is to secure a new bank account for the organisation and as soon as we have this, the charity will start operations.  In line with the agreed resolution at the EGM, the existing LCBA as an Unincorporated Association will then be wound up and all its assets transferred to LCBA(CIO).

 

LOP Competition Q1 2024

Congratulations to the successful pairs in the Monday Night LOP Competition Winners
Open: Andrew Petrie and Jeremy Dhondy

Runners up Open: Nick Woodcock and Sue Fjortoft

For the Jack and Under Competition

Winners Chris Waddington and Martin Cousins

Runners Up Brenda Begley and Trevor Mayes

BrianMas accounts will be credited with the appropriate prizes

Players are reminded that if they have a credit balance in their account they can request the money be paid into their bank account or into their club account if they have one

Mr Denis Robson 1934 - 2024
Mr Denis Robson 1934 - 2024

We are sorry to announce the death of Mr Denis Robson on 10th March 2024 after a long period in a rest home. Mr Robson was a self-confessed bridge addict since being introduced to the game as a young boy. A regular in the Lancashire county side, twice a Gold Cup finalist and with an England international cap to his name, he was a worthy Grand Master. An accountant by profession, he was Thwaites brewery chairman for three years, having joined the Daniel Thwaites board of directors in 1980. Denis was Chairman of the EBU from 2002-6. He married Val in 1959, they had five children Alison, Jacqui, Nicole, Robert and John.  After giving up bridge at the top level he played with Val in local events.  When Val died in 2021 Denis returned to his roots living in a nursing home in Sunderland.

The funeral will be on Wednesday 27th March.  12.00  funeral mass at St John's RC Church, High Lane, Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21 9EE.  13.00 funeral tea in St Johns Parish Centre, corner of High Lane and Chequers Road M21 9DL, 200m walk from the church.  Cars can be left in the church car park or parking available at the parish centre, entrance on Chequers Road.  The family will attend a committal service at Manchester Crematorium after the funeral before joining mourners at the Parish Centre. Please e-mail me if you intend to attend so that I can give the family some idea of numbers for catering.

Play Without The Experts (PWTE) Congress

FESTIVAL OF BRIDGE – Play Without The Experts (PWTE) Congress Sunday 8th to Wednesday 11th 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.

 

RUTH HENIG Nov 1943 - Feb 2024
RUTH HENIG Nov 1943 - Feb 2024

We are sorry to announce that our President, Baroness Ruth Henig passed away late last week at the age of 80. Ruth was a strong and popular player who competed regularly and successfully at Lancaster Bridge Club, in the Fylde League and in county and national competitions.

She was a Labour member of County Hall for more than two decades, from 1981 until 2005, representing the Lancaster East division - and she also spent a year as chairwoman of the authority.

Lady Henig was a child of Jewish refugees who came to the UK from the Netherlands in 1940. She went on to become a history lecturer at Lancaster University, eventually serving as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

She served as chairwoman of the Lancashire Policy Authority from 1995 to 2005 and chairwoman of the Association of Police Authorities from 1997 to 2005, when she became the association’s president.

She was awarded a CBE in 2000 for services to policy and in 2002 was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire.

The mother-of- two was made a Labour peer in 2004 and served on various committees, eventually being named deputy chairman of committees in 2015. She has been serving as one of the upper chamber’s Deputy Speakers since 2018.

We offer our condolences to her family and our thanks for her support to the County over many years.

LCBA TEams of 8 25 Feb 2024

There were 7 teams playing 6 x 7 board rounds at the LCBA Teams of 8 competition held at Bury on 25Feb2024. The winning team was Bolton A (J Smith/M Farr, S Norris/R Greenhalgh, M Nicholson/J Morrell, P Evans/A Whittam) with Brierfield second and Preston third. They will represent Lancashire in the Regional Final of Cities Trophy on 11th May 2024. See results page for full details.

LOTL 1st Quarter Season 2024 Fixtures

The fixtures for the 1st LOTL season of 2024 can be found via the links below.

The season starts on 18th January 2024. There are three divisions, 19 teams in total.

Div1            Div2            Div3

Instructions for captains can be found via the link below.

 LOTL - Info for captains document from Q3_23.pdf.

Weekly Schedule (BBO)
Monday
LOP Open 7pm
Friday
LOP/OCBC/FOBC Open 7pm
Saturday
LOP/OCBC/FOBC Open 7pm
LCBA Competitions 2024

LCBA EVENTS - SEASON 2024

The calendar for 2024 is

Event

When

Time

Where

Notes 

Club Teams of 8

Sun 25th Feb

11am

Bury

EBU Garden Cities qualifier

Championship Pairs

Thu 28th March

7pm

BBO

EBU Corwen qualifier

Madeline Berney

Sun 5th May 11am

11am

Brierfield

Swiss pairs

Restricted Pairs (Jack High)

Sun 4th August

11am

Brierfield

NGS J and below

LCBA KO Teams of 4

Nov – May (entries by 31Oct)

11am

BBO

Pachabo qualifier

LCBA Congress

16-17 November

11am

Barton Manor Hotel

Swiss pairs & Swiss teams

LCBA Mixed pairs

Sun 8th December

11am

St Anne’s

Match point pairs

Conditions of Contest and entry details are published on the LCBA website.

OTHER LOCAL EVENTS    
     
John Armstrong GP SwissPr Sat 18 May Deva BC
NBL Match 1 Saturday 13th July RealBridge
NBL Match 2 Saturday 17th August RealBridge
NBL Match 3 Saturday 14th September RealBridge
NBL Match 4 Saturday 19th October RealBridge
Pres Cup Sat-Sun 13-14 July??  
Tolle Qual Sat-Sun 2-3 November  
Cumbria/Westmorland Swiss Sat-Sun 21-23 September  

LOTL Q1 2024

LOTL season Q1 2024 is now complete with the final leading two teams in each division as below

Division 1

Winners:  John Morrell, Marianne Farr, Mike Nicholson, Rod Greenhalgh, Jeff Smith

Runners Up: Sue Woodcock, Nick Woodcock, Stuart Clarke, Michael Fay

Division 2

Winners: Neil Roberts, Terry Fleetwood, Andrew Mcgrae, Raj Subramanium

Runners Up: Rose Parker...

Division 3

Winners: Charle Nixon, John Gordon, Chris Nicholson, David Quick, Arthur Southwood, Ian Douglass

Runners Up: Helen Dent, Ian Eswards, Kamleh Garg

Cumbria/Westmorland Swiss Teams/Pairs 23/24 Sep 2023

Well done to Mike Tomlinson, Bob Loverdge, Stuart Clarke, Michael Faye who won the Cumbria/Westmorland GP Swiss Teams held at Kendal Bridge Club on 23 Sep 2023. Second were Jeff Smith, Rhona Goldenfield, Jackie Pye & John Holland. Full results at Swiss Teams  Well done to Jackie Pye and John Holland who won the Swiss Pairs on 24 Sep 2023. Full results at Swiss Pairs

Cumbria Match 10Sep2023

The annual Lancashire v Cumbria match took place on Sunday 10th September 2023 at Poulton BC. The final score was Lancashire 260 Imps Cumbria 177 Imps so Lancashire won by 83 Imps. Andrew Lum / David Costich and Mike Tomlinson/ Brian Irlam were the top pairs on XImps. The full details are at Lancs v Cumbria Match