Lancashire Contract Bridge Association
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LCBA as a Charity

Lancashire Contract Bridge Association is a membership charity (Registration No 1207575).  It provides and enables playing, learning and competing opportunities for players at all levels and works closely with players, clubs, volunteers and officials to help grow the game.

LCBA raises money through various events and competitions and through donations.  All funds are spent on furthering the charity’s purposes. Following on from our registration, we have now established our new bank account and LCBA has commenced trading as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).  Any BACS payments should be made to the following:

Beneficiary: Lancashire Contract Bridge Association (Type as much as you can)
Bank: Lloyds
Sort Code: 30-54-66
Account: 10848260

Our constitution can be found by clicking Constitution of LCBA CIO.pdf

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.

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Welcome to LCBA Charity Reg No 1207575
NBL Match1 11 July 2026

The first round of matches in the Northern Bridge League took place on 11th July 2026 on RealBridge. Lancs A finished 6th (of 6), Lancs B (4th of 7) and Lancs C (3rd of 5).
Excellent Ximps for D Costich & A Lum for the B team and M Blake & C Liddle and Y Lee & L Armstrong for the C team.

Full results at:  Cumbria Site

Lancashire v Manchester 28 June 2026

The annual Lancs v Manchester event was held on 28th June 2026 at Bolton bridge club. There were 6 teams playing 6 x 7 board matches. In the Open section, Lancashire won by 95 to 85 VPs and in the Club section 104 to 76 VPs so Lancs won overall by 199 to 161 VPs. See Results section for more detail.

National Inter County League Final 7 June 2026

As NBL A winners, Lancashire played in the Inter County League Final held on Realbridge on 7th June 2026. The team was A Petrie/J Dhondy, J & A Wilkins, M Fay & S Woodcock, D Hilton & D Fazackerley. The team finished 5th of 6 teams. The only pair with a positive crossimp score was A Petrie/J Dhondy.

Madeleine Berney Swiss Pairs 2026 Sunday 3 May

This event took place at Brierfield Bridge Club with 23 pairs. Well done to the winners A Petrie & R Bentley, 2nd J Holland & J Pye, 3rd= B Loveridge & N Sitcliffe and N Woodcock and S Fjortoft. The best and 2nd best placed 10 high pair were S Kirk & A Taylor and M Blake & S Bentley.

Harrogate Easter Festival 5th April 2026

Well done to the team of Sue Woodcock & Neil Kenyon, Nick Woodcock & Sue Fjortoft who won the Easter Teams held at Harrogate on Sunday 5th April 2026.

Full results viewable at:Harrogate Teams

New Chairman of LCBA

New Chairman of LCBA (CIO)

I am standing down as Chairman and Trustee of LCBA on 31st 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

Manchester GP Swiss Pairs 27Feb2026

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

LCBA Teams of 8 15th February 2026

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 ONLINE IMPROVERS' LESSONS

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

LOTL 2nd Season May to Aug 2026

The second LOTL season is due to commence on the 28th May 2026.

Fixtures are available via the links below.

Div 1            Div 2

LOTL 1st Season 2026

The fixtures for LOTL 1st season of 2026 can be found via the links below.

Div1         Div2

Fixtures begin on January 15th.

Season now completed. Congratulations to the winners.

Division 1

Jeff Smith, Marianne Farr, Mike Nicholson & Rod Greenhalgh.

Division 2

Nick Hinton, Ann Sallin, Dave Thomas & Tom Wilson.

LCBA Summer League Teams of Eight 2026

The LCBA Summer League for club Teams of Eight 2026 season will start shortly. You can view the league tables through the MyEBU section of your EBU Account or click on the links below.

Div1        Div2

Results
LOP Open
Scorer: Oliver Cowan
LOP Open
Scorer: Oliver Cowan
LAN v MAN OPEN
Director: Jeff Smith
Calendar
Sat 11th July 2026
LOP/OCBC/FOBC Open
7pm
Mon 13th July 2026
LOP Open
7pm
Fri 17th July 2026
LOP/OCBC/FOBC Open
7pm