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MANCHESTER CONGRESS 2026

3rd & 4th January 2026

Airport Hotel Manchester, Altrincham Road, Wilmslow SK9 4LR

Tournament Director: Jim Edwards

Back face to face and once again organised by Oliver Cowan on behalf of and in partnership with the MCBA, at the Airport Hotel Manchester – Hotel and Spa.  This venue provides an excellent, friendly setting for this congress and has free parking for players with easy access to the local town centre with lots of nice restaurant and bar options for after bridge finishes each evening.

Saturday 3rd January – Championship Pairs (11:00-18:00)

Sunday 4th January – Swiss Teams (11:00-18:00)

Entry fees per £30 per player for 1 day or £55 if playing 2 days and the entry fee includes tea/coffee/biscuits/sweets throughout. There will also be a prize fund.

Players can order lunch/sandwiches each day on arrival to be served in the break. If you bring your own food, this must NOT be consumed in public areas of the hotel.

Also on Sunday 4th January 14:00-17:30 will be the Kevin Comrie Cup restricted to players no higher than a 9 NGS, with an entry fee of £15 per player.

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LOTL - Lancs Online Teams
LCBA Online Teams of 4 League(LOTL) on BBO - New/Returning team registration form
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The Lancashire Contract Bridge Association (LCBA) runs an online teams-of-4 bridge league. This is a great opportunity for club players to form teams to play organised bridge online. Matches are played on BBO so all players will need a BBO account which is free and easy to set up. You should have some experience of playing online bridge before the start of the league. Each league cycle (i.e. season) lasts three months, and the table money is 75p per match per player. Matches are 14 boards and are pre-scheduled for Thursdays at 7pm with spare weeks inbuilt for any rearrangements. Each captain receives a list of all their season's fixtures and the home team captain sets up the match on BBO (click here to find out how).  Results and team rosters are entered on the EBU's League Management System . Away captains need to let the home team captain know their BBO player names for the match before the day of the match.
 
  • The league is played on BBO;
  • The league is open to any bridge player with a BBO account but the captain must be an EBU member
  • All matches scheduled for 7pm on a Thursday each week and a fixture list will be published in advance.
  • The league is held over a 4 month period
  • Teams of all levels of experience are very welcome – novice to expert.  There are a number of divisions consisting of around 7-8 teams but this depends on the total number of entries for each league cycle;
  • Squads consist of 4 or more players – any 4 of which can play in any match;
  • Matches are 14 boards; The default is 2 x 7 boards with change of opponents unless both captains prefer a single 14 board set;
  • New teams are allocated to a division by the organisers, based on any NGS data or any other playing information available;
  • Normally, 2 teams are promoted and 2 relegated every cycle of the league;
  • The league is affiliated to the EBU but NGS will not be applicable;
  • The current charge is £3 per match. This payment is charged to the captain's Lancashire account;
  • ‘Away’ captains are responsible for informing, by email or text, the ‘Home’ captain of their line-up;
  • ‘Home’ captains are responsible for:
    • Ensuring all their players are registered;
    • Setting up the match on BBO;
    • Registering the result on the EBU’s League Management System;

League standings will be available through MyEBU.

PLEASE NOTE ENTRIES CLOSE ON THURSDAY 21 AUGUST

LOTL Results May - Aug 2025

The season May - Aug 2025 is now complete. Final placings can be seen via the links below.

Congratulations to the winners:

Division 1 Winners

J Smith, M Farr, R Greenhalgh, M Nicholson, D Barton, L Klein

Division 1 Runners Up

A Fontes, J Gladders, B Niccol, J Sykes, P Downham, K Dewar

Division 2 Winners

H Dent, I Edwards, K Garg, P Meadowcroft

Division 2 Runners Up

P Richmond, J Dearing, D Fazackerley, D Hilton, A Holborn, B Wattleworth

Div1               Div2

LOTL Results Jan - Apr 2025

The season Jan - Apr 2025 is now complete. Final placings can be seen via the links below.

Congratulations to the winners:

Division 1 Winners

J Smith, M Farr, R Greenhalgh, M Nicholson, D Barton

Division 1 Runners Up

A Fontes, J Gladders, B Niccol, J Sykes, P Downham, K Dewar

Division 2 Winners

T Wilson, D Thomas, A Sallin, N Hilton, G Nicholson

Division 2 Runners Up

H Dent, I Edwards, K Garg, P Meadowcroft

Div1               Div2