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| ALL ABOUT THE LANCASHIRE ONLINE TEAMS LEAGUE (LOTL) |
Lancashire Online Teams of 4 League (LOTL)
- Administered through the EBU’s League Management System (LMS) – each team must have at least one EBU member who can access and use the LMS;
- Played on BBO;
- Divisions of 7, 8 or 9 teams;
- 14 board matches;
- Scored as IMP’s converted to VP’s using the EBU 14 board scale;
- All matches pre-scheduled for Thursday nights at 7pm. If absolutely necessary, matches can be re-arranged by agreement;
- Away captain provides his/her line-up to the home captain in advance. Home captain sets up the match on BBO. Home captain enters the result online;
- Registered with EBU as an online league. Master Points awarded to registered players;
- The entry fee is £22 per team for the 3 month league;
- Captains must enter a core squad of 4 for each team but can have as many players registered as they want;
For detailed information about LOTL, see the Homepage of the LCBA website.
To enter a team, please contact Andrew Petrie E:a.petrie.pbc@gmail.com M:07484 165 723.
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| 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
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| 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
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| LOTL Results Sep - Dec 2025 |
The season Sep - Dec 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
Division 1 Runners Up
A & V Petrie, B Alston, C Mitchell, J Dhondy, K Dewar
Division 2 Winners
L Hitchen, D Fairweather, S Monks, V Openshaw
Division 2 Runners Up
P Vose, J Dootson, K Wood, D Thomson, B Heaton, I Bowers, B Fitzmaurice, W Sutherland
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| 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
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