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JOHN ARMSTRONG GREEN POINT SWISS PAIRS

 

Saturday 17 May 2025 with an 11.00 am start, finishing approximately 6.30 pm.

Venue: Deva Bridge Club, WI Hall, Village Road, Christleton, Chester CH3 7AS 

Tournament Director:  Ken Johnston

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. Everyone welcome to bring their own food along to eat at the break, there’s also a pub, shop and cafe nearby.  Green points to EBU scale.

Entry fee £20 per player via the Merseyside & Cheshire website:

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LCBA Championship Pairs
LCBA Championship Pairs 2012

Lancaashire Championship Pairs
Sunday 5th February

Final

1

Austin Barnes & Stuart Norris

281

60.04

2

Catherine Draper & Andrew Petrie

273

58.33

3

Sue Woodcock & Nick Woodcock

271

57.91

4=

Mike Nicholls & Steve Haley

256

54.70

4=

John Brearley & Ross Shine

256

54.70

6

Jeff Smith & Jackie Pye

254

54.27

7

Max Richman & Sandra Richman

253

54.06

8

Bill Alston & Colin Mitchell

238

50.85

9

David Pendlebury & Judy Brearley

237

50.64

10

Nicholas Sutcliffe & Andrew Lum

232

49.57

11

Linda Wilson & Wynn Sutherland

230

49.15

12

Barbara Henderson & Clive Henderson

219

46.79

13

Des King & Tony Wilkinson

208

44.44

14

Barry Brelsford & Jacqueline Wright

182

38.89

           

Consolation Final

   
           

1

Diane Ault & Paul Evans

170

62.96

   

2

Bill Carr & Stuart Clarke

165

61.11

   

3

Lynn Hepworth & Paul Hepworth

152

56.30

   

4

Jill Entwistle & Don Cross

145

53.70

   

5=

Julia Newall & Barrie Newall

137

50.74

   

5=

Brian Ripley & Kenneth Renno

137

50.74

   

7

Bill Wattleworth & Liz Wattleworth

135

50.00

   

8

Michael Tomlinson & Wayne Somerville

134

49.63

   

9

Paul Williams & Hilda Williams

132

48.89

   

10

Cath Hornby & John Ashworth

122

45.19

   

11

Jan Bailey & Sheila Cornwell

110

40.74

   

12

Rosemary Wilson & Ann Entwistle

81

30.00

   
 

 

 

 

 

Lancashire Championship Pairs - Final
Sunday 6th February 2011

1

Des King & Tony Wilkinson

88.72

2

Steve Haley & Mike Nicholson

87.68

3

Jeff Smith & Jackie Pye

84.8

4

Austin Barnes & Stuart Norris

83.36

5

Sue Whittam & Irene Bowers

80.84

6

David Briggs & David Akhurst

80.56

7

Cath Hornby & John Ashworth

77.24

8

Glenn Oliver & Alan Farrell

75.88

9

George & Maureen McConkey

74.92

10

Michael Cox & Malcolm Hartley

74.36

11

Max & Sandra Richman

72.9

12

Nick Sutcliffe & Andrew Lum

69.89

13

Ken Renno & Brian Ripley

69.84

14

Bill Mercer & John Warner

67.7

 

 

 

Lancashire Championship Pairs- Consolation

Sunday 6th February 2011

1

Nick & Sue Woodcock

61.57

2

Robin Atkinson & Pauline Holden

59.95

3

Anne Burgess & John Dearing

59.72

4

Michael Tomlinson & Dorothy Slater

55.79

5=

Bob Loveridge & Helen Montgomery

55.56

5=

Linda Hitchen & Jane Jones

55.56

7

John Brearley & Ross Shine

53.94

8

Bill & Liz Wattleworth

53.24

9

Mildred Newman & Megan Taft

50.23

10

Linda Wilson & Wyn Sutherland

50

11

Duncan & Diane Ault

49.77

12

Barry Brelsford & Jacqueline Wright

48.84

13

Alan Whittam & Paul Evans

46.06

14

Les Hoy & Brian Apfel

45.37

15

Bill Alston & Colin Mitchell

45.14

16

Jill Entwistle & Don Cross

43.75

17

Barrie & Julia Newall

43.52

18

Bill Carr & Stuart Clarke

42.59

19

Rosemary Wilson & Ann Entwistle

40.74

20

Clive & Barbara Henderson

38.66

 

 

LCBA Championship Pairs 2014

The LCBA Championship pairs had 35 pairs at Blackburn BC on 2 Feb 2014. Winners of the Main Final were John Brearley & Ross Shine, Second Austin Barnes & Stuart Norris tied with Clive & Barbara Henderson, Fourth were Paul and Lyn Hepworth. These four pairs will go on to represent Lancashire in he 2014 Corwen Trophy. Winners of the Consolation Final were Nick & Sue Woodcock, runners up Bob Loveridge & Helen Montgomery. Full details on the Results page.

LCBA Championship Pairs 2015

The LCBA Championship Pairs was well attended with 14 Tables at Blackburn Bridge Club.Sarah Amos ran the event very efficiently and the meal was excellent as always.

Winners were Nick & Sue Woodcock, Second Alan Whittam & Paul Evans, Third John Brearley & Ross Shine and Fourth Andrew Lum & David Costich and they qualify to represent Lancashire in the EBU Corwen Trophy. Full details on the results pages.

LCBA Championship Pairs 2016

The LCBA Championship Pairs at Blackburn BC had 14 tables (with one missing pair) and was expertly run again by John Pyner on 7 Feb 2016. The fomat was the usual qualifier followed by a 14 pair all-play-all final (with carry forward) and a consolation final. The winners were Andrew Lum/David Costich, with Anne Burgess/John Dearing second, Nick/Sue Woodcock third and Dave Debbage/Andrew Woodcock fourth and these pairs have qualified to represent Lancashire CBA in the Corwen Trophy on the 4th/5th June 2016 at Birmingham Airport. The Consolation Final was won by Andrew Petrie/Andrew Holborn, with  Bill/Liz Wattleworth second. Full details on Results page.

LCBA Championship Pairs 2017

There were 24 pairs at Blackburn for the LCBA Championship Pairs. The final was won by M Tomlinson/N Sutcliffe, with J Brearley/R Shine second, P Worswick/D Hammonds third and P & H Williams fourth. They will represent LCBA in the Corwen at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham Airport on the 10th/11th June 2017. The Consolation Final was won by B & L Wattleworth.
Full details on Results page.

LCBA Championship Pairs 2018

The Championship Pairs was held on Sun 4th Feb 2018 at Bolton Bridge Club. With only 16 Pairs, TD Rob Turner ran an all-play-all 2-session Event. Winners were A Barnes & S Norris, second A Lum & D Costich, third N & S Woodcock and fourth D & D Ault. These four pairs will be invited to represent Lancashire in trhe Corwen Trophy later in the year. See results page for the full final ranks.

LCBA Championship Pairs 2019

There were 15 pairs playing in the LCBA Championsip Pairs ably run by Rob Turner at Bolton BC on  Sun 3 Feb 2019. Congratulations to the Winners J Dearing/J Stanforth, second were J Smith/J Pye, third J Brearley/R Shine and fourth N Sutcliffe/BLoveridge. These four pairs have earned the right to represent LCBA in the Corwen to be held on 1st/2nd June 2019 at the Mercure Hotel, Daventry.

LCBA Championship Pairs 2020

There were 21 pairs at the LCBA Championship Pairs held at Bolton BC on 2nd Feb 2020. Winners were Keith Ashcroft & Rob Dixon, just ahead of second place Ross Shine & John Brearley, third were Stuart Clarke & Michael Fay, and fourth Mike Tomlinson & Andrew Petrie.  The full results are on the Bolton BC site.

LCBA Championship Pairs 2021
There were 18 pairs at the the Green pointed Championship Pairs on Sunday 7th Feb 11am start.  The winners were Mike Nicholson & Des King, with second place Mike Tomlinson/Linda Smith,  3rd John Dearing/Jeremy Stanforth  and 4th Michael Fay/Stuart Clarke. These pairs now qualify to play in the Corwen Qualifier on June 5th/6th 2021 either live or online. The event was ably run by Sarah Amos and the Ibex team. Full results on Results page.
LCBA CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS 2023

The 2023 LCBA Championship Pairs took place over two Thursday evenings on BBO – 7pm Thursday 30 March and Thursday 6 April. Congratulations to the winners A.Petrie & R Bentley, 2nd R Shine & J Dearing, 3rd M Nicholson & D King, 4th A Purdy & D Briggs.  Thees 4 pairs have qualified to represent Lancashire in the  EBU’s Corwen Trophy which will take place online on the weekend of 3/4 June 2023 on RealBridge. Full results on this website.

LCBA Corwen Qualifier 28March24

The LCBA Championship Pairs was run online this year with 13 pairs taking part. Congratulations to the winners Paul Hepworth & Rick Bentley, 2nd  Jeff Smith & Jackie Pye, 3rd Cath Ashworth & Barbara Heaton, 4th Nick & Sue Woodcock.  These four pair have qualified to represent LCBA in the Corwen on the 15th-16 June 2024 at Yarnfield Park, Stone.  Full ranks available in the Results section.