Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association, Lincoln, United Kingdom

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Planning Face-To-Face Bridge in 2021

As we continue along the government’s roadmap for easing out of lockdown, bridge players will be excited about when they can get back to bridge across the table, and clubs are asking when they can open and what they need to do to be compliant.

Following all the rules will not be an easy matter. Full details of the EBU discussion can be found by clicking on this link.

EBU FACE-to-FACE

LINCS GREEN POINT PAIRS

Lincolnshire Green Point Pairs

Incorporating the annual Lincolnshire

Championship Pairs

Results

Congratulations to Jack Terry and Ian Walsh on winning the Lincolnshire Green Point pairs event with an excellent score of 65.23%, just pipping Trevor Hails and Chris Ryall who finished with 64.55%.
The highest finishing Lincolnshire pair were Bill Crymble and Anthony (Cos) Corry who win the Arthur Wilson Trophy. Other trophy winners are Richard Tupper and Peter Sharman, for the Lucy Osbourne Trophy awarded to the highest placed Lincolnshire pair where both players have attained the age of 65+, and to Mark and Marion Brackley in winning the Margaret Briggs Trophy awarded to the highest placed Lincolnshire Pair under the EBU rank of Master. It is hoped to present these trophies at the next AGM.
The three highest ranking Lincolnshire Pairs will be invited, at the Association's expense, to represent the County in the forthcoming Corwen Trophy competition which will hosted by the EBU, on the RealBridge platform, over the weekend of 5^th and 6^th of June 2021.
The pairs qualifying to represent the county in this prestigious event are:

Bill Crymble and Anthony (Cos) Corry
Kiat Huang and Rodney Mitchell
Jacqueline Pfister and Mark Wardell

Congratulations to all our winners and qualifiers, and sincere thanks to all the participants for their support and in ensuring that the competition took place in such a friendly and sporting atmosphere.
Finally, the Committee wishes to express its thanks to the director on the day, Stuart Knox, and the county’s technical ‘guru’, Roy Brixton, for ensuring the smooth running of this event, and without whom the staging of such competitions would not be possible.
We look forward to welcoming you again to our next LCBA event, the Ladies and Men’s Pairs event, on Sunday 16^th May 2021.

SCUNTHORPE BC VIRTUAL TOURNAMENTS

Scunthorpe Bridge Club offers regular "Realbridge" video pairs tournaments every Monday evening at 7:15pm and every Wednesday & Thursday evening at 7pm, session fee £2.00. Visitors are welcome to participate if they so wish. I need your email address so that I can send out a link a few hours before start time. If anyone would like to play regularly in these events, they would be expected to make a one off contribution of £5 to Scunthorpe BC. Masterpoints and NGS will be active for all events.Take care, Roy

webmaster@lincsbridge.org.uk

Lincolnshire Bridge WhatsApp Group

This social media group is restricted to LCBA Members. For up-to-date news of events, matches, partners, requests for players, etc.
To join, please contact the webmaster.

webmaster@lincsbridge.org.uk

INTER COUNTY BRIDGE

President's Cup

Has been moved on-line for 2020. LCBA will not participate

EBU Masterpoints 2019

Click Here For Top 50

NATIONAL EVENT

♠ EBU MASTERS PAIRS ♥

Held at Scunthorpe BC on 1st March, the overall winners were Andy Lewis & Roy Brixton, who achieved second place nationally. The following links show the results.

Local Results

National Results

LCBA Prize Winners 2018 - 2019

Click Here for Prizes Awarded at the 2019 AGM

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Welcome to Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association

LINCOLNSHIRE CONTRACT BRIDGE ASSOCIATION

Welcome to the Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association web site.

The Association was founded in 1946. Its aims are to promote and further bridge in Lincolnshire, to organise competitions in the County and to participate in matches with other counties.

Lincolnshire Bridge Clubs

FACE-TO-FACE BRIDGE SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19

Please click here for the EBU Face-to-Face Bridge Update

Last updated : 14th Apr 2021 21:41 BST

NEXT EVENT

LINCOLNSHIRE CONTRACT BRIDGE ASSOCIATION

Men’s & Ladies’ Pairs

To be held in Cyberspace on Realbridge

Sunday, 16^th May 2021, 2:00pm

Entry Fee £6.00 per Pair

May be held as two separate match point pairs events or as a single combined event dependent on numbers.

The Sydney Vincent Cup will be awarded to the highest placed Ladies’ Pair.

The Vincent Cup will be awarded to the highest placed Men’s Pair.

Pre-entry is required please - via the form below

Payment can be made by bank transfer to the LCBA account with HSBC using pairs surnames as a reference.
Account number 61429205 Sort Code 40-43-01
(If you cannot make a bank transfer, please use the comment box to contact the LCBA treasurer).

Director: TBA

Trophies will be presented at the next AGM

Enquiries to Webmaster

FORM

Last updated : 14th Apr 2021 21:36 BST

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT

Warmest greetings from the volunteer bridge players who run the Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association! We hope very much that you are well and also able to enjoy bridge, whether it is playing online, reading books and articles or discussions to improve partnership understandings. Very many bridge players all over Lincolnshire, indeed the country, miss the enjoyment of playing Bridge in person. Because of Coronavirus, a new term emerged for how we played our much-loved game, Face-to-Face bridge, often shortened to F2F bridge. Despite Lockdown and the immense restrictions on getting together in person with others, hundreds of bridge players in Lincolnshire have taken to their tablets, phones and computers to play bridge online, often playing more bridge than they did F2F. Whilst there are obvious disadvantages, players have valued and enjoyed.

being able to play in the comfort of their own home
save time and money by not having to travel
more opportunities to play at various times in the day
playing with people from all over Lincolnshire and other counties
representing their county, town or club against others in friendlies
Joining online bridge classes using video, often with the same software they use to keep in touch with their grown up children and grandchildren
ability to play informal duplicate games (kitchen bridge!) with just one’s friends
far fewer calls to the Director, as the pitfalls of bidding or playing out of turn and revoking are eliminated

But when will our bridge clubs reopen? Within the last month or so a handful of English clubs have carefully opened up with small numbers of tables - including Stamford who have introduced supervised play with 5-6 tables. Official government rules, guidelines and advice are constantly changing in a very fluid environment - it is a confusing, complex situation where it is up to clubs if they wish and can reopen safely and economically. The EBU and the LCBA are here to support our clubs when they each wish to do so. Until our bridge clubs reopen, despite a meeting hiatus of 5 months before late June, the LCBA committee (with some new blood on board) decided to meet regularly and have done so more than 8 times since then. Members of the committee, all volunteers, have put in the hours to plan, develop and provide support for playing bridge for players based in Lincolnshire. If you are interested in trying to play online then a natural first port of call is your club, who will be able to point to members who are keen to help their fellow members with advice and/or assistance. If you are already playing online and your club does not yet run online bridge events, then come play on the weekly games organised by the LCBA, called a Virtual Club, which are typically 5-8 tables and very friendly and gentle - all info on the LCBA website (http://www.lincsbridge.org.uk).

We shall be sending out a survey to you soon by email so we can hear the views of as many of our bridge players as possible.
Also do read more about the current state of Bridge in England in the EBU Magazine, September 2020 edition https://view.pagetiger.com/jfetuop/sojft
The LCBA Committee is readily contactable by email (lcba-committee@googlegroups.com) or by phone if you wish from the LCBA website contact list.
Hope to see you online or in person soon.

Kiat Huang
Acting Chairman on behalf of the LCBA Committee

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Last updated : 7th Oct 2020 08:46 BST

ON-LINE BRIDGE

Bridge activities for Lincolnshire players

There has been a small explosion of interest, which is growing, in all aspects of bridge, be it playing, learning, collaborating, beyond any previous boundaries of club county or country. New partnerships and new teams have sprung up. Players who have never been online before are discovering its pros and cons and making it work for them. Video calls, lessons, surgeries and videos have and are taking place. New relationships and new ways of doing things are being formed. Lotsof private games are also being played online. There are a lot of options to suit (nearly) everyone 👍

Bridge Learning opportunities
* Bridge Surgeries (live video Q&A chat with a "bridge doctor". Kiat has run 4 of these so far, with Rodney Mitchell helping out on a couple of them)
* Teaching Bridge Online. EBED ran a live video (recordings and details here and here) for teachers, with another next week (Tue)., more info here
* Bridge video series on YouTube : e.g. Peter Hollands : Bernard Magee : Andrew Robson : Over My Shoulder Bridge
* Howto use BBO : EBU helpful info to do so ; Creating a Team Match

EBU Matches online
Lincolnshire has at least one team in the "EBU Lockdown League April 2020" - Division 6 of 12 with 14 teams a division!
Kiat Huang & Rodney Mitchell, Mark Wardell & Jackie Pfister, Nick Hunter & Ruby Schnalke, Kiat Huang & Mark Wardell
8 board matches every Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun at 6pm. We are not doing that well, but we are enjoying it.
Other teams enter the next league!

Facebook group : Lincolnshire Bridge
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LincolnshireBridge
47 members, a lot of current news and discussions with the Lincolnshire bridge community go there - not limited to LCBA members, also includes South Lincs.

WhatsApp group : Lincolnshire Bridge
30 participants, marketplace to set up matches, urgent requests for players etc.

To join, please contact the webmaster

Friendlies
Anyone can create a friendly!. If you have a pair or a team and would like help finding opponents, joining a group or have ideas, please contact Kiat Huang on 07526-810553 or kiat...@gmail.com.

Over the Shoulder
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKq2Mxnf2ek - Tom Townsend
* https://www.twitch.tv/videos/590329724 - Kiat Huang & Péter Talyigás (captains talking during the Lincolnshire v Budapest match)

Happy learning, playing and socialising!

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Last updated : 7th Oct 2020 08:42 BST

Lincs League & Gold Cup 2019/20

Lincs League & Gold Cup - Suspended UFN

Lincs Gold Cup

The Lincs Gold Cup is the main County teams competition and is a knockout event and is played for Green Points. The draw for this event has been made by your webmaster. The home team (first named) provides refreshments for the away team. The home team captain should initiate the match with the away team captain. The preliminary round is 24 boards (or 32 by agreement of captains). The semi-final is 32 boards (or 40 by agreement of captains). The final is 40 boards (or 48 by agreement of captains). The preliminary round and the semi-finals should be played before the end of this year. The winning team can go forward and represent the County in the Pachabo Cup later in the season. The Draw is:

Preliminary Round: Wardell v Parsons
Semi-finals: Wardell or Parsons v Smith and Elwick v Lewis
Final: Wardell or Parsons or Smith v Elwick or Lewis

Lincs League

We have five teams for the league so each team will play one match against the other teams, two at home and two away. Matches of 24 boards are to be played in two stanzas, 12 against one pair and 12 against the other pair. The result in IMPs to be converted to VPs. Results (and the team members who played in each match) to be sent to Glynn after each match. The home team (first named) provides refreshments for the away team. The home team captain should initiate the match with the away team captain. The matches may be played in any order and must be completed by Easter 2020. Please try to get two played by the end of this year to relieve pressure later. The fixtures are:

Elwick v Lewis    Elwick v Parsons
Smith v Elwick    Wardell v Elwick
Lewis v Parsons    Lewis v Smith
Wardell v Lewis    Parsons v Smith
Parsons v Wardell    Smith v Wardell

Teams for the Gold Cup and the League are identical as follows:

Mark Wardell (Captain, 01507 480515, m.s.wardell@open.ac.uk), Kiat Huang, Nick Hunter, Ruby Schnalke
Brian Smith (Captain, 01472 505239, briangsmith14@gmail.com), Ron Wall, Rodney Mitchell, Edward Harris & Alan Brown
Maureen Parsons (Captain, 01526 342047, m.parsons870@btinternet.com), Maurice Ladlow, Debbie Burton, John Gaunt & Dennis Mellor
Glynn Elwick (Captain, 01652 654872, glynglo@gmail.com), Mike Llewellyn, Pete Stackhouse, Phil Harland, Stuart Knox & Keith Stewart
Andrew Lewis (Captain, 01724 488871, lewis2906@hotmail.co.uk), Roy Brixton, Margaret McLeod, David Raddish, Simon Hill & Joanne Hill

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Lincs League & Gold Cup - Suspended UFN

Lincs Gold Cup

Last updated : 10th Mar 2021 22:23 GMT

Results

17th Apr 2021

Lincs Virtual League 3 The Iron Men v Thorn N' Roses

11th Apr 2021

Lincs Virtual League 3 Nettleham v Forlorn Hope

5th Apr 2021

Lincs Virtual League 3 Revolution v Motorhead

Calendar

9th May 2021

MCOL: away v Derbyshire

2:00pm

16th May 2021

Mens & Ladies Pairs

Realbridge 2:00pm

20th Jun 2021

MCOL: home v Staffordshire & Shropshire

2:00pm

MIDLAND COUNTIES LEAGUE

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Thanks to all who played. For the first time we actually won a match! This was despite the loss of 39 IMPs on just 2 boards in that match. League tables are at https://www. ..........

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association

Notice to all Members of the Association

Provisional upon compliance with Governmental Regulations in force at the time notice is hereby given of the intention to hold an

Annual General Meeting

of members of the Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association at

Dunholme Village Hall

Honeyholes Lane

Dunholme Lincolnshire

LN2 3SU

On Sunday 1^st August 2021

Commencing at 1-30pm

A ‘free to enter’ pairs event, for those attending the Annual General Meeting, for the Herbert Trophy, will take place following the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting (subject to governmental restrictions.)

Further details, including the process for the nomination and election of all officials, will be forwarded to the Secretaries/Chairpersons of all affiliated clubs in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Association. Information regarding the nomination of all officials may also be found in Section 6 of the Constitution as published on the LCBA Website.

This notice constitutes a formal notification to members of the Association of the intention to hold an Annual General Meeting of members and is issued pursuant to the provisions of section 6.1 of the Constitution of the Association (2015) as amended.

Signed: A.R.Howarth (Interim Secretary to the Management Committee of the LCBA)

INTER-COUNTY CALENDAR

Click this link

VIRTUAL LEAGUE SEASON 3

The Season 3 virtual league has now commenced. Details and Instructions under menu option "Information"

LOCKDOWN SURVEY

A little later than planned, the LCBA Committee is delighted to release the results of our Lockdown survey where we invited members to give their views on a wide range of bridge related matters. Please click HERE for details.

ALL COMERS PAIRS

The weekly Virtual All Comers Pairs has been discontinued. Future virtual and face-to-face events will follow the traditional County competitions approximately monthly as far as possible, subject to the lifting of lockdown restrictions.

ON-LINE BRIDGE EVENTS

* Lincolnshire v Deva BC (Merseyside & Cheshire) - 6 teams 1st to 7th August
Result 75 - 45 VP (4.5 to 1.5) to Lincolnshire
Team Captains, Rodney Mitchell, Roy Brixton, Stuart Knox, Maria Vietri-Nelson, Patricia Donaldson & Cathy Platt
Full Result

* Anglo-Roman Towns League
Louth/Scunthorpe v Chester - 5 teams 2nd July
Louth/Scunthorpe win by 13.20-6.80 average VP
Team Captains, Rodney Mitchell, Kiat Huang, Mark Brackley, Roy Brixton & Megan Wiliiams
Full Result

* Anglo-Roman Towns League
Louth/Scunthorpe v Hitchin - 5 teams 23rd June
Louth/Scunthorpe win by 14.20-5.80 average VP
Team Captains, Rodney Mitchell, Kiat Huang, Mark Brackley, Roy Brixton & Ruby Schnalke
Full Result

* Anglo-Roman Towns League
Louth/Scunthorpe v St Albans - 5 teams 16th June
Louth/Scunthorpe win by 15.14-4.86 average VP
Team Captains, Rodney Mitchell, Kiat Huang, Ruby Schnalke, Mark Brackley & Roy Brixton
Full Result

* North v South Lincolnshire 3 teams - 14th June
Overall result a draw.
South Lincolnshire 30.09 VP to North Lincolnshire 29.91 VP
Team Captains, Aaron Hutton, Alison Howarth & Roy Brixton
Full Result

* Town Championship - 9th May to 14th June
Louth v Scunthorpe v Grimsby v Alford v Stamford
Grimsby 58.10 VP Team Captain Ron Wall
Louth 50.41 VP Team Captain Alison Howarth
Stamford 35.57 VP Team Captain Marcus Witt
Alford 32.84 VP Team Captain Mark Wain
Scunthorpe 22.30 VP Team Captain Roy Brixton
Full Result

* Lincolnshire v 15 Counties MCWG Tournament (Category A) - 13th June
Result Lincolnshire 14th out of 16 Counties
Rodney Mitchell (Capt) & Chris Barnard, Ron Wall & Brian Smith, Kiat Huang & Mark Wardell
Full Result

* Anglo-Roman Towns League
Louth/Scunthorpe v York - 5 teams 9th June
Louth/Scunthorpe win by 13.89-6.11 average VP
Team Captains, Rodney Mitchell, Kiat Huang, Ruby Schnalke, Mark Brackley & Roy Brixton
Full Result

* Anglo-Roman Towns League
Louth/Scunthorpe v Bath - 6 teams 4th June
Louth/Scunthorpe win by 14.67-5.34 average VP
Team Captains, Rodney Mitchell, Kiat Huang, Mark Brackley, Roy Brixton, Megan Williams & Patricia Donaldson
Full Result

* Lincolnshire v Warwickshire - 4 teams 30th-31st May
Warwickshire win by 2.5 wins to 1.5, although 38.38-41.62 VP to Lincs
Team Captains, Rodney Mitchell, Mark Wardell, Mark Brackley & Roy Brixton
Full Result

* Lincolnshire v Norfolk - 5 teams 22nd-30th May
Result 39.73-60.27 VP to Norfolk
Team Captains, Kiat Huang, Rodney Mitchell, Mark Brackley, Roy Brixton & Dee de Witt
Full Result

* Lincolnshire v 15 Counties MCWG Tournament (Category B) - 23rd May
Result Overall Win to Lincolnshire
Roy Brixton (Capt) & David Hall, Alison Howarth & Andrew Howarth, Mark Brackley & Marion Brackley, Mark Wain & Megan Williams
Full Result

* Lincolnshire v Wiltshire - 8 teams 17th May
Result 79.94-80.06 VP to Gloucestershire
Team Captains, Kiat Huang, Ruby Schnalke, Mark Brackley, Simon Hill, Mark Wain, Megan Williams & Lindy Mastenbroek-Andrew
Full Result

* Lincolnshire v Gloucestershire - 7 teams 3rd May
Result 49.52-90.48 VP to Gloucestershire
Team Captains, Aaron Hutton, Kiat Huang, Nick Hunter, Roy Brixton, Megan Williams, Patricia Donaldson & Brian Nunn
Full Result

* Lincolnshire v Warwickshire - 5 teams 30th Apr.
Result 34.44-65.56 VP to Derbyshire
Team Captains, Aaron Hutton, Kiat Huang, Mark Wain, Roy Brixton & Janice Troughton
Full Result

* Lincolnshire v Berkshire (cat A) 23rd Apr. 2 x 12 boards

Ron Wall & Brian Smith, Kiat Huang & Andy Lewis

* Lincolnshire v Derbyshire (cat A) 16th Apr. 2 x 12 boards
Result 63-36 to Lincolnshire!
Ron Wall & Brian Smith, Kiat Huang & Andy Lewis

* North v South Lincs Cup (cat B) 13th Apr. 2 x 8 boards
Result 50-19 to North Lincolnshire!
Janice Troughton & Mary Jo Mangion, Mark Wain & Maria Vietri-Nelson

* Lincolnshire v Budapest! 12th Apr 3 x 8 boards (pivot teams)
Result 74-107 to Budapest!
Kiat Huang & Andy Lewis, Nick Hunter & Ruby Schnalke

* Town Championship : Louth v Scunthorpe v Grimsby
5th Apr : Louth (67) v Scunthorpe (30)
18th Apr : Scunthorpe (1) v Grimsby (80)
21st Apr : Grimsby () v Louth ()

Waitrose Trophy

The Waitrose Trophy is awarded at the AGM to the Pair with highest percentage score above 70% in a club duplicate session of 8 tables or more in the previous 12 months.

Winners 2020

Kiat Huang & Ron Wall with 77.86%
Louth Duplicate Bridge Club, Friday 13th March 2020

Winners 2019 Roy Hughes & Dennis Mellor with 74.35%

Please notify the webmaster if you achieve a contending score.

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