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DRENE BROWN
Planning Face-To-Face Bridge in 2021
EBU Masterpoints 2020
LINCS GREEN POINT PAIRS
SCUNTHORPE BC VIRTUAL TOURNAMENTS
Lincolnshire Bridge WhatsApp Group
INTER COUNTY BRIDGE
LCBA Prize Winners 2018 - 2019

DRENE BROWN

It is with the greatest regret that we have to announce the death of Drene Brown. Drene passed away peacefully in the afternoon of Tuesday 20^th July at Sycamore Lodge Nursing Home, Ashby, Scunthorpe. Her husband, Alan was with her. The funeral is on Monday 9th August 12 noon at Scunthorpe Crematorium.

Drene Buck was a prominent member of the Lincolnshire bridge playing community for many years, and since her marriage to Alan in the early 1990s she has been a member of the Scunthorpe Bridge Club. She has won most of the Lincolnshire County trophies, and has represented the County many times in events such as the Tollemache. With Alan she has also won each of the Scunthorpe Club trophies. Drene was heavily involved in the administration of bridge too, at both county and club levels, and a few years ago she was made an Honorary Member of the County Association. It's fair to say that Drene had what is known as 'table presence'; she was often keen to harvest the opinions of fellow players and always ready to represent them at all levels.

Last updated : 28th Jul 2021 12:21 BST

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 news item.

Last updated : 22nd Jul 2021 07:58 BST

EBU Masterpoints 2020

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Last updated : 31st May 2021 08:44 BST

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.

Last updated : 2nd Apr 2021 12:05 BST

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

Last updated : 3rd Mar 2021 17:22 GMT

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

Last updated : 16th Oct 2020 09:23 BST

INTER COUNTY BRIDGE

President's Cup

Has been moved on-line for 2020 & 2021. LCBA will not participate in 2020.

Last updated : 22nd Jun 2021 08:37 BST

LCBA Prize Winners 2018 - 2019

Click Here for Prizes Awarded at the 2019 AGM

Last updated : 16th Oct 2020 09:24 BST

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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

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

Last updated : 4th Aug 2021 12:57 BST

NEXT EVENT

LINCOLNSHIRE CONTRACT BRIDGE ASSOCIATION

County swiss Pairs championship

Dunholme Village Hall, Honeyholes Lane, Dunholme, LN2 3SU

Sunday, 19th September 2021, 1:00pm

Last updated : 4th Aug 2021 12:57 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

10th Jul 2021

Northern Bridge League: Fixture 1/4

20th Jun 2021

MCOL v Staffordshire & Shropshire

6th Jun 2021

Corwen Trophy Overall

Calendar

21st Aug 2021

Northern Bridge League: Fixture 2/4

Realbridge 11:00am

18th Sep 2021

Northern Bridge League: Fixture 3/4

Realbridge 11:00am

19th Sep 2021

County Swiss Pairs Championship

Dunholme Village Hall 13:00

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Waitrose Trophy
NORTHERN COUNTIES BRIDGE LEAGUE
EBU SUMMER SENIORS SWISS PAIRS
ALFORD FRIMFOLK
MIDLAND COUNTIES LEAGUE
VIRTUAL LEAGUE
MENS & LADIES PAIRS
INTER-COUNTY CALENDAR
LOCKDOWN SURVEY
ALL COMERS PAIRS
ON-LINE BRIDGE EVENTS

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association

At its Annual General Meeting of Members at
Dunholme Village Hall, 26 Honeyholes Lane, Dunholme, LN2 3SU on Sunday 1st August 2021

The following members were approved to serve on the Management Committee:

Chairman Paul Wokes
Vice-Chairman Roy Brixton
Secretary Cathy Platt
Treasurer Mike Llewellyn
Competitions Secretary Glynn Elwick
Alford BC                                                    Mark Wardell (Interim til Club AGM)
Boston BC                                                  Sue Gray
City of Lincoln BC Anthony (Cos) Corry
Falconer BC                                               Cathy Platt
Horncastle and District BC                     To Be Confirmed
Heighington BC                                        Fred Myers
Louth Central BC                                      To Be Confirmed
Louth Duplicate BC                                  Maria Vietri-Nelson
Market Rasen BC                                     Sue Barraclough
Pinchbeck BC                                            Fred Davis
Scunthorpe BC Roy Brixton (Interim til Club AGM)
Welton BC                                                Andy Tomlinson

Last updated : 1st Aug 2021 17:03 BST

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%

Due to the Covid pandemic, there was no winner in 2021

Please notify the webmaster if you achieve a contending score.

Last updated : 1st Aug 2021 17:02 BST

NORTHERN COUNTIES BRIDGE LEAGUE

The Northern Counties Bridge League involves 6 teams: Yorkshire (1 and 2), Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cheshire, and Lincolnshire. It takes place on 4 Saturdays about a month apart, on the RealBridge platform. The 10^th July was the first round. Each team plays all the others in 8 board matches.
The Lincs first round team was:
Ron Wall and Brian Smith
Mark Wain and Peter Coles
Andy Lewis and Roy Brixton
Kiat Huang and Aaron Hutton
Thanks to all who took part, in particular the last-minute substitutes. It is a tough league and attracts a number of the best players in the North of England. Ron and Brian, and Kiat and Aaron managed positive cross IMPs scores, which is a good result, but did not prevent Lincs being placed at the bottom of the league table. Full results are at:
https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwop/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20210710_3&club=adamwiseberg

Rodney

Last updated : 13th Jul 2021 08:34 BST

EBU SUMMER SENIORS SWISS PAIRS

Congratulations to Graham Marshall, partnered by James Bond, for winning the 2021 EBU Summer Seniors Swiss Pairs event on 10th July. In a strong field Graham and James won six of their seven matches, including an impressive 19-1 win against senior international Paul Hackett and his partner John Sansom. Graham and James finished 8 victory points ahead of the field.

Well done to you both!

Last updated : 11th Jul 2021 13:16 BST

ALFORD FRIMFOLK

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It may have escaped some members notice, that a Lincolnshire-based team, the Alford Frimfolk, have been making excellent progress through the divisions of the EBU Lockdown League, hosted on BBL. ..........

Last updated : 8th Jul 2021 17:51 BST

MIDLAND COUNTIES LEAGUE

Thanks to all involved in this match and throughout the whole MCOL season. Due to a stomach bug I was feeling very fragile yesterday, so special thanks to Chris for playing as super-sub at very short notice with a partner he has never met and only 5 minutes system discussion on the phone before the game. Also thanks need to go to the Staffs and Shropshire team who gave considerable help with match setup and were very friendly throughout.

The amazing result by the division 1 teams mean that we avoided a last place finish in one of the three divisions. Full league tables are at https://www.ebu.co.uk/results/leagues/00462502-000006-01

It is also good to see Lincs players at or near the top of the cross-imps rankings (pair results compared to all others pairs from the 8 teams). In stanza 1, Jane Brown and Ken Thomas were top and other Lincs pairs not far behind https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoo/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20210620_1&club=midlandcc

In stanza 2, Kiat Huang and Jackie Pfister took the top spot https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoo/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20210620_2&club=midlandcc

In stanza 3, Brian Smith and Ron Wall took the second position with an astonishing average of +4.38 Imps/board https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoo/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20210620_3&club=midlandcc

Stanza 4 had no Lincs stars, but respectable performances https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoo/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20210620_4&club=midlandcc

Division 1

Chris Barnard & Edward Harris

Ron Wall & Brian Smith

89-30 (+59)

Kiat Huang & Jacqueline Pfister

Roy Brixton & Andy Lewis

90-41 (+49) Overall +108 or VPs 20-0

Division 2

Richard Tupper & Peter Sharman

Cos Corry & Bill Crymble

29-62 (-33)

Mark Wain & David Hall

Peter Jackson & Ian Barnes

35-72 (-37) Overall -70 or

VPs 3-17

Division 3

Louise Lewis & Patricia Donaldson

Janet Sharman & Katy Lishman

32-104 (-72)

Rose Davey & Tina Page

Jane Brown & Ken Thomas

51-57 (-6) Overall -78 or

VPs 2-18

Rodney

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Last updated : 21st Jun 2021 17:37 BST

VIRTUAL LEAGUE

Season 3 of the Virtual League has now been completed and all those who participated enjoyed their matches. Congratulations to The Woldies who finished well ahead of second equal placed Rueful Rabbits and The Iron Men in Division 1, and to Revolution, closely followed by Lazy Bones in Division 2. Thanks to all those players who entered the event. Results can be seen HERE. We shall now take a break from the league and perhaps consider re-starting again in the Autumn.

Last updated : 10th Jun 2021 08:56 BST

MENS & LADIES PAIRS

Overall winners and winners of the Sydney Vincent Cup were Margaret Mcleod and Megan Williams. Well Done!

In second place overall and winners of the Vincent Cup were Mark Wardell and Kiat Huang. Well Done!

Last updated : 20th May 2021 08:21 BST

INTER-COUNTY CALENDAR

Click this link

Last updated : 30th Apr 2021 22:18 BST

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.

Last updated : 27th Feb 2021 09:16 GMT

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.

Last updated : 15th Mar 2021 22:24 GMT

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 ()

Last updated : 10th Nov 2020 09:28 GMT

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