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| LMBA Congress July 16-17 2022 |
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| In Memoriam - Tony Clark |
We are sad to report the death of Tony Clark, after a long illness with dementia, on Friday 15th April. Tony was a long-term member of the London Duplicate Bridge Club and at one time was a very regular tournament player achieving many successes in partnership with Steve Burton, who pre-deceased him.
The funeral will be on Thursday 12th May at 13.15 pm at the Hastings Cemetery and Crematorium.
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| What else is happening? |
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| Kent Swiss Teams on RealBridge |
May 22nd, 11 am |
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Oxfordshire & Berks / Bucks
Green Pointed events on RealBridge
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June 18, 26 11 am |
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| London Swiss weekend - Pairs & Teams |
July 16, 17 2022 |
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| Winners - Cafe Bridge Tonsleys |
Congratulations to the winners Agnes Wesseling & Niels van der Gaast and the runners up Susan Behrman & Malcolm Morris.
 
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| Winners - Garden Cities Qualifier |
Congratulations to the team from the West London Gay BC who won the London qualifier for the Garden Cities. Well done to: Andrew Conway, Frances Motture (Liew), Neill Harcus, William Hotopf, Matt Harman, Kevin Robins, Matthew Hendrickson and Sam Nim.
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| Lederer 2022 Winners |
Congratulations to team Harris (L-R: Ola Rimstedt, Mikael Rimstedt, Jonathan Harris, Steve Root, Dennis Bilde and Zia Mahmood) who won this year's Lederer after a dramatic finale. Scores and more details on the Lederer site.
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| London Teams of Four - Qualifier and Final Results |
 
Congratulations to the top two teams in the recent London Teams of Four. The winners (l-r) were the team of Ollie Burgess, Sarah Bell, Susanna Gross and Mike Bell. Runners-up were Kevin Castner, Phil King, Stefano Tommasini and Ben Norton. Full results at: https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoo/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20220130_1&club=lmba
The play off was won by Team Castner by 28 imps. They take home the trophy and are qualified to represent London in the Pachabo Cup.
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| London Congress 17-18 July 2021 |
 
The London Green Pointed weekend was a great success. with 60 pairs on Saturday and 12 teams on Sunday. A huge thank you to Gary Conrad who ran the event on RealBridge. Congratulations to the winners:
Pairs: Norman Selway & Kay Preddy, James Thrower & Henry Rose - tied on 103 VPs
Teams: Nick Stevens & Clive Owen, Trevor Ward & David Kendrick - 107 VPs
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| Bridging Academia, Policy and Practice - online onference |
An international bridge conference 28 June – 1 July 2021
The conference has eight sessions across four days, plus two playing sessions, a conference pairs tournament and a bridge taster for first-timers. (Attendance at other sessions is not a condition of registering for either the tournament or the bridge taster.)
Each day has its own theme:
- Day 1: Bridge as a Mindsport
- Day 2: Digital Bridge: Opportunities and Challenges
- Day 3: Healthy Ageing, Intergenerationality and Gender
- Day 4: Education, Development and Marketing
For more details, click here.
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| Don't miss the Home Counties League results |
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| London Winners - Congratulations |
  
Congratulations (somewhat belated, apologies) to Nick Sandqvist & Nathalie Shashou, Glyn Liggins & Andrew Dyson who won the London Teams of Four for the Ian Gardiner Trophy in January.
Congratulations also to the winners of the Championship Pairs in March, Chris Duckworth and Brian Callaghan.
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| London Championship Pairs |
Twenty pairs competed in the LMBA Championship Pairs on Sunday 13th. March 2021.
The 4 pairs who qualified to represent London in the Corwen are:
Chris Duckworth & Brian Callaghan
Nick Sandqvist & Nathalie Shashou
David Newman & Chris Brewin
Gad Chadha & Stephen Lee
In addition Qian Li & Tony Ye are also entitled to represent London in the Corwen as a 5th pair because they won the Championship Pairs last year and there was no Corwen last year.
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| LONDON TEAMS OF FOUR For the Ian Gardiner Trophy (Qualifier) |
Eight teams competed on 31st January for the chance to represent London in the Pachabo. The event was held online on Realbridge, and was greatly enjoyed by the players. The winners were Nick Sandqvist 's team (Nick Sandqvist, Nathalie Shashou, Glyn Liggins & Andrew Dyson) on 143.5 imps, while the second place was claimed by Tim Leslie's team (Sarah Bell, Mike Bell, Tim Leslie, Tom Townsend & Kieran Dyke) with 124 imps. The two teams will now compete head head to decide who gets the trophy and represents London in the Pachabo Cup.
Many thanks to David Emerson for directing and Jon Lillycrop for help with the scoring..
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| London Mixed Pairs - results |
 The London Mixed Pairs event on Sunday 13th September 2020 was held on BBO and was greatly enjoyed by the participants. The winners were Jules Davidoff & Carla Sidney-Woollett with 57.38%.
Full results may be found here
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| ONLINE Green Pointed Swiss Teams results |
This was very successful with 21 teams. The winners were all from the Anorykatis family - Sam & Venetia,Theo & Harry.
Click here for the full results.
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| Club TD courses coming up |
Course information and full course calendar can be found here : http://www.ebedcio.org.uk/td-training
If anyone has any queries they should email Richard Banbury: richard@ebu.co.uk
Delegates are welcome from both affiliated and non-affiliated clubs.
Individuals can book online via the MyEBU page of the EBU website (and then Utilities/courses). Clubs can book on behalf of their members by emailing Richard Banbury (at the above address.
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