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 London youngsters at the JTI camp 2023 |
LMBA sponsored children at the JTI camp last weekend. They were absolutely brilliant and had a great time. Three of the six will be joining Alan Shillitoe’s Under 16 squad training sessions straight away, and the little girl and her partner will follow soon.
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| In Memoriam - Peter Burrows |
We are said to report the death of Peter Burrows, who served on the LCCBA Committee (the former name of the LMBA) for several years, including a period as Chairman of the Association in 1981 -1982. Peter was a very active contributor to the work of the County and was a regular contributor to the LCCBA Newsletter. We offer our condolences to his family and friends.
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| Team Edmonds wins Lederer 2023 |
Very well done to Team Edmonds who won on their first appearance at the Lederer. They were never behind in the event and won by a margin of 28 Victory Points.
Scores and photos here.
The winners, Edmonds: (l-r) Piotr Zatorski, Zach Grossack, Jodi Edmonds, Joel Wooldridge, Michal Klukowski:
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| London Members win EBU awards 30 Nov 2022 |
At the recent meeting of the EBU several London members were presented with awards for services to bridge.
  
Heather Dhondy won the EBU Gold Award. Her citation (on the EBU website) reads: 'Heather has already received a Diamond Award in recognition of her playing skills. She has also been very active behind the scenes. A Board member for more than a decade, she has also chaired both the Selection Committee and the Laws and Ethics Committee, the latter co-inciding with the onset of Covid, the take-up of online Bridge and the avalanche of cheating allegations that ensued. She also served as Chair of the Tournament Director’s Development Group. In view of this incredibly wide-ranging contribution to English Bridge, we have no hesitation in presenting her with a Gold Award.' Presenting her with the award is Ian Payn, the chairman of the EBU.
RealBridge (rather the developers - Shireen Mohandes and Graham Hazel!) won the Tony Priday award in 2021, presented in 2022. When the Covid-19 pandemic started and people were flooding onto the existing online bridge platforms, Graham Hazel and Shireen Mohandes recognised the shortcomings of what was then on offer and they used their extensive backgrounds in technology and gaming to provide something that not only addressed those shortcomings but also went far beyond most of our expectations, allowing us in the EBU to run our congresses in ways that are as close as possible to their live equivalents. In doing so they have also played a real role in helping people to play social bridge, often with those in different parts of the world, and in this way they have helped them survive the worst effects of the pandemic. This award is made in recognition of the pivotal role RealBridge has played in providing a really social aspect to online bridge as well as providing serious online bridge events with greatly improved security.
Sati McKenzie was presented with the Dimmie Fleming Award for services to bridge in London, while serving on the LMBA committee.
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 RESULTS: LMBA Congress July 2022 |
PAIRS RESULTS:
1: Steve Lee and Gad Chadha (left photo)
2. Martin Lerner and Nathan Piper
3. Henry Rose and Imogen La Chapelle (right photo)
 
Teams Winners:
1. Gilly Cardiff & Ned Paul and Kath Stynes & Debbie Sandford
2. Richard Plackett & Mia Deschepper and Andrew Dyson & Glyn Liggins
3. Imogen La Chapelle & Henry Rose and Ambrose Holmes-Mackie & Stefano Tommasini
4. Jonathan Jacobs & Andrew Clery and Liz Clery & Paul Huggins
Full results at: https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoq/bw.cgi?club=lmba&pid=display_past
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| Frank To (2.2.1949 – 27.5.2023) |
 We are very sad to report the death of Frank To, who lost his long battle with throat cancer at the end of May.
Frank was a member of the London bridge association for all of his bridge playing career. He played regularly at the Young Chelsea BC almost since its inception and formed partnerships with many YC stalwarts over the years, including Ian Payn, Rob Cliffe and Ian Gardiner, after whom the LMBA London Teams of Four Trophy is named. Frank was particularly pleased to win this trophy in four consecutive years between 2014 and 2017, wins that were in addition to his three earlier victories in the same competition in the 1980s.
Frank achieved many other successes at the bridge table, including winning the Tollemache Trophy four times as a member of the London team. The first of these wins was in 1983 and the last in 2016. The gap in his bridge career was filled by his family - he took a break from serious bridge after he married his second wife, Macille, with whom he had three children – Ainsley, Christopher and Tiffany.
Frank was the kindest and gentlest of people – it would be impossible to find anyone to say a bad word about him. He will be much missed and we extend our sincere condolences to all of his family.
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We are very sad to report the death of Frank To, who lost his long battle with throat cancer at the end of May.
Frank was a member of the London bridge association for all of his bridge playing career. ..........
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| LMBA Congress, Pairs Winners |
Winners Second (Joint) third
Chris Brewin & Brian Kelly
  
Congratulations to Stefano Tommasini and Rodrigo Rosa who won the Swiss Pairs at the 2023 London Congress. They took the lead after match 2 and never lost it after that.
Well done to the other top pairs too: 2nd Martin Lerner and Nathan Piper, Joint 3rd Chris Brewin & Brian Kelly (shown), and Ingar Hansen & Sean Mekie.
Full results
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| Garden Cities 2023 - winners |
Well done to London's Garden Cities qualifiers. The team will represent the Young Chelsea Bridge Club at the Regional Final in May. L to R: Gordon Clark, JohnCox, Alex Hannon,Szczepan Smoczynski, Miu Wong, David Willis, Gilly Cardiff, Fabien Dunlop. Full results HERE
For other recent news click here
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| LMBA Congress Swiss Teams 2023 |
Congratulations to the team of Chantal Girardin, Ken Barnett, Paul Lamford and Stefanie Rohan who won the Swiss Teams at the 2023 London Congress. They were 5 VPs ahead of 2nd placed team of Stefano Tommasini, Rodrigo Rosa, Diana Nettleton and Tom Rainforth. In 3rd, another 5 VPs behind, were Ben Payne, Leila Amoura, Duncan Thomas and James Thrower. All pretty close - well done everyone!
Full results
 
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| In Memoriam - Tony Clark April 2022 |
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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| Lederer Feb 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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