The Garden Cities is a competition for clubs, who select a team of eight from their membership. The regional final for our area was held at Leicester on 10th May with Lincolnshire being represented by the Louth Bridge Club team consisting of - Mark Wardell, Jacqueline Pfister, Janice Troughton, Mary Jo Mangion, Edward Harris, Kiat Huang, Rodney Mitchell and Glyn Jackson. The team finished 2 equal with the team from Cambridgeshire (Peterborough) and just behind the winners, Warwickshire (Coventry). Full results are on the EBU website. The Louth team qualify as one of 8 teams to play in the national final on the 7th June.

The whole team contributed to what was a very successful day.

It was a weekend enjoyed by all and a welcome success for Lincolnshire bridge.

WELL DONE TEAM

THE WINNER OF THE BILL PARSONS MEMORIAL SHIELD FOR THE MOST IMPROVED NGS IN 2024 IS

Alan Balcombe

JANICE PRESENTED THE SHIELD TO Alan AT THE AGM

THE WINNERS OF THE JOHN BROUGHTON MEMORIAL SHEILD FOR 2024 ARE

LIZ ROTHWELL AND BERNARD PLUMB 

WITH AN AVERAGE SCORE OF 63.29%

CONGRATULATIONS LIZ & BERNARD

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING WINNERS OF OUR 2024 CLUB COMPETITIONS

Monday League - Mark Wardell with an average of 59.97%

Wednesday League - Jackie Pfister with an average of 56.02%

Friday League - Mark Wardell with an average of 62.19%

Individual League - Mark Wardell with an average of 61.38%

Pairs League - Jackie Pfister & Mark Wardell with an average of  61.38%

Masterpoint League - Jackie Pfister with 1838 Masterpoints

John Broughton Memorial Shield - Liz Rothwell & Bernard Plumb with an average of 63.29%

Bill Parsons Memorial Shield - Alan Balcombe

WELL DONE EVERYONE  

Full results can be found on the Website under Competitions tab

The EBU is pleased to encourage and reward members who have been performing well with Masterpoints which lead to a promotion in rank.

      LDBC wish to acknowledge Members who achieve a promotion in rank 

Congratulations to all members listed below who have attained a promotion during July, August and September 2025

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Promotion to National Master
Keith Stewart
Promotion to 2 Star Master
Pamela Cutts
Promotion to District Master
Greg Boni
Promotion to Club Master
Christine Harrison
John Moody
Promotion to Local Master
Christine Symonds
Tim French

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