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A blast from the past

Ever wondered what Mr Ely Culbertson looked and sounded like? Watch this short clip from the early 30s.

Note his name is pronounced "ee-lee"

MCBA Officers and Committee 2019/20

President: Paul Wilson

Vice Presidents: Jill Feldman & Gulab Shah

Chairman: Peter Hasenson

Vice Chairman: Harish Patel

Treasurer: Pradip Shah

Secretary: Debra Kleinman

Committee: Gary Diamond, Irene Fine, Lyn Fry, Harold Schogger,

Lewis Selby, Jacqui Tobias, Tony Waterlow

EBU Shareholders:

Peter Hasenson, Harold Schogger

New EBU club director training course in early 2020

A new EBU club director training course has been set up to be hosted at Richmond BC, all taking place Jan to Mar 2020. The dates for the 4 days are as below. Timings are 10.30 to 4.30 each day.

Jan 18^th: How to run a club duplicate

Feb 1^st : Day 1 Book rulings

Feb 29 : Day 2 Book & Judgement Rulings

March 21^st : Assessment

Course information and full course calendar can be found here : http://www.ebedcio.org.uk/td-training email richard@ebu.co.uk

Watch 1983 TV Series “Master Bridge” on YouTube

Master Bridge was a TV series created and produced in England. It was broadcast on Channel 4 Television in 1983. Eight top bridge international players compete in an individual tournament, changing partners each round.
They are: Omar Sharif, Rixi Markus, Martin Hoffman, Zia Mahmood, Jeremy Flint, Robert Sheehan, Jane Priday and Irving Rose.

Bridge Warehouse

EBU Videos for TDs

New The EBU has created a series of videos featuring Gordon Rainsford to help club Tournament Directors deal with some of the more commonly occurring situations.

There are seven videos in the series: http://www.ebu.co.uk/laws-and-ethics/td-videos

Introduction
The revoke
Opening lead out of turn
Unintended call
Insufficient bid
Call out of turn
Misinformation

Please remember that if one of these situations arises, you should, as a player, always call the director, and not try to sort this out yourself.

Update your record

Middlesex is keen to contact members by email. We do this using the EBU database of members records. It maybe that your record is not up to date.

You can check it and amend it by going the the EBU website. Click here.

You will need your EBU number and password. You can obtain a password by clicking the "forgot password" box from the EBU if you don't have it.

Latest

The EBU National Grading Scheme is available here

EBU tournament page can be found here

Release 2.19m

The 2019 congress dates are Sat 30 Nov and Sun 1st December

Winners and Results Events coming up and ongoing

Metropolitan Cup 2019 A Division

Congratulations to Surrey - Winners of the A Division

Last updated : 5th Oct 2019 16:38 BST

Metropolitan Cup 2019 B Division

Congratulation to London - Winners of the B Division

Last updated : 5th Oct 2019 16:38 BST

Metropolitan Cup 2019 C Division

Congratulations to Berks and Bucks - Winners of the C Division

Last updated : 5th Oct 2019 16:39 BST

World championships now over

Congratulations to Nevena Senior and Nicola Smith on winning a bronze medal in the Venice Cup. The whole team being: Heather Dhondy & Nevena Senior; Catherine Draper & Gillian Fawcett; Nicola Smith & Yvonne Wiseman; NPC: David Gold; Coach: David Burn

And to the Seniors, who won a Silver Medal. John Holland & Alan Mould; David Muller & Malcolm Pryor; David Kendrick & Trevor Ward; NPC: David S Jones

If you just want to see summary match results, see the EBU home page. Photographs and a list of all the winners can be found in the final bulletin.

Last updated : 5th Oct 2019 17:56 BST

Middx Players do well at Eastbourne - Summer Congress

Harold Poster Cup (results)

Andrew McIntosh (winner, with partner Andrew Black) (photo link)
Lynton Stock (third, along with partner Alex Hydes), Shahzaad Natt & Ian Pagan (sixth), Catherine Seale (joint 8th, along with partner David Gold)

Rob Corrie and Howard Ludlow came 22nd and were the highest placed pair in the 'B' Stratification.

Four Stars A (results)

Simon Cope (third)

Four Stars B (results)

Artur Malinowski & Waseem Naqvi (winners, along with teammates Hussain Ali and David Herman)

Jerry Harouni & Ray Robinson (third, along with teammates Ed Scerri and Gary Jones)

SM One Swiss Pairs (results)

Alex Crystol & Peter Ivanov (second)

Friday Point-a-Board Teams (results)

James Thrower (along with teammates Henry Rose, Alan Hayward, Alan Jarvis)

Mixed Pivot Teams (results)

Waseem Naqvi, Tony Waterlow, Jacqui Tobias (along with teammate Hussain Ali) were second

Todor Tiholov, John Vos, Marusa Gold, Steve Root (were third)

Last updated : 29th Sep 2019 23:35 BST

European Youth Team Championships - two Bronze medals

In this link you can see links to results and the daily bulletins. Don't have time for that? then glance at the EBU home page for highlights www.ebu.co.uk

Last updated : 5th Oct 2019 17:57 BST

Middlesex Cup

Congratulations to Neil Rosen (Captain), Keith Bennett, Simon Cope, Richard Hillman, Martin Jones and Anne Rosen on winning the Middlesex Cup.

They beat Jonathan Harris (Captain), Petar Ivanov, Steve Root and Todor Tiholov in the final by 1 IMP!

Last updated : 29th Sep 2019 23:35 BST

2019 NICLF results

The Inter-County Leagues National Final, held in June 2019 was won by Leicestershire. Middlesex were second, by just one IMP. Well done to the squad:

Steve Root & Jonathan Harris; Todor Tiholov & Marusa Gold; Eduard Malhasyan & Petar Ivanov; Steve Capal & Andrew Sobell

Last updated : 29th Sep 2019 23:35 BST

9th European Open Championships in Turkey

Congratulations to Tom Paske (and teammates Ed Jones, Justin & Jason Hackett, David Mossop & Alex Hydes) on winning the Open Teams at the 9th European Open Championships in Istanbul.

Facebook users can watch a short interview with Tom here: https://tinyurl.com/y6t3o8a9

Link to the daily bulletin, with photos here: http://championships.eurobridge.org/EOC2019/bulletins/bul_13.pdf

Photo Credit: By courtesy of the EBL

Last updated : 29th Sep 2019 23:35 BST

Committee Cup 2019

Congratulations to Lyn Fry (Captain) & Lizzie Godfrey, Shireen Mohandes and Andy Bowles on winning the Committee Cup.

Last updated : 29th Sep 2019 23:34 BST

Mixed Pairs 2019

Congratulations to Catherine Seale & Ian Pagan

Winners of the 2019 MCBA Mixed Pairs

Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 14:43 BST

Gentleman's Pairs

Congratulations to Anojan Pothalingam & Ponnampalam Yogeswaran

Winners of the 2019 Gentleman's Pairs

Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 14:53 BST

Ladies Pairs

Congratulations to Barbara Cohen & Janet Cohen

Winners of the 2019 Ladies Pairs

Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 14:54 BST

Cancer Research - 2019

Paul Wilson and Harry Sack receiving their trophies for 2nd place at the final of the annual Cancer Research competition at the Royal National Hotel in London on May 20th 2019.

Click here for results

Last updated : 5th Oct 2019 17:06 BST

Middlesex Championship Pairs - 2019

Congratulations to

Jacqui Tobias & Harold Schogger

Winners of the 2019 Middlesex Championship Pairs

Jacqui Tobias & Harold Schogger 58.95%
Andrew Conway & Rob Corrie 58.35%
Giles Ridger & Natalie Hoff 56.17%
The above three pairs qualify to represent Middlesex at the EBU Corwen Trophy

Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:23 BST

MCBA No Fear Gentle Duplicate - 2019 - Winners

Congratulations to: Pat Fallon & Gaynor Turner

Winners of the MCBA No Fear Gentle Duplicate

Last updated : 5th Oct 2019 17:07 BST

Portland Pairs 2019

Congratulations to Dinah Caplan on winning the EBU Portland Pairs (National Mixed Pairs Championship)
and to Todor Tiholov on finishing second in the 246 pair field.

Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:22 BST

EBU Overseas Congress in Andalucia

Congratulations to:

Pre-Congress Pairs: Paul Walker and Frank Wharton (4th)

Swiss Pairs: Waseem Naqvi (Winner)

Ladies Pairs: Janet Cohen and Sylvie Grant (2nd), Pauline Cohen and Elizabeth Barnard (3rd)

Mixed Pairs: Frank Wharton (3rd)

Pivot Teams (Green): Sylvie Grant & Linda Quigley (overall winners); Pauline Cohen, Elizabeth Barnard, Joanne Waterman (4th)

Pivot Teams (Red Section): Andrea Blaine, Barry Murray, Richard Spencer, Emile Lawy (2nd)

Last updated : 5th Oct 2019 16:58 BST

Seniors Pairs - 2019

Congratulations to: Janet Cohen & Barbara Cohen Winners of the Middlesex Seniors Pairs

Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:39 BST

2018 Middlesex Congress

2018 Middlesex Congress

Swiss Teams

Congratulations to the winners:

Szczepan Smoczynski, Petar Ivanov,
Ali Ahmed & Todor Tiholov

1^st Szczepan Smoczynski, Peter, Ivanov, Ali Ahmed & Todor Tiholov

2^nd Harry Asher, Geoff Foley, Frank Wharton & Paul Walker

3^rd= Catherine Seale, Shahzaad Natt, Alan Kay & Dave Walker

3^rd= Anne & Neil Rosen, Kay Preddy & Michael Hampton

5^th Chris Duckworth, Jackie Fairclough, Graham Orsmond & Susanna Gross

Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:26 BST

Red Sea International Bridge Festival

Avi Amar and Sharon Winton came 3rd in Mixed Pairs (results)

Gill & Lynton Stock were 9th in Open Pairs - Final A (results)

Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:35 BST

Middlesex Congress

2018 Middlesex Congress

Swiss Pairs

Congratulations to the winners:

Tim Nash & Mark Westley

1^st Mark Westley & Tim Nash 120 VPs

2^nd= Giles & Gabriel Ip 102 VPs

2^nd= Michael Byrne & Toby Nonnenmacher 102 VPs

4^th Wynne Gifford & Jenny Gray 101 VPs

5^th=Stephen Brown & Stefan Syplywczak 99 VPs

5^th= Jeffrey Allerton & Philip Wood 99 VPs

7^th Dennis Valtisiaris & Piers Gozobuyukoglu 96 VPs

8^th= Adrian La Chapelle & Mark Hill 95 VPs

8^th=Giles Ridger & Natalie Hoff 95 VPs

8^th=Andrea Blaine & Barry Murray 95 VPs

130 Pairs entered

Last updated : 27th Nov 2018 01:29 GMT

Metropolitan Cup 2018

Middlesex win the A Division of the Met Cup!

Well played Jonathan Harris (Captain) & Steve Root, Niall Igoe & Shahzaad Natt, Steve Capal & Andrew Sobell, Todor Tiholov & Petar Ivanov
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Other Middlesex Team Performances @ Met Cup 2018

‘A’ Division (10 teams)

Lyn Fry (Capt.) & Ian Pagan, Harold Schogger & Frank Wharton, Waseem Naqvi & Gerald Haase, Pauline Cohen & Gail Hoffman (7^th)

‘B’ Division (9 teams)

Rob Corrie (Capt.) & Anojan Pothalingam, David Arundel & Vic Martin, Trevor Morris & Vanessa Clarke, Irene Fine & Saleem Sachak (4^th)

Stuart Haring (Capt.) & Judy Haring, Denise Miller & Janet Cohen, Barbara Cohen & David Hope, Kavinthan Vickneswaran & Aniket Chakravorty (8^th)

‘C’ Division (9 teams)

Gary Diamond (Capt.) & Trupti Shah, Nick Bryant & Ken Kentea, Harry Ashar & Azad Husein, Ratnaverl Murugesu & Ponnampalam Yogeswaran (2^nd)

Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:37 BST

Middlesex League

Congratulations to: Uday Hegde, Jerry Harouni, Ray Robinson, Steve Root

Winners of the 2017/18 Middlesex League Division 1

Mike Christie, Vic Washtell, Barbara Cohen, Giles Ridger

Winners of Division 2

Gary Diamond, Paul Phillips, Russell Tenzer, Joanne Waterman, Jeff Hartstone, Murray Leader

Winners of Division 3

Last updated : 5th Oct 2019 18:05 BST

Achievements of Middlesex Junior Members

Jonathan Clark & Kripa Panchagnula have won the Under 26 Championship Pairs held on 8th - 9th September 2018.
Both went to Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School.

Kripa Panchagnula has been awarded Young Player of the Year for 2017

Last updated : 5th Oct 2019 17:09 BST

CONGRATULATIONS TO......

2019

Andrew McIntosh & Peter Hasenson (NPC) on winning the Camrose for the English Bridge Union

Andrew Conway & Rob Corrie on winning the EBU Life Masters Pairs for the second year in a row

Neil Rosen on winning the EBU National Point-a-Board Teams

2018

Artur Malinowski on winning the Swiss Teams at the EBU London Year End Congress

Alexander Allfrey on winning the EBU Premier League D1 for the third year in a row

Gill Stock & Shazaad Natt on winning the Satalite Pairs at the EBU Autumn Congress

Catherine Seale, David Gold & Tom Paske on winning the Sussex Cup at the EBU Autumn Congress

Simon Cope on winning the BGB Gold Cup

Ian Pagan on winning the BGB Silver Cup

Waseem Naqvi on winning the EBU Overseas Congress Swiss Pairs

Gary Diamond & Russell Tenzer on winning the Suffolk CBA Felixstowe Congress Championship Pairs

Nicola Smith on winning a Silver Medal in the McConnell Cup, the World Women's Team Championship

Alexander Allfrey & Tom Paske on winning a bronze medal in the Rosenblum Cup, the World Open Team Championship

Ian Pagan on winning EBU Crockford's Cup

Artur Malinowski on winning the 4 Stars Teams at the EBU Summer Festival

Artur Malinowski & Neil Rosen (NPC) on representing the England Open team at the European Championship. The team finished 7th and thereby qualified for the Bermuda Bowl World Championship in Sanya, China in 2019

Nevena Senior & David Burn (Coach) on representing the England Women's team at the European Championships. The team finished 5th and thereby qualified for the Venice Cup World Championship in Sanya, China in 2019

Shazaad Natt on winning the EBU Spring Bank Holiday Championship Pairs & Swiss Teams

Nevena Senior on winning the EBU Spring Bank Holiday Swiss Pairs

Alexander Allfrey on winning the EBU Shapiro Spring Foursomes for the third year in a row

Richard Hillman on winning the EBU London Easter Swiss Pairs

Simon Cope on winning the ACBL Silodor Pairs at the Spring North American Bridge Championships

Nevena Senior on winning selection for the England Women's team for the 2018 European Championships in Ostend in June

Waseem Naqvi & Tony Waterlow on winning the EBU Premier Grand Masters Pairs

Andrew Conway & Rob Corrie on winning the EBU Life Masters Pairs

Simon Cope & Tom Paske on winning the EBU National Point-a-Board Teams

Artur Malinowski on winning selection for the England Open team for the 2018 European Championships in Ostend in June

Last updated : 22nd Jun 2019 15:21 BST

Middlesex Congress

The 2019 Middlesex Congress will take place at JFS, The Mall, Kenton, HA3 9TE
300 free car parking spaces

Saturday 30^th November 2019 Green Pointed Swiss Pairs

Sunday 1^st December 2019 Green Pointed Swiss Teams

Both days starting at 12:00 noon

* New for 2019 * 8 x 6 Board Matches

£25.00 per player per day, £12.50 for under 26s, £5.00 for under 16s

Complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits 11:00-17:30

Online entry now open

Play bridge this Autumn - Swiss events, and new event

- EBU event 18, 19, 20 October (Daventry)

- Blue pointed events at Enfield, Sunday 10th November 2019

- Surrey Blue Pointed Swiss Teams, 10 November - see www.bridgewebs.com/surrey

- Middlesex Weekend - Saturday 30 November, and Sunday 1st December (see left)

- New Dolphin League

- And more, see the boxes below

Please visit the county bridge association sites for more information, The EBU calendar is also a good source.

Dolphin League for less experienced players

Middlesex is running a new Dolphin League for less experienced players who would like to try their hand at Teams of Four, the fairest form of bridge.

Matches will be played over 7 months from September 2019 in players houses (or a bridge club) and you will be expected to play 5-6 matches during that period. Each match will be between 12 and 16 hands during an evening (to be agreed by the teams on the night).

Teams can register of up to 6 players. The winners of the league will be presented with trophies. Please register your team by 25th August 2019.

Once we know how many teams are taking part there will be demonstration teams explained at Harold Schogger's house in Edgware at the beginning of September - Date to be confirmed.

If you would like to play in this league please email schogger@haroldschogger.com by 25th August 2019

Enfield Duplicate Bridge Club - Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs

Enfield Duplicate Bridge Club are holding a Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs Event

(1st Prize £250, 2nd Prize £100) on

Sunday 10th November start time 1:30pm

Click here for details.

The 2019 London Duplicate Bridge Club Championship Pairs in memory of Dorothy Shanahan

London Duplicate Bridge Club invites you to play in The 2019 London Duplicate Bridge Club Championship Pairs in memory of Dorothy Shanahan (1915 – 2007)

Saturday 12th October 2019 at 12:00pm

The Civil Service Club Great Scotland Yard London SW1A 2HJ (Near Trafalgar Square)

Entry £12 per person Prizes: 1 st Prize: £100 and the Shanahan Trophy 2nd -5th Prizes 36 boards will be played with a 60 minute break in the middle.

36 boards will be played with a 60 minute break in the middle. There is a fully licensed bar which will be open throughout the day. It also serves very reasonably priced coffees, teas,
sandwiches and bar meals.
A 3-course dinner will be available at the end of play. Please indicate when registering if you wish to have dinner.
As numbers are restricted please register early by emailing shanahan.trophy@gmail.com
If you do not have a partner but would like to play, please email to let us know and we will do our best to pair you up.
We look forward to welcoming you to the London Duplicate Bridge Club.

Results

28th Sep 2019

Met Cup 'B' X-IMP Pairs

28th Sep 2019

Met Cup 'C' X-IMP Pairs

28th Sep 2019

Metropolitan Cup 'B' Results

28th Sep 2019

Metropolitan Cup 'C' Results

28th Sep 2019

Metropolitan Cup A results

28th Sep 2019

Metropolitan Cup A XImps Overall

6th Jun 2019

Committee Cup

28th Apr 2019

Mixed Pairs Final

Director: Richard Banbury

14th Apr 2019

Ladies Pairs and Gents Pairs

Director: Ian

31st Mar 2019

Championship Pairs Final

Director: Richard Banbury

Calendar

30th Nov 2019

Middlesex Congress Swiss Pairs

TBC

1st Dec 2019

Middlesex Congress Swiss Teams

TBC

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