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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" |
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| 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)
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Latest |
The EBU National Grading Scheme is available here
EBU tournament page can be found here
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| 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)
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| Last updated : 13th Aug 2019 22:22 BST |
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| 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
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| Last updated : 15th Jul 2019 09:34 BST |
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| 9th European Open Championships in Turkey |
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| Last updated : 9th Jul 2019 08:45 BST |
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| European Youth Team Championships - two Bronze medals |
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| Last updated : 15th Jul 2019 09:27 BST |
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| 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!
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 14:41 BST |
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| Committee Cup 2019 |
Congratulations to Lyn Fry (Captain) & Lizzie Godfrey, Shireen Mohandes and Andy Bowles on winning the Committee Cup.
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 18:48 BST |
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| Mixed Pairs 2019 |
Congratulations to Catherine Seale & Ian Pagan
Winners of the 2019 MCBA Mixed Pairs
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 14:43 BST |
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| Gentleman's Pairs |
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Congratulations to Anojan Pothalingam & Ponnampalam Yogeswaran
Winners of the 2019 Gentleman's Pairs
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 14:53 BST |
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| Ladies Pairs |
Congratulations to Barbara Cohen & Janet Cohen
Winners of the 2019 Ladies Pairs
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 14:54 BST |
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| 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
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:23 BST |
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| 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.
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:22 BST |
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| Seniors Pairs - 2019 |
Congratulations to:
Janet Cohen & Barbara Cohen
Winners of the Middlesex Seniors Pairs
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:39 BST |
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| 2018 Middlesex Congress |
2018 Middlesex Congress
Swiss Teams
Congratulations to the winners:
Szczepan Smoczynski, Petar Ivanov,
Ali Ahmed & Todor Tiholov
1st Szczepan Smoczynski, Peter, Ivanov, Ali Ahmed & Todor Tiholov
2nd Harry Asher, Geoff Foley, Frank Wharton & Paul Walker
3rd= Catherine Seale, Shahzaad Natt, Alan Kay & Dave Walker
3rd= Anne & Neil Rosen, Kay Preddy & Michael Hampton
5th Chris Duckworth, Jackie Fairclough, Graham Orsmond & Susanna Gross
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:26 BST |
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:35 BST |
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| Middlesex Congress |
2018 Middlesex Congress
Swiss Pairs
Congratulations to the winners:
Tim Nash & Mark Westley
1st Mark Westley & Tim Nash 120 VPs
2nd= Giles & Gabriel Ip 102 VPs
2nd= Michael Byrne & Toby Nonnenmacher 102 VPs
4th Wynne Gifford & Jenny Gray 101 VPs
5th= Stephen Brown & Stefan Syplywczak 99 VPs
5th= Jeffrey Allerton & Philip Wood 99 VPs
7th Dennis Valtisiaris & Piers Gozobuyukoglu 96 VPs
8th= Adrian La Chapelle & Mark Hill 95 VPs
8th= Giles Ridger & Natalie Hoff 95 VPs
8th= Andrea Blaine & Barry Murray 95 VPs
130 Pairs entered
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| Last updated : 27th Nov 2018 01:29 GMT |
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| 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 (7th)
‘B’ Division (9 teams)
Rob Corrie (Capt.) & Anojan Pothalingam, David Arundel & Vic Martin, Trevor Morris & Vanessa Clarke, Irene Fine & Saleem Sachak (4th)
Stuart Haring (Capt.) & Judy Haring, Denise Miller & Janet Cohen, Barbara Cohen & David Hope, Kavinthan Vickneswaran & Aniket Chakravorty (8th)
‘C’ Division (9 teams)
Gary Diamond (Capt.) & Trupti Shah, Nick Bryant & Ken Kentea, Harry Ashar & Azad Husein, Ratnaverl Murugesu & Ponnampalam Yogeswaran (2nd)
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| Last updated : 1st Jul 2019 20:37 BST |
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| 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
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| Last updated : 22nd Jun 2019 15:21 BST |
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| 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
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| Play bridge this summer and Autumn - Swiss events, and new event |
- Bedford 7th and 8th September 2019
- Surrey: 14th and 15th September 2019
- Essex/Herts: 21 and 22 September 2019
- EBU events 5 & 6 October (Leeds), and 18, 19, 20 October (Daventry)
- Blue pointed events at Enfield, Sunday 10th November 2019
- New Dolphin League
- And more, see the boxes below
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| 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.
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| Cancer Research - 2019 |
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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
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| MCBA No Fear Gentle Duplicate - 2019 |
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Congratulations to
Pat Fallon & Gaynor Turner
Winners of the MCBA No Fear Gentle Duplicate
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| Green Pointed Swiss Weekend - SURREY |
Surrey are holding a Green Pointed Swiss weekend:-
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| Green Pointed Swiss Weekend - Herts |
Herts and Essex are holding a Green Pointed Swiss weekend at Wodson Park, Ware, SG12 0UQ:-
Swiss Pairs: 12 noon on Saturday 20th July 2019
Swiss Teams: 12 noon on Sunday 21st July 2019
Open to all EBU members
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| LONDON CONGRESS 2019 - Green Pointed |
London are holding a Green Pointed Swiss weekend:-
Swiss Pairs on Sat 13 July
Swiss Teams on Sun 14 July
Click here for details.
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| Green Pointed Swiss Weekend - Berks & Bucks |
Berks and Bucks are holding a Green Pointed Swiss weekend:-
Swiss Pairs on Sat 22 June 2019.
Swiss Teams on Sun 23 June 2019.
Click here for details.
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| Achievements of Middlesex Junior Members |
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| 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
Entries for 2018/19 now open
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| 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
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Results
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| 28th Apr 2019 |
| Mixed Pairs Final |
| Director: Richard Banbury |
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| 14th Apr 2019 |
| Ladies Pairs and Gents Pairs |
| Director: Ian |
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| 31st Mar 2019 |
| Championship Pairs Final |
| Director: Richard Banbury |
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| 17th Mar 2019 |
| No Fear Gentle Duplicate |
| Director: Tony Staw |
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| 10th Feb 2019 |
| Seniors' Pairs |
| Director: Rob Sassoon |
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| 27th Jan 2019 |
| Club Teams of Eight |
| Director: Mike Green |
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| 2nd Dec 2018 |
| Dorset Cup |
| Director: Gary Conrad |
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| 25th Nov 2018 |
| Middlesex Congress Swiss Teams |
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| 24th Nov 2018 |
| Middlesex Congress Swiss Pairs |
| Director: Rob Gary Richard Mick Satish |
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Calendar
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| 30th Nov 2019 |
| Middlesex Congress Swiss Pairs |
| TBC |
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| 1st Dec 2019 |
| Middlesex Congress Swiss Teams |
| TBC |
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