An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Middlesex County Bridge Association will be held on Zoom on Thursday 01 October 2020, starting at 18:45.

The Annual General Meeting of the Middlesex County Bridge Association will be held on Zoom on Thursday 01 October 2020, starting at 18:50.

Applications for the position of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, Committee Member (10) and EBU Shareholder are now invited.

Nominations to include a proposer and seconder should be sent to the Hon Secretary, Debra Kleinman by email to: middlesex.bridge@gmail.com

The deadline for applications is 17:00 on Wednesday 16^th September 2020.

Following the AGM, the Committee Cup will take place on BBO in the form of a mini Swiss Teams. Online entry now open.

Debra Kleinman

Hon Secretary, MCBA

Tuesday 1st September

1    Maureen Dennison & Harold Schogger

2     Ian Pagan & Lyn Fry

3     Suzanne Obrart & Vanessa Clarke

4     Lew Gray & Annabel Burrows    

5     Diinesh Nathwani & Gary Diamond

Tuesday 25th August.

1. Dinesh Nathwani & Gary Diamond

2. Melvyn Sears & Phillip Tiddy

3. Keith Lawler & Steve Brink

4= Mike Clack & Lyn Fry

4= Peter Hasenson & Harold Schogger

Tuesday 18th August.

1.  Michel and Robot

2.  Lizzie Godfrey and Lyn Fry

3.  Dinesh Nathwani and Gary Diamond

4.  Eugene Hertzman and Giles Duncan 

5.  Harold Schogger and Peter Hasenson. 

Tuesday 11th August.

1=  Lyn Fry and Lizzie Godfrey

1=  Jerry Harouni and Jacqui Tobias

3.  Harold Schogger and Peter Hasenson

4.  Helen O’Keefe and Richard Wilson

5.  Suren Velayuthem and Anojan Pothalingam 

Save the Date

2020 Metropolitan Cup will take place online on Sunday 29th November.

Teams of 8 in A, B & C divisions.

More details to follow shortly.

Ever wonder what goes through the mind of the expert when they are playing? You can read it in books, but how about hearing and seeing in real time?

There are recordings of a number of events here, on a YouTube channel called "Over My Shoulder Bridge"

The YouTube videos are in English, Spanish, Norwegian, Dutch and Hebrew.

The link below is directly to a site that allows you to watch (no login, no fee) a bridge documentary about Alison, a novice, who prepares and plays in her first ever duplicate at the Young Chelsea Bridge Club (YCBC), in London.

Alison is from north London, and you may recognise some Middlesex players in the first half of the episode. You'll see quite a few scenes showing the YCBC.

The intended audience for the series was the general public and it was broadcast on  Channel 4.

This is under copyright, so please keep that in mind and respect the ownership.

Link to the episode:  https://licensing.screenocean.com/record/116857/media_id/801516

Series Name: Movers and Shakers. This episode is called: Dream Contract

We regret to inform you that due to the current and ongoing status of the Coronavirus in the UK and beyond, we have decided to postpone all live bridge events.

We will advise you, if and when, a revised timetable is arranged. Some events may be cancelled altogether, and some might be played at a later date. There are too many uncertainties to make any commitments.

Stay safe. Middlesex County Bridge Association

After a 5-day trial, the team called Pheonix, emerged as winner.

The event they were playing in was the qualification for The World Bridge Games, due to be played in this summer, in August. Of course, with so many issues going on, the event itself  may or may not go ahead.

But let's congratulate the winning team:  

James Thrower, Croz Croswell, Marusa Gold & Todor Tiholov.

James, Marusa and Todor are Middlesex players.

Middlesex Wins the Tollemache!

Congratulations to Neil Rosen (Captain) & Anne Rosen, Steve Root & Todor Tiholov, Ian Pagan & Shahzaad Natt, Keith Bennett & Richard Hillman

Photo: EBU. See here for more.

Kevin Castner's team, winners of the National Point-A-Board comprised:

Phil King, Kevin Castner,Stefan Skorchev,Petar Ivanov, Dessy Malakova 

The team who came third, captained by Anita Sinclair, were:

Peter Crouch, Anita Sinclair, Simon Cope, Tom Paske

Middx players are in red  - well done to all of you.

1^st Sebastian Kristensen & Stefano Tommasini 61.28%

2^nd John Troiano & James Thrower 59.95%

3^rd Szczepan Smoczynski & Marty from Scotland 57.69%

We are saddened to announce the passing of long time Middlesex member Ivor Miller and send our condolences to his family and friends.

Ivor won the Middx Cup 1999, Plate 2008, Committee Cup 2006,

Dorset Cup 1999/2000 & 1995/96, Gentleman’s Pairs 2007/08, 1998/99, 1997/98 & 1992/93,

League 2000/01, 2001/02 & 2002/03

Congratulations to Neil Rosen (Captain), Keith Bennett, Simon Cope, Richard Hillman, Martin Jones and Anne Rosen on winning the 2018/19 Middlesex Cup.

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

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

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