The Jim Davies Swiss Teams will be held on BBO on THURSDAY 7th JULY at 7pm. Format will be 5 x 5 board rounds assigned by running score.

Our most popular, friendly Swiss Teams, usually held at Heswall Village Hall, will, as with last year, be on BBO 

Please sign up as demand from all quarters and beyond the county is sure to be strong. 

Pay on the day as usual for BBO but pre-registration of your team is essential. Full instructions on how to find the event on BBO and how to link up with your partner and teammates will be posted nearer the time.

Just $4 each - payable on the night

Kindly enter your player names (if you wish, you can enter and add/amend as necessary by email to fancydan964@gmail.com

We regret that this year's Swiss Pairs event (22nd May) has been postponed. We are considering a change of date and/or format to increase interest.

County Competitions Update

As a county we have recently struggled to achieve viable numbers entering our competitions and have as a consequence sustained some financial losses. Feedback suggests that the bridge calendar is still very crowded and after 2 years of travel restrictions many are keen to get out and do other things rather than stare at computer screens. In the light of this we have reluctantly taken the decision to cancel a second attempt to run the Merseyside & Cheshire Cup this season. One event is planned before the summer holidays:

Jim Davies Trophy

A single session evening Swiss teams (5 five board matches) online on Thursday 7th July. Entry reserved to those with primary or secondary allegiance to Merseyside & Cheshire. 

County Teams League News

This competition will continue until the end of June and feedback has generally been very positive. We would ideally like more teams to enter in future years and to assist our planning, all captains were invited to participate in a recent survey.

If you wish to offer any suggestions or have any comments to make about county competitions these would be very welcome. Please email either Chris Raymond (drcjr56@gmail.com ) or Simon Anderson (simonand1402@gmail.com ).
 

A short note to inform County members (and others who may be interested) that Deva Bridge Club, situated East of Chester, has made a significant investment in a new Ventilation System. It is now fully operational. We hope that this, along with other improvements, will attract many players to return to F2F Bridge in the near future. It is also the intention of M&CBA to return to this venue very soon for County level events. So, as they say, Watch this space!

Congratulations to our C Division Players for an excellent effort in winning the Division with 242 VPs (60.5%)

Congratulations to those who played in the C Team this season: Judith Sutton, Barbara Serres (who played in all four rounds), Bob James and Stuart Hunter (3), Avril and Keith Thompson (2), Bernard Kaye and Bob Mitchell (2), Ray Nolan and Angie Pinnington, Stuart Hart and Jane Campion, David Smith and Laurence Stone, Peter Richmond and Bill Wattleworth, Richard Allcock and Chris Raymond.

The A Division team finished 4th of 6 with exactly 50% (200 VPs)

The B Division team finished 3rd of 7 with 52% (249 VPs) winning one round of 4.

So, an all round good effort and a Division win to show for the efforts of everyone. 

All results here:

https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwop/bw.cgi?club=adamwiseberg&pid=display_past

Tables here:

http://www.manchesterbridge.org.uk/NBL/r2021.html

Merseyside and Cheshire Bridge League

Latest Update

We have 21 teams signed up and playing in three divisions of seven with the season starting on Monday 13th September. More information is available under the County Teams League tab in the left column. Look out for more updates here as the season progresses and individual match results will be found as they come in on the teams league competitions section of the EBU website:-

 https://www.ebu.co.uk/results/leagues

For any queries about the league, please email Chris Raymond – drcjr56@gmail.com