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EBU's Young Player of the Year 2023
EBU's Young Player of the Year 2023

At the recent EBU AGM on November 29th it was annouced that Imogen La Chapelle had been awarded the above award.  Here is the narrative from the EBU's website:

Imogen's performance over the last year has really stood out amongst the juniors. She made the quarter-finals of World Championships with the U26W team and won a bronze medal with her partner Charlotte Bedford in the European Youth Pairs Championship. She has acted as a fantastic senior partner/mentor for Lottie over the last year also playing with her in the Peebles teams and winning the event. Imogen gave up a lot of time to her partnership with Lottie and was instrumental in their success as a pair. In the 2022 Premier League, Imogen was top of the 3rd division Butler out of those players who played all of the boards. In Poland, at the adult World transnationals 2022, Imogen made the last 32 of the mixed teams and the A semi-final of the mixed pairs. She also achieved a number of impressive results in open mixed events playing with Stefano Tommasini. Finally, Imogen just missed out on a Lady Milne selection finishing a very close 4th place in the trials.

And, as well as all ot that, Imogen is a 3rd year medical student at the UEA and plays league netball twice a week!

Last updated : 16th Dec 2023 11:05 GMT
Barbara Dick-Cleland & Buxton Trophies

The NCBA is held a free double trophy afternoon of bridge at Bawburgh Village Hall on Sunday, 29th October at 1:30pm

Congratulations to the winning pairs,

 

 

Vivi and David Robinson (Barbara Dick-Cleland Trophy) with County President Jan Pooley

 

 

 

Rebecca Moore and Bill Muir (Buxton Trophy) with County President Jan Pooley

 

Last updated : 14th Nov 2023 14:04 GMT
Trish Foster
Trish Foster

Trish sadly passed away on 11th May, surrounded by her family. Born in Kings Lynn, she returned from Nottingham in 2009, to become a driving force at the Kings Lynn Club. Always fun at the table, and apres bridge, she had much success playing in many county and regional events with Peter Clemens, and bridge holidays with Karen Blacklock. A most notable event occurred at a Norfolk Congress, where she won the Ladies Pairs and also a teams event with Karen, and then followed that by winning the Championship Pairs with Tony Graham. She will be sadly missed. Anyone wishing to make a donation should do so to cancer charities (most especially any helping breast cancer sufferers).

Last updated : 15th Jun 2023 10:09 BST
The Norfolk Congress Winners
The Norfolk Congress Winners

  Winners of the Swiss Pairs at the 2023 NCBA Congress, left to right, Chris Mallon and Mike Scoltock

 Runners up in the Swiss Pairs, Stefano Tommasini and Imogen La Chapelle

 Winners of the Congress Teams, Mike Scoltock, Chris Mallon, Catherine Curtis and Paul Fegarty

Last updated : 15th May 2023 21:48 BST
Eight-Week Bridge Course

  An eight week bridge course, suitable for Beginners and Improvers, will be held Downstairs at the Abbey Schoolrooms, Church Street, Wymondham  on Tuesdays through March and April between 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. The 16 hour course costs £50. To book a place or for more information  contact the teacher, John Bailey, on his mobile:07947 861378 or email:johnrbailey@btinternet.com.

Last updated : 12th Apr 2023 15:02 BST
Teach & Play ONLINE with John Barker at Great Yarmouth

Last updated : 25th Feb 2023 15:09 GMT
Internet Bridge

    LINKS TO THESE THREE SITES AND FURTHER DETAILS ARE    



BridgeBase Online: https://www.bridgebase.com/

FunBridgehttps://www.funbridge.com/

Funbridge is a pay-to-play system which you only play against robots. The robots play a form of 2/1 which you need to learn to play against them effectively. Clubs joining Funbridge can run tournaments for their membership, but all players play the same cards against robots and their scores are compared against each other.

BridgeClub Livehttps://www.bridgeclublive.com/BCL_Login_Y.asp

This is a UK based duplicate bridge system available to bridge players worldwide for a subscription of around £7 a month.
You only play against real people on BCL - no robots.
Many of the members on BCL have been on the system for  years - there is a real sense of community and people are generally more civil than on BBO.
BCL players more often play Acol-based bridge.
There is an excellent review facility where you can see all bids and play.
There is a 24-hour daily competition called DIDO through which you can earn EBU online masterpoints - if you play well and have played at least 16 boards.
Your club can register its members so that you can see results from the daily competition for all members in your club that are on the system.
There are other competitions and leagues organised through the year and there is an annual face-to-face event alternating between UK and somewhere overseas.

Last updated : 25th Feb 2023 15:09 GMT