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| Midlands Counties Congress 3rd - 5th January 2020 |
Green pointed Swiss Pairs and Swiss Teams Level 4 events taking place in Solihull, B91 3EP, click here for a brochure. Also Blue Pointed Pairs and Open teams.
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| Shropshire Congress 25th April 2020 |
Congress to be held at Telford Centre Hotel (ex Park Inn), Telford, TF3 4NA, on 25th April 2020. Congress Secretary: Mrs. Judy Mitchell.
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| Andrew Robson - 31st October |
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Andrew Robson gave a packed out seminar on 31st October 2019 at the Stone House Hotel, ST15 0BQ.
- Morning session 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. After 1 No Trump – Stayman, Transfers, Landy; Bidding bad hands – when a bad hand becomes very useful.
- Afternoon Session 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Listening to the opponents bidding – to find some well-reasoned opening leads; Fourth Suit Forcing – a great convention which is so much more than a stopper-ask.
Some wonderful tips on bidding, declarer play and defence enjoyed by virtually a full house. Missed was the lunch interval supplied by Kath and her team on the last occasion! Many thanks must go to those that provided and set up the tables, bidding boxes and table covers etc who had a very early start. Huge thanks to Kath for organising the day, a great success.
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| Edgar Foster Cups |
Congratulations to Kevin Goode and Peter Cartwright, and Helen and Peter Lees, who finished second and third in the Edgar Foster Cups on Sunday. Sadly, it wasn't quite enough to bring home the trophy, which was lost on a tie-break to Warwickshire. Full results can be seen here. .
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| EGM - Wednesday 9th October at 7:15 p.m |
The AGM was held on Sunday, 1st September 2019. An EGM was held in order to ratify the Proposal by the Committee that the current rate of the county fee paid via P2P should remain at 6p per session per player, which was agreed nem con but without a quorum at the Annual General Meeting held on Sunday 1st September 2019. The motion was passed at the EGM.
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| Bridge Lessons |
Lessons usually start in September. Courses are being run at Newcastle, Oswestry, Shrewsbury Improvers, Stafford, Wolverhampton and Wrekin. Newcastle reports a thriving beginners class. Stafford has an equally popular intermediate class. Click the link here for more details.
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| Summer Sim Pairs - 8th August 2019 |
Three clubs, Oswestry, Stafford and Tettenhall, totalling 26 tables took part in this event. The overall winners were Michael Lucas & Jolanta Coggle playing at Oswestry, second were Rosie & Mike Ingle also playing at Oswestry and third were Geoff Davies & Anne Seymour playing at Stafford. The best placed Tettenhall pair were Cecil Mottram and Brian Huntbatch. Congratulations all.
The next SSCBA sim pairs is planned for Monday 27th January, please put this date in your club calendar now to be sure that all 7 clubs that play on Mondays take part!
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| Dawes Matches |
If you would like to be considered for selection in the team for the 2019/20 season please contact Paul Cutler, 07939 977499.
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| EBU |
The EBU magazine, English Bridge, can be read on line if you do not receive a printed copy. After December 2017 the County News items will no longer appear, either in the on-line extra or in the printed edition, leaving more space for general interest items. Please ensure that you contact the webmaster with any club news that you would like to appear here on the County website.
The minutes of EBU Board meetings are posted on the EBU website. When minutes are approved at a meeting they are moved in to the archive, accessed further down the page.
The EBU's shop has undergone a rebranding and is now called the Bridge Warehouse.
The Summer 2019 edition of the Club Management Focus is out now see - https://www.ebu.co.uk/newsletters/?id=46
Please keep your contact details, including email address, up to date. Also, if you do not need a diary or printed version of English Bridge magazine please opt out to help reduce costs and waste. Go to www.ebu.co.uk/members/v2/, log-in and use the 'my details' tab to update your details and preferences.
The Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2017 is available for purchase. These were introduced at EBU events from the start of August 2017 to coincide with the annual updates to the Blue Book and White Book.
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| EBED |
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The charity English Bridge Education & Development (EBED), set up in 2014, now manages educational programmes and support for teachers, and also provides Tournament Director training for Clubs and Counties. Please check their web site for information on TD and Club Teacher training courses.
SSCBA member Dom Wilson has been appointed as a Trustee from August 1st 2018.
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| EBU Master Point Promotions |
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Congratulations to those SSCBA members promoted in October 2019
| 2 Star Premier Master |
Glyn Pugh |
| 4 Star Master |
Claude H Wilkinson |
| 1 Star Master |
Charles Mellor |
| Advanced Master |
Glenys Hope, Margaret Latham, Jim Sadler |
| Master |
Beryl Metcalf |
| County Master |
Margaret Antrobus, Margaret Ward |
| Club Master |
Simon Whitney |
| Local Master |
Flo Baldwin, Annie Burns, Norma Fradley, Graham Shawcross |
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| Welcome |
 Welcome to Staffordshire and Shropshire Contract Bridge Association (S&SCBA). The area covered by the Association ranges from the Welsh border in the West to Burton on Trent in the East, Newcastle under Lyme in the North to Ludlow in the South. Our objectives are to promote duplicate bridge in the counties, to encourage inter-club, etc., competitions and to employ the funds in the best interests of the game.
The County has teams of eight entered in the Midland League (Dawes, Porter and Markham) and annually enters a team in the EBU Tollemache competition. The Midlands league covers Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire in addition to ourselves. The County also participates in the Edgar Foster Cups and Midland Teams Challenge Bowl, events for the six counties of Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and ourselves.
During the winter months teams of four league matches for County members are held on the second Wednesday of the month, and there is also a team of four knock-out competition. Inter Club Sim Pairs are run regularly, and, various pairs competition events are held annually.
County clubs affiliated to the EBU are Border, Chasetown, Eccleshall, Nantwich, Newcastle, Newport, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton and Wrekin. Wolverhampton Bridge Club became the playing headquarters of S&SCBA in December 2013.
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| Contact Webmaster |
Please email the webmaster with any news, comments and pictures to be included on the website.
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| Club Blue Point Events |
Subject to obtaining an EBU licence clubs are entitled to hold 2 blue pointed events per year, 3 blue points are equivalent to 1 green point.
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Calendar
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| 16th November 2019 |
| Tollemache Qualifier (tbc) |
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| 17th November 2019 |
| Tollemache qualifier (tbc) |
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| 8th December 2019 |
| Dawes vs Warks (home) |
| Wolverhampton 2 p.m. |
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Results
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| 13th November 2019 |
| Staffs League 2nd Div Overall |
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| 9th October 2019 |
| Staffs League 2nd Div |
Director: James Vickers
Scorer: James Vickers |
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