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 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, Eccleshall, Nantwich, Newcastle, Newport, Oswestry, Stafford, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton and Wrekin. Wolverhampton Bridge Club became the playing headquarters of S&SCBA in December 2013.
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| League Results 2022-23 |
The final round of the SSCBA league was completed spot on time on Thursday 11th May 2023 with Paul's team of Paul, David, Geoff and Anne the winners, second Jo's team, Jo, Peter, Tony and Lis who were only just ahead of James' team, James, Keith, Martin and Mike. Would you believe it no substitutes played in these three teams all season! Not quite true, in one match, Mike McGarry subbed for Mike McCartney in one match, The results were close, only 20 VP between 1st and 3rd. Well done all. Any chance of photo ops for any or all of these teams? For full results click here.
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| Newcastle Events |
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Newcastle have a BBO session on a Tuesday evening, starting at 6.30, everybody is welcome – Directed by Martin Aherne, details are on the Newcastle BC website. We have been having around 10 or 11 tables followed by a zoom chat for the beginners /intermediates to talk about interesting hands just been played!
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An online Intermediates course (using Zoom & BBO) has started on a Monday evening, run by Martin, details on the website.
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We have just started a second playing session on a Sunday evening, starting at 6.30, using RealBridge, with around 8 tables so far. This is directed by Neil Morley, details on the website.
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| EBU Master Point Promotions |
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Congratulations to those SSCBA members promoted Jan, Feb and Mar
| 2 Star Regional Master |
Robert Hunt |
| 5 Star Premier Master |
Roy Clifford |
| 5 Star Master |
Geoffrey Neal |
| 2 Star Master |
Trevor Freeman |
| Advanced Master |
John Sanders |
| Master |
Barbara Tams |
| County Master |
Kenneth Davies, Ann Stone, Helena Thompson |
| District Master |
Richard Bryant, Ann Singh |
| Area Master |
Janet Lewis |
| Club Master |
Mary Billington, Gillian Mills |
| Local Master |
Lesley Russell |
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