COMPETITIONS 2026-27
Ron Ion Trophy 2026-27
This will include Wednesday so an additional round will be required this year.
Bruce Individual 2026-27
Will include Wednesday players so competition will be expanded.
Rickard Individual 2026-27
Will look to include top players from Wednesdays
Friday Scratch 2026-27
Competition as normal
Friday Handicap 2026-27
Competition as normal
Slammer of the Year 2026-27
This year Wednesday sessions will also count however it will not be a players cumulative number. It will only be your highest number of slams from either Wednesdays or Fridays whichever the greater.
Most Improved Player 2026-27
This year the most improved player will include those that play Wednesdays so all scores for both days will count
Upside Down Cup 2026-27
Teams to be decided
Myrtle Cottage Cup 2026-27
This year scores from both Wednesdays and Fridays will count but still your first score.
Wednesday Scratch 2026-27
Wednesday Handicap 2026-27
COMPETITIONS 2025-26
Ron Ion Trophy 2026
The Semi Finals have been completed with Barry and Kathleen winning against Amanda and Paul. with David and Christine winning against Caro and John.
The final will be sometime in June.
Bruce Individual
The Final is between Conrad and Alison Simons who will be partnering with John and Caro to decide the individual winner.Good Luck.
Congratulations to Conrad for winning the final suggest you buy John Heath a pint!
Rickard Individual
Well done to Ron with a great score of 65% on Friday. Trophy to be presented at the presentation party in August.
Friday Scratch
.John and Simon are the winners of this years competition with 59.18%
Friday Handicap
Ron and Chris are this years handicap winners with 50.61%
Slammer of the Year
Brian Pinson will be crowned Slammer of the Year with his 8 slams.
Most Improved Player
Judith is thewinner this year with over a 5% improvement in her average, keep it up.
Upside Down Cup
Sekhars Strollers are this years winners by a whisker from Bim's Bidders
Myrtle Cottage Cup
This years winners are Conrad and Alison who beat Brian and Judith.
Adjusted scorees were
56.86 v 46.60
Well done Conrad & Alison the trophy will have to wait until August and our presentation party (you still get to keep for a year)
Wednesday Group
A word for those playing on Wednesdays.
The winners of the scratch are Simon and Jaro 61.06%
The Handicap winners are Andy and Sekhar 53.7%
Competitions 2024-25
Ron Ion Trophy 2025
The Semi Finals have been completed and the Final will be
George and Tony versus Christine and David
The winners are:-
George and Tony
Myrtle Cottage Cup
The winners this year are Jim and Shirley who beat Tony and Julie in the final match.
Rickard Premier Individual Cup
George Moody and Caro Hunt played the final on 14th March and in a close result George emerged as this years Rickard Premier Individual Cup winner.
The scores were George 55.21 and Caro 52.43. Well done to both of you.
The cup will be presented at the Presentation Party on Friday 15th August
Bruce Individual Shield
The final between Marcus and Bim was played on Frday 21st March and the result was a win for Marcus by 51.04% to 44.57%.
Well done Marcus the shield will be presented in August.
Scratch Pairs Trophy
Simon and John are this years winners scoring 58.19%, with Alaric and Dorothy coming second on 56.7%
Just to remind you of the rules. You need to play 20 sessions to be eligible to win this trophy and also to qualify for next years Rickard Trophy, top 8 pairs qualify.
Handicap Pairs Trophy
Once the pairs that didn't qualify are omitted Bim and Sam are our new handicap champions with 50.84% closly followed by Andy and Sekhar & Alaric and Dorothy joint second on 50.57%.
Just to remind you of the rules. You need to play 20 sessions to be eligible to win this trophy. You cannot win both the Scratch and Handicap.
Slammer of the Year
Amanda and Paul Wilcox are the winners with 10 slams,Conrad, Andy, George and Tony all had 8.
UpsideDown Cup
The winners are
Moody Blues 54.58% (George,Shirley,Philip & Charlotte)
Second place
Tony's Tornados 53.25% (Tony, Chris Richardson, Chris Rickard, Judith)
Most Improved Player 2024/25
Top at present is Marcus Titley with a 15.52% improvement sofar, though final score will be available once the system has generated the May scores.
Competitions 2023-24 season Winners
The final competition has now been completed and the Trophies Cups and Shields were presented at our Summer Presentation Party on Friday 30th August. Plus there is a bonus competition for that event which is the Susan Aldous Memorial Shield. Details are on the website.
Ron Ion Trophy 2024
The winners are Simon and Brian
Rickard Premier Individual Cup
The Inaugural Winner of the Rickard Premier Individual 2024 is Brian Pinson.
Well done to Brian and commiserations to Caro.
Bruce Individual Shield
The Bruce Shield has been completed with the final between two newer members of the Stowmarket Bridge Club. Shirley Terry, recently moved into the area and Stowmarket Bridge School graduate Barry Philips.
Shirley's experience paying off by winning the inaugural competition. Well done Shirley.
Slammer of the Year 2023-24
Amanda Roberts has offered to sponsor the trophy for this competition and the table is now available in "Competition Corner". Alaric and Dorothy are our inaugural winners with an impressive 11 slams.
Most Improved Player 2023-24
Wow, so nearly an upset with Conrad Simons massive jump in the last month BUT.... Paul Wilcox managed to hang on a win by the smallest of margins. Tony Aldous our previous leader had a disappointing last month dropping to third.
The Upside Down Cup
Riley's Rockets, the long time leaders, cruised to victory, well done Sam Wilson, Paul Wilcox, Angela Horner and Captain Simon Riley.
Scratch Pairs
Last month I said it could be close! But not this close! A dead heat between George and Tony and Brian and Simon after their last ditch effort. So we now have Joint Winners. Well done and perhaps next year can be just as close.
Handicap Pairs
Well done to Amanda and Paul for their recent run of good scores culminating in them being crowned Handicap champions. Well done to Chris and Ron for their close second in a very competitive competition.
Myrtle Cottage Cup
The winners of this cup were Dorothy and Alaric
All of these Trophies were awarded at our Presentation Party on 30th August 2024
That's all for now
Andy
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