Winter Handicap Competition 2014 |
Ruth Kim & Judy Wesselbaum on winning the Winter Handicap Competition, played on Monday 1 December: a bottle of wine goes to each of them!
Richard Sills & Viv Stevenson were second, Tünde and Kati third. Click on this box for the full results. Thanks go to Krys for calculating these.
Please note your handicap is calculated on the average of your results over the last year. Non-members are not eligible.
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EBU Seniors Congress |
Sandra and Krys who, playing with a non-Oxfordshire pair, came second (out of 56 pairs) in the EBU Senior Swiss Teams event held on Sunday 2nd November.
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Mixed Pairs competition, Monday 13 October |
Erica & Christopher Sheppard who won the club's Mixed Pairs competition with a score of 65.21%. They were closely followed by Ann Lee & Mike Prew on 65.00%, and Viccy Fleming & Peter Finbow on 64.55%. The winners receive the Binyon Cup and a bottle of wine each.
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British Autumn Sim Pairs - Monday 6 October |
Rod Cook & Jeremy Mitchell who won in fine style with a score of 64.01%. Steph & Steven Bliss were second on 62.54%, and third were Diane Coe & Alison Withers Green on 61.47%. Nationally, the results are slightly different, with Peter Russell & David Bygott in third place. Full national results can be viewed on the EBU website.
Club results on the EBU website
Hand commentary
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Autumn Handicap Pairs 2014 |
Ursula & Clodagh who won the Autumn Handicap Pairs on 29th September with an excellent score of 66.07%. Second were Holly & Viccy on 60.88%, and third Erica & Christopher on 57.64%. The winners receive a bottle of wine each. Click on this box to see the full handicapped results.
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EBED Autumn Sim Pairs, Mon 8 Sept |
Bridget Watson & John Spencer who won last night's Sim Pairs event with a score of 60.57%. Second were Ian Pearson & Trevor Dawn on 59.75%, and third Howard Arnes and Viv Stevenson on 58.73%.
Nationally, the results within the club look slightly different, with Bridget & John first, Ian & Trevor second, and Patrick Hodson & Sara Alden in third place. These rankings may change as more clubs upload their results.
Here is a link to our results on the EBU website:
http://www.ebu.co.uk/sim-pairs/000095/clubs/00210427
Here is the commentary for the hands:
http://www.ebu.co.uk/sims/results/000095/display/commentary/commentary.pdf
This session of the Autumn Simultaneous Pairs was held for the benefit of English Bridge Education and Development (EBED), a new charity focused on supporting the growth of bridge in England.
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Summer Ladder Competition 2014 |
Robert Gasser, who won this year's Summer Ladder Competition: the average of his ten best scores was an excellent 64.16%. Aleks Lishkov was close behind in second place on 63.2%. Krys was third, and Sandra fourth. To view the full ladder results click on Competitions on the left-hand menu. Well done all.
For this competition you have to be a club member and have played at least ten times during the relevant season.
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Summer Ascenders Competition 2014 |
Howard Arnes, the clear winner of the Summer 2014 Ascenders Competition. He improved the average of his ten best scores by 8.77% compared with his ladder average last summer. Very well done also to Anna Rosenberg in second place with 5.55% and Tunde Scott in third with 5.48%.
Only Club Members who played at least ten times in both summer seasons are eligible for this competition.
Click anywhere in this box to go to the full 2014 Summer Ascenders list.
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Brighton Summer Congress |
The many members of Summertown Bridge Club who did well in this year's Brighton Summer Congress. Scroll down this page on the OBA website, and see how many names you recognise!
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British Summer Simultaneous Pairs - 28 July 2014 |
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Midsummer Pairs Competition for the David Bygott Trophy |
Krys and Sandra who won this year's Midsummer Pairs competition for the David Bygott Trophy, with an excellent score of 62.12%. Second were Steven and Steph Bliss on 60.61%, and third were Rita Todd and Rodica Kremnizer on 59.28%. Well done all.
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Summer Handicap Pairs, Monday 30 June 2014 |
John Spencer & Bridget Watson who won the Summer Handicap Pairs competition with a handicap adjusted score of 61.39%. Runners up were Tunde Scott & Kati di Gleria on 57.97%, and third were Ann Lee & Mike Prew on 57.25%. Well done to them too. Click on this box for the full results. The winners receive a bottle of wine each.
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EBU Spring Sim Pairs 12 May 2014 |
Mary-Ann Sheehy & Cathy Rowland who won the EBU Spring Sim Pairs event with a fine score of 67.58%. Second were Diane Coe & Ina Merriman on 66.63%, and third were Howard Arnes & Viv Stevenson on 63.90%. Nationally, the results are slightly different, with Howard & Viv finishing just above Diane and Ina, though the order may change again as more clubs upload their results.
Summertown's results can be found here.
And the commentary is here.
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British Spring Sim Pairs 7 April 2014 |
Aleks Lishkov & Robert Gasser who won the British Spring Sim pairs event with an outstanding score of 71.98%, way ahead of the rest of the field. Second were Tunde Scott & Kati di Gleria on 59.52%, and third Steven & Steph Bliss on 59.2%.
Nationally, the scores are slightly different, with Aleks & Robert still top on 71.47%, but with Lorna Swadling & Rita Todd coming second on 59.63%, and Holly Kilpatrick & Liza Furnival third on 59.03%. These scores are subject to change as more results are uploaded, but Aleks & Robert are currently top in the event as a whole, and likely to stay there.
National results
Commentary
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Spring Handicap Competition, 31 March 2014 |
Tunde Scott & Pauline Grant who won the Spring 2014 Handicap Competition with a handicap adjusted score of 60.34%. Well done also to runners up Howard Arnes & Pat Lewis on 57.3% and Vita
Granelli & Jill Brandini third place with 57.11%. Click on this box for the full results. The winners receive a bottle of wine each.
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Stratified Sim Pairs - 10 March |
Congratulations to Irina and Aleks, who won the Stratified Simultaneous Pairs event with 61.36%. Well done too to Paul Stevenson and Elizabeth, and Rosemary Dorey and Christina coming second and third respectively.
The club results can be found here:
http://www.ebu.co.uk/sim-pairs/000075/clubs/00210427
and the commentary is here:
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Winter Ladder 2013-2014 |
The Winter Ladder has just finished and it's well done to Krys, who has won the ladder: the average of his ten best scores was an impressive 65.33%. Sandra was very close behind in second place on 64.78%, Robert Gasser was third and John Spencer fourth. To see the full results click on 'Competitions' on the left-hand side of the Club website's homepage.
The winner of the Ascender's Prize is once again Krys, who increased the average of his ten best eligible scores from last winter by 7.95%. Sandra was second with 6.94% and Jean & Maggie equal third with 6.47%. All four are well ahead of the rest of the field! Click here for the full list of Ascenders.
For both competitions you have to be a Club Member and to have played at least ten times during the season. In the case of the Ascender's Prize you also have to have played ten times in the winter of 2013/4.
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Abingdon Blue-Pointed Swiss Pairs |
Several Summertown members did well in Abingdon Bridge Club's Blue-Pointed Swiss Pairs competition held on 9 February. In particular, Ruth Kim and Howard Arnes won the non-expert prize, John Deech & partner were second, and Sandra and Krys were fourth. Congratulations to all.
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British Winter Sim Pairs 6 Jan 2014 |
Christopher and Erica who started the New Year off with a bang by winning the Sim Pairs with a very excellent 65.12%. Robert and Krys came second on 64.89%. It couldn't have been closer between third and fourth with Roger and Paul just edging Diane and Alison by 0.01% on 63.14%. Those are the results scored within the 36 pairs playing in the club. Nationally, with a few hundred or thousand pairs playing, the results always look a little different. The top four pairs in the club are currently the same but with Robert and Krys having dropped down to fourth place. Well done to them all. The final percentages and placings may still change as more results are uploaded.
National results
Commentary
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Winter Handicap Competition |
Congratulations to Stuart Scott & Johanna Donkin who won the Winter 2013 Handicap Competition held on Monday 2 December with a handicap-adjusted score of 64.16%. Well done also to Patrick Hodson & Tony Lee who were second on 62.08%, and Ursula Bowler & Rosemary Dorey who were third on 60.74%. The winners receive a bottle of wine each. The full results can be viewed by clicking on this box.
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Oxfordshire County Pairs 2013-2014 |
John Deech playing with visitor Diana Nettleton on a handsome win in our heat of the County Pairs Championship with 67.11%. Well done also to Neil Whiting & Sara Alden on their fine second place with 61.49% and Rod Cook & Annabel Wade in third.
It is expected that approximately the top 50% of the field will qualify for the semi-final on Sunday 2nd February at Oxford Bridge Club. Those who have qualified will be notified in good time. The final is due to take place on Sunday 30 March, also at Oxford Bridge Club.
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Masterpoint Promotions 2014 |
The following members, who have recently attained promotion in the EBU master point rankings. (For an explanation of the ranks click here.):
December 2014:
Kati di Gleria - Three Star Master
David del Nevo - Three Star Master
November 2014:
Viv Stevenson - 1 Star Premier Master
October 2014
Claire MacDonagh - 1 Star Master
September 2014
Judy Wesselbaum - Premier Master
Trevor Dawn - 2 Star Master
Rosalind Sword - Advanced Master
August 2014
Chris Dawe - 1 Star Premier Master
July 2014
Krys Kazmierczak - Premier Life Master
Patrick Hodson - 3 Star Premier Master
Paul Holland - Advanced Master
June 2014
Rita Todd - 3 Star Premier Regional Master
Steven Bliss – 2 Star Regional Master
Robert Gasser – 3 Star Premier Master
Howard Arnes - Premier Master
Betty Dick – 5 Star Master
Judy Wesselbaum – Advanced Master
May 2014
Carol Benzie – National Master
Peter Finbow – 5 Star Premier Regional Master
Ruth Kim – Premier Master
Geraldine Krall – Advanced Master
Matthew Wilkinson – Advanced Master
Ursula Bowler - County Master
March and April 2014:
Aleksandar Lishkov - Premier National Master
Carol Benzie - 1 Star Premier Regional Master
Isabel Pack - County Master
Tom Brus - District Master
Elizabeth FitzGibbon - District Master
Christina Hardyment - District Master
Annabel Wade - District Master
February 2014:
Liza Furnival - 3 Star Regional Master
Paul Stevenson - 1 Star Master
Bill Whaley - County Master
Patricia Kirwan - Local Master
January 2014:
Claire MacDonagh - Advanced Master
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