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Congratulations to the Sussex Tollemache team, who reached the final of the toughest inter-county event for the first time since 2007. The team in the qualifier was: Gunnar Hallberg & Oliver Powell, Andrew McIntosh & Stephen Kennedy, Andy Ryder & Mike Allen, Julian Mitchell & Peter Clinch, Christine Jepson & Neil Watts, David Dickson & Matt Read. Andrew Southwell was non-playing captain. The final will be played (either online or live) on the weekend of 20th February.

Peter Clinch

First of all, a big thank-you to everyone who entered today’s event – with special thanks to those in the “playing for under 3 years” category, annotated as NE (Non Expert) in the results.  For the first time ever at this event, over half the field were in the Non Expert category and they certainly did give some of our more experienced pairs a very good run for their money!

Indeed, it was a Non Expert pair, Alison Wood and Gill Southern, who were the winners in the East/West direction with myself and my partner, Doreen O’Dell, in 2nd place.  However, the prize for the highest experienced pair goes to Eileen McNicol and Nick Kerr.

In the North/South direction, the winners were Hazel Ogden and Betty Lecky-Thompson with Mandy Taylor and Janet Crome taking the Non Expert prize as well as being second in this direction overall.

Big congratulations to all the winners.  Many thanks to Peter Clinch and his team for their efficient directing as well as playing occasionally when there were connectivity issues.  Thanks also to Mervyn Wotton for making web-site enhancements for online events.

Depending on how long our Covid restrictions go on, we may arrange another similar event in the New Year!

Helen Kent (Organiser)

82 pairs entered our first major online competition, the Blue-Pointed Swiss Pairs held on Bridge Base Online. It was won by Ros Wolfarth and Gary Hyett, who finished five VPs ahead of Andrew Morris and Chris Phillips, winning all their matches.  Masood Mazhar and David Dickson, who were third, had the highest cumulative match point percentage on the day (and hence gained the most BBO masterpoints).  The "10-high" winners were Sue & Steve Pearce, who finished seventh overall.  Congratulations to them all!

Many thanks are due to Eddie Williams and Stephen Kennedy, who directed the event with their customary skill.

Please note that our online Green-Pointed Swiss (Danish) Pairs is on Sunday 13th December - see below.   Hope to see you there!

Peter Clinch,
(Organiser and SCCBA Tournament Manager)

I'm delighted to confirm that Sussex will be hosting 2 Swiss Pairs events on BBO :-

• at 11 a.m. on Saturday 7th November (Blue-pointed) and
• at 11 a.m. on Sunday 13th December (Green-pointed).

The TD in charge of both events will be Eddie Williams.  We are hoping that both events, which are very reasonably priced at $8 and $12 per player respectively, will be popular with all EBU players, from Sussex and beyond.

Please register online for these events so that we can add your names to the events on BBO.  Payment will be taken on BBO on the day, when you can pay up to two hours before the event starts.

Please note:-

• Both events will be "Danish" style so it is possible that you may face a pair of similar score more than once.
• For the Blue-point event (subject to entry size) we plan to offer a "Ten-high" prize for pairs both of whose NGS is no higher than a 10.
• Both events will have a short break after three of seven matches.
• Robot partnership entries will not be permitted but Robots may rarely be used if players lose connectivity.

If you have any questions, please do contact me at 0751 533 3539 or by email.  On the day, you can also message 'vEBU_SUS' on BBO with any issues you may have.

Looking forward to seeing you at these events!

Peter Clinch
(SCCBA Tournament Manager)

Although we are not playing face-to-face at the moment, an increasing number of Sussex clubs are running online sessions at Bridge Base Online.  If you haven't tried yet, maybe you should consider it.  Most clubs are running sessions for members only (some with guests) - see the attached list.  We will update this list as we receive updates from clubs - the latest additions being 2 extra sessions run by Worthing BC on Mondays and Wednesdays, starting in December.   See each club's website for details of how to join.

Peter Clinch
(SCCBA Tournament Manager)

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