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SCCBA will be holding the following online events :-

• a Blue-Pointed Swiss Pairs on Saturday November 7th,
• a Green-Pointed Swiss Pairs on Sunday December 13th.

Details will follow when available.

Kent CBA will be holding the following events :-

Surrey CBA will be holding the following events :-

• Saturday November 14th (Qualifying) and Sunday November 15th (Final and Consolation)  - Blue-Pointed Swiss Pairs
• Sunday November 15th - Blue-Pointed Swiss Pairs

The teams to represent Sussex versus Gloucestershire on 24th October (1.00pm start) are :-

A Team
> Julian Mitchell and Peter Clinch (c)
> Oliver Powell and Stephen Kennedy
> Mike Allen and Andy Ryder
> David Dickson and Matt Read

B Team
> Chris Jepson (c) and Neil Watts (Res A)
> David Telfer and Peter Burns
> Matt Smith and Mike Keeping
> Martin Pool and Mick Carrington
> Reserves: Duncan Curtis and Andy Morris

C Team
> Russell Levinson and Andy Briggs
> Linda Gardiner and Bill Nicolle
> Elizabeth Bornecrantz and Raquel Berdichevsky
> Gina Dickson and Martin Greeley
> Reserves: John Hardy and Rob Wanders

Chris Jepson (Chairman of Selection Committee)

Please note that, not surprisingly, Worthing BC have cancelled this year's event.

This event between twelve strong County teams was held online during the summer months and Sussex finished second (equal with Yorkshire), a highly creditable achievement in the expert field.  The winners were a combined Essex / Norfolk squad.  Many thanks to all who played (and those who watched and supported on BBO).  Thanks also to Merseyside and Cheshire (David Stevenson) who invited us to enter, and to Christine Jepson for selecting and managing the squad.

Don't forget, there are opportunities to play for the County later in the year: see below! 

Peter Clinch

If you're playing online regularly and you have experience in playing teams matches, there are several opportunities for you and a regular partner to play for the county.

We have 3 matches booked :-

• October 24th Saturday - Sussex V  Gloucester
• November 29th Sunday - Metropolitan Cup
• December 12th Saturday - Sussex V Manchester

The Metropolitan Cup is against all the home counties and is held every year and will go on all day.  The other two events will consist of a match with change of opponents at half-time.  We have not confirmed the exact format yet.

All events will have 3 teams of 8 players at different levels - A , B and C.

• A will be the top county players 
• B good Intermediate plus county players
• C good club players

So, if you would like to be considered, please let me know with a bit about you and your partner and if you're available for any of these matches. 

Thanks.

Chris Jepson (Chairperson of Selection Committee)

This yar's Metropolitan Cup will be an on-line event and be held on Sunday November 29th.

I am very sorry to announce that Geoffrey Wolfarth died very unexpectedly last evening (July 27th).  Geoffrey will always be remembered for his national successes, notably at the Spring Fours, but perhaps most especially for winning the English Trials and representing England in the Camrose Series of internationals.  At county level, Geoffrey gave much of his time to the work of the association management committee through his roles as communications co-ordinator and pro bono legal adviser.  But he will also be remembered at the Avenue for his preparedness to play sessions with those wanting to learn more and for the help given to those club members who he helped to improve.  Our condolences go to Ros, Geoffrey's family and friends.

For an obituary by Brian Senior and details of Geoffrey's funeral, please see the EBU web-site.

Julian Mitchell, Avenue Bridge Club

This is a an inter-county teams of 8 event run by Merseyside & Cheshire, taking place online on Tuesdays at 6.00pm.
So far, Sussex have had 4 good wins and 3 narrow losses leaving them in a good position of 2nd on the leaderboard with 87 victory points.

Next Tuesday (August 11th), we play Yorkshire the leaders who are on 91, so all to play for!

The teams are being chosen each week from a squad of 6 pairs who are :-

Ollie Powell and Stephen Kennedy
Peter Clinch and Julian Mitchell
Chris Jepson and Neil Watts
Andy Ryder and Mike Allen
David Dickson and Matt Read
Gerry Stanford and Kami Nadim

Let’s hope we can keep it going for Sussex.

We also are planning to have more online matches against other counties for all levels please let me know if you want to be considered.

Chris Jepson (Chairperson of Selection Committee)

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 for members only (some with guests) - see each club's websites for details of how to join. The list below shows the clubs currently running sessions - we will update this list as we receive updates from clubs.

Monday

Horsham - gentle duplicate for beginners (afternoon)

Chichester (evening)

Patcham 19.15

Crawley - gentle duplicate 19.15

Tuesday

Avenue / Lewes / West Sussex 10.00

Chichester 14.00

Worthing 14.00

Eastbourne / Hailsham / Sovereign Harbour 14:00

1066 (Bexhill / East Sussex / St Leonards) 19.00

Horsham 19.00

Wednesday

Patcham 13.30

Horsham 14.00

Seaford 19.00

Cross in Hand 19.00

Crawley / Church Hill 19.15 

Avenue / Lewes / West Sussex 19.30

Thursday

Avenue / Lewes / West Sussex 13.30

1066 (Bexhill / East Sussex / St Leonards) 13.30

Chichester 14.00

Meridian / Forest Row 14.00

Rottingdean 14.00  

Horsham 19.00

Patcham 19.15

Friday

Patcham 13.30

Seaford 19.00

Worthing 19.00

Eastbourne 19:30

Sunday

Horsham 14.00 (Swiss Pairs)

Peter Clinch
(SCCBA Tournament Manager)

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