Sadly, Irene Robinson recently passed away.
Although she hasn't played for some time due to ill health,
Irene was a Westcotes member for many years, and served on the club Committee as Social Secretary.
Funeral Friday 24-Apr 2015 1:30 pm at Gilroes.
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Max Green passed away on 18-Feb 2015
He has been a Westcotes Member for the past 9 years
and also a Member and regular player at Glenfield Bridge Club
Max's funeral was on Tue 10-Mar 11:15 at St Peter's Church, Glenfield
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Westcotes Consistency Competition 2013-14
Congratulations to this year's winners Len Kvietkauskas & Ian Thomson
(who also won the previous two years' Competitions; becoming a habit!!)
and runners-up Jackie Wilkes & Ray Le Vesconte
The 2014-15 Competition started on 7-Apr 2014 and runs to end of March 2015
Click on this panel To view the Final Table for 2013-14
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Congratulations to Ray Le Vesconte and Jackie Wilkes
on winning the 2013-14 Westcotes Pairs Championship on 11-Feb 2014
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Brenda Coltman
Sadly, Brenda Coltman passed away at 4 am Wed 19-Mar 2014, aged 83 years.
Brenda's funeral was on Monday 31-Mar at Gilroes, followed by a reception at the Freemasons Hall, London Road, Leicester. Both were well-attended by Brenda's bridge friends from Westcotes and other clubs of which she was a member and across the county.
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Westcotes Charity Evening, Monday 4-Nov 2013
Thanks to good support (10 tables), £165 was raised on the night.
This was rounded up from club funds, and a cheque for £200 has been sent to LOROS.
Winners of the Aggregate Prizes were John Myles & Dennis Davis (NS), John Brett & Max Green (EW); well done to them!
Duplicate scoring was also completed as normal, but Charity Night doesn't count towards the Consistency Competition.
Thanks to everyone, and special thanks to Ray, who speeded us through 24 boards by 9:45 to leave time for the raffle at the end, Pam Thorne who organised the raffle aided by Tricia Wollen, and Dave McLoughlin for his help with the draw.
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County Bridge Club Spring Simultaneous Pairs 3-Jun 2013
Congratulations to Westcotes pairs Len Clayton & Glanis Clelland who were overall winners
and Terry Downs and Laurence Popple who were runners-up.
Local results of the Westcotes heat can be seen via the usual link in the Results Column.
Click to view the overall rankings on the ECats website.
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Tony North, one of our long-standing members, passed away peacefully on Monday 21-May 2013.
Click to view the Leicester Mercury announcement.
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Westcotes Consistency Competition 2012-13
Congratulations to this year's winners Len Kvietkauskas & Ian Thomson
(who also won the previous year's Competition),
and runners-up Alan Lord & John Thompson.
The 2013-14 Competition started on 8-Apr after the Easter break and runs through to March 2014.
Click on this panel To view the Final Table for 2012-13
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Westcotes Charity Evening was held on Monday 11-Mar 2013
This year's Charity Evening raised £131 from table-money and the raffle.
A donation of £150 has been sent to LOROS; click to view Certificate.
Thanks to everyone for your support.
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| Westcotes LCBA League Teams ... Half-term Report |
Both teams have had a good first half to the 2012-13 season, and earned their Christmas and New Year break!
Unfortunately, both lost narrowly (5-7) in their final match of the half in matches that they would have been backed to win.
Nevertheless, the A Team remains equal top of a fairly close Division 2,
whilst the B Team is comfortably above 50%, and lying 4th of 8 in Division 4.
(see Results and Calendar on the Home Page and A / B Team League Information from the main menu for more details).
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| Westcotes Teams 2012-13 |
For the 2012-13 season, we have two teams in the LCBA League, in Divisions 2 and 4.
The B team is a new venture in recent years, although we had several teams last century.
We wish them, and captain George Pohl, the best of luck for their first season, and are confident that they will enjoy the experience.
New recruits to the teams are always welcome. If you are interested in playing, please speak to George Pohl or John Thompson.
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| 2011-12 Consistency Competition Result |
Congratulations to this year's winners Len Kvietkauskas and Ian Thomson - Runners-up John Myles & Dennis Davis
To view the Final Table, click on the link in the Event Results page (accessed from the main menu).
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| Westcotes Charity Evening 12-Mar 2012 |
Members raised £161 including raffle.
This was supplemented from club funds, and a total of £200 donated to LOROS.
Congratulations and thanks to everyone.
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| EBU Trial Simultaneous Pairs |
We are holding an EBU Simultaneous Pairs heat Monday 27-Feb at Groby Village Hall.
As a normal clubnight, except that the boards will be pre-dealt and the hands will be published afterwards. Scored as usual for Westcotes local results, and also match-pointed across the whole field to give results showing how you did compared to thousands of other pairs nationally. This simultaneous scoring may take a few days.
This is actually a trial event for a new EBU system (the 2nd such trial, and the first one ran smoothly on a Tuesday in December). No extra charge, only the benefit of simultaneous scoring.
To clarify, it's not a charity event.
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| 2011-12 Club Pairs Championship |
The Westcotes Club Pairs Championship 2011-12 was played on Monday 13-Feb 2012
Congratulations to this year's winners John Myles and Dennis Davis
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| CIN Simultaneous Results 14-Nov |
Westcotes Local Results are shown as usual, but also including contracts and hands. Click on 14th Nov 2011 in the Results column to your right.
Overall results, scored against the entire simultaneous field, are on this link to ECats Bridge
Each club loads it's results when ready, so the picture will change marginally until all clubs are loaded (and possibly corrected) until the combined simultaneous results are declared final.
NB CIN Sims on other nights of the same week play a different set of boards each night, so each night is an entirely separate competition.
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| CIN Simultaneous Pairs at Groby Village Hall on 14-Nov |
Monday 14-Nov - Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs at Groby Village Hall.
Table-money for this special event was £3 each, your contribution all going to the Children in Need charity.
There were 8½ tables, raising £102 for Children in Need; many thanks to all.
Organised just like a normal clubnight, and scored as usual for Westcotes local results. However, the same hands were also played at many venues nationally and match-pointed across the whole field to give results showing how you did compared to thousands of other pairs. This combined (simultaneous) scoring may take a few days to complete.
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| Monday Duplicate at County Hall on 7-Nov for one night only |
Monday 7-Nov - our usual room at Groby Village Hall is unavailable due to Drama Group (Groby Players) rehearsals. The Social & Sports Club at County Hall have kindly agreed to have us back just for this one night. Click here for Map
Monday 14-Nov - back to Groby for the Children in Need Simultaneous Pairs.
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| Successful First Night at Groby |
Our first evening at Groby on 5-Sep went well.
Apart from many of our regulars, we had 3 new players and a few invited guests, making 11 tables altogether. The bridge was washed down with a glass of wine (sometimes two!), and the kitchen proved popular for tea and coffee.
It was a little crowded, and (as was to be expected), marginally disorganised, as people found out where things were. However, everyone seemed to enjoy the evening, and Ray ensured that the bridge movement proceeded in an orderly fashion.
The room will be very comfortable for our expected normal attendance of about 8 or 9 tables, when we will have less furniture moving to do.
Thanks to all who attended, and commiserations to those who couldn't come due to holidays etc.
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| OPENING NIGHT at Groby - Monday 5th September |
Arrangements are in hand for marking the occasion of our first evening at Groby Village Hall on Monday 5th September.
Don't worry, it will still be duplicate bridge as usual, no cabaret or anything spectacular.
However, there will be a glass of wine to celebrate, and we are inviting a handful of guests from Groby and from the Leicestershire bridge community.
The move to Groby was announced in the local monthly magazine, the Groby and Field Head Spotlight on 13-Aug, and 4 keen local residents with some bridge experience will be playing on 5-Sep with a view to joining the club. Please give them a warm welcome.
We can now confirm that it's expected to be a full house!
(Incidentally, this first evening will not count towards the consistency competition).
John Thompson 2-Sep 2011
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| Directions & Maps for our new venue at Groby (from 5-Sep) |
The address: Groby Village Hall, Leicester Road, Groby, Leicester LE6 0DJ
Click here for Map (A marks the spot)
More about Groby and the Village Hall can be found by clicking on this link. We should be on the Clubs & Societies Page shortly.
From Leicester or Glenfield: take the A50 out-bound from the County Hall roundabout. At the next (A50/A46) roundabout, take the first exit, Leicester Road, sign-posted Groby (Do not continue on the out-bound A50, as there is no further turn-off into Groby).
Leicester Road (the "old" A50 before the bypass was built) crosses over the A46 and drops down to a small roundabout. Take the 2nd exit (still Leicester Road), and continue for just over half a mile, with a small roundabout about half-way along this stretch.
As you approach the top of the hill, the dual carriageway comes to an end, and the Village Hall is about 100 yards on the right.
On the return journey, either retrace this route to the A50/A46 roundabout, or exit via Newtown Linford Lane to the A50 in-bound.
From Kirby Muxloe: it's more direct to go via Ratby. Straight through, leaving Ratby on Groby Road. About 300 yards after crossing over the M1, take the next left (also Groby Road, soon changing to Ratby Road), which leads to a T-junction at the village centre (Stamford Arms). Turn right into Markfield Road
, and the Village Hall is about 200 yards on the left, just after Newton Linford Lane.
From Miscellaneous locations via the A46 (including from M1 Junction 21): to the A46/A50 Roundabout, then as from Leicester.
From Markfield or the A50 further out than Groby (including from M1 Junction 22): Exit the A50 at Groby, and go straight into Groby via Newtown Linford Lane, returning later via Markfield Road to rejoin the A50 out-bound.
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| New Westcotes Venue Booked from 5-Sep |
There has been (and still is) some uncertainty about how long the County Hall Social & Sports Club will remain open.
However, to ensure that we have a home to go to, our new venue at the Groby Village Hall has now been booked with effect from 5th September, the first Monday after the Summer Bank Holiday.
The hall is about 1.4 miles from the "Glenfield Turn" aka County Hall roundabout. More information will be posted to this website soon, and will be available in print at clubnights in August.
Bridge will continue on Monday evenings at County Hall until 22nd August
It is unfortunate that the club has to move, but the new venue is very suitable for us, having ample parking, bright lighting, good toilets, kitchen facilities, and is all at ground-floor level with disabled access.
Your club needs your continuing support to maintain the number of tables both for the remaining 5 Mondays at County Hall, and after we move to Groby Village Hall on Monday 5-Sep.
John Thompson 21-Jun 2011
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| Steve and Anne Wright to play for Westcotes League Team |
We are pleased to say that Steve and Anne Wright will play for the Westcotes Team in the LCBA League 2011-12
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| County BC 50th Anniversary Sims (6-Jun 2011) Final Results |
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| Interim Venue Update 2 |
(See also previous updates below)
The
new Sports Pavilion
at County Hall is unsuitable for us, and we are now proceeding with an application for the room at Groby Village Hall. We currently expect to move there from 5-Sep, but may need to bring that forward depending on when the Social and Sports Club will cease to be available to us.
There is a meeting of the Social and Sports Club Committee on Thursday evening 16-Jun, which will probably confirm how long we can continue at County Hall, after which we will confirm our booking at Groby.
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| Interim Venue Update 1 |
| The Social and Sports Club may remain open for a few weeks longer than first thought, possibly until the end of August. If so we will probably continue to meet there until Monday 22-Aug.
There is a strong chance that we will move to Groby Village Hall (from August or September depending on the above).
However, there is a small chance that we remain at County Hall and move to the new Sports Pavilion. We are investigating that possibility, but it may not be available or suitable. A decision will be made before the end of June, and we will keep members informed via this News page (and announcements on clubnight).
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| Westcotes Bridge Club Need to Find a New Venue Shortly |
| As many of you know, our venue at the LCC Social & Sports Club is likely to become unavailable about the end of July 2011.
A special meeting of Social & Sports Club members is to be held in July to consider a proposal to disband the
Social & Sports Club due to reduced support from the County Council.
We have, therefore been given formal notice of the termination of our arrangement with the Social & Sports Club, together with confirmation that we are welcome to continue to use the club room as long as it remains available (anticipated end of July).
Hence, the WBC committee is urgently seeking a replacement venue, with the effort being coordinated by David McLoughlin.
The committee initially agreed that we should initially look only reasonably close to our current venue, possibly including premises nearer to the club's "roots" in the Westcotes area.
Members attending on Mon 16-May were asked for their preferences of whether we should aim to stay out in the suburbs or move back into the city, and a possible venue in each case was used as an example of the possible location. It was evident from a show of hands that a clear majority would prefer to stay out of town in the vicinity of Glenfield / Groby.
More information will be posted here as it becomes available. Members should not be concerned; it is anticipated that a suitable venue will be found in plenty of time.
In the meantime, bridge will continue at County Hall as normal until at least mid-July.
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| County Bridge Club 50th Anniversary Simultaneous Pairs |
The County Bridge Club will be 50 years old this year
To celebrate, they're organising a Simultaneous Pairs, and Westcotes will run a heat on Monday 6-Jun 2011 at County Hall
Westcotes results will be match-pointed as usual by comparison of the scores on each board in our heat only.
Then the board-by-board scores will also be sent electronically to ECats, who will match-point them again by comparison of the scores on each board across all 8 heats to arrive at an overall ranking list. This will be available to view on-line, and I will endeavour to put a link on this site.
Table-money will be £1.50 for members (as usual), £1 of which will go to the County Club. Approximately 15p of that will be paid to ECats for their scoring services, with the other 85p going into the prize pool. This will enable generous prizes to be paid to the top 9 pairs in the overall ranking list. The County Club will not retain any of the entry fees.
Visitors will be welcome, and some of our neighbours from the Glenfield Bridge Club might like to attend. Glenfield will not be running a heat, as the event takes place at all participating clubs on the same night (Monday 6-Jun). For this special event, visitors will pay the same £1.50 table-money as members.
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| LCBA Hyman Crammer Competition 11-May 2011 |
Alan Lord and John Thompson, as winners of last year's Westcotes Consistency Competition, represented Westcotes in the Hyman Crammer competition, the LCBA's "Club Champions" event.
Winners were Tim Glover & Peter Neville from Glenfield Bridge Club, whilst Alan & John finished 4th of 14 participating clubs.
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| Brenda Coltman Wins the Butterworth Trophy - Final Played on 3-May 2011 |
Congratulations to Brenda who captained her Team-of-four to victory in the LCBA's Butterworth Trophy,
a knock-out competition, being the plate competition of the Josephs Bowl; more information on the LCBA website.
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| Changes to the Consistency Competition for 2011-12 |
| The Consistency Table was previously maintained in a spreadsheet, requiring separate entry of duplicate results and other information, which was labour intensive and a potential source of error.
From 2011-12 (started 4-Apr 2011) we are using this BridgeWebs site to automatically update the table from the results of each session. This saves effort, but will lose some (secondary) functionality.
The table still shows the average % score for pairs currently on course to play at least 20 times in the year, but may omit those who have so far played less frequently.
This "deficiency" is partly overcome by varying parameters during the year.
Cumulative results for the calendar year can also be accessed via the "Event Results etc" page.
We expect to post information on the notice-board for members who don't use the internet.
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| Westcotes Consistency Competition 2010-11 (finalised 28-Mar) |
This year's winners were Alan Lord and John Thompson by a narrow margin From Len Kvietkauskas and Ian Thomson
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| Westcotes Team Secures Runners-up Spot in LCBA League Division 2 |
Team Westcotes won 11-1 away to Ashby on Wed 23-Mar, ensuring 2nd place in Division 2 with one match to play
Loughborough A cannot be caught for the D2 Trophy, but we expect to be promoted to Division 1 next season
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| Successful LOROS Charity Night held on 21-Mar 2011 |
Westcotes Charity Night on 21-Mar raised £167 from table money, raffle proceeds and
further donations
This was topped up from club funds to £205 total donated to LOROS - Many thanks to all members for your contributions
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| Westcotes Club Pairs Championship 2010-11, held on 21-Feb 2011 |
Congratulations to this year's winners, John Bee and David Pettitt
John and David have been unable to attend clubnights as often as they would wish due to other commitments,
but have ably supported the Westcotes Team in a successful season
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