NEWS

8/2/10Results of final County match + tables

8/2/10The League Results + Tables Round Ten

1/2/10 The National Pairs Heat Result

29/1/10Results of the Stanley Trophy Round Four + Standings

28/1/10 The Wilde Cup Result

27/1/10 Results: Leicestershire Cup + Plate Update

25/1/10Butterworth Trophy Draw and Position after Prelim Round

15/1/10The Josephs Bowl after Round Two

16/12/09Jim Mason wins Peebles Swiss Pairs

11/12/09Our local heat of the National Pairs is on February 1st

3/12/09Tournament Focus: new edition from the EBU

4/10/09Results of the Otto and Edith Bowl

 

 

LEAGUE ARTIFICIAL SCORES

This year the League Rules introduced the possibility of artificial scores in Divisions 4 and 5, thus allowing teams to choose whether or not to play in a third round robin. John Thompson, League Secretary, has now issued the first set of artificial scores (there will be more to come as the season progresses) and the league tables for these two divisions are now based on both real and artificial scores.

ARTHUR BLOXHAM

We regret to announce the death of Arthur Bloxham on Friday 29 January at the age of 78. Arthur had been active in Staffordshire bridge until recently (he was President of Stafford Bridge Club). Before moving to Staffordshire, Arthur was prominent in Leicestershire bridge and his name appears on the honour rolls for the Josephs Bowl, The Cole Cup, The Buckby Cup, the Hyman Crammer Trophy and the Leicestershire Cup. Arthur taught at Burleigh College in Loughborough alongside that other well-known player, Gordon Broad. Arthur served the LCBA Committee as Tournament Secretary between 1966 and 1973. He was also sometime Chairman of County Club.

Arthur's funeral will be on Tuesday February 9th at 2.15 pm at the Church of St James the Great in Salt, Staffs.

GREEN POINT EVENTS

As for the last several years, we shall be running a Green Point weekend in March at Spondon. The Pairs contest will be on Saturday 13th and the Teams on Sunday 14th. Please have a look at the Events Page to find out more about these local opportunities to win some Green Points.

OUR LIFE MEMBERS

From time to time our AGMs elect Life Members of the Association in order to recognise long and valuable service to the LCBA. For a list of our Life Members please follow this link.

THE DIMMIE FLEMING AWARD

The EBU gives the Dimmie Fleming Award to people who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of bridge at County level. Three LCBA members have received a Dimmie Fleming Award; their roll of honour is to be seen here.

THE LAWS OF BRIDGE

These have been with us since August 1st 2008. Back then we produced three guides and these will be available for some time to come. One is an outline intended to assist all players. The other two are aimed at club TDs and at TDs in League matches.