David Wing - Gloucester City Cup

Club Secretary - Ken Morritt

Winners - Ted Hill & Jon Nicholls

Earliest (c. 1350) known depiction of a golfer in stained glass window pre-dating anything in Scotland by 300 years.

David and his bike:

A City Cup event will be held at every bridge club and a Cup presented (as a gift from me) to the club. Each cup will be engraved with the name of the City plus the Winners names and hopefully this can then become an annual event.

Should the clubs (or indeed anyone) wish to donate to the Alzheimers Society this can be done via the website: www.justgiving.com/citycup

David Wing - Wells City Cup

Wells City Cup presentation - Chairman Andy Ridgers

Wells City Cup winners - Gordon McBride & Anne McBride

Wells Cathedral - stunning "scissor arches" (inverted strainer arches) inserted to support piers after 13th century earthquake.

Wells Cathedral & my bike

A City Cup event will be held at every bridge club and a Cup presented (as a gift from me) to the club. Each cup will be engraved with the name of the City plus the Winners names and hopefully this can then become an annual event.

Should the clubs (or indeed anyone) wish to donate to the Alzheimers Society this can be done via the website: www.justgiving.com/citycup

David Wing - Bristol City Cup

Bristol City Cup presentation - Chairman Phil Seymour

Bristol City Cup winners - Sue O'Hara & Nelson Stephens

Bristol Cathedral -

One of the worlds premier examples of a "Hall Church" - aisles, nave and choir all on the same level. Therefore no clerestry windows (windows above eye level) - instead larger than usual aisle windows.

Bristol Cathedral & my bike

A City Cup event will be held at every bridge club and a Cup presented (as a gift from me) to the club. Each cup will be engraved with the name of the City plus the Winners names and hopefully this can then become an annual event.

Should the clubs (or indeed anyone) wish to donate to the Alzheimers Society this can be done via the website: www.justgiving.com/citycup

David Wing - Bath City Cup

Bath City Cup presentation - Chairman Trevor Purches

Bath City Cup winners - Pat Davies & James Dunlop

Bath Cathedral - Reknowned for its "Fan Vaults". All the ribs have identical curves and are equally spaced as in a fan. The biggest fan vault in the world is to be found at Kings College Chapel in Cambridge.

Bath Cathedral & my bike

A City Cup event will be held at every bridge club and a Cup presented (as a gift from me) to the club. Each cup will be engraved with the name of the City plus the Winners names and hopefully this can then become an annual event.

Should the clubs (or indeed anyone) wish to donate to the Alzheimers Society this can be done via the website: www.justgiving.com/citycup

David Wing - Truro City Cup

Truro City Cup presentation - Chairman David Stone

Truro City Cup winners - Vivienne Mably & Robert Bhonsle 

Truro Cathedral -

The first Cathedral to be erected on a new site since Salisbury in 1220. One of just three in UK to have 3 spires.

Truro Cathedral & my bike

A City Cup event will be held at every bridge club and a Cup presented (as a gift from me) to the club. Each cup will be engraved with the name of the City plus the Winners names and hopefully this can then become an annual event.

Should the clubs (or indeed anyone) wish to donate to the Alzheimers Society this can be done via the website: www.justgiving.com/citycup

David Wing - Exeter City Cup

  

Exeter City Cup presentation - Chairman Jean Whitlam

Exeter City Cup winners - Charles Noon & Mike Ball

Exeter Cathedral -

Longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England. Has 50 misericords (earliest complete set) which are carved wooden shelves on underside of choir stall for clergy to park their rears as not permitted to sit during long services. Earliest known carving of an elephant in UK. David and Bike

David Wing: Plymouth City Cup

Plymouth Cathedral and my bike

Plymouth City Cup winners - Michael Hamon & Enid Hamon

Presentation of City Cup to Club Chairman Gloria Lankshear

Plymouth Cathedral Built 1858 at a cost of £3904. Architects Hansom brothers of "Black cab" fame. During construction a Royal Navy Officer decided to fire a new Turkish Man-of-War gun in Plymouth Sound causing subsidence.

A City Cup event will be held at every bridge club and a Cup presented (as a gift from me) to the club. Each cup will be engraved with the name of the City plus the Winners names and hopefully this can then become an annual event.

Should the clubs (or indeed anyone) wish to donate to the Alzheimers Society this can be done via the website: www.justgiving.com/citycup

David Wing - The City Cup, Part I

David Wing is currently on a cycle tour of all 51 Cities in England to include each city cathedral and an EBU affiliated bridge club, whilst raising money for the Alzheimers Society.

"At 65 I wanted to do something crazy before the "Grim Reaper" gets me. Thus the "City Cup" project evolved as a vehicle to achieve three things:-

1) A personal physical challenge - over 1000 miles of cycling

2) Involvement and promotion of our wonderful game

3) Support for the Alzheimers Society

Stage One of the City Cup project is underway. This involves a cycle tour of all 51 Cities in England to include the City Cathedral and EBU affiliated bridge club. (If successful, Stage 2 could be the 18 Cities of N.Ireland Scotland and Wales).

A City Cup event will be held at every bridge club and a Cup presented (as a gift from me) to the club. Each cup will be engraved with the name of the City plus the Winners names and hopefully this can then become an annual event.

Should the clubs (or indeed anyone) wish to donate to the Alzheimers Society this can be done via the website: www.justgiving.com/citycup

At the time of writing, five events have taken place at Plymouth, Exeter, Truro, Bath, and Bristol - all have been wonderful evenings and the charitable donations over-whelming - many thanks to all those involved."


David will be updating EBU members via this blog over the coming weeks...

David Wing


The views expressed here are David's own

Alec Salisbury Award 2011

The English Bridge Union has awarded Mary Mills the Alec Salisbury Award for 2011 in recognition of the outstanding service she has given to the development of bridge at her school: Nottingham High School, over many years.

Mary has been teaching maths at Nottingham High School (an all boys independent school) for over twenty years. Mary first started playing bridge with friends as a student at Nottingham University. However, it was not until Mary started teaching at West Bridgford comprehensive in Nottingham and became involved in a team of 8, that Mary got a feel for what the game was all about.

At Nottingham High School, Mary assisted by her colleague John Allen, runs a lunchtime bridge club. The bridge club meets three times a week and numbers vary from eight to twenty boys playing. The club is open to all age groups and beginners.

Nottingham High School bridge club have had a team in the Notts team of 8 evening leagues. This has been a valuable experience for the young players over the years and has given them a good insight into competition bridge. More recently the players have practiced on line. The school also runs a two week House Bridge Competition and takes part in various simultaneous pairs events.

Over the years, the school has achieved success at the schools challenge at Loughborough, winning the Schools Cup ,the Harry Scully Trophy and this years, Schools Plate.

The award was presented by Graham Jepson in front of many of Mary’s bridge students.