Saturday 30 June 2012

Rosen team wins Hubert Phillips Bowl


Congratulations to Anne Rosen, Richard Bowdery, Simon Cope, Ian Draper, Neil Rosen and Gerald Tredinnick who have won the 2011/12 Hubert Phillips Bowl for mixed teams. This is the second year running this team have won the event. They beat the Teshome team in the final.


EBU Club Insurance - Renewal - 2012

EBU Club Insurance is due for renewal from the 1 April 2012. We are pleased to announce that the prices remain unchanged from 2011. Insurance premium tax of 6% and Osbornes administration cost of £5.00 are included in the quoted prices.


The Public Liability policy is £58.00 and the Premium insurance policy is £68.60, the All Risks sum has been increased to £4,000 for the basic premium insurance. This year we are also able to offer a tiered schedule, so should you require a higher sum insured for All Risk, Osbornes can now offer this, please see table below.  Should you wish to amend your insurance cover please contact me, Clare Dumbarton clare@ebu.co.uk or 01296 317225.


CATEGORY
ALL RISKS SI
MONEY SI
PL LIMIT
EL COVER
PREMIUM*
Public Liability Only Schedule
N/A
N/A
£5M
N/A
£58.00
Premium Schedule
£4,000
£500
£5M
Yes
£68.60
Tier 2 - Premium Schedule
£8,000
£500
£5M
Yes
£128.60
Tier 3  - Premium Schedule
£12,000
£750
£5M
Yes
£168.00
Tier 4 -  Premium Schedule
£16,000
£750
£5M
Yes
£208.00
Tier 5  - Premium Schedule
£20,000
£750
£5M
Yes
£248.00
*PRO RATA RATE APPLY FROM MAY ONWARDS


IMPORTANT – new information required
This year there is an additional piece of information that needs to be collected from those clubs that have Employers Liability cover.  The new Employers Liability insurance guidelines require that all insurers who provide Employers Liability need to collect the individual PAYE number or Employers Reference Number (ERN) that is allocated to every registered employer.

If you club operates a Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system to collect Income Tax and National Insurance, Osbornes require your PAYE or ERN (Employers Reference Number) number.   Please see linked PAYE document for more information and here is the link to the HMRC website (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/index.htm).

We would like to take the opportunity to remind you that Osbornes are independent insurance intermediaries and as such act on your behalf when arranging insurance.  As always, should you have the need to claim or have any general insurance queries please contact Osbornes on 01844 213161 or by email george@osbornesins.co.uk


Saturday 23 June 2012

David Wing - Stoke City Cup

Honorary Secretary - Roy Martin

Winners - John Day & Geoff Feltbower

In the absence of a Cathedral, the church of St. Peter ad Vincula (in chains) is informally known as Stoke Minster. Originally built of wood.

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


Friday 22 June 2012

David Wing - Wolverhampton City Cup

Chairman - Ron Stevenson: 


Winners - Geoff Davies & Robin Adey

The only church in Wolverhampton until 18th century. Although not a cathedral it has a strong choral tradition similar to all English cathedrals.
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

England Women Win Gold!


England have won a gold medal in the Women's series at the European Teams Championship in Dublin, their first since 2001. Congratulations also to the Open team who won 17-13 in their last match against Israel to reach fourth place, which means they will qualify for Bali next year.
Open (Q)
Score
279
351
297
Position
4th
1st
10th
Blogs
7 | 8 | 9
10 | 11 | 12
9 | 10 | 11

Thursday 21 June 2012

National Final of County Teams of 8 winners 2012



The national final of County Teams of 8 winners will be taking place on Sunday 8th July 2012 at the West Midlands Bridge Club, Solihull.


Approximate Times:
12.00 - Coffee and tea
12.30 - Bridge starts
15.30 - Meal
19.15 - Finish


48 Boards will be played.


A
B
C

1
Merseyside/Cheshire
Yorkshire
Manchester
(North)
2
Suffolk
Northants
Northants
(East)
3
Kent
Essex
Sussex
(Metropolitan)
4
Oxfordshire
Leicestershire
Warwickshire
(Midlands)
5
Dorset
Avon
Somerset
(West)

Wednesday 20 June 2012

David Wing - Birmingham City Cup


Board members -Christine Killeen & Darren Evetts

Winners - Ian Prentice & John Lovett:
Some cities have more than one cathedral. Birmingham has 3 - the one chosen for the photo is the most convenient for my cycle route:

Birmingham 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



Monday 18 June 2012

David Wing - Lichfield City Cup

Chairman - Nigel Argust


Henry McBride & Audrey McBride


Stunning!
Only mediaeval cathedral with 3 spires.
Nave piers forced 14 inches outwards at top by weight of stone roof - so most of roof replaced with plaster and wooden arches to prevent further problems.



Me and 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


Tuesday 12 June 2012

David Wing - Worcester City Cup

Chairman - Mike Vetch


Worcester City Cup winners - Mel Downing & Ross Garratt


Worcester Cathedral appears on the Edward Elgar edition of the £20 note.















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