The Chester Cup

The Chester Cup is the cup presented by David Wing last year when he visited Chester on his sponsored cycle tour of 51 cities in England. Deva BC has decided to make this an annual event and make a donation to David's chosen charity, Alzheimers Society.

 July winning pairs: Alan Sharples and Jim Cassin.

David Wing - Westminster city cup

Eleanor Stewart - chairman Richmond Bridge Club

Winners - Lorna Vestey & Roland Gronau with special guest of honour Zia Mahmood

The world already knows the history of the final two - St.Pauls (City of London) and Westminster Abbey (City of Westminster)

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 - London City Cup

Andy Conway - Chairman of Woodberry Bridge Club

Winners - Sonia Griffiths & Doug Dunn

The world already knows the history of the final two - St.Pauls (City of London) and Westminster Abbey (City of Westminster)

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 - Brighton City Cup

Julian Mitchell - chairman

Winners - Julian Mitchell & Richard Sydenham 

with Sally Bugden

Originally built at "the entrance to the town" is, due to Brighton's rapid growth, at the centre of a city..

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 - Winchester

Arun Swarup - Committee Member

Winners - Margaret Blewett & Jan Whitehouse

Remains of many intresting characters including Saint Swithun, Jane Auster & King Canute.

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 - Salisbury

Andy Tilling - chairman

Winners - David Hands & Brian Johnson 

Famous of course for having the tallest spire of any English cathedral.

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 - Portsmouth

James Hawkins - chairman

Winners - Chris Broadbent and Eileen Walker

Central tower contains 12 bells housed in an unusual octagonal section made of wood

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

Happy 100th Birthday Vice President!

We are delighted to wish a Happy 100th Birthday to our Vice President, Hylda Townsend who was born on 7th March 1913. She is a doyenne of bridge, the game she has played almost all her life.

As well as being a keen player, Hylda is a committed and capable bridge administrator. At national level, she has been an EBU Vice President and a member of the EBU Tournament Committee, and was the recipient of a Dimmie Fleming award.

Hylda is actively involved in the local bridge club scene. A founder member and one time president (1979-1981) of Moseley Bridge Club, her name is engraved on the Hulston Townsend Cup, donated in 2004 to celebrate thirty years since she first won the Club Pairs. Hylda was also instrumental in helping the North Birmingham Bridge Club to acquire its premises. Although she never served on the West Midlands Bridge Club Committee, Hylda was involved in many aspects of its management. Well into her nineties, she continued to run an assisted play session, from which a number of enthusiastic players have emerged.

Hylda is also involved at county level, having been a former Chairman and Shareholder of Warwickshire CBA, where she was made a Life Member in 2009. 

Happy 100th Birthday Hylda!

• Vice Presidents

David Wing - Chichester

Penny & Ken Haines - Committee member

Winners - Frank Griffin & Greg Sharpe

England's only Cathedral retaining a separate bell tower.

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 - Southampton

Stephen Cross - Chairman

winners  - James Clark & Lesley Lewis

Southampton does not have a cathedral but St. Marys is the largest church. The original Church football team became the Premiership team of today playing at St. Marys stadium and nicknamed the "Saints".

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

Terry Udall

Terry Udall died on 11th January 2013, aged 84. Terry joined the West of England Bridge club as a young man. This started him on his bridge journey which led him to purchase the Wessex Bridge club in 1963 which he ran for thirty-three years. Over the years the club thrived and was for many years the largest club in Dorset, indeed one of the largest in the South West. It also had most of the top players in the County.

It was Terry’s efforts, aided by his wife, Gigi, that gave the club its deserved excellent reputation; the club met six days a week which meant that there was always bridge available. Terry was recognised as the most knowledgeable and respected director in the area and the sessions were always well organised and ran smoothly.

He played few National events yet achieved the rank of 26 Star Premier Regional Master, being second in the National list for this category.

He became interested in bridge administration and especially with what was known in 1967 as the Southern Counties Association. This was a grouping of the present Counties of Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and the Channel Islands. By the early 1980s Terry was its representative to the EBU and a member of the EBU Laws & Ethics Committee. The growth of the EBU meant that changes had to be made to administration. Among many National changes the Southern Counties re-structured to evolve into its present form of four distinct associations. Terry was there helping in the formation of each.

He was Dorset’s chairman from its creation in 1987 until retiring in 2003. In recognition of these many years of devoted service, in 2005 Terry received the EBU Dimmie Fleming Award. This, he said, meant to him more than any other bridge success.
After retiring, Terry continued playing bridge, primarily with Gigi, and was a regular face at the Bournemouth and Poole Bridge Clubs.

He will be sadly missed.

(Robin Wright, Miles Cowling and Ron Heath)

Jaime Ortiz-Patino 1930-2013

The bridge and golf worlds mourn the loss of one of the giants of both games. Jimmy Ortiz-Patiño died in hospital in Marbella, Spain on January 3. Patiño was president of the World Bridge Federation from 1976 to 1986 and is credited with returning the game to its previous lustre as an honourable pastime. Jimmy was responsible for some of the most important developments in world bridge: introducing the use of screens and bidding boxes; establishing the World Youth Team Championships; bringing China into the WBF; and successfully managing the delicate political situations between the Muslim countries and Israel and of South Africa during apartheid. He was subsequently awarded President Emeritus status by the WBF.

In golf, Patiño was the founder of Valderrama, home to many top European and world tournaments, and in 1997 engineered the first Ryder Cup to be held in continental Europe. Patiño was awarded the United States Golf Association’s Piper & Oakley Award as an advocate of turfgrass research in 1999. Angel Gallardo, the vice-chair of the European PGA Tour, called Patiño “the soul of golf in Europe”. Patiño was the foremost collector of golf and bridge memoribilia in the world.

Reproduced with kind permission from the IBPA.