Congratulations to the Law team who have won the 2010 Gerard Faulkner Salver playing against the Garthwaite team. The Garthwaite team conceded after 40 boards with a winning margin of 62 Imps going to Peter Law's team.
The team played in memory of their late captain, Denis O'Donovan, who sadly passed away in April.
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Sunday, 30 May 2010
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Corn Cairdis – Cup of Friendship 2010
Congratulations to England who have won this years Corn Cairdis (Cup of Friendship) between Ireland and England by 11 VPs. The final score was England 179 and Ireland 168.
The friendly international is played between The English Bridge Union and the Contract Bridge Association of Ireland every year, and each country competes with three teams: a County Team, a Club team and an Officials team.
English Officials:
Peter Stocken
Sandra Claridge
David Harris
John Williams
England Club Team:
Philip Mason
Pauline Cooper
Sheila Galloway
Sue Pell
England County Team:
Jeff Smith
Jackie Pye
Roy Garthwaite
Heather Hobson
This year was a close result for England, and one possible reason was that the England Club team were missing from the match for the whole of Saturday! Their plane was grounded due to technical difficulties at Leeds Bradford Airport, which meant they were delayed for seven hours!
This was the 19th year of the Cup: England is in the lead with 13 wins against Ireland’s 6 wins over the last nineteen years.
Well done to all three teams.
The friendly international is played between The English Bridge Union and the Contract Bridge Association of Ireland every year, and each country competes with three teams: a County Team, a Club team and an Officials team.
English Officials:
Peter Stocken
Sandra Claridge
David Harris
John Williams
England Club Team:
Philip Mason
Pauline Cooper
Sheila Galloway
Sue Pell
England County Team:
Jeff Smith
Jackie Pye
Roy Garthwaite
Heather Hobson
This year was a close result for England, and one possible reason was that the England Club team were missing from the match for the whole of Saturday! Their plane was grounded due to technical difficulties at Leeds Bradford Airport, which meant they were delayed for seven hours!
This was the 19th year of the Cup: England is in the lead with 13 wins against Ireland’s 6 wins over the last nineteen years.
Well done to all three teams.
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Date of U25 trials announced
This year’s trials will be held on the weekend of October 16/17th. These trials will help the selectors choose teams to play in the Channel Trophy, the Junior Camrose and the Amsterdam White House tournaments, as well as selecting the squad for the 2011 Europeans.
The venue is undecided as yet – as soon as it has been fixed you will be informed.
The venue is undecided as yet – as soon as it has been fixed you will be informed.
National Final of County Teams of 8 winners 2010
The national final of County Teams of 8 winners will be taking place on Sunday 11 July 2010 at the West Midlands Bridge Club, Solihull.
Times:
12.00 - Coffee and tea
12.30 - Bridge starts
15.45 - Meal
19.15 - Finish
There will be 48 Boards.
Prizes for 1st/2nd place in each group.
Cost is only £20 per player, payable to Graham Jepson, on the day.
Non profit making event.
Times:
12.00 - Coffee and tea
12.30 - Bridge starts
15.45 - Meal
19.15 - Finish
There will be 48 Boards.
| A | B | C | ||
| 1 | Manchester | Manchester | Merseyside/Cheshire | (North) |
| 2 | Berks/Bucks | Berks/Bucks | Berks/Bucks | (Metropolitan) |
| 3 | Camb/Hunt | Herts | Essex | (East) |
| 4 | Warwickshire | Oxfordshire | Derbyshire | (Midlands) |
| 5 | Avon | Avon | Cornwall | (South West) |
Prizes for 1st/2nd place in each group.
Cost is only £20 per player, payable to Graham Jepson, on the day.
Non profit making event.
Saturday, 8 May 2010
Club Focus
This is our last Club Focus in the current format, so we've got an extra bumper edition for everyone. Please enjoy the read!
Read Club Focus
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Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Denning Team win the Spring Fours
Congratulations to Paul Denning, Patrick Shields, Gary Jones, Dafydd Jones, Peter Goodman and Adrian Thomas who won The Schapiro Spring Foursomes in Stratford-upon-Avon at the weekend. In an all Wales final, they beat Jourdain by 1 IMP.
Results
Results
Friday, 30 April 2010
Club Focus
Welcome to all our readers to the reborn EBU!
With the advent of Universal Membership all members of our affiliated clubs will be receiving English Bridge, the EBU’s member magazine, from the June issue. This will take over part of the role until now fulfilled by Club Focus with more articles for our club players. That means this is the last issue of our newsletter in its current form intended for a general readership. We do hope you have enjoyed our mix of entertaining, informative and instructive articles over the fifteen issues of its existence.
Club Focus will continue as an occasional newsletter squarely aimed at club administrators, providing useful information and helpful articles for club chairmen, secretaries, committee members and others involved with the running of our clubs. Clubs will be invited to pass the newsletter on to anyone they feel would be interested.
We thus say goodbye to those of you who simply come along to enjoy a friendly game of bridge without being involved in the actual running of the club. If you have never thought about it before, you might consider whether you have time to lend a helping hand with the activities of the club. Most committees will welcome an extra pair of hands.
We would welcome any articles and ideas for future issues of a new format Club Focus. Please do drop us a line to clubfocus@ebu.co.uk
We would like to thank all of those who have helped with the creation of CF over the last two or three years, especially our regular contributors and those who have helped in many ways behind the scenes.
We wish you all plenty of good and enjoyable bridge.
Please read the last Club Focus, here.
With the advent of Universal Membership all members of our affiliated clubs will be receiving English Bridge, the EBU’s member magazine, from the June issue. This will take over part of the role until now fulfilled by Club Focus with more articles for our club players. That means this is the last issue of our newsletter in its current form intended for a general readership. We do hope you have enjoyed our mix of entertaining, informative and instructive articles over the fifteen issues of its existence.
Club Focus will continue as an occasional newsletter squarely aimed at club administrators, providing useful information and helpful articles for club chairmen, secretaries, committee members and others involved with the running of our clubs. Clubs will be invited to pass the newsletter on to anyone they feel would be interested.
We thus say goodbye to those of you who simply come along to enjoy a friendly game of bridge without being involved in the actual running of the club. If you have never thought about it before, you might consider whether you have time to lend a helping hand with the activities of the club. Most committees will welcome an extra pair of hands.
We would welcome any articles and ideas for future issues of a new format Club Focus. Please do drop us a line to clubfocus@ebu.co.uk
We would like to thank all of those who have helped with the creation of CF over the last two or three years, especially our regular contributors and those who have helped in many ways behind the scenes.
We wish you all plenty of good and enjoyable bridge.
Please read the last Club Focus, here.
Monday, 26 April 2010
Cambridge University have won the 2010 Portland Bowl
Cambridge University have won the Portland Bowl for the first time since 2004. The team won after a close final over Oxford’s A team, which was held over last weekend (24 – 25 April) at the Portland Club in London.
The Cambridge team included five members from England’s junior squads - Graeme Robertson (Captain), Sarah O' Connor, Tom Rainforth, David Faria and Dave Williams. The team was completed by experienced player, John Haslegrave.
Oxford won the first set by 11imps but Cambridge had a storming second set, when they won by 38 imps to take the lead by 27. Their lead was whittled down to 9 imps going into the last set but they gained another 4 imps to emerge victors by 13 imps.
Oxford (Joe Claley, Ian Angus, Ian Able, Alice Kaye, and James Paul) had previously survived a nail biting semi final, beating Durham (Tom Dessain, Dominic Maloney, Paul and Adam Lewis-Jones) by only 1 imp!
Cambridge had won seven of the first ten Portland Bowls, but has only won twice in the last fifteen matches. However, this win takes them into the lead with 10 wins against Oxford’s 9.
Full results
Michael Byrne
The Cambridge team included five members from England’s junior squads - Graeme Robertson (Captain), Sarah O' Connor, Tom Rainforth, David Faria and Dave Williams. The team was completed by experienced player, John Haslegrave.
Oxford won the first set by 11imps but Cambridge had a storming second set, when they won by 38 imps to take the lead by 27. Their lead was whittled down to 9 imps going into the last set but they gained another 4 imps to emerge victors by 13 imps.
Oxford (Joe Claley, Ian Angus, Ian Able, Alice Kaye, and James Paul) had previously survived a nail biting semi final, beating Durham (Tom Dessain, Dominic Maloney, Paul and Adam Lewis-Jones) by only 1 imp!
Cambridge had won seven of the first ten Portland Bowls, but has only won twice in the last fifteen matches. However, this win takes them into the lead with 10 wins against Oxford’s 9.
Full results
Michael Byrne
Denis O’Donovan (1949-2010)
Denis, who died of a fatal heart attack on 23 April, had been a well-known figure in the Kent bridge world for over thirty years. Denis, who was originally from Ireland, won a Silver medal for Ireland in the 1974 European Youth Championship in Copenhagen. Later on, he represented Kent in the Tollemache on many occasions, being part of the winning team four times. Other national successes include Crockfords (three times) and the Pachabo. He played twice for England in international matches; he particularly enjoyed a match against Ireland in Galway, where he was brought up. He had been selected to represent England in the forthcoming Seniors Camrose.
Away from the bridge table he followed a career in education, having been a secondary school headmaster. His many other interests included sport, especially football. He was a former referee and was involved in the administration of youth football in the county.
Denis lived near Canterbury and is survived by his wife Maria, two children and two grandchildren. He will be sorely missed.
Patrick Collins and Peter Law
Away from the bridge table he followed a career in education, having been a secondary school headmaster. His many other interests included sport, especially football. He was a former referee and was involved in the administration of youth football in the county.
Denis lived near Canterbury and is survived by his wife Maria, two children and two grandchildren. He will be sorely missed.
Patrick Collins and Peter Law
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Gill's Cruise Centre
The English Bridge Union joins forces with one of the most experienced cruise retailers in the UK, Gill’s Cruise Centre to offer ‘Learn to Play Bridge’ courses on board Fred Olsen cruise ships.
The EBU sees the partnership with the family-owned business as a new and innovative way of providing a different type of learning opportunity.
Designed for absolute beginners the classes have been arranged around the ships own schedule to combine a holiday with learning a new hobby.
In addition to on-board ‘Learn to Play Bridge’ courses there are plans to offer ‘Improve your Game’ courses to the many thousands of social players who wish to consolidate and develop their game.
The combination of the English Bridge Union’s top class tutors with Gill’s Cruise Centre inspires the confidence that clients will be looked after by one of the UK’s leading cruise specialists whilst learning a game that will bring lifelong enjoyment.
Click here to view the bridge cruises and here to link to Gill's Cruise Centre website.
The EBU sees the partnership with the family-owned business as a new and innovative way of providing a different type of learning opportunity.
Designed for absolute beginners the classes have been arranged around the ships own schedule to combine a holiday with learning a new hobby.
In addition to on-board ‘Learn to Play Bridge’ courses there are plans to offer ‘Improve your Game’ courses to the many thousands of social players who wish to consolidate and develop their game.
The combination of the English Bridge Union’s top class tutors with Gill’s Cruise Centre inspires the confidence that clients will be looked after by one of the UK’s leading cruise specialists whilst learning a game that will bring lifelong enjoyment.
Click here to view the bridge cruises and here to link to Gill's Cruise Centre website.
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