News
5-September-2016
AGM Tomorrow, Tuesday 6th September
6:15pm at Room 3, Church House Westminster
The AGM and captains' meeting (to arrange fixtures for the season) is almost upon us. There will be no paper copies at the AGM of the following documents – please print your own if you require them (the fixtures sheet is especially useful).
- Map of venue [PDF] (please come to the North Door entrance in Great Smith Street as the Dean's Yard entrance shuts at 6:00pm).
- AGM Agenda [PDF] or below
- Minutes of 2015 AGM [PDF]
- Fixtures Sheet (blank) [PDF]
For information the forthcoming season will look like this:
- League structure for 2016-17
- The first round of the Knockout (Cup & Plate) for 2016-17
AGM Agenda
- Opening by chairman
- Apologies for absence
- Approval of the minutes of the 2015 AGM
- Matters arising from the 2015 AGM
- Chairman's report
- Treasurer's report
- Election of officers
- Appointment of Auditor
- Dates for SURDOC and Selfridges
- Playing of League and Cup matches
- Cut-off date
- New Players in last match of the Season
- Any other business
At conclusion of AGM,
- Presentation of trophies for 2015-16 Season
- Captains' Fixture Meeting
Or download printable copy [PDF].
11-August-2016
New Season!
AGM: Tuesday 6th September, 6:15pm at Room 3, Church House Westminster
See this map [PDF]. Please come to the North Door entrance in Great Smith Street as the Dean's Yard entrance shuts at 6:00pm.
Agenda and other documentation to follow.
The AGM will be followed by a captains' meeting to arrange fixtures.
SURDOC
The teams-of-four event is on Tuesday, 4th October 2016, 6:30pm at the Young Chelsea Bridge Club, 54 Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 8HA. See the full details.
Registration for 2016-2017
Team entries are managed online via this website. Captains have been sent an email detailing how to access and confirm/amend all their team's details – entry to League/KO/SURDOC, contact information, line-ups.
If your captain is away or has stood down, please get in touch and you'll be sent a code to access your team's details. At the very least we need you to press the button and confirm you are entering again this year.
Note:
- Entry for KO and League for existing teams is online only.
- There is no change in the cost of participating in the League or knockouts.
17-July-2016
2016 AGM – Tuesday 6th September
The AGM and Captain's Meeting will be at the same venue as preceeding years, Room 3, Church House Westminster. Details and agenda to follow.
In early August captains will be contacted as previously with informations and invitations to play in the 2016-17 season.
8-June-2016
Gainsborough Plate 2016
Congratulations to GLC (John Beamish, Chris Carew, Peter Richardson, Robert Balchin) who beat Stock Exchange 'A' (Andrew Stimson, Anne Stimson, Bill Harvey, Roger Boothman) 71-42 in the Plate Final.
23-May-2016
New Chiswick BC Blue-Point Weekend
Young Chelsea BC, 2nd/3rd July
Bridge host Ned Paul invites you to two days of club bridge in Shepherd's Bush W12 – pairs on the Saturday, teams on the Sunday.
The two days of bridge are independent – you can enter either or both days.
Saturday July 2nd: Swiss Pairs. Start 12noon, 7 x 6 board matches. There will be a meal break after four matches. Finish approx. 7:00pm. £12.50pp.
Saturday July 3rd: Swiss Teams. Start 11am, format as above, finish approx. 6:00pm. £12.50pp.
Download/print an entry form [PDF].
16-May-2016
Leslie Dodds Cup 2016
Congratulations to Habeas Corpus (Charles Eddis, David Ewart, Hugh Mackie, Barry Myers) who beat Stock Exchange 'A' (Peter Cogliatti, David Hull, Jimmy Strauss, Stuart Leigh) 74-47 in the Cup Final.
12-May-2016
Justin Wickens Memorial Bridge Event
Wimbledon Bridge Club is holding a bridge event to remember Justin Wickens, whom LBHCBA players will know from the BTONS team (and their predecessors). It is for a good cause and ex-LBHCBA officer Carol Regulski has been a prime mover.
- Sunday 12th June at 2pm
- Entry costs £10 pp
- All proceeds will go to Prostate Cancer UK
- There will be a trophy or shield for the winners and a £200 cash prize for the winning pair, £100 for the runners-up
- Tea and cake is included
- There will be a raffle in aid of Prostate Cancer UK which will be drawn at the tea-break
- Enter via the Wimbledon website
Download and display a flyer [A4 PDF] and A5.
12-April-2016
Website Offline
This site was offline from after noon yesterday until late afternoon today. This was caused by a hardware failure ("The main firewall in the rack went bang…") but normal service should now be resumed. Apologies for inconvenience, thanks to those who alerted us.
Update: the results submission form is out of action – it's being looked into.
(2016-04-13 19:30) "There is definitely an issue Chris. I'm working on it. I will email you when I have a fix."
Working again! Please use the web form again for submitting results. The problems were caused by the new firewall not accepting the backup of setting from an older version thus necessitating manual reapplication. Well, you wanted to know…
11-April-2016
Selfridges Pairs 2016
Congratulations to David Hull and Jimmy Strauss, winners of our annual Pairs.
| 1. | David Hull & Jimmy Strauss | 64.88% |
| 2. | Andrew MacAlister & Roy Westwater | 61.90 |
| 3. | Dean Swallow & Carlos Dabezies | 58.04 |
| 4= | Iain Macleay & Jim O'Donoghue | 56.25 |
| 4= | Stuart Leigh & Peter Cogliatti | 56.25 |
See the full results.
27-February-2016
Selfridges Pairs 2016
The Selfridge's Cup competition is the annual pairs' event of the LBHCBA. It is open to all players who are bona fide members of the association's constituent teams.
| Date: | Monday, 11 April, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Venue: | Young Chelsea Bridge Club 54 Goldhawk Road Shepherd's Bush London W12 8HA |
| Start: | 6:30pm – sandwiches & tea/coffee 7:00pm prompt start to play |
| Entry: | £10 per player payable on the night |
The maximum number of pairs that can be accommodated is 26, so please enter early, with entries being sent to and giving the names of the pairs and the contact details (including a mobile number). Each entry will be acknowledged.
Philip Watson will acknowledge entries after his return from holiday, on 30th March.
For full details see the dedicated page (or link from the left).
6-January-2016
Masterpoint awards for 2014-15
The Masterpoint awards for last season have just been made but only to players with known EBU Numbers. Captains will have been sent a 'statement' saying who got what.
As last year the submission has been done online using the system primarily designed for clubs. To award the right MPs an 'event' has been created which is an 'individual' – and that's how it will be appear on everyone's membership record. The 'results' also look different because there are no scores – everyone got zero. Needless to say, this will have no impact on NGS.
The awards should be made in the EBU's January monthly run thereby falling in the 2015 MP-year.
21-October-2015
Knockouts
Hold the front page! Knockout draw made early shock!
Although there is one match still to play – and until the end of the month to play it – the draw for the second round, the first in the Gainsborough Plate, has been made. The first round can still be seen and used but now the links from the left-hand navigation go to the competitions proper.
The next round should be complete by year-end.
12-October-2015
2015 SURDOC
| Team | Sto | Whi | Civ | RAC | GLC | BTO | NAO | Hab | BTO | Hur | Lav | RAC | YCB | For | RAC | IMPs |
| Stock Exchange | x | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 7 | -5 | -8 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 8 | 6 | 62 |
| White Rabbits | 0 | x | -1 | 0 | -10 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 15 | -2 | 47 |
| Civil Service | 0 | 1 | x | -2 | 4 | 0 | -12 | -1 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -7 | 41 |
| RAC Morgan | -9 | 0 | 2 | x | -1 | 14 | 3 | -2 | -1 | 13 | 3 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 26 |
| GLC | -9 | 10 | -4 | 1 | x | -1 | -4 | 2 | -1 | -3 | 7 | -9 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 20 |
| BTONS B | -7 | -8 | 0 | -14 | 1 | x | 3 | -6 | 0 | 6 | -10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 14 | -5 |
| NAO | 5 | -3 | 12 | -3 | 4 | -3 | x | 14 | -11 | -1 | 0 | 7 | -21 | -11 | 6 | -5 |
| Habeus Corpus | 8 | -7 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 6 | -14 | x | 6 | 4 | -3 | -4 | 1 | -2 | -2 | -6 |
| BTONS A | -6 | -17 | -9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | -6 | x | -7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | -10 |
| Hurlingham | -9 | -1 | -10 | -13 | 3 | -6 | 1 | -4 | 7 | x | 8 | -9 | 13 | 1 | 7 | -12 |
| Lavender Blue | -12 | -2 | -14 | -3 | -7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | -4 | -8 | x | 3 | 5 | 16 | 1 | -12 |
| RAC Rolls Royce | -13 | -8 | -2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | -7 | 4 | -2 | 9 | -3 | x | -1 | 0 | -2 | -15 |
| Guest | 4 | 1 | -11 | -2 | -3 | -10 | 21 | -1 | -14 | -13 | -5 | 1 | x | -10 | 13 | -29 |
| Formtex | -8 | -15 | -12 | 0 | -16 | 0 | 11 | 2 | -2 | -1 | -16 | 0 | 10 | x | 2 | -45 |
| RAC Elite | -6 | 2 | 7 | -9 | -12 | -14 | -6 | 2 | 0 | -7 | -1 | 2 | -13 | -2 | x | -57 |
Congratulations to David Hull, Jimmy Strauss, Chris Brewin and Brian Kelly.
7-September-2015
AGM Tomorrow, Tuesday 8th September
6:15pm at Room 3, Church House Westminster
The AGM and captains' meeting (to arrange fixtures for the season) is almost upon us. There will be no paper copies at the AGM of the following documents – please print your own if you require them (the fixtures sheet is especially useful).
- Map of venue [PDF] (please come to the North Door entrance in Great Smith Street as the Dean's Yard entrance shuts at 6:00pm).
- AGM Agenda [PDF] or below
- Minutes of 2014 AGM [PDF]
- Fixtures Sheet (blank) [PDF]
For information the forthcoming season will look like this:
- League structure for 2015-16
- The first round of the Knockout (Cup & Plate) for 2015-16
AGM Agenda
- Opening by chairman
- Apologies for absence
- Approval of the minutes of the 2014 AGM
- Matters arising from the 2014 AGM
- Chairman's report
- Treasurer's report
- Election of officers
- Appointment of Auditor
- Dates for SURDOC and Selfridges
- Playing of League and Cup matches
- Cut-off date
- Late or non-arrival of teams
- Adjudication of un-played matches
- Availability of Tournament Director for match rulings
- Any other business
At conclusion of AGM,
- Presentation of trophies for 2014-15 Season
- Captains' Fixture Meeting
Or download printable copy [PDF].