News

5-September-2017

AGM Tomorrow, Wednesday 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).

For information the forthcoming season will look like this:

AGM Agenda
  1. Opening by chairman
  2. Apologies for absence
  3. Approval of the minutes of the 2016 AGM
  4. Matters arising from the 2016 AGM
  5. Chairman's report
  6. Invitation to London Trophy teams
  7. Treasurer's report
  8. Election of officers
  9. Appointment of Auditor
  10. Dates for SURDOC and Selfridges
  11. Playing of League and Cup matches
  12. Any other business

At conclusion of AGM,

Or download printable copy [PDF].

2-September-2017

Unfortunately in recent weeks there have been problems with emails both to and from the LBH mailboxes.

But at the time of writing, submissions from the website are now working again.

12-August-2017

New Season!

AGM: Wednesday 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, 24th October 2017, 6:00pm at the Young Chelsea Bridge Club, 54 Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 8HA. See the full details.

Registration for 2017-2018

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:

19-July-2017

AGM: Wednesday 6th September, 6:15pm
Room 3, Church House, Westminster SW1P 3NZ

The 2017 AGM and captains' meeting will again be in early September. Resolutions for consideration and nominations for officers or members of the committee are invited. Those must reach the committee by 27th August (10 days before AGM).

Registration for the new season will begin in early August. As in recent years, entries will be online only.

This map [PDF] shows the location of Church House. Please come to the North Door entrance in Great Smith Street as the Dean's Yard entrance shuts at 6:00pm.

30-June-2017

Young Chelsea Ladies Teams 2017

The Young Chelsea Bridge Club is delighted to present its first Ladies Swiss Teams. It will be held at the club premises (54 Goldhawk Road, London, W12 8HA) over the weekend of 16th & 17th September 2017.

The format is ten 10-board matches, entry is £300 per team (4, 5 or 6 players). There will be a generous prize pool (amounts dependant on entries).

Further details on the YC website alternately download a flyer [PDF].

25-April-2017

Selfridges Pairs 2017

Congratulations to John Bernard and Nigel Stuttard, winners of our annual Pairs, commiserations to Andrew McAlister and Roy Westwater, runners-up for the second year running.

1.John Bernard & Nigel Stuttard58.97%
2.Andrew McAlister & Roy Westwater57.69
3.Bill Linton & Tim Pelling54.49
4=Richard Evans & Peter Smith52.88
4=Konrad Mau & Neeraj Tanna52.88

See the full results.

9-April-2017

Selfridges Pairs

As announced below, Tuesday April 25th is the Selfridges Pairs at the Young Chelsea, Goldhawk Road.

The bare details are: single-session matchpoint pairs; 6:00pm for sandwiches etc., 6:30pm prompt start to play; £10 per player payable on the night; prior registration required; limited to 26 pairs.

See the full details.

12-January-2017

Advance Notice – Selfridges Pairs

Tuesday April 25th has been booked for the Selfridges Pairs at the Young Chelsea.

8-December-2016

Normal service for results has been resumed.

5-December-2016

Panic over!

The draws of 22nd November have been reinstated.

Thanks to Mark Newton, ever helpful man in charge of ECats who host this site. He was able to retrieve backups and restore the files. I will have to do some (careful) work behind the scenes so that the KO results are processed properly but it's no more than I deserve. There might be a delay in posting KO (not league) matches.

2-December-2016

Plate and Cup Draws

Both Plate and Cup draws have been accidentally corrupted and the original fixtures posted below (and until today) lost.

Unfortunately there is no way of recreating the draw except by appeal to the teams involved. I would be very grateful if you could write to with the details of your fixture. This will almost certainly mean that the draws for round 3 will be another random draw.

I am very sorry for the inconvenience.

22-November-2016

Plate and Cup Draws

There is one match still to play but the draw for the second rounds in both Cup and Plate have now 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 Friday 13th January 2017 … a generous allowance on an extra month as I might have made the draw earlier.

27-October-2016

New Team

Welcome to Canary Wharf a new club and a new team in Division Five.

They heard about the LBH only recently but have moved with speed and enthusiasm to join the League. They have already made contact with other teams in their division.

4-October-2016

2016 SURDOC

Congratulations to BTONS, Tim Pelling, Bill Linton, John Bernard and Nigel Stuttard who took the first prize of the 2016-17 season.

TeamBTOCivRACStoHabLivLavHurRACNAOIMPs
BTONSx9-31431224231983
Civil Service-9x624-2101114-9449
RAC Morgan3-6x-810-3-110211339
Stock Exchange-14-248x26-117131118
Habeas Corpus-32-10-2x-5012-1214-4
Livesey Bridge Club-12-103-65x-9-6719-9
Lavender Blue-24-111109x181-20-25
Hurlingham TFKH-2-14-10-17-126-18x2515-27
RAC Elite-39-21-1312-7-1-25x0-49
NAO-19-4-13-11-14-1920-150x-75

See full scores and line-ups.