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February 2016 English Bridge

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the Men's Pairs and Paul Lilley, Mike Wignall, Geoff Foster

and Andrew Courtman in the Cotswold Cup. Thribb won the

Bredon Vale Cup, represented by Angelos Agathangelou, John

Councer, Natalie Davenport and John Whittenbury. For more

details, visit the county website.

Hertfordshire

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CONGRATULATIONS to the Hemel

Hempstead BC team of June Ball & Helen

Robinson, David Stimson & Roger Edmonds,

Derek & Lesley Peers, George Summers & Julian

Peers for winning the Desmond Flockhart

Trophy for teams of 8 on 6 Dec.

Congratulations Karima Basse & Francis Eddleston for

winning the Mixed Pairs trophy on 20 Nov. Paul & Fiona

Littlewood came second and also won the Flitch cup as the

highest-placed married couple.

Congratulations to Watford BC for winning the Eccles

Cup on 27 November.

The Club Winners Cup was won on 13 Nov by Kevin

Clark and Paul Kemp from Royston BC. Congratulations to

both of them.

Kent

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PLAYING for the Dyer Smith Cup - Valerie

Frearson & George Phillips, winners of the

Kent Mixed Pairs Championship. Hunter Cup

(Married pair) Leigh & Sarah Chapman.

56th Kent Congress: Swiss Pairs Invicta Cup

winners - Victor Milman & David Kendrick. Allnut Trophy

(Mixed pair) Helen Erichsen & Gerald Soper. Gentry Cup

(Married pair) Frances Connell & Steve Barnfield.

Puddleduck Plate (Non-expert) Konrad Mau & John

Gibbons. Swiss Teams winners - Michael Prior & Keith

Ashcroft/Mike Hampton & John Amor winners of the

Lukey Cup. Owl Cup (Runners-up) Peter Brown & Yves

Lebrec/John Jackson & Leon Northeast. Birkle Bowl (Nonexpert)

David Lightfoot & Mary Kendall/Jo Lightfoot & Jan

Johnson. Congratulations to all.

Go to the Archive section of the website for the history

of the KCBA - people and cup winners. Contact Phil Jones,

KCBA Archivist, assisted by Gerald Soper, if you have any

information e.g. past results of KCBA tournaments and

events, players of note who had successes while members of

the KCBA (e.g. Gold Cup/Spring Fours winners) and

significant contributions made either as a member of the

committee or in some other function for the KCBA.

Diary Dates: Green pointed Swiss Pairs Sunday 6th

March 1pm. Maidstone Leisure Centre. Larsky Final: TW

BC Sunday 3rd April 11am. George Griffiths Cup (Kent

Seniors Pairs) Sunday April 10th 11am.

Leicestershire

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THE Otto & Edith Cup (Mixed Pairs) was won

by Alison Nichols & Richard Smith with Paul &

Susan Bowyer in 2nd place. The Non-Expert

Prize was won by Tracey Bridges-Webb & John

Nolan in 7th place.

Current Leaders in the Stanley Trophy (Butler IMPs Pairs)

after 3 Rounds are John Glover & Lyn Hilton (0.49) with Peter

Halford & John Milne (0.44) close behind. Best placed of

those who have played only two heats are Ian Bruce & Mick

Mahoney (0.78).

Current Divisional leaders in the League (Club Teams of

8) are: Div 1 - Clarendon 51/5; Div 2 - Westcotes A (43/5);

Div 3 - Westcotes B (39/5) Div 4 - Blaby B (42/4).

The Josephs Bowl (Championship Teams of Four) had 15

entries in Round 1 as did the Leicestershire Cup (Aggregate

Scoring Team of Four).

Lincolnshire

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PAST events: Ghost Pairs. Winners N/S were Maurice Ladlow

& Maureen Parsons. Runners-up were Brian Smith & Ron

Wall and in third place came Guy Grainger & Jo Pike. Sitting

E/W the victors were Mike Llewellyn & Megan Williams, with

runners-up Nick Hunter & Ruby Schnalke. Third place went

to Phil Harland & Sue Barraclough.

Future events: After having held qualifying heats in the

Clubs, the semi-final of the Bainton final will be held at

Dunholme Village Hall on 31 Jan, 1.30pm. After that the final

will be at the same venue on 28 Feb, 1.30pm.

London

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THE Men's & Women's Pairs were held together at

the YCBC on 25 Oct 2015. The Women's Pairs was

won by Anne Catchpole & Stefanie Rohan, with

Camilla Warren & Terry Hewett second and Lyn

Poole & Elisabeth Cocking third. The Men's Pairs was won by

Nigel Freake & Paul Lamford, with Ian Pagan & Geoffrey

Lederman second and Gad Chadha & Roger Mapp third.

Manchester

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TOLLEMACHE: Manchester qualified for the

final by winning their group. The team was

John Hassett & Jeff Morris, Michael Byrne &

Michael Newman, John Holland & Alan

Mould, Tom Slater & Alec Smalley. Rodney Lighton was NPC.

Ben Franks Trophy: Michael Byrne & Michael Newman won

the Corwen qualifier on 6 Dec. Ollie Burgess & Rob Myers

were second, 10% behind the winners. In third place and also

intermediate prize winners were Graham Campbell &

Lindsey Barnes. The other qualifiers for the Corwen were

Gillian McMullan & Neil Thomas. The ascenders prize went

to Barbara Lewis & Alec Smalley.

Autumn Intermediate Pairs: Thirteen and a half tables

played at Altrincham on 1 Nov. In the N/S section winners

were Andrew Jackson & Adam Wiseberg and runners up were

Chris Baker & Jim O'Neill. E/W winners were Peter Allison &

John Attree and 2nd were Nicki Decent & Haidee Tattersall.

Merseyside/Cheshire

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WATERWORTH Cup - County pairs event

and our Corwen trophy qualifier: 1st Stuart

Matthews & Mark Weeks, 2nd David

Flacks & Laurence Stone, 3rd Chris Pope &

Andrew Prothero.

The Merseyside Cup (inter-club restricted teams) was won