BRIDGE NEWS FROM THE LMBA 2010

UI19 Pairs - 28th November

Congratulations to the winners, Tommy Brass & Asitha Nanayakkara. Results Table.
The London Teams Championship - Change of Date
The date of our one day Teams Championship has been moved to 6th February.
Winning primary allegience LMBA members play for us in the Pachabo
Make a note in your diaries.
The Lederer - 30th & 31st October

Winners - Gold Cup Team; David Bakhshi, Alexander Allfrey, Peter Crouch, Tony Forrester and Andrew Robson.
Read the Score Matrix after the final match and the Tournament Report, courtesy of Paul Lamford (2 megs pdf)
Full Results Table and Photos courtesy of Gordon Rainsford with a few 'extras' from your Webmaster.
The London Trophy 2010 gets underway
The Draw - The Rules - Match Result Sheet - Revised Rules
County Championship - 20th - 21st November
The London Tollemache team for Daventry was Tom Townsend (Capt) & Alex Hydes; Brian Callaghan & Willie Whittaker; Ian Payn & Rob Cliffe; Gunnar Halberg & David Ewart; Gordon Rainsford & Paul Martin
We missed Qualification by just one victory point! .
Results from the EBU and Pair Butler Rankings
Champions Cup - 3rd October
Winners: Berks & Bucks - Mike Perkins & Ian Reissman - Chris Cooper & Ben Paske
2nd YC3 (holders) - David Ould & Mike Hill - Rolf Alexander & Bill Hodgkiss
Results Matrix
County Mixed Pairs - September 19th

Winners - Ryan Stephenson & Liz Clery
Results
Metropolitan Cup - September 12th
Scores courtesy of Sussex.
Flight A : Results
Flight B : Results
Flight C : Results
London Trophy Pairs - 20th June
Winners; Bob Bowman and Arun Suri 70.83%
Full results
London Trophy Finals - RAC Pall Mall - 23rd May

Trophy Winners - MCC - Nigel Clayton, Richard Cummin-Bruce, Harvey Laurance, Geoff Lane + 1310 vs.
Losing Finalists - Chislehurst Golf Club - John Chapman, Simon Smollett, Bryan Grimm, Jan Green

Third Place Play off Winners - RAC - Andrew Kisiel, Arun Suri, Bob Bowman, Bernard Heilpern + 3030 vs.
Fourth Placed - Leatherhead LTC - Bernard Burbidge, Liz Farrar, Christine Jones, Richard Herbert

Della Porta Plate Winners - Cameron McKenna - David Reuben, Freda Weiner, Arthur Dyson, Roy Griggs +1350 vs.
Losing Plate finalists - St Georges Hill LTC2 - Wendy Kelly, Lynda Wilson, Bob Wilson, Linda Park

Pictures and Match Report, courtesy of Michael Hill and Paul Lamford

Many thanks to Tournament Organizer Cecil Leighton, Pat Brotherston (Freddie's daughter) for presenting the prizes, Bob Bowman for organizing such an elegant tournament venue for us and all the helpers on the day.

Cafe Bridge Drives - 20th April and 23rd May



This novel format is a duplicate bridge tournament played in a number of different cafés/bars/restaurants in a limited geographical area, each round of the tournament being played in a different venue
Read details of the Wandsworth Game 20th April - Results - Pictures
Ned Paul reports;
"We had a good time and raised about £300 for Age Concern Wandsworth, thanks to the raffle as well as part of the entry fee. Thanks to my co-organisers James Smith and Chris Duckworth and to helpers Sati McKenzie, Stefanie Rohan, John Balson and Hazelle Jackson"

Garden Cities - LMBA Qualifier - 22nd April 2010
Results
Senior Pairs - 18th April - Queens Club
Details - Full Results
Green Point EBU Weekend Results - 13th 14th March
Pairs - 13th March
 Teams - 14th March
Winners
Ian Budden & Ted Booth

Full Results		 Winners
Ian Pagan, Martin Pope (in photo),
+ Andre Gubbay, Geoff Lederman
Full Results
Championship Pairs - 21st February

 Palmer Bayer - 31st January
Winners - John Pemberton & Steve Popham
Qualifier - Main Final - Consolation Final
Final Rankings		 Brian Callaghan presenting the Cup
Winners - Dave Strawbridge & Lorna Vestey
Full Results