CAH ran a session of the EBU Summer Sims on Wednesday evening.

There were 18 pairs from 5 different clubs. The CAH winners were John Nowell with Jonathan Bradshaw from Lines, second were Tony and Tapan Pal from Cambridge , equal third were Rosalind and Norman Hutchinson from Cambridge and Paul Kemp with Kevin Clark from Lines. In the overall results from the EBU, out of 359 entries Tony and Tapan were 4^th, John and Jonathan were 5th, Rosalind and Norman were 7^th and Paul and Kevin were 12^th. Congratulations to all of them.

 Overall results can be found on the EBU website www.ebu.co.uk and CAH results on the Cambridge BC website www.cambridgebridgeclub.org

Do come and join us next Wednesday, July 29^th at 7pm. for only BBO $3.00 (about £2.30). 

We play 18 boards and masterpoints are awarded at the County level (i.e. double club points).

New to CAH Virtual Bridge Club? Please contact Peter Grice pg10003@cam.ac.uk  with your name,                                                                      EBU number and BBOid (and don’t forget to have some BBO$).   

Next Wednesday, July 22^nd, it will be the EBU Summer Sims

at no extra charge, just BB $3.00

As this is a National SIMS, results will not be available until after 10pm.

There will also be a PDF booklet available online at that time too.

Do find a partner and come to join us on Wednesday evening at 7.0 pm

To register with CAH Virtual Club: Join BBO and purchase some BB$ from their site,  then send an email 

to Peter Grice pg10003@cam.ac.uk with your name, EBU number and BBO Id.

July 15th was the third session of Cambs. And Hunts. Virtual Bridge Club.

There were 8 tables with players representing seven of our County clubs, the movement allowing there to be one winner.

The winners this week were Mark and Kieran Tilley from Peterborough with 67.86%. Well done to them.

Result lists for this and previous sessions can be found on the Cambridge BC. website  www.cambridgebridgeclub.org 

Do find a partner and come to join us every Wednesday evening at 7.0 pm to play against players from all over the County.

To register with CAH Virtual B. Club: Join BBO and purchase some BB$ from their site, 

then send an email to Peter Grice pg10003@cam.ac.uk with your name, EBU number and BBO Id.

The first meeting of the County Virtual Bridge Club was held yesterday evening at 7pm on BBO,

(Bridge Base On-Line). It was Open Pairs which ran seamlessly, directed by Peter Grice.

There were 5 tables playing a Howell movement of 18 boards with County Masterpoints and

congratulations to the winners who were Peter Oxley and Bill Briscombe from the Lines B.C.

Results can be viewed on the Cambridge Bridge Club website www.cambridgebridgeclub.org         

Players represented 4 of our 14 affiliated clubs and hopefully, next time there will be many more.

Do come and play with others from all over the County on Wednesday evenings from the comfort of your home.

To do this you will need to purchase some BB$ from the BBO site. (3 p.p. per session, about £2.30)

and register your name, EBU number and BBO id with Peter Grice. pg10003@cam.ac.uk 

Due to an insufficient number of attendees (only 11), we did not hold the virtual AGM at this time - given the current uncertainty, it is indefinitely postponed. Reports from the various officers (plus the audited accounts) have been made available (below and in 'documents'),  and any comments are welcomed.

Once there is more information around when it is safe to resume face to face bridge, a draft calendar will be disseminated. Until that time, I encourage anyone who is interested to take part in the various available online bridge games organised by both clubs and the EBU. Despite the difficult circumstances, bridge can still provide a valuable source of social interaction and entertainment.

Best wishes to everyone in the County and stay safe. 

Adam Bowden,

Chairman

Top: Clive Stops, Simon Barb, Rod Oakford & John Liebeschuetz Left: Pauline Harden, Mary Moir, Mark Leggett & Tyler Mair Right: Liam Fegarty, Catherine Curtis, Jamie Fegarty and Paul Fegarty

Simon Barb & Rod Oakford completed an East Anglian Bridge Weekend 'double' by landing the Teams event on Sunday - together with Clive Stops & John Liebeschuetz - 24 hours after winning the Swiss Pairs.

However, the manner of their success could not have been more different to their earlier victory. Having strolled to a comfortable win on Saturday (see below), the teams comnpetiton was not decided until the score for the last of 48 boards was punched into the Bridgemate.

The family quartet of Paul Fegarty & Catherine Curtis and their two sons, Liam and Jamie, led for much of the day only to be overtaken in the final round by the Norfolk quartet of Paul Darby & Steve Dannell and Giles & Gabriel Ip who in turn were overhauled in the dying moments by the winning four from Cambridgeshire.

The Relaxed Pairs was won by Tyler Mair, Mary Moir, Pauline Harden and Mark Leggett.

Simon Barb & Rod Oakford (top),  John Bloomfield & Celia Jeal (left)  Christine Mapus-Smith & Sekhar Pillai (right)

Simon Barb & Rod Oakford from Cambridgeshire strolled to an emphatic victory in the Swiss Pairs on the opening day of the East Anglian Bridge Weekend.

Although they lost two of their seven matches - narrowly - they scored thumping wins in the other five to finish 13 VPs clear of joint runners-up, Jake Dunn & Martin Jones and John Bloomfield & Celia Jeal, who were the top placed Suffolk pair.

The non-expert prize went to Christine Mapus-Smith & Sekhar Pillai. 44 pairs took part in the event staged aty Elmswell. Click on EABW to see all the scores.

The Swiss Teams on Sunday start at 11am; the Relaxed Teams at 3pm.