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News/Results
Corwen Victory June 3rd 2019
Earlier this week Paul Barden and Jon Cooke from the Cambridge Bridge Club, representing Cambs. and Hunts., came top in the Corwen trophy. The finals of this inter-county pairs competition was over four sessions which they won with 61.18%. They previously won this event in 2014.  |
Cambs & Hunts AGM May 13th 2019
The County AGM was hosted by Balsham B.C. on Monday May 13th. It was attended by 8 County Officers and 27 members, and followed by an enjoyable evening of bridge. David Man was presented with the EBU Dimmie Flemming award by Adam Bowden the County Chairman, in recognition of the many years of service he has given to this County as Hon. Treasurer and Organiser of events.  Apart from presentation of the County Trophies, several members had been successful in National events. Paul Barden brought the Tollemache trophy for display which his team of eight, representing Cambs. and Hunts. had won in February.  Victor Milman received the County Knockout Team trophy on behalf of his captain Carina Negreanu.  Some trophies had been presented at their events. All winners are listed in the AGM minutes. (Document section)Decisions made at this meeting were: to raise the County portion of UMS (originally called P2P) from 8 to 10p from April 2020; to charge those who played in County Finals of events £5.00 p.p.; and to change the Constitution to allow Officers, who were not club delegates, to vote at County Management meetings. |
| Attachments:
Minutes 13.05.2019.pdf
ECL Match v University 5th May 2019
Many congratulations to the Cambs & Hunts A team, who beat the University team 20-0 on May 5th - an excellent start to the season! All other ECL matches this season will have 3 teams competing. |
County Jubilee Swiss Pairs 2019
22 pairs took part in the Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs held at Trumpington Village Hall last Sunday. Congratulations to the overall winners, Nadia Stelmashenko and Victor Milman. Tied in second place were Jamie and Paul Fegarty with Simon Barb and Rod Oakford.  (Rod, Victor, Nadia and Simon)  The ascenders after half time were Dave Simmons and Brian Combridge. Highest placed pairs ranked lower than master were Allison Kaye and Clare Lewis who tied with Margaret Baker and Rosie Shaw. The winners received a trophy and cash prizes were given to the top two places. All winners each received a bottle of wine. Final results can be viewed on Bridgewebs here. |
County Pairs Final.........results
 17 pairs entered following heats held by clubs throughout the County. The top three pairs will be eligible to play into the Corwen which will be held in Daventry at the start of June. Full results can be seen by following the link to Bridgewebs via cambridgebridgeclub.org. |
ECL Match v Herts - 17th March 2019
Many congratulations to the A team who won their match against Herts 20-0, thus ensuring that Cambs and Hunts are top of the Division 1 for the 2018-19 season, 24 VPs ahead of Herts. The team won 6 matches and drew 1. Paul Barden and Jonathan Cooke scored a remarkable 90 IMPs against Herts. The B team lost 4-16 to Herts, probably finishing 5th out of 7 in Division 2, which has been won by Herts. The C team lost 7-13 to Herts, finishing a creditable second in Division 3, 31 VPs behind Herts. |
County Swiss Pairs April 28th 2019
The 2019 Swiss Pairs competition will take place at Trumpington Village Hall on April 28th, 1pm start. To enter, please send your entry form (attached) to Peter Last at swisspairs@cambsbridge.org by April 22nd.  |
| Attachments:
2019 County Swiss Pairs Poster and entry form.pdf
East Anglia Bridge Week-end March 2nd/3rd
 The Green Pointed EABW run jointly by Cambs & Hunts, Suffolk and Norfolk in Elmswell, was a great success. There were 48 entries in the Swiss Pairs on Saturday where Jamie and Paul Fegarty came 3rd. Full Results There were 21 entries in the Swiss Teams on Sunday where the Fegarty family, Jamie, Liam, Catherine and Paul came 3rd. Joint 4th in the Swiss Teams were Roger Timmins, Mike Bradley, Matt May and Niel Pimblett. Congratulations to them all. Full Results Full results can be viewed by following the links on the Suffolk Bridge website. Thank you to all the organisers - Elmswell Community Centre was a very good venue for this joint venture. |
Tollemache Cup
 Cambs & Hunts has won the Tollemache Cup - the inter-county teams of eight championship - claiming the trophy for the second time (the first in 1980). The team (pictured) was: Paul Barden, David Kendrick (who was also part of the 1980 winning team for Cambs & Hunts), Jonathan Mestel, Jon Cooke, Giles Woodruff, Julian Wightwick, Catherine Curtis & Paul Fegarty. They finished on 88 VPs, 7 ahead of Berks & Bucks, with Manchester finishing third. Catherine Jagger, Graham Hazel and Victor Milman also played in the qualifying round, winning their group last November. |
County Individual Final 2019
 20 players took part and the winner was Michael Clydesdale (left) with David Man second. Congratulations to them both and many thanks to Dry Drayton for hosting the event. |
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