March 2010
Pair Wins Suffolk Individual!
A re-count saw the Suffolk Singles end in an exact tie.
Joan Mayhew and Richard Evans – both committee members note… – accumulated exactly the same number of matchpoints and so share the trophy. More details in results section.
The Suffolk Singles was instigated by the late Jyl Marsh. The Committee have decided to formally name the event after Jyl so with her family's enthusiastic support, our joint winners will be awarded The Jyl Marsh Suffolk Individual at the AGM in May, each keeping the Waters trophy for six months.
Club Secretaries' Meeting
At the meeting for club representatives in February there was a healthy discussion and sharing of experiences on the forthcoming changes to club bridge with the coming of Universal Membership and Pay-to-Play.
Other topics covered:
- Clubs increasingly keen to play duplicated boards, for both special events and club nights
- Draft plan to devolve organisation of some SCBA competitions
- Support for proposal to investigate new venues
- Support for events aimed at, and restricted to, club players
- Recognition of need to re-style Summer League (inter-club teams-of-eight)
Bridge in the Cupboard
If you are from north of the border, the Nine of Diamonds is a fateful card, but the reference for Askia, the nine of diamonds is decidedly southern, in fact African, not Caledonian at all.
Forthcoming Events
Club Teams of Four
Sunday 21st March 2010, 2:00pm at Stoke by Nayland. A two session teams event with refreshments. The cost is £10.00 per person, entries through club secretaries, queries to SCBA tournament secretary .
Clubs can download entry-forms/flyers [PDF] to popularise the event.
Pivot Teams
Sunday 28th March 2010, 2:00pm at Stoke by Nayland. This is a two session teams event with refreshments where each player partners the other three members of their team roughly a third of the time. The cost is £10.00 per person – entries to SCBA tournament secretary .
Norfolk Congress 2010
Friday 9th April to Sunday 11th, at the Hotel Elizabeth, Duke's Head, King's Lynn. Pairs Friday afternoon followed by a self-contained teams event, Saturday is the Championship Pairs and Sunday the congress Swiss Teams. Both the Championship Pairs and the Swiss Teams are Green-Pointed.
The full congress costs £44.00 but entry is also possible for separate events. You can download an Entry Form [PDF] which also has pricings of individual events. The programme [PDF] has all the timings.
Results
Jyl Marsh Suffolk Individual
As per the headlines, this resulted in a dead-heat and the winners will jointly hold the trophy (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and alternate Sundays?).
| 1= | Joan P Mayhew | 60.07% |
| 1= | Richard Evans | 60.07% |
| 3. | Diana Downes | 55.56% |
20 players took part, full results on the Suffolk website.
Suffolk Pairs Semi-Final
The Suffolk Pairs semi-final qualified the first 24 pairs. Congratulations to Peter Gemmell and Peter Sutcliffe who won, check all the scores. The final is Sunday 25th April at Stoke by Nayland.
| 1. | Peter Gemmell & Peter Sutcliffe | 63.19% |
| 2. | Eric Newman & Mike Sherer | 62.50% |
| 3. | Bogdan Talaga & Anna Yarkina | 61.46% |
Colchester & Sudbury Swiss Teams
Newman must have had a nervous last round but their 12-8 win was enough to hold off a late charge from Stokes. Willets (Kevin Willets, Sara Willetts, Rose Young and Bill Young) won the Ascenders' Prize.
| 1. | Newman (Eric Newman, Mike Malin, Rick Hanley, Mike Sherer) | 91 VPs |
| 2. | Stokes (Claude Stokes, Julian Lang, Graham Beeton, Jeff Orton) | 88 |
| 3. | Malinowska (Basia Malinowska, Anne Wilmer, John Leigh, Mark Honess) | 81 |
20 teams took part, full results on the Suffolk website.
Suffolk v Essex
In the last fixture of the 2009-10 season Suffolk managed to salvage some pride against neighbours Essex: the 'A' won 12-8 VPs (+9 IMPs), but the 'B' lost 5-15 (-35) as did 'C' team, also 5-15 (-36).
The 'A' team finished fifth (of eight), the 'B; team fourth and the 'C' team seventh. The full tables are on the Suffolk website.