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WBL February Newsletter 1st February 2021 Westmorland and Cumbria Bridge Leagues February Newsletter 1 WBL February Newsletter 1st February 2021 Contents Congratulations to All Winners in the January Schedule .................................................................................................. 3 A Word from your Organiser ............................................................................................................................................ 5 February Schedule ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 Teams and Pairs Leagues .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Teams Events ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Cumbria Inter-Club Teams of Eight ........................................................................................................................... 7 A Word from the Players................................................................................................................................................... 8 From Ken Orford ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 From Jim Lawson ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 From Ken Orford ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Final League Tables ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Westmorland Teams League ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Westmorland Pairs League ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Cumbria Inter-Club Teams of Eight Leagues ............................................................................................................... 18 Join the Facebook group “Westmorland Bridge Leagues” ............................................................................................. 19 Final Summary................................................................................................................................................................. 19 2 WBL February Newsletter 1st February 2021 Congratulations to All Winners in the January Schedule Westmorland Teams League - Division Winners (Schedule 06) Division 1 Winners Michael Cox, Glenda Lloyd, Jill Rushton, Gillian Whyte Runners-up Michael Rothwell and Sally-Ann Rothwell John MacLachlan and Robin Rose Division 2 Winners Alan Farmer, Carolynne Farmer, Tim Farmer, Phil Hine Runners-up Paul Davies, Phil Young Terry McCarron, Harriet Dinwoodie Division 3 Winners Leopold Lehninger, Joan Taylor Pat Downes, Ina Gray Runners-up Brian Smith, Tim Harrison Richard Brazier, Geoff Maskall 3 WBL February Newsletter 1st February 2021 Westmorland Pairs League - Division Winners (Schedule 07) Division 1 Winners Wendy Owen and Alan James Runner-Up Jane Eyre and John Robinson Division 2 Winners Brian Smith and Gillian Whyte Mike Rothwell and Sally-Ann Rothwell Division 3 Winners Felicity Kay and John Wilmott Runner-Up Pat Downes and Ina Gray Division 4 Winners Frank Underwood and Nigel Morgan Runner-Up Ray Gregory and Irene Gregory Division 5 Winners Paul Tharagonnet and Trevor Duddle Runner-Up Harriet Dinwoodie and Phil Young Division 6 Winners David Owen and Janet Owen Runner-Up Barbara Jeffrey and Mary Anne Peden Division 7 Winners Jill Howarth and Pat Crompton Runner-Up Elizabeth Moreton and June Gartside Clare Parker and John Renton 4 WBL February Newsletter 1st February 2021 A Word from your Organiser Welcome to the fifth newsletter from the Westmorland and Cumbria Bridge Leagues. Online bridge is still flourishing during lockdown. It is still providing a real alternative to the normal face to face game. RealBridge is now being used for an increasing number of competitions. It is proving more versatile than BBO especially when running teams events. Other bridge groups have been developing their on-line bridge. Dowker Lane Bridge Club. Now has six tables per week, playing on a Tuesday at 2pm. Casual bridge is played on BBO. South Lakes U3A are now running a duplicate pairs tournament, on BBO. The next tournament is planned for 12th February 2021. 5 WBL February Newsletter 1st February 2021 February Schedule Teams and Pairs Leagues The next schedule of the Leagues will start on Monday 1st February. The schedule will run from 1st February through to 14th March. The WTL (Teams) will consist of fourteen teams in three divisions. The top two divisions will have five teams and Division 3 will have four teams. The top team in divisions 2 and 3 have been promoted to a higher division. The bottom team in divisions 1 and 2 have been relegated to the division below. The WPL (Pairs) will consist of seven divisions. Divisions 1, 2, 6, and 7 will have eight pairs, divisions 3, 4 and 5 will have seven pairs. 6 WBL February Newsletter 1st February 2021 Teams Events Cumbria Inter-Club Teams of Eight We have successfully completed the first three rounds of The Inter-Club Teams of Eight competition, which includes teams from Arnside, Barrow, Carlisle, Grange, Kendal, Keswick, West Coast, and Windermere. The next round of matches is been scheduled to be played on Friday 26th February. The matches will be: Kendal v Barrow Keswick v Carlisle West Coast v Grange Windermere v Arnside The Club Representatives are: Club Contact Arnside Alan Farmer Barrow Trevor Ward Carlisle Ken Johnston Grange Sam Norman Kendal Chris Wilkinson Keswick Gaynor Williams West Coast Paul Davies Windermere John Ellwood 7 WBL February Newsletter 1st February 2021 A Word from the Players The following contributions have been received from some of our players. From Ken Orford Being Competitive by Ken Orford A couple of months ago there was an incident in a WPL match that triggered a whole chain of thoughts that I’d like to share with you. In the match I made a misleading bid – I mislead my partner probably more than anyone. I won’t go into details, but 6 Hearts was the right contract. I bid it and my partner, because of the misunderstanding converted it to 6 Spades. At this point I realised the error and decided that 7 Hearts one off was a better score than 6 Spades several off. So I bid it. During the play, one of the defenders, confused by dummy and the odd bidding, made a mistake and the contract made. At the end of the match we had a “chat” discussion about the hand and the result was I offered to, and was happy to contact Mike and get a judgement. I subsequently sent an email to Mike, which I copied it to the other three players, with screenshots of the board, the bidding and the chat. One of our opponents replied to the email, thanking me for a good summary of the situation. I replied saying it wasn’t a problem and that “it’s not like we’re playing for the world cup”. I was then (quite rightly) firmly put into my box, with a comment that it was about “fairness” not about winning. Of course, I agreed and apologised. In the end the board was ruled in our favour, but what struck me later was my offhand comment. It got me thinking. I have always been a competitive person – ridiculously so. Whether it was playing cricket, board games (another passion), skiing, cycling, or any other sport/pastime I’ve taken up in my three score years and ten, I like to do well. And I like to win. What does winning and doing well actually mean? When I was fourteen or fifteen, I was at my local youth club – remember those? A guy I knew vaguely (he was a year older than me and went to a different school), asked if I wanted a game of table tennis. I was okay at table tennis but 8 WBL February Newsletter 1st February 2021 nothing special. However, I was having a good day and it was a really good game. When it got to 17-17 I noticed there were quite a few people watching, but I didn’t think much of it. I was a bit annoyed when I lost 21-19. But then people started congratulating me – apparently my opponent hadn’t been beaten for two years and I gave him a real scare. So I went from being disappointed to have lost, to quite pleased with myself (it was a fluke – he’d have clobbered me any other time). So it’s not the winning that makes you feel good – it’s how well you’ve competed. I could beat my four year old grandson at just about anything – except maybe dinosaur identification. But I wouldn’t feel good about it. So it is with Bridge (no I haven’t taught my four year old grandson – yet). Back in the day (mid 70s) I was lucky enough to play against Omar Sharif at a convention. I think we got a couple of averages – and I’ll take that any day. So it’s the same playing at Kendal. There are some people we’re happy to get an average against, not mentioning names Mike and Sally-Ann, because they’re better players than us. And coming 3rd or 4th is satisfying – of course we aspire to win, but we’re realistic. We know there