SUSSEX COUNTY CONTRACT BRIDGE ASSOCIATION 2017-18 YEARBOOK How do you plan to bring home this slam? What will be your only losing trick? see back cover for answer. Dear All This year, unfortunately, saw the passing of one of the best players this County has ever seen. Much has already been written about the stellar career of Sandra Landy. She will be sorely missed, her contribution to our game has been immense. On a happier note, Following the cancellation of the Junior Teach-In at Loughborough last year I decided to run a substitute event at Ardingly College. This was a great success, with a fantastic £5,000 donation from Vivian Priday and the hard work of David Dickson, Colin Smith and Gerry Stanford, as well as additional help from Hazel Beveridge and Helen Kent, we ran a very successful weekend for over 30 children. This year, EBED have reinstated their Teach-In, so I will be running a smaller non- residential course for juniors in August playing for the Tony Priday Trophy. Meanwhile, Ollie Powell continues to run a very successful teaching class every week, Gerry Stanford is teaching at Ardingly College and Ian Wright is teaching with Stephen Waters at Brighton College who will soon be holding their second match, this time against Burgess Hill Girls’ school. I will be looking to run some more open days at schools this year, so if you have any contacts in schools that might like a minibridge taster session, please let me know At this point, as usual I would like to thank all my back room colleagues who work tirelessly in keeping the County going and keep you all playing bridge - Martin Pool our president, Dick Wheeler our secretary, Mervyn Wotton our webmaster, Hazel Beveridge our membership secretary, John Hardy our treasurer, Gerry Stanford and all the other members of the committee I’d also like to welcome Peter Clinch who has recently taken on the role of Tournament Manager Thank-you Andy Ryder President MARTIN POOL Vice-President MAY LANGMAID ANDY RYDER Chairman Flat 6, 1 Adelaide Mansions, Hove, BN3 2FD (01273 746138) [email protected] Vice-Chairman DICK WHEELER Honorary Secretary 27 Bodmin Rd, Worthing BN13 3HE (01903 691566) [email protected] JOHN HARDY Honorary Treasurer 2 Lotts Lane, Lancing BN15 9TX (01903 753662) [email protected] HAZEL BEVERIDGE Membership Secretary Sedges, Box's Lane, Danehill RH17 7JG (01825 740960) [email protected] Tournament Manager PETER CLINCH PETER BATES, HAZEL BEVERIDGE, Committee ANDREA GALPIN, DAVID GALPIN, MERVYN WOTTON, MALCOLM WRIGHT County Website www.sccba.co.uk Webmaster MERVYN WOTTON (01293 531525) [email protected] Press Officer GEOFFREY WOLFARTH Year Book Editors ANDY RYDER, GERRY STANFORD Master Point Secretary MERVYN WOTTON Selection Committee JULIAN MITCHELL(Chair) , CHRIS JEPSON, IAN LANCASTER, ROGER POULTER Conduct Committee JILL ARMSTRONG(Chair) , HAROLD LINFIELD, MICK CARRINGTON, RICHARD BURNETT DICK WHEELER(Chair), JOHN HARDY, ANDREA Tournament Committee GALPIN, MARTIN POOL, PETER CLINCH, MERVYN WOTTON Education Group ANDY RYDER, GERRY STANFORD, WILLIAM BOURNE, IAN WRIGHT Equipment & Trophy Coordinator MALCOLM WRIGHT [email protected] JUNE 2017 3rd/4th Corwen Trophy Northampton 4th Sussex Candles Blue-Pointed Henfield 13.00 Swiss Teams 10th/11th Pachabo Cup Daventry 11th Open Swiss Pairs - Margaret King Salver Eastbourne 13.00 16th SCCBA Invitation Pairs Round 4 Thakeham 19.30 25th SCCBA Venture Pairs Worthing 13.00 28th Avenue Teams League Avenue 19.30 JULY 2017 7th-9th EBU Summer Seniors Congress Eastbourne 18th SCCBA Invitation Pairs Round 5 Avenue 19.30 23rd SCCBA Green Point Swiss Teams Bolney 13.00 29th-31st Sussex Junior Bridge Camp Avenue 30th Horsham Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs & Ingfield Manor School 13.00 Welcome Pairs AUGUST 2017 4th-13th EBU Summer Meeting Eastbourne 23rd SCCBA Midweek Swiss Pairs Henfield 11.00 SEPTEMBER 2017 3rd Open Swiss Teams - Blue Pointed St Leonards 13.00 8th SCCBA Invitation Pairs Round 6 West Sussex 19.30 TBC SCCBA Pairs Heat Bognor 19.00 13th Avenue Non-Swiss Pairs Avenue 19.30 14th SCCBA David Pavey Heat Horsham 19.00 14th SCCBA Individual Heat West Sussex 19.30 18th SCCBA Mixed Pairs Heat St Leonards 19.00 20th SCCBA Pairs Heat Avenue 19.30 21st SCCBA Golf/Bridge Cooden Beach TBC 22nd SCCBA Pairs Heat Crowborough 19.15 23rd-24th Surrey Green Pointed Weekend Guildford 27th Avenue Teams League Avenue 19.30 OCTOBER 2017 4th SCCBA Mixed Pairs Heat Eastbourne 19.30 5th SCCBA David Pavey Heat Worthing 19.15 5th SCCBA David Pavey Heat West Sussex 19.30 6th SCCBA Invitation Pairs Round 7 Worthing 19.30 8th Metropolitan Cup East Grinstead 13.00 11th Avenue Non-Swiss Pairs Avenue 19.30 11th SCCBA Pairs Heat Eastbourne 19.30 15th SCCBA Ladies Pairs Patcham 13.00 TBC SCCBA Pairs Heat Bognor 18.50 18th SCCBA David Pavey Heat Avenue 19.30 19th SCCBA Pairs Heat Patcham 19.15 20th SCCBA Individual Heat Crawley 19.15 21st-22nd SCCBA Autumn Congress Bolney 23rd SCCBA Pairs Heat St Leonards 19.00 25th SCCBA David Pavey Heat Patcham 19.15 25th Avenue Teams League Avenue 19.30 27th SCCBA Pairs Heat Horsham 19.30 29th Kremer Dersch Trophy Eastbourne 13.00 TBC SCCBA Mixed Pairs Heat Bognor 18.50 NOVEMBER 2017 3rd SCCBA Individual Heat Patcham 13.30 7th SCCBA Invitation Pairs Round 8 Avenue 19.30 8th Avenue Non-Swiss Pairs Avenue 19.30 9th SCCBA Individual Heat Eastbourne 19.30 10th SCCBA Mixed Pairs Heat Horsham 19.30 11th Chairman’s Cup Avenue 13.00 15th SCCBA Mixed Pairs Heat Avenue 19.30 18th-19th Tollemache Qualifier Solihull 18th SCCBA Basic Bridge Pairs The Ark Turners Hill 11.00 20th SCCBA Mixed Pairs Heat Patcham 13.30 21st SCCBA Pairs Heat West Sussex 19.30 22nd Avenue Teams League Avenue 19.30 24th SCCBA Individual Heat Horsham 19.30 26th Hills Trophy Angmering 12.30 DECEMBER 2017 5th SCCBA David Pavey Heat Eastbourne 13.30 10th SCCBA Basic Bridge Pairs Bognor 11.00 12th SCCBA Mixed Pairs Heat West Sussex 19.30 17th Christmas Swiss Teams St Leonards 13.00 JANUARY 2018 8th-12th SCCBA Charity Sim Pairs Clubs 10th Avenue Non-Swiss Pairs Avenue 19.30 14th SCCBA New Year Swiss Teams Henfield 13.00 21st SCCBA Individual Final Patcham 13.00 24th Avenue Teams League Avenue 19.30 28th SCCBA David Pavey Final Worthing 13.00 28th SCCBA Pairs Final Patcham 13.00 FEBRUARY 2018 11th West Sussex Challenge West Sussex 13.00 14th Avenue Non-Swiss Pairs Avenue 19.30 18th SCCBA Mixed Pairs Final West Sussex 13.00 21st SCCBA Open Simultaneous Pairs Clubs 25th Roy Skelton Cup - under 10,000 points Worthing 12.30 28th Avenue Teams League Avenue 19.30 MARCH 2018 11th National Pairs Regional Heat Patcham 13.00 14th Avenue Non-Swiss Pairs Avenue 19.30 25th EBU Portland Pairs Various 28th Avenue Teams League Avenue 19.30 APRIL 2018 8th SCCBA Club Teams of 8 Eastbourne 13.00 11th Avenue Non-Swiss Pairs Avenue 19.30 14th-15th National Pairs Final Daventry 25th Avenue Teams League Avenue 19.30 27th-29th SCCBA Spring Congress Uckfield 29th SCCBA AGM Uckfield 11.30 MAY 2018 9th Avenue Non-Swiss Pairs Avenue 19.30 19th SCCBA Green Point Swiss Pairs Uckfield 11.00 20th Kent Green Pointed Swiss Teams Maidstone 23rd Avenue Teams League Avenue 19.30 SCCBA HEATS SUMMARY Pairs September 20th Avenue 19.30 October 19th Patcham 19.15 September 22nd Crowborough 19.15 October 23rd St. Leonards 19.00 TBC Bognor 18.50 October 27th Horsham 19.30 October 11th Eastbourne 19.30 November 21st West Sussex 19.30 Mixed Pairs September 18th St Leonards 19.00 November 15th Avenue 19.30 October 4th Eastbourne 19.30 November 20th Patcham 13.30 TBC Bognor 18.50 December 12th West Sussex 19.30 November 10th Horsham 19.30 Individual September 14th West Sussex 19.30 November 9th Eastbourne 19.30 October 20th Crawley 19.15 November 24th Horsham 19.30 November 3rd Patcham 13.30 David Pavey September 14th Horsham 19.00 October 18th Avenue 19.30 October 5th West Sussex 19.30 October 25th Patcham 19.15 October 5th Worthing 19.15 December 5th Eastbourne 13.30 " Sussex County Contract Bridge Association www.sccba.co.uk Competitions Entry Forms 2017/2018 All SCCBA forms can also be found on the SCCBA Website www.sccba.co.uk SCCBA competitions may be entered online with payment by bank transfer FEES Teams, Sussex League & Championship Teams £16.00 per team. Club heats of other SCCBA events £2.50 per player. Club fees extra. Clubs may introduce additional viable heats only in exceptional circumstances with consent of the organiser and the County Tournament Manager. Entries for all County Competitions should be entered on the Club notice boards at least seven days before the date of the event. All fees, results & charts should be forwarded to the organiser without delay. TABLE MONEY AT ALL SEMI-FINALS & FINALS WILL NORMALLY NOT EXCEED £6 FOR A SINGLE SESSION OR £8.00 FOR MULTI-SESSIONS. Sussex County Contract Bridge Association Qualifying Events SCCBA PAIRS Holders: Andy Ryder & Mike Allen Heats to be held at clubs as listed in the County Calendar, not later than 31st December 2017. Qualifiers play in the final at Patcham on the 28th January 2018. Level 4 Organiser: Gerry Stanford, 45 Shepherds Way, Horsham , W. Sussex RH12 4LZ (01403 255952) E-mail: [email protected] UNDER 10,000 PAIRS - SCCBA David Pavey Trophy Holders: Roger & Jo Waddingham A Pairs event for players who have earned less than 10,000 master points at 1st Sept.