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Congratulations to Sandy Davies and Tom Gisborne on winning the Swiss Pairs at this event, and to David Waxman (with Keith Joules) just 1 VP behind in 2nd place.
Results here
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Monday, 28 April 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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The Stones Easter Swiss Pairs was contested by 21 pairs yesterday.
Winners of the Gold Shield were Bob Brown & David Fletcher with an impressive 85VPs.
Runners-up and winners of the Silver Shield were Bazil Caygill & Sandy Davies with 66VPs.
The Bronze Shield, which goes to the pair with the greatest increase over their expected performance based on their NGS grade,was won by Margaret Johnson & Peggy Hall with 11.5% above par.
Congratulations to all the above. Full results are here.
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Tuesday, 22 April 2025 by Simon Woolham
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We have received the sad new that Pam Lawson died peacefully at Ashgate Hospice on the morning of the 27th March.
Tony Long writes:
"Pam was a vibrant and positive individual and learned to play bridge with Dom along with me and Julie around COVID time. She loved her bridge and despite not feeling well (with her undiagnosed cancer) filled in to play in one of the Waddington league matches as recently as the 3rd February.
She loved Saturday afternoon sessions and often said there would be...
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Friday, 28 March 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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Congratulations to Arthur Hughes who, with Manchester's Kath Nelson, finished 5th in the final of the National Pairs.
Three weeks earlier, they won the Northern Regional Final. and finished 6th nationally and qualified to play in the National Final.
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Friday, 28 March 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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Congratulations to our three teams in this season of the Yorkshire League F2F Teams of eight.
Our A team has won Division 1 of the league after beating arch-rivals York A in the final match, and will go on to represent Yorkshire in the Regional Final of the Garden Cities Trophy at the club on 10 May.
Sheffield B has retained its place in Division 1 by the slimmest of margins, sneaking ahead of Doncaster on a tie-break.
Results: Division 1
Sheffield C had already won Division 6 with a match...
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Sunday, 16 March 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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Both divisions of this local league are now complete.
Congratulations to the winners:
Division 1: Sandy Davies, Tom Gisborne, Arthur Hughes, Mike Pomfrey, David Fletcher & Richard Pike
Division 2: Monika Cooper, Don Atkinson, Clive Wilson, Christopher Care, Ruth Ringrose & Stephen Village
Results
If you didn't take part this year then there's no better time than now to start recruiting some team-mates for next year. All standards are welcome!
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Tuesday, 11 March 2025 by Bazil Caygill
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Mary Cousins has taken up employment with the English Bridge Union as the new EBU County & Membership Development Officer.
https://www.ebu.co.uk/article/ebu-welcomes-two-new-staff-members
There is more on Maryhere.
It is nearly 22 years since a Sheffield BC member was an EBU employee! We wish Mary good luck in her new role!
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Tuesday, 04 March 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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Congratulations to David Penfold, Bill Barraclough, Jean Rodgers & Margaret Johnson who have won this year's Laura Hadfield teams' trophy.
Coming a close second were Don Atkinson, Clive Wilson, Chris Care & Monika Cooper.
Resultshere
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Wednesday, 26 February 2025 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to Rod Hose and David Adams on finishing 4th out of 24 in the combined Premier Life Masters and Life Masters Pairs this weekend, with +58 IMPs in this Cross-IMPed event. Taking the Life Masters category only, they finished third.
Results
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Sunday, 23 February 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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Congratulations to Matthew Kiggins, Bazil Caygill, Sandy Davies and Tom Gisborne, who won the Harrogate Spring Congress Swiss Teams.
Sandy & Tom also finished a creditable 8th in the Swiss Pairs on Friday/Saturday, having been in strong contention up until the final match.
Results here & here.
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Monday, 10 February 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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Congratulations to the Sheffield A and Falcons teams on winning Divisions 1 and 2 of the Online Yorkshire League Winter 2025 season.
Our A team was Arthur Hughes, Richard Pike, Dave Robinson, Tony Sowter & Graham Jepson.
Our Falcons team was Russ de Haney, Gill Woodcock, Judy Jackson & Martyn James.
We had two other teams in Division 2 (of 3).Full results can be found here.
The next season of the Online Yorkshire League will be in the summer with the dates provisionally scheduled to be...
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Monday, 03 February 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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27 pairs played in the New Years Day Swiss Pairs on January 1st 2025.
Congratulations to Sandy Davies & Bazil Caygill on their clear win with a score of 83 VPs. The margin of their win was enough to give them not only the Stones New Year Trophy but the first handicap prize (as measured by the National Grading scheme (NGS).
Glyn Foley & Peter Camm were in second place, and they also scored high enough to win the second handicap prize.
Sandy Fulton (from Notts) & Steve Mulligan and Rod...
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Wednesday, 01 January 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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We have received the sad news that Philip Anwar, a member of Sheffield BC for 4 years from 2013, passed away on Sunday,4 weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. Phil was more recentlythe organiser at Beauchief BC.
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Tuesday, 31 December 2024 by Barrie Partridge
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We have recently been informed of the passing of past member John Bright on 16th December at his home in Harrogate.
Our condolences go to his family.
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Tuesday, 24 December 2024 by Simon Woolham
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We have received the sad news that Simon Rush passed away on 19 December from Leukemia. Simon joined the club more than 40 years ago though his membership in more recent decades was intermittent. Simon was a builder and did much to keep the club building sound.
A service to celebrate the life and mourn the death of SIMON JOHN NOWELL RUSH will be held at 4 pm on 10th January 2025 At Fulwood Old Chapel, 8 Whiteley Lane Sheffield S10 4GL Followed by Food and drinks in the Hallamshire House Pub, 49...
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Sunday, 22 December 2024 by Barrie Partridge
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Over 30 Sheffield Bridge Club members enjoyed a festive drink at the Stag’s Head on Thursday 12th December with 26 of us staying on for a sit down meal.We certainly had a great night and enjoyed socialising outside of the club - we also had the added bonus of Magic Tricks performed at the tables by our Chairman Richard!Thank you to Christine Parker for taking the photos below.
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Wednesday, 18 December 2024 by Simon Woolham