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The Teams for Match 8th November are:
Division 1
A Team away to Leeds A:
Sandy Davies & Tom Gisborne
Richard Pike & Ernie Barlow
Bazil Caygill & James Green
Arthur Hughes & Dave Banks
B Team away to York A:
Rob & Rosemary Woolham
Simon Woolham & Glyn Foley
Russ de Haney & Gill Woodcock
Pete Waterman & Richard Gilbert
Division 4
C Team away to Olicana C (Ilkley):
Jan Desforges &Martin Pierce
Martyn James&Bruno Brugger
Andy Smith&Guy Hollinsworth
Mary...
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Tuesday, 27 October 2026 by Russ de Haney
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Sheffield A beat Sheffield B
20 - 0
Sheffield C lost to Barnsley
6 - 14
Sheffield D lost to Leeds D
8 - 12
Sheffield E beat Leeds E
17 - 3
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Monday, 26 October 2026 by Russ de Haney
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Please note that the club's monthly teams evening, which has been on the third Tuesday of each month, is being rescheduled.
October's teams event will take place on MONDAY evening, 26th October.
Further teams events will likely also take place on a Monday as the club is - happily - full of bridge students on Tuesdays
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Tuesday, 20 October 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to Sandy Davies and Tom Gisborne, winners of the recent green-pointed Swiss Pairs event in Spondon.
Results
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Monday, 19 October 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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Dave Robinson and Tony Sowter have qualified to play for the England Seniors Team for the Teltscher Trophy (Home Internationals) by finishing 3rd in the trials just completed today. Well done!
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Sunday, 11 October 2026 by Barrie Partridge
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We have received the sad news that Pam Jackson has passed away. She was a member of the club for more than 50 years before ill-health forced her to retire from the game. Our condolences to Pam's family.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday November 10th at Hutcliffe Wood. 1:45 pm.Afterwards at Whirlowbrook Hall.
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Sunday, 11 October 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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The Teams for Match 1 25th October are:
Division 1
A team home to B team:
Sandy Davies & Tom Gisborne
Dom Rayner & Richard Pike
David Robinson & Tony Sowter
Bazil Caygill & Matthew Kiggins
B Team away to A team:
Simon & Rob Woolham
Sam Manavi & Keith Cornish
Ernie Barlow & Pete Waterman
David Fletcher & Glyn Foley
Division 4
C team home to Barnsley
Jan Desforges & Richard Gilbert
Mike Ruck & David Price
Sarah & Bob Brown
Gill Woodcock &...
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Wednesday, 07 October 2026 by Russ de Haney
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Teams events are starting up again for the 2026/27 season and entries are invited from players of all standards:
SBC's Waddington League is a local league between teams of four (or more). 24-board matches are played on Monday nights over approximately five or six evenings throughout the winter.
The EBU's National Inter Club Knock Out (NICKO) is a popular national tournament. Matches are arranged privately and consist of 24 boards in early rounds, increasing to 32 or 48 boards for the last few rounds....
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Saturday, 12 September 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to Arthur Hughes and David Fletcher on a clear win in yesterday's Swiss Pairs. In second place were Rob and Rosemary Woolham, and these two pairs also win the handicap prizes on the basis of best improvements in National Grades from playing in the event.
My special thanks go to Simon for scoring and co-directing. To round off a good day for the Woolhams, Simon came 3rd, partnering Russ de Haney.
Apologies for a later than expected finish, which was due to a printer that had a mind...
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Tuesday, 01 September 2026 by Barrie Partridge
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A new course of beginners' classes is starting soon. If you have family & friends who don't yet know the joy (or the pain!) of playing bridge then why not encourage them to come along?
These classes will be run by Dominic on Tuesday evenings (6:15pm - 8:15pm) starting on Tuesday 29th September.
For more details, see Dom's own website (https://allthingsbridge.co.uk/classes/)
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Monday, 31 August 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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As July draws to a close, so do all the ladder competitions. Final rankings can be found here and the winners are...
Open category
Chamberlain (Wednesday evenings - average of best 20 scores)
1st:Sandy Davies, 62.44%
2nd: Tom Gisborne, 60.76%
Rankin (Thursday afternoons - average of best 20 scores)
1st:Dominic Rayner, 65.84%
2nd: Richard Pike, 64.31%
Non-expert category
Frith (Thursday afternoons - most masterpoints scored by players with NGS below 48)
1st:Liz Fisher, 351
2nd: Vari Ainsworth,...
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Friday, 31 July 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to Bazil Caygill, Arthur Hughes, Sandy Davies & Matthew Kiggins for winning the Vera Copestake Salver with a score of +55 IMPs. Jan Desforges, Penny Thompson, Jonathan Webster & Gill Perkins were second with +31 IMPs.
Results here.
This is the final trophy of the season, and also nets Sandy Davies the Yorkshire Bank trophy - awarded for the best performance in the five teams' trophy competitions across the year.
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Wednesday, 22 July 2026 by Barrie Partridge
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Due to a computer issue, the afternoon results for 8 July were unable to be retrieved. Apologies to all who played.
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Wednesday, 08 July 2026 by Barrie Partridge
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144 pairs from 9 clubs participated in this event. Highest placed Sheffield pair were Dominic Rayner & Joryce Powell, both in overall ranking (3rd) and after handicapping (10th).
Full ranking lists are here.
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Saturday, 27 June 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to James Green & Bazil Caygill for retaining the Chairman's Trophy with a score of 63.7%. Richard Gilbert & John Edwards were a close second with 62.5%. Results here.
The win also means that Bazil retains theDerek Jepson Memorial Trophy - awarded to the top performing player in the Swiss Pairs Pentathlon based on all the results from the club’s five nominated Pairs events.
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Friday, 26 June 2026 by Barrie Partridge
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Congratulations to Sheffield players in the recent GP Swiss Pairs in Spondon:
Tony Sowter was the winner, (playing with Paul Brereton from York) with a total of 114 VPs.
Ian and Julie Grant were second with 98 VPs
Results here.
The next Green Point events in Spondon are in September and October. Links are here.
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Saturday, 06 June 2026 by Bazil Caygill