BRIDGE NEWS FROM THE LMBA 2005

London retain 'The Telegraph' - 4th December 2005
Team - David Burn, Brian Callaghan, Rob Cliffe, Ian Payn
Full Listing.

London qualify for the 'Tolle' again winning their Group! - 26th 27th November

Team:

David Burn, Brian Callaghan, Nick Sandqvist, Gunnar Hallberg,
David Gold, Tom Townsend, Colin Simpson, David Price.
Click for results on the EBU site

Champions Cup - 30th October 2005
Winners - Hammersmith: Frank Wharton, Paul Walker, Barry Stoker, Barbara Stoker
Click for full results
Lederer Memorial Trophy - Oct 15th -16th - Ireland Retain the Trophy!


Ireland (Tommy Garvey, John Carroll, Hugh McGann, Tom Hanlon) 273
Click for Full Results - Final Score Table - Photographs
Best Bid Hand - Best Defended hand 1 - Best Defended hand 2.
Teltscher Trophy Winners
North-South (scoring with Sabine Auken and Daniela von Arnim):
Neill Harcus & Sophie Levi (Acol Bridge Club)

East-West - Equal first (scoring with Zia Mahmood and John Mohan):
Danny Gesua & Marion Tamblyn (Roehampton Bridge Club)
Maurice & Bertha Bechor (Hurlingham Bridge Club)

Pre-Tournament details


In 'The Thick of IT'

Our LMBA Committee member James Smith has been on the box again!
Those watching BBC4 on three Thursdays from 20th October may have seen James
in the second series of Armando Iannucci's acclaimed comedy (to be repeated on BBC2)
But we hope you sent the children to bed. The language was a bit rough!
BBC Website

Green Point Swiss Teams - July 17th
Winners; Carrie & Mike Eden, Sue & Richard Millard
Second = Jack Mizel, Tony Forrester, Gerald Haase, Tony Waterlow
Second = Noorul Malik, Andre Gubbay, Ian Pagan, Geoffrey Lederman
Click for full results

London Trophy Finals 22nd May

Queens Club bt Walton Heath Golf Club by 8330 points
Team; David Sellman, Wasim Naqui, David Eckhardt, Bijan Dolatabad
Third-place play-off: - RAC 1 bt Lewes Golf Club by 6840 points
Plate: - Coolhurst LT&S 1 bt Royal Ashdown Forest GC by 230 pts
Click for a hand, courtesy of Mike Hill and a picture of the winning team

Senior Pairs 10th April
Well Played David Graham & Lawrence Young, winners at Queens Club
Click for Results

Swiss Teams 13th March

Winners; Gareth Birdsall Sonia Zakrzewski Dafydd Jones Tessa Greenslade
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John Collings died on Friday 11 March aged 71.
Read Patrick Jourdain on the EBU site:

London win the Tolle!
The London team of David Burn, Brian Callaghan, David Gold, Tom Townsend,
Artur Malinowski, Nick Sandqvist, David Price and Colin Simpson
won this prestigious inter-county teams-of-eight event at the weekend of 12th 13th February.
Detailed results from the EBU site

County Pairs
Well Played Rob Cliffe & Nora Smith, winners of the County Pairs. Results