June 2023

Maurice Weissberger

Maurice Weissberger died on 3rd March, just short of his 90th birthday. He had been one of Great Britain’s finest players both in domestic and international competition. internationally, his best result was finishing second with the late Joan Durran in the World Mixed Pairs in 1966. This, along with numerous other good performances, helped him become one of very few British players ever to achieve the World Bridge Federation’s rank of World Master. The pinnacle of his domestic record was achieving back to back wins in the Lederer Trophy in 1966 and 1967. 

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Diary Changes 2022-23

Whilst every effort is made to ensure the information in the diary is accurate, some changes are made after the diary has gone to print. Please therefore note the following changes and additions to the information in the 2022-2023 diary. Please relate any information below to the relevant information on the 'date pages'. All corrections/updates were added to this page prior to the diary being distributed in September unless noted.

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Olympic E-Sports Week

The stunning Opening Ceremony at the start of the Olympic E-Sports Week was held in Singapore, 22nd June. You can watch the full video via the Olympics YouTube channel. You can also watch the...

Majorca

4th – 11th March 2024

Majorca Congress - an overseas congress in the largest island of the Balearic Islands! Cala Ratjada, Majorca, 4th - 11th March 2024 Programme The Spring overseas 2024 congress, will be held in

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Brian Crack

We are sad to report the death this morning of Brian Crack. Brian was a long-standing member of the EBU Tournament Committee, was involved in all aspects of the Master Point scheme, and in 2014...

Cambridge wins Garden Cities Trophy

The Cambridge BC team, from Cambs & Hunts, has won the Garden Cities Trophy, the competition for each county's 'teams-of-eight champions'. The final featured the eight teams which qualified from...

BBO Acol Daylong Games Returned

Following a short temporary suspension while a bug was fixed that had been identified as allowing players to claim more tricks than they could legitimately get, these games have now been...