d. 1988
Players throughout the North-West of England will be saddened to hear of the death of Wilf Fearn.
He held the posts of Chairman, Treasurer and Auditor of the NWCBA and was a Vice-President of the NWCBA and M&CBA. He was responsible for starting the Deva Bridge Club in 1949 and, as a player, he reached the quarter-finals of the Gold Cup and the semi-finals of the Hubert Phillips Bowl. He was an EBU 'A' Director for many years and received the Dimmie Fleming Award in 1986.
From English Bridge, February 1988