Dimmie Fleming Award winner, 2014
Bob has worked hard for the benefit of County Bridge for over 30 years. He first served on the Somerset committee in the days when Somerset was a much larger association, incorporating what is now Avon CBA. After the separation from Avon occurred, he soon became appointed to the posts of Tournament Secretary and Master points Secretary, and has served in these posts for over 20 years.
As Tournament Secretary, Bob has worked hard behind the scenes to make sure that all of the SCBA events run smoothly. He has been responsible for arranging event directors, liaising with caterers, receiving entries, planning movements, booking venues, and a host of other arrangements regarding boards, tables, bidding boxes and stationery. He always arrives at venues early, to set up the room and greet the director.
In addition, Bob has been responsible for managing the County Teams event. He still manages the master points for our league events, where manual interaction is necessary at the end of the season to get the information to the EBU.
Bob is also very involved with the running of his local bridge club at Yeovil.
Bob is unflappable by nature, and popular with all of our members. He always has a smile on his face, and seems to very much enjoy his bridge. A few years ago, he was awarded Life Membership of SCBA in recognition of all of his hard work. He retired from the Somerset CBA committee this season, and we will miss him at Committee meetings, because of his wealth of knowledge, experience, and common sense approach to issues, and also because of his sunny personality.