DCBA News Items

Please don't give up on giving Ron a tough time for his County Match Summary (touch the County Matches link above). The setting of a NSPar has caused a lot of very useful debate. Email the webmaster above with any suggestions for improvement, particularly in the determination a suitable Par. Anyone can join in, whether they played in the match or not.

Don's Chuck Analysis has been added to the comments for the NSPar (touch the Red NSPar box for the relevant board to see what he has to say in his unique style).

The performance is a little slow at present when you first select a match(about 15-20 seconds - just wait). Things will improve shortly, I hope.

Randy Curzon's good form continued when he followed up his brilliant performance in Sunday's County Match by winning the 6th Round with 46 VPs. Our director, Ken Smith, didn't let his responsibilities get him down, his team being runners up with 44 VPs. Maggie Beale kept up her good run in 3rd place with 40 VPs. Richard Edward's team slipped back a bit with him qhaffing wine in France but they are almost in an unassailable position already with an overall total of 260 VPs, 51 VPs ahead of 2nd placed Arnold Chandler.

For full details, click here

Derbyshire had a reasonable result in the first match of the 2009/2010 Midlands League Championships.

At home to Gloucestershire on Sunday, 28th June, 2009, the 1st team won 15-5, the 2nd team lost 6-14 and the 3rd team won 20-0.

To view a summary of card results for DCBA County Matches, click here, or touch County Matches from the top menu.

To view a summary of the card results for the previous two DCBA County Matches, click here

Select either the 5th April Oxford Match or the 21st June Mersyside Match. Then select the card of the pair you wish to view. The grid shows the board results in groups of eight. Touch the 'Next 8' ,etc. buttons to move around. Give me time to make this more instinctive and to include totals, help etc.

Touch the Red buttons in the As column to expand the notes for the relevant board. Touch the Hands button to view a scrollable panel of the hands for the relevant match.

The colours of the Net IMPs and Butler IMPs show whether the board was a poor result (Red), a neutral result (White) or a good result (Green or even Gold).

The Net IMPs results are based on an estimated absolute Par for the board, that Par determined by a local 'expert'. The B IMPs are the Butler IMPS as normally calculated against the Butler Datum. As you will note there are discrepancies on many of the boards. Some think that the Butler score is not a fair reflection of a Pair's real performance, since it depends on the score of the other players in the match, who, of course, may be less than expert themselves!

I hope to be expanding this to include how bidding/play/defence might/should have gone for each board.

Please email the Webmaster with any suggestions for improvement.

The DCBA Individual Championship for the Gerry Fletcher Cup has been won by Mike Heaney. His victory was made all the sweeter when he beat Richard Edwards  into second place on a split tie.

For full details, click here

For an Entry form for this year's Green Point Pairs and Teams events, click here

These popular events will take place at Spondon on Saturday, 26th September, 2009 (Pairs) and Sunday, 27th September, 2009 (Teams)

Thanks to Amanda Grimsey's organisational skills, they are usually over-subscribed, so if you want a place contact her as soon as possible on :

Tel: 07812 369243     email: amanda@amanda667.wanadoo.co.uk

Please note that the following Sub-committees have been appointed for the 2009-2010 season:

County Selectors: Andy Wells, Peter Kelly and Randy Curzon

Rules and Ethics: Ian Hall, Peter Kelly and Randy Curzon

Competitions: Malcolm Caporn, Jennifer Floutier, Adrian Pilling and Mary Marshall

Mary & David Marshall take the lead in the 2009 DCBA Summer Pairs for The Smedley Salver.

For Summary , click here

 For Round 1 details,  click here

The Vic Morris Cup Semi-Finals were played early on 10th June, 2009. Peter Kelly's team beat Amanda Grimsey's and Brian Elliott's beat Roger Floutier's.

The final will be played as scheduled on 5th August, 2009.

The Plate semi-finals will be played on 8th July, 2009.

 For full details and the draw for the semi-finals, click here

Congratulations to DCBA President Wendy Watson and John Squires who won the YBS (Non-Regional Master) Trophy in the Championship Pairs at the recent Harrogate Congress.  They also qualified for the final and came 14th overall, a creditable achievement in a very strong field.

This competition will be held on Wednesday June 24th at EMBA, Spondon.  If you would like to play in this competition, you need to be a DCBA member and advance entry is required.  Either sign up on the DCBA noticeboard or email Mary (mary@dcmarshall.freeserve.co.uk)  The closing date is June 17th 2009.

The Summer Pairs Competition for the Smedley Salver starts on Wednesday, June 10th,  Just turn up on the night with your partner.

Maggie Beale & John Griffin are winners of the 2009 DCBA Mixed Pairs Championship for the Bill Pratt Trophy. They were nearly 5% ahead of runners up Miranda Vinecombe & Ron McEwan. Thanks to Adrian Pilling for his usual smooth directing.

For full details, click here

Malcolm Young's team continues to do well, finishing second in the Norfolk Swiss Teams. The rest of the team were Jeff Calladine, Alan Kenny,  & Richard Horsley.

For details, click here