MAYFIELD DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB

NEWSLETTER No. 50 – JULY 2009

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The 25^th Annual General Meeting of the Club was held on 21^st April 2009 and 55 members were present.

The following Committee was elected: Sylvia Timberlake (Chairman), Rosemary Rice (Secretary), Peter Lee (Captain), Chris Pullan (Treasurer), Andrew Barnett, Malcolm Channing, Keith Jackson, Ron Maclaren, Ann Madden, Roy Smith and Roger Sugden.

Liz Phillips, as one of the earliest members of the Mayfield Club, was asked to present the Club trophies.

The Chairman announced that Jean Davies and Dorothy Wharton would be made Hon. Life members of the club.

There were two questions from the floor:

1. Fiona Clark questioned why we needed to keep such a large reserve. The Chairman explained that £2000 of these monies had been used for a very successful Jubilee Party to which every member had been invited, and a reserve was also needed to purchase new equipment and to safeguard against loss of premises.

2. Pam Hoskins asked if more could be done to eliminate slow play. Malcolm Channing commented that a new “clock” driven by a computer had been trialled on a Friday evening and, when some adjustments have been made, it will be trialled on a Tuesday evening.

CHAIRMAN’S NOTES

P2P

We shall shortly be signing up to remain affiliated to the EBU, a requirement for when P2P comes in on 1 April 2010.  For the first year the club will have to pay an affiliation fee to the EBU (which will not include the fee for affiliation to Surrey), but will not have to pay for master points as previously.  Members will not have to pay the EBU for membership, which will be automatic when you are a member of an affiliated club, but for the first year players will have to pay 29p to the EBU every time they play at an affiliated club.  The 29p is capped at 150 plays but the fee will continue to be levied and anything over £5 will be returned after the end of March (the end of the financial year).  Anything under £5 will be kept in an account and can accumulate or be set against EBU fees for congresses etc. As Surrey have elected not to take a fee for the first year of P2P there is no more to be added to the 29p.  Previous members of SCBA will automatically continue to be members.  The Committee will be working out the financial effects on the club in due course.  It is assumed that from 1 April 2011 Surrey will introduce a fee to be added to the 29p and of course there may well be an increase from the EBU as well. 

 One area of concern to some members of the Committee is that we will have to send full details of every member of the club by email.  I am not an IT expert but I am reliably informed that, as this is an insecure way to send data and may contravene the Data Protection Act, such data should be encrypted before sending.  This was brought up at a recent meeting of the EBU Regional Club Committee but to date there has been no response from the EBU on this.  If we are forced to send data this way we will be asking every member for their permission to do so.  The alternative for members appears to be to become an anonymous member which would mean missing out on such perks as the diary and the magazine.

Members can look at the EBU web site to appraise themselves further on the implications of P2P or borrow a detailed report from me.  I am sure that most of you have already read enough in the EBU magazine and Mr Bridge to be aware of the new regime.

Peter Norman

Sadly, just before the Jubilee Party, Peter Norman died after a very short illness.  This was the end of an era as his parents were members of the club before the war as indeed was Peter.  His parents donated the Norman Cup, which is our Championship Trophy so the family is part of the history of the Club.  He will be remembered for his gentlemanly manner at the table and his frequent thanks to the Committee for the work they put in.

Norman Grant

Norman has spent some time in hospital recently and, although out now, thinks it is doubtful whether he will be able to travel to the Mayfield in the future.  He has been a member for many years and we wish him well and will be delighted to see him at any time.

Kath Coward

This has been a very special year for Kath as she celebrated her 100^th birthday.  On your behalf the Club sent her a card and two orchids.  She is certainly our first centenarian and we hope that she will not be the last.  After a spell in a residential home she wanted to be back in her own home and so returned there where she has assistance to enable her to stay there.

Jubilee party

From all the favourable comments, this event proved to be a great success.  Congratulations to Elizabeth Johnson and her husband Steve who narrowly won the bridge event.  Steve was a very welcome visitor as we were one short when it was discovered that one member was unable to come as she had just come out of hospital.  Steve was on his way to another function but turned around and saved the day for us so it was fitting that he should go away with a prize.  

Cliff Street Trophy

It was felt that as there are some members who only play on a Friday there should be a trophy for the Friday Champions.  This has been designated to be held on the last Friday in March.  Our particular thanks go to Mary Street who donated a cup for the event and which has been named the Cliff Street Trophy.  This is in memory of her husband who for many years was a member of the Club until his death and was a very successful bridge player, who represented Surrey on many occasions, won many trophies and was a Grand Master.  Lynne Hiorns and Roger Sugden were the first winners of trophy.

Attendance

Attendances have been dropping on a Tuesday which is of some concern to the Committee and it is hoped that you will all do your best to play as often as possible.  There is always scheduled to be a host (only last minute illness or a bad memory can sometimes cause there to be a failure to provide one) so, if you do not have a partner, do come along and you may start the beginning of a new partnership.  A fine example of this was in the Men’s Pairs.  It was discovered on the Friday before the event that both Malcolm Channing and Brian Smith did not have a partner so they teamed up and tied in winning the event. Also, if possible could members running a team try to avoid playing matches on a Tuesday?  I appreciate this is not always possible but it does tend to reduce numbers on a Tuesday.  Thank you.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Committee & Liz Phillips Cups – Tuesday, 25^th August. The ranking determining the split between these two events will be decided on the night in order to even out the number of pairs in each. It will be either National Master plus or Premier Regional Master plus.

EBU Simultaneous Pairs - Tuesday 15^th September

Surrey Simultaneous Pairs - Tuesday 22^nd September and Friday 25^th September

Pick-up Teams - Tuesday 29^th September

Pro-Am - Tuesday 20^th October

No Bridge - Friday 27th November and Tuesday, 25^th December

Christmas party - Tuesday 15^th December – NOTE 6.30pm for play at 7.15pm

Mayfield Cup - Tuesday, 29^th December

CHIEF TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR

LOCAL POINTS
Below is a list of Local Points sent direct to the EBU for the first six months of 2009
EBU No	Name	Awards	LPs	EBU No	Name	Awards	LPs
24688	Ulla Adilz	9	157	407758	Rosemary Lyttle	7	217
400345	Clive Allum	1	12	74353	Ron Maclaren	18	564
400348	Alan Bailey	9	398	35649	Ann Madden	6	218
24040	Liz Balnave	1	18	61797	Laszlo Magos	1	33
13072	Andrew Barnett	24	390	403255	Liz Martin	4	120
81205	Tony Belton	10	186	75393	Maria Martin	4	120
415277	Adrian Boulding	6	84	42992	Peggy Moir	1	30
415278	Jacky Boulding	6	84	93592	Dean Morley	12	380
36176	Philip Brooks	15	335	41571	Roger Morton	18	605
57039	Malcolm Channing	26	740	404136	Joyce Munns	10	152
86402	Ann Chapple	1	10	404137	Trevor Munns	7	104
90868	Peter Cogliatti	7	108	107448	Loraine Murphy	6	96
40503	Tim Cook	10	338	12791	Sean O'Neill	6	228
26403	Mike Cowley	6	122	22456	John Osborne	2	40
79081	John Cruickshank	1	15	48856	Adrian Patrick	15	379
76481	Joan Cullen	5	126	46971	Liz Phillips	11	440
62062	Jean Davies	2	27	72155	Bernard Pike	10	298
99954	Olivia Dawson	1	10	35309	Shirley Preuveneers	4	77
86028	David Dick	7	228	65457	Malcolm Pryor	2	105
19037	Gwen Easto	4	56	82891	Chris Pullan	9	164
33168	David Elvin	1	10	414867	Alan Rainbow	9	216
64359	John Frosztega	3	150	10669	Rosemary Rice	7	190
49560	Mae Gayner	2	46	10883	Tony Scouller	4	150
38516	Norman Grant	1	18	23098	Helen Seymour	7	127
84700	Peggy Griffin	1	15	107959	Brian Smith	9	425
53542	Julian Hemsted	4	76	96852	Roy Smith	8	318
118549	Lynne Hiorns	13	272	12392	Mary Street	7	235
77334	Bill Hodgkiss	3	195	54755	Roger Sugden	24	471
24501	Pam Hoskins	1	30	93169	Arun Suri	5	151
50755	Keith Jackson	9	242	401619	Philip Tilbrook	2	27
414885	Pam Jardine	10	161	25772	John Timberlake	26	777
31677	Elizabeth Johnson	3	98	38625	Sylvia Timberlake	23	560
75259	Audrey Kolbe	3	74	21737	Kerstin Tompsett	7	103
106183	Valerie Lacey	1	10	77515	Martin Trouse	8	170
15250	Alan Laker	4	62	49564	Joan Underdown	1	18
28103	Dorothy Laker	4	62	61431	Denny Wade	4	94
52156	Peter Lee	3	151	403318	Ita Walsh	3	332
417141	Chris Lemon	8	184	401264	Heather West	7	129
62950	John Lockyer	3	78	63491	Dorothy Wharton	3	30

MEMBERS’ SUCCESSES (SINCE JANUARY NEWSLETTER)

Mayfield Competitions

Norman Cup 1^st Alan Bailey and Roy Smith 2^nd Tim Cook and Roger Morton

Mayfield Jubilee Pairs 1^st Elizabeth and Steve Johnson 2^nd Dean Morley and Martin Trouse

Mayfield Teams 1^st Peter Lee, Liz Phillips, John Frosztega, Bill Hodgkiss and Sean O’Neill

2^nd David Dick, Adrian Patrick, Ann Madden and Mary Street

Mixed Pairs 1^st Liz Phillips and Roger Morton 2^nd Loraine Murphy and Tony Belton

Men’s Pairs 1^st equal Malcolm Channing and Brian Smith, Peter Lee and Arun Suri

Ladies’ Pairs 1^st Elizabeth Johnson and Audrey Kolbe 2^nd Rosemary Lyttle and Liz Balnave

Dorothy Williamson 1^st Tim Cook, Arun Suri, Bernard Pike and Tony Scouller

2^nd Kerstin Tompsett, Pam Jardine, Ulla Adilz and Mae Gaynor

Surrey Competitions

Mayfield B (Roy Smith, Alan Bailey, Rosemary Rice and Roger Sugden) won all their matches in the Affiliated League Central Division and won the division, with Mayfield A (captain Tim Cook) second. In the inter-divisional final, Mayfield B could unfortunately only finish 3^rd.

Andrew Barnett, Peter Cogliatti, Philip Tilbrook and Fiona Clark won the Intermediate League.

Tim Cook and Roger Morton came 3^rd in the Mary Edwards, representing the Mayfield

Andrew Barnett and Peter Cogliatti came 3^rd in the Men’s Pairs

Liz Phillips and partner came second in the Seniors Pairs

Liz Phillips and Peter Lee won the Mixed Pairs

Liz Phillips, Bob Rowlands, Peter Lee and one other won the Lady Rose final, in a thrilling finish after extra boards, against a team containing members Ian Swanson and Bill Hodgkiss.

Peter Lee and partner won the Surrey AGM Swiss Pairs

Peter Lee won the Victor Ludorum, with Liz Phillips equal 3^rd.

National and other Competitions

Bob Rowlands and Peter Lee came 5^th in the National Pairs final.

Liz Phillips was in a team that came 2^nd in the Swiss Teams at the Easter Congress.

John Frosztega and three others won the Swiss Teams at the Eastbourne Seniors Congress

Peter Cogliatti and three others came 3^rd at the London Green Point teams

Peter Lee and three others came 1^st in the teams at the Green-Pointed One-Day event in Essex

HALL CLOSURE 14 – 21 August inclusive

We have just been informed that a new hall floor will be laid on the above dates and the hall will be closed on Friday 14^th, Tuesday 18^th and Friday 21^st August. Please note this in your diary. For those who will not be there to enter their name on the list for the Committee/Liz Phillips Cups on 25 August please either just turn up, let a Committee member know or get someone to put your names on the list. If you wish to enter and do not have a partner, let either Malcolm, Sylvia or Rosemary know and we will endeavour to find you one.

TELEPHONE LIST – 2008!

Please note that you do not have last year’s list and amend the year to 2009 at the top of the list which is included with this Newsletter and the fixture card. Sorry about that. Thank you.

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See next page for Tim Cook’s Article.

ª J 10 8 4 3 © J 8 7 4 ¨ 10 § K J 4 ª K Q 9 7 ª A 5 2 © Q 10 2 © K 6 3 ¨ 9 7 6 3 ¨ Q 8 2 § 8 3 § Q 7 6 5 ª 6 © A 9 5 ¨ A K J 5 4 § A 10 9 2

Board 22 : Dealer East : EW vulnerable West North East South Pass 1¨ Pass 1ª Pass 2§ All Pass

A QUIET EVENING IN THE MAYFIELD CUP by TIM COOK

This quite unremarkable deal produced one of the most remarkable occurrences I have ever witnessed at the bridge table in more than 30 years – on the third round of a suit, with three hands following, the trick was won with the 4!

The © 2 was led and won with the Ace. Trick two consisted of ª 6, 7, 8, Ace and the ª 5 was returned, ruffed with the § 2. Declarer now played ¨ Ace, 7, 10, 8, followed by ¨ K, 6, ª 8, Q! Now came ¨ 4, 3, © 7 and….. ¨ 2! Guffaws all round. End result 2 § + 2!

Names withheld to protect the guilty but the defensive card play was not without thought and purpose. Just one of those things!

Then, on the same evening at table 7, I pick up this hand. Again a first in my bridge experience – a 2 loser 8-5 hand! Pass by South, 3 § by West, your bid! My guess was 6 ¨ which proved to be lucky. I wonder how Table 1 bid 6 © and were allowed to play there!

Board 11 None Vul - Dealer South

	♠ --- ♥ A K 8 5 3 ♦ A K 9 7 5 4 3 2 ♣ ---
♠ K 9 8 3 ♥ 6 ♦ 10 ♣ A J 10 9 8 5 3		♠ A Q 10 7 5 4 ♥ Q 9 4 ♦ Q ♣ Q 6 4
	♠ J 6 2 ♥ J 10 7 2 ♦ J 8 6 ♣ K 7 2

Pairs

Contract

Scores

MPs

NS

EW

Bid

By

Ld

NS

EW

NS

EW

1

8

6H

S

980

13.9

0.1

2

10

5D+2

N

440

4.7

9.3

4

4

6Sx-1

E

100

2.4

11.6

7

9

6D

N

920

9.3

4.7

8

1

5S

E

450

0.1

13.9

9

3

6D

N

920

9.3

4.7

10

6

6D

N

920

9.3

4.7