In the end there were 28 bridgers, who had great fun on the bridge tables, plus 10 who came for dinner. Thanks to their generous donations € 3.530 were raised, which is very nice addition to BCF funds.
Congratulations to the winners Mary and Remy Cauchard in North-South and Guerin and Leon Goldstein in East-West.
We had 8 full tables for the tournament, so warmest congratulations go to the big winners - in EW - Noelle and Raphael - with 68.75% and in NS - Jean and Gerard - with 64.29%! 2nd in EW - Ann and John with 60.12% and in NS - Remy and Marc with 53.87%.The full results are attached to the main article.
The next tournaments are planned to be held on Tuesday, 14 November, and Tuesday, 12 December.
The next tournament will be at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 14 November. A quiz on the "Forcing 4th suit" is attached to the main article, which will be reviewed at 2 p.m. as usual before the tournament proper. There will be a little cocktail afterwards, for which there will be a small charge of 5€.
Please contact Jenny if you would like to play, if you will stay on for the cocktail, and if you would like Jenny to find you a partner.
Note that there will also be a tournament on Tuesday, 12 December.
This tournament also was part of an FFB nationwide one with 1087 participating pairs. Using the FFB's scoring, our big winners were Ghislaine and Nicole (Doyle) with 61.36% in NS and Raphael and Max with 59.17% in EW. 2nd in NS, Nicole (Devaux) and Jean-Paul with 54.9% and in EW Christine (Clement) and Jean (de Catelin) with 53.92%. Click here to see the FFB SAC Results.
Please note that the next tournament will be on Tuesday 9 December at 2:30 pm, but will be preceded by the Bridge Section AGM at 2 pm!
Please note that the next tournament, the last of the year, will be on Tuesday 12 December at 2:30 pm. Please let Jenny know if you would like to take part and if you will be staying on for the little cocktail. If you would like us to find you a partner, Anne and Jenny are available as jokers.
The Section's AGM will start at 2pm. The provisional agenda is attached to the main article.
If you would like to submit motions to be discussed or nominations to the Committee, please get them seconded by another member. Please feel free to volunteer if you feel you can contribute in any way to the running of the Section.
We had the season's opening Individual Tournament on the afternoon of Tuesday 19 September.
2 players tied for 1st place in the overall ranking: Nicole Devaux and Raphael Guenoun; 3rd overall came Monica Greenwood. You will find all the results attached to the main article.
The Henri Natanson Cup, awarded for the best performance over the whole season, was won by Ghislaine Dubau.
The next tournaments will again be on Tuesdays - these are the provisional dates: 24 Oct, 14 Nov, 12 Dec.
Thanks also to Taha Habi and Isabelle Isabelle Szczepanski, now in charge of Bar & Restaurant who kindly came along to help with the cocktail in the absence of the staff.