ON Tuesday, August 18, at the Penarth Bridge Club, Jean Akers was declared the Summer League Champion 2015.

Jean beat last year’s champion Shirley Powell by one per cent, Francine Douglas was third.

Following the presentation to Jean, the members competed for the East Wales Bridge Association Claret Jug. This annual event is sponsored by the EWBA and the winners were Helen Davies and Tim Barsby.

The results:

1 Tim Barsby and Helen Davies - 57.5 per cent

2 Rod and Angela Hudson - 57 per cent

3 Patsy Cohen and Pam Sherman - 53 per cent

On Friday, August 21, it was the annual Club’s Founder’s Day event, the club has been going for 43 years.

The winners of this event were Tony Ratcliffe and Mike Downey, with Rod and Angela Hudson second. The winners of the 3NT contest were Eric Favager and John Salisbury who took home a bottle of wine each. Laura Woodcruff and Gerald Gould were a close second.