This one day national pairs event for players with no higher than a 9 NGS ranking on 1 January, was played on 30 May and won by Henry Gompertz and Neil Harris with 60.75%, over 1% more than the second placed pair, and earning them 4.0 green points. Many congratulations to them.

This is only the second year the event has been run. Last year, another Cornish pair, Maureen Brinton and Judith Williams also won the event. We may not have any superstar Grand Masters in Cornwall, but we certainly have a hard core of very competitive players who can more than hold their own out of county.

Gillian Swann and Sylvia Smith from Liskeard finished a very creditable 13th out of 55 pairs finishing with 54.6% and winning 1.14 green points.

Congratulations to the winners of the County Teams of 4 League: Jo Bryant, Neil Harris, Norna Hughes, Ian Marriott (Captain) and Mick Robson.

CONGRATULATIONS to Geoff Smith, Rob Jones, Bill Thomson and Mike O'Neill on winning the F2F Pivot teams at Carnon Downs on Sunday 29 March. They finished with +124  IMPs, an amazing score in a 28 boards event. A very creditable second on +42 IMPs were the West Cornwall team of Sue John, Colin Lee, Geoff Plowman and Phil Dickson, and in third place with +31 IMPs were Suzanne Warring, Neil Harris, Mick Robson and Jo Bryant.

This is the third consecutive county teams event that the winning team have won this season. They are representing Cornwall in the national Pachabo Cup Final in June, and in their current form, they can look forward to the event with every confidence.

Six teams competed in our premier green-pointed teams event on RealBridge on Sunday 8 March. Convincing winners, winning all their five matches and amassing an impressive 86 VPs out of 100, was Bill Thomson ( Mike O'Neill, Geoff Smith, Rob Jones). In second place with 61 VPs, winning four of their matches, was Rob Mabley (Paul Rundle, Wendy Williams, Henry Gompertz). 

The winning team qualifies to represent Cornwall in the national final, the Pachabo Cup, in mid-June. We wish them every success in that final. 

Fifteen pairs contested this F2F event on Sunday 1st February at Carnon Downs village hall. Winners by over 4% were Bill Thomson & Mike O’Neill with 66%. Runner-up were Jan Keast & Janet Heath with 62%, and in third place were fellow county C team regulars, Suzanne Warring & Neil Harris.

14 pairs played in Cornwall's premier pairs event, the John Perks Pairs, on RealBridge on Sunday 11 January. Comfortable winners were Mick Robson & Jo Bryant with 60.6%, with Peter Scott & Graham Ramsey - leading for much of the day - finishing an excellent second with 56.4%. In third place were Celia Bishop & Henry Gompertz with 54.1%.

Congratulations to all three pairs, who now go forward to represent Cornwall in the national final, the Corwen Trophy, in Telford in late May.

There are currently nine bridge clubs in Cornwall that are affiliated to the English Bridge Union (EBU). They meet either online or face-to-face or both on a variety of weekday evenings.