STOP PRESS : ONLY PLACES FOR FIVE MORE TEAMS ON SUNDAY

The Congress will again be held at the delightful Falcon Hotel in Bude, North Cornwall with the same team of directors as last year. Entry forms have been mailed to last year's attendees, and have been  distributed throughout the county. They can also be downloaded from this website. This year Rob Mabley (01208 814564) will be taking entries.

Remember the Falcon Hotel only has 29 rooms, so if you want to stay on-site for the Congress, it is important that you book in good time directly with the hotel. Quote "Bridge Congress" at reception to ensure you get the Congress rates.

Entries to date : Championship Pairs (Friday) : 30,  Consolation Pairs : 2,  Swiss Pairs (Saturday) : 38,  Swiss Teams (Sunday) : 23.

Having won their Western Counties league, the C team travelled to the Inter-County Final at Coventry BC on Sunday 9 July. The four pairs playing were :  Rob Mabley & Dave Mattos, Viv Mably & Celia Bishop, Barry Cuff & Roger Bunt, John Finch & Roger Graham. With no South-East  Counties participation this year, there were just three matches against other regional winners -  Yorkshire, Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire. Cornwall recorded two wins and one defeat, finishing third overall. They recorded wins against Yorkshire 13-7, Hertfordshire 11-9, losing 0-20 against Gloucestershire. This was an excellent performance against players with much higher ranking than themselves. Congratulations to all players, and thank you all for supporting this event particularly as one carload did the trip in the day - an 18 hour round trip.

Six clubs - Bude, Helston, Liskeard, Penventon, St. Austell, Wadebridge - ran heats on Tuesday 20 June with money raised for the Cornwall Air Ambulance. 88 pairs played with leading pairs at each club being:

Penventon - Bill Adams & Ken Keast  (69.09%)  First overall

Bude - Mary Hopwood & Fiona Hargreaves (67.66%) Second overall

Helston - Rod Bell & Richard Draycott (65.33%)  Third overall 

Liskeard - Sheila Johnson & Peter Lee (63.79%)  Fourth overall

Wadebridge - Bob Pretty & Suzanne Warring (59.29%) Eleventh overall

St. Austell - Geoff Firmin & Tony Pickup (58.25%) Fourteenth overall   

There are currently 13 bridge clubs in Cornwall that are affiliated to the English Bridge Union (EBU). They meet on a variety of weekday evenings. 

Most county events are held on Sundays between September and April at Ladock village hall, just east of Truro. Postcode is TR2 4PG.

The County hosts one event open to all members of the EBU. In September, the three day Cornish Congress is held in the attractive seaside town of Bude on the extreme North coast of the county. The weekend includes two one-day green-pointed events and a Championship Pairs on the Friday.