Hi everyone, monthly prize winners for November are as follows:

Monday………..........Jeff Angove

Wednesday…………. Michael Hayden and Chris Hyde

Friday………………..Alisa Droppert and John Whiteoak

Well done.

With Christmas lights now appearing and reminding us the festive period is approaching, we can tell you when the club will be open and closed.

There will be no bridge on Friday 26 December (Boxing Day) - no Friday afternoon pairs or Friday evening social bridge. Apart from that, pairs and funday/social sessions will run as normal - including Wednesday afternoons on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, and including Tuesday BBO sessions on 23 and 30 December. Bridge lessons stop after the lessons on 18 December and start again the week commencing 8 January.

It is good to be able to report that Deva was well represented in the Merseyside & Cheshire County team that played in the Tollemache Cup qualifier at the weekend (8&9 Nov). The competition is an EBU inter-county championship for teams of eight and the weekend involved 30 counties playing 98 boards in 2 heats. M&C came =6th in their heat (equal with London who have a very much larger pool of players to choose from) and missed qualifying for the final by just 5 IMPs. 

As you can imagine, it was a high standard of bridge and so the county being so close to qualifying is a remarkable achievement (although not as good as qualifying!). It is also a good result for Deva because 9 of the 10 players who played for the county were Deva members. Namely: Pope, Prothero, Murphy, Hopkins, Stone, Roberts, Merrill, Foster & Hampson. Well done to all of them!

Our Christmas Party takes place on Sunday 7 December - it is 1:30 for 2pm start and includes a game of bridge, a glass of prosecco/wine, a selection of hot and cold food and desserts. For further information, and to reserve a place, click here.

Last year we were full and so to avoid disappointment please enter names etc... as soon as possible.

Bob Graham was a long standing member and teacher at the Deva. He founded an individual competition in the mid 90s and also kept the club's original garden which is why the current garden is named after him.

The 2025 final of the competition took place last night (Thursday 30 October) with qualifiers taken from the Bob Graham Ladder based on results on Monday evenings for the club year September 2024 to August 2025. The final is a tournament of 19 boards with each player playing 1 board partnering each other finalist. It was a complicated movement and a bit like musical chairs as well as a game of bridge. Congratulations to the winner, Mo Borley who has her name engraved on the cup, and to Jeff Angove who was runner up.

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It was wonderful to see the club full again for Sunday's Chester Bowl competition, with entrants from around the North West and in some cases further afield. Congratulations to the winners, Eddie Thornton-Chan and Tony Hodgson, and to Sue & Nick Woodcock who were runners-up in the final and who won the qualifier session. Here are photos of the winners holding the bowl, and the winners and runners-up together, plus the qualifier session 2nd (Bob Loveridge & Nick Sutcliffe) and 3rd pairs (Martin Cutbill & Bob Ashton).

The consolation final was won by Paul Roberts and Rick Alcock with Daniel Kelsall and Phillip Taylor 2nd. Here is a photo of them and a photo of Deva full again!

Our programme of lessons has now started but we will still be delighted to welcome you and happy to help you catch up if you miss the first week or two.

• Beginners:
  • 7-9.30 pm every Wednesday evening OR
  • 1.15-4 pm every Thursday
• Improvers:
  • 7-9.30 pm every Tuesday evening OR
  • 10 am - 12.30 pm every Thursday

for further details, email me, Simon Anderson, at lessons@devabridgeclub.co.uk or contact me by phone/text/WhatsApp on 07927 886704.

Draft minutes for the AGM held on 13 October are now available in the Members Only Area of the website, or by clicking here.

The Daniel Miller Cup is an annual competition we hold for people from our classes and/or supervised sessions. The 2025 competition was held on Monday 6 October. Congratulations to the new joint winners, with a whopping 62.95%, Jim Ellis & Ann Yue and Steve Walker & Sandy Sless.

Deva held a bridge drive yesterday (Thursday 25 September 2025) in aid of Christleton Church and its New Beginnings project. The project will open up the inside area into a more flexible seating area and includes an extension at the north west corner of the building.

We had 10 tables and played 24 boards with a break for a wonderful sandwich and cake lunch provided by ladies from the church. With entry money, a raffle and donations we raised £836 for the church. Here are photos of the church and the top 2 pairs.