Welcome to the website of the North Devon Section (NDS), a subsection of the Devon Bridge Association (DBA). All EBU members in Devon are automatically members of the DBA. The NDS supports and represents the three EBU-affiliated clubs in North Devon -- Barnstaple, Braunton, and Taw Vale.

The NDS also runs a number of events throughout the year including the North Devon Congress, held at the Barnstaple Hotel.

EBU Festival Simultaneous Pairs - Wednesday, September 4, 2024 This EBU simultaneous pairs competition will take place at Braunton Bridge Club at 7pm. All Bridge players are welcome. Table money is £5 per person with all proceeds going to Cancer Research UK as part of the EBU's Festival of Bridge.

Bridge Taster Open House - Wednesday, September 11, 2024 As part of the EBU's Festival of Bridge, Braunton Bridge Club are having an Open House evening. Please tell all your friends, family and neighbours! It's an opportunity for them to find out more about Bridge and have a go at MiniBridge. Entry is free but please bring along some cash for the raffle as all proceeds will go to Cancer Research UK.

Cancer Research UK Coffee Morning with Bridge - Thursday, September 12, 2024 This coffee morning will take place at the Assembly Halls in South Molton. There will be an opportunity to play Bridge at all levels and complete novices are most welcome to come and try their hand at MiniBridge. Please let all your friends know about this and let's get more people playing! The cost will be £2.50 per person to include refreshments and cake.

The next Seminar for Improvers presented by Brent Wormald will take place on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at the Barnstaple Library so save the date! This will be Brent's fifth seminar and will provide you with some top tips to maximise your slam potential. More details and an entry form to follow.

Friday Afternoon Online Pairs on BBO These sessions will start up again on Friday October 4, 2024 at 2pm. We will play 16 boards on BBO. Everyone is welcome! If you haven't played before, click HERE for details on how to sign up.

The Matched Swiss Teams for the North Devon Charity Cup will take place at Filleigh Village Hall on Sunday 17th November 2024 Players enter as a pair and will be matched to make up a team. For more details and to sign up, click HERE.

You are invited to join us for the North Devon Charity Cup, which will take place on Sunday 17th November 2024 at Filleigh Village Hall. As before, players are invited to enter as a pair and they will be matched to make up a team. We will play five 6-board rounds with a break for sandwiches and cake. All proceeds will go Macmillan Cancer Care and the North Devon Hospice. For more information and to enter click HERE.

The North Devon Congress took place at the Barnstaple Hotel on Friday 23rd February through Sunday 25th February 2024.

Many thanks to everyone who came along and to the excellent staff at the Barnstaple Hotel.

The winners of the ten-match Swiss Pairs competition on the Friday and Saturday for the Simon Bridgeman Cup were Graham Horscroft & Mike Bull (above left), and the winners of the six-match blue-pointed Swiss Teams competition were Dave Smith & Chris Wormleighton with Sue Ingham & Gwynn Davis (above right).

For the pairs results click HERE, for the teams results click HERE.

Click HERE to see the full list of cash and wine prize winners - more than half of all pairs attending received a prize!

Hope to see everyone back next year on the 28th February to 2nd March 2025 for the 30th North Devon Congress!

The North Devon Section of the Devon Bridge Association recently invited members of the four North Devon Clubs to complete a survey on playing Bridge in North Devon. 

Thanks to everyone who took the time to complete it.

Click HERE to see the results.

The results of the survey will be discussed at the AGM of the North Devon section, see above for details on how to get a Zoom link for this meeting.