Representative Events

EBU Events

Corwen Trophy

The Corwen Trophy is the national inter-county pairs competition, held in The Midlands over a weekend in late May or early June.  Entry is open to the leading pairs in the current pairs championship of each County Association of the EBU. The number of pairs permitted from each County depends on its number of members , As Surrey CBA is one of the largest County Associations, we are allowed to enter five pairs. The top five eligible pairs in our County Pairs event are invited to represent Surrey, so if you would like to have a chance of representing Surrey in the Corwen, make sure that you enter the County Pairs! (Look out for the entry form prior to Apr17)

Pachabo Cup

The Pachabo Cup is the national inter-county teams of 4, held over a weekend in June.  Entry is open only to the 2015/16 holders of the teams-of-four Championship of each County Association of EBU or, if they are unavailable, and subject to the relevant county’s approval, a combination of winners and runners up. As long as they have primary allegiance to Surrey CBA, the winners of the Lady Rose are invited to represent Surrey, so if you would like to have a chance of representing Surrey in the Pachabo, make sure that you enter a team in the Lady Rose! (Click Here to register a team for 16/17)

Tollemache Cup

The Tollemache Cup is the premier inter-county championships for teams of eight. Entry is open only to County Associations of the EBU and District Associations of the Welsh Bridge Union. The event is held over two weekends at central venues in The Midlands: a qualifying round is held in November; and the final is held in February.  For the qualifying round, the teams are drawn into four pools and the top two teams from each pool qualify for the final. Surrey CBA sends a team every year.  The Surrey team is selected by the Matches Sub-Committee.

The current selected team is:

Ken Ford & Ian Swanson,   Frances Hinden & Graham Osborne,   Peter Lee & Mike Scoltock,   Paula Leslie & Jeffrey Allerton,   John Short & Charles Chisnall

npc Richard Millard

Garden Cities Trophy

The Garden Cities Trophy is the EBU's inter-county championship for club teams-of-eight.  Surrey CBA is represented by the club that wins our Affiliated Teams of 8 competition. The winning Surrey club team plays in the South East regional final on a Saturday in May. The top two teams from the regional final qualify for the single day national final in June.  (Make sure you enter a team in the Affiliated Teams of 8 in 2017!)

Other Representative Events

Home Counties League

This is an inter-county teams-of-eight competition for London and the Home Counties. It is aimed at county second team players who would not normally be expected to represent their counties in events such as the Tollemache Cup. Teams are allowed to field at most two Grand Masters in any one match. Matches are of 24 boards and are normally played at the Young Chelsea Bridge Club on weekday evenings.  Surrey CBA enters two teams.  If you are interested in being considered to represent Surrey CBA in this event, please contact either of the captains: Tony Richards or Richard Millard.

Metropolitan Cup

This a one day inter-county teams-of-12 event for the counties in the South East of England, held during the Autumn. There are three divisions A, B & C.  Surrey CBA enters a team in each division.  The Matches Sub-Committee and the team captains are responsible for selecting the teams. If you are interested in being considered to represent Surrey CBA in next year’s event, please contact the SCBA Match Secretary.

Invitation Events

Surrey CBA occasionally receives invitations from other Counties to participate in invitational events. Teams or pairs to represent Surrey in these competitions are selected by the Matches Sub-Committee whenever such invitations are received.