| Perry Shield and Presidents Cup, Newtown 16th and 17th May |
West Wales had an excellent weekend of Bridge at Newtown, playing teams from the other 3 areas. In the Perry shield a strong East Wales team were victorious, winning 7of their 9 matches, but the West Team of Kevin Madox, Simon Richards, Nick Forrest and Steve Jarvis won 6 matches and finished in second place.
The East also seemed to be heading for victory in the Presidents Cup but, with excellent results on the second day, the West team (pictured above) of Howard Goss, Rosie Preece , Nigel Astley and Matt Greener were victorious!
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| 2026 Mixed Pairs |
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Congratulations to Angela and Chris Overton, winners of the WWBA Mixed Pairs competition held at Bancyfelin. It was another closely fought event, with Angela & Chris (pictured above holding the Ossie Evans Cup) eventually coming out just 0.35% ahead of Tony Disley & Mia Deschepper. In 3rd place were Steve Webb & Helen Houston, followed by Steve Jarvis & Cindy Middleton 4th. It was good to see table numbers up from the last couple of years. Thank you Dave for organising and directing another successful event!
Full Results below Well done everyone 
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| 2025 Vince Bevan Pairs |
This year's Vince Bevan was a very close competition, with less than 5% separating he first 6 pairs! The eventual winners were Martin Podmore & Geoff White (pictured above), with Simon Lee & Jacqueline Archer hot on their heels in second place. In joint 3rd were Steve Jarvis & Mike Baker and Barry Thorne & Matt Greener followed by Tony Haworth & Dave Nicklin 5th, Gareth Jones & Lee Collier 6th. It was great to see seven tables in play, the most for this event since the good old pre-Covid days, including some new faces and some we haven't seen at area events for a while.
We hope to see you all at Porthcawl!
Full results below. Well done Everyone!
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