The following team has been selected to represent Berks and Bucks in the Tollemache Final to be held in Coventry on 17-18 February 2024:

Sally Brock & Barry Myers

Steve Eginton & Tim Rees

Bob Holder & Chris Mooney

Mike Perkins (C) & Ian Reissmann

We wish them good luck.

Congratulations to Clive Owen and John Sansom winners of the joint BBCBA/Hants & IoW Blue pointed Swiss pairs event held on the 26th November 2023.  Well done also to the runners up Kath Nelson and Rhona Goldenfield (2nd Place) and David Owen and Bob Holder (3rd Place).   52 pairs took part.

Winners of the BBCBA Denys Jenkins Cup are David Owen and Bob Holder (pictured)

Winners of the Hants & IoW Wessex Cup are Clive Owen and John Sansom

County Pairs Qualifier

will be held at Windsor on Sunday 7January 2024 starting at 1:30pm  

We expect to play 30-36 boards (depending on entries) and hope to finish between 6:00 and 6:30 pm

There will be two sessions with a 20 minute break

N.B.    This event is open only to players whose primary allegiance is to B&BCBA.

The final for this event will be played at Windsor and the winner will be eligible to play in the EBU's Corwen Trophy, entry paid for by the county.

To assist in planning the event, entries should be submitted as soon as possible.
Entries for this event MUST be received by midday on the Friday, 5 January 2023

Please click here for further information and entry form.

The cost of this event for each player will be £5.00 - Pay at the table on the day.

 If you find you are unable to play on the day or are delayed please phone the Event Director on the County mobile (07401 079752) after 8:00 a.m. on the day of the event.  

The above number should also be used in the event of a late cancellation.
Players turning up at an event unexpectedly will not be guaranteed to be allowed to play.

Contact the Events Organiser Mike Ribbins by Click here to Email  or Phone: 01189 473207 for more information.

Congratulations and well done Jane Barker and Karen Kelly, winners of the End of Season Pairs event in the BBCBA Student League.

Sorry. Cancelled due to lack of entries.

Friendly Pairs for the Tony Boothroyd Plate - for pairs with an NGS rating of Jack or less (20 boards)
The first of our three events for the Tessa Templeton Memorial Trophy - for pairs with an NGS rating of 7 or less (18 boards)

to be held at SBBC on Sunday 3 December 2023 starting at 1:30pm

To assist in planning the event, entries should be submitted as soon as possible.

For entry forms, rules and full information please click here.

These events are FREE to enter.

A list of entrants will be updated every 48 hours and can be accessed by clicking the box below.  
Later entrants may still be accepted, but they should phone the Event Director on the County mobile (07401 079752) after 8:00 am on the day of the event.

Players turning up at an event unexpectedly will not be guaranteed to be allowed to play.

The above number should also be used in the event of a late cancellation.

Contact the Friendly Events Organiser Mike Ribbins by Click here to Email  or by Phone: 01189 473207 for more information.

Friendly Pairs for the Pat Husband Trophy - for pairs with an NGS rating of Jack or less (20 boards)
The first of our three events for the Tessa Templeton Memorial Trophy - for pairs with an NGS rating of 7 or less (18 boards)

to be held at SBBC on Sunday 28th January 2024 starting at 1:30pm

To assist in planning the event, entries should be submitted as soon as possible.

For entry forms, rules and full information please click here.

These events are FREE to enter.

A list of entrants will be updated every 48 hours and can be accessed by clicking the box below.  
Later entrants may still be accepted, but they should phone the Event Director on the County mobile (07401 079752) after 8:00 am on the day of the event.

Players turning up at an event unexpectedly will not be guaranteed to be allowed to play.

The above number should also be used in the event of a late cancellation.

Contact the Friendly Events Organiser Mike Ribbins by Click here to Email  or by Phone: 01189 473207 for more information.

We are sad to announce the death of David Beever.

There are more details on the Burnham Bridge Club page at https://www.bridgewebs.com/burnham/ and also South Bucks Bridge Club page at www.bridgewebs.com/embryo/ .

The EBU have made changes to the Blue Book covering Announcements and Alerts. These changes are effective immediately.
The main changes are as follows: 
a)    Section 4 – Announcements. 
The use of Announcements has been widened, with clarity that they only apply on the first round of bidding ;
We now name the suit for all transfers or “proxies”; 
We state whether bids are forcing or not; 
We extend the announcement with full disclosure where appropriate such as “forcing, may include a weak raise”. 
It is important, particularly while these changes bed in, that we are all understanding of mis-alerts or mis-announcements while we get used to them.
b)    Section 4B2 – Doubles
We have removed the need to alert (or announce) any takeout or penalty doubles after the first round of bidding. 
Later, only alert if the double (or redouble) has an unexpected specific meaning

The revised two-page summary document can be found at :-
https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/laws-and-ethics/convention-cards/announcements-table.pdf