Congratulations to Bob Holder and David Owen winners of the joint BBCBA/Hants & IoW Blue pointed Swiss pairs event held on the 30th November 2025. They take the BBCBA Denys Jenkins trophy.

This was a joint event in conjunction with HIW ( the Wessex Cup to the highest ranked HIW entry) and Dorset ( the Hardwick Cup to the highest Dorset entry).

 56 pairs took part. Results can be found here.

The Friendly Pairs for the Tony Boothroyd plate  was held on Sunday 16th November at SBBC. 

25 pairs took part over 22 boards and the winners were Kumar Patel & Mike Rossiter with a score of 67.08%. Second were Nigel Hacking & Sarah Summerbell and third were Sarah Ward & Jane Leonard.

The 9-high winners were Robin Hirschfield and Penny Jennings.

Thanks to all those played. We hope you enjoyed this event as the County are keen to encourage all levels of players to County events.

The inter-county Tollemache Qualifier took place on RealBridge on 8 and 9 November 2025.

Heartbreakingly, we failed to qualify for the final of the Tollemache by a single VP (although we would have lost the split tie). We were in the tougher group but in contention throughout as it was a very close event and 3rd to 8th were only only separated by 11 VP, and going into the final match it was even tighter. Thanks are due to Peter Hawkes who stepped in for two matches as two of our team had Memorial day duties on Sunday morning and of course to Mike Perkins who captained the team faultlessly, whilst also playing.

The team was - Mike Perkins (Captain) & Ian Reissmann, Dee Lindon & Peter Lindon, Ed Scerri & Gary Jones, Dick Davey & Nigel Wolfendale, Steve Eginton & Bill Souster, Peter Hawkes (standby)

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Swiss Pairs for the Anders Wallen Trophy

Congratulations to the winners of the pairs event - Peter Hawkes and Michael Ribbins. 56 pairs competed on  Saturday at Windsor in the annual Green Pointed Congress.  The trophy was presented by Eva Wallen.

Swiss Teams for the Richard Palmer Memorial Trophy

Congratulations to the winners of the teams event - Nathan Piper, Alan Hayward, Ryan Stephenson & Hanna Tuus. 20 teams competed on Sunday at Windsor in the annual Green Pointed Congress.

 The end-of-season pairs event for the Bridge Plus Trophy. The winners were Louise and Tom Payne.

 The winners of the Student League (for the SBBC trophy) were Louise and Tom Payne, Usha and Virinder Chatrat - team name Double Trouble, after a split tie with Andy's Angels captained by Carole Wharrier.

 Picture showing most (4 of the 5 tables) in play.

 The County Senior Pairs was held on Monday 19th May at South Bucks Bridge Centre. Twenty pairs took part, playing 36 boards.

 The winners of the Directors Cup were David Owen and Bob Holder with 60.24%.

2nd was Ed Scerri and Gilly Cardiff,  3rd Dick Davey and Paula Hopkinson
 
 

Well done to all who took part. We hope you enjoyed the day.

In a dramatic finish, with the lead changing hands twice in the last three boards, Gary Jones, a member of Amersham BC, was part of the Welsh international team which won the Teltscher Trophy last weekend.

The Teltscher Trophy (aka the Senior Camrose) is an annual event which takes place between international teams from the five countries of the British Isles. The event was inaugurated in 2008 and this year was held in Dublin. Gary and his Welsh partner, Paul Lamford, were also the leading pair after cross imping.

The Garden Cities Trophy is the EBU's inter-county championship for teams-of-eight.  

As winners of the 1st Division of the B&BCBA League-of-Eight, Amersham A qualified to represent Berks & Bucks in the competition. The Regional Finals of the Garden Cities trophy, see ( https://www.ebu.co.uk/article/garden-cities-finalists-known-3 ), took place over the weekend at four different venues around the country. Eight teams in total, including Amersham A,  qualified for the Garden Cities Final, which will take place on Saturday 7th June. 

35 teams from 19 clubs played this season.

Congratulations to Amersham A for winning Division 1 and the Perkins Cup. They finished with the grand total of 151 VPs from their nine matches. Reading A were second with 139 VPs.

Congratulations to the leading teams in the other three divisions:

Division 2 (10 teams): Austenwood 1st with 128 VPs, just pipping Newbury A who had 127 VPs.

Division 3 (10 teams): Newbury B 1st with 125 VPs, Amersham C 2nd with 123 VPs.

Division 4 (5 teams playing 8 matches): Hazlemere and Maidenhead B, equal 1st with 99 VPs.

We thank all those who played and all the team captains for organising their teams and arranging matches. We look forward to another successful season starting in September and would welcome any new teams from clubs. The League Secretary will be asking for entries as usual in June.

At the end of a close-fought 48-board match, played against the Bakshi team at TGR's club in London, Carole Mueller's team was victorious in the final of the Hubert Phillips Plate KO. Pictured, left to right, are Herb Mueller, Chris Mooney, Carole Mueller and David Perkins.

A side note is that David Perkins was 92 this week, so he must be one of the 'more senior' winners of a national KO tournament, if not most senior!

B&B Jack High Friendly Pairs

The Berks & Bucks Jack High Friendly Pairs for the Finchampstead Plate was contested by 23 pairs this weekend.  The winners with 62.13% were Paul & Norma Lord, narrowly ahead of Tim Davies & Mary Nash on 62.03%. Congratulations to Paul and Norma Lord and thanks to all who took part. We hope you all enjoyed the event.

The final of the Waller Bowl competition was held on 16 February 2025 at Windsor.

There were 31 pairs entered from qualifying rounds held in clubs.

The winners were Sue & Graham Dickens with a  score of 61.93%.

Second were David Owen & Bob Holder with a score of 60.00%

and third were Bryn Smith & Malcolm Burch with a score of 58.91%.

Congrats to them and thanks to all 31 pairs for taking part. We hope you enjoyed the day.

 The Club teams final for the Committee Cup was held on Sunday 23rd March at Windsor. It was an all play all for 13 teams over 36 boards.

The winners were Ed Scerri & Gilly Cardiff with Nigel Wolfendale & Dick Davey from Amersham on 125 IMPs, second were Ian Robert & Sally Bride with Godfrey Vangeyzel & Carol Humphreys   on 73 IMPs.

The Jack High Friendly Pairs was held on Sunday 26th January at South Bucks BC

Thirty pairs took part and the winners were William Smyth & Angela Subramaniam  with a great score of 66.12%, second were Kumar Patel & Mike Rossiter with 60.07%. Well done indeed.

Thanks to all those played. We hope you enjoyed this event as the County are keen to encourage all levels of players to County events.

The County Pairs Championship Final was held on Sunday 19th January 2025 with 23 pairs competing in an all play all over 40 boards at Windsor.

The winners were Peter and Dee Lindon . Well done.

The top five pairs will be invited to represent the County in the EBU’s Corwen Trophy event, to be held 31st May/1st/2nne. The other four pairs are Mike Wenble and James Chapman, Marc Rivoira & Barry Read, Ed Scerri & Steve Eginton , Pat Dowdeswell & Mike Ribbins. Congratulations to all.