The County Senior Pairs was held on Monday 11th May at South Bucks Bridge Centre. Twenty six pairs took part, playing 40 boards.

 The winners of the Directors Cup were Ed Scerri and Gilly Cardiff with 64.72%.

2nd was Michael Green & Simon Roberts 3rd was Pat Dowdeswell & Mike Wenble 

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

In division 1, the holders looked set to retain their title but Mike Perkins’ team were beaten handily by Holder in their last match. In contrast, Owen (David Owen, Naomi Gibbs, Ivan Leung, Mike Rawlins) secured a big win in their last match which allowed them to slip through to win the Brown Cup by a comfortable margin. Division 2 was won by Dowdeswell (Pat Dowdeswell, Ian Mackinder, John Greenhalgh, Michael Ribbins, Eva Wallen). Barnes and Sheppard were separated by a single VP before their last match in division 3. Barnes won, Sheppard lost so the division was won by Barnes (David and Janet Barnes, James Chapman, Roger Donato). The top team in division 3 was captained by Sarah Ward (Hans Mastenbroek, Kim Sedgwick, Angela, Subramaniam).

Congratulations go to all winners.

Congratulations to Burnham A on winning their regional final of the Garden Cities Trophy. This is the EBU's inter-county championship for teams-of-eight.  

As winners of the 1st Division of the B&BCBA League-of-Eight, Burnham A qualified to represent Berks & Bucks in the competition and were first in their regional final, see https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/results-data/2026/garden-cities/Cheltenham/Ranks.htm. The Regional Finals of the Garden Cities trophy, see ( https://www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/garden-cities ), took place over the weekend at four different venues around the country. Eight teams in total, including Burnham A,  qualified for the Garden Cities Final, which will take place on Saturday 6th June at West Midlands Bridge Club. 

 The Club teams final for the Committee Cup was held on Sunday 19th April at Windsor. It was an all play all for 14 teams over 39 boards.

The winners were Mike Rawlins & Naomi Gibbs with Bob Holder and David Owen from Ascot on 103 IMPs, second were Celia & Derek Oram with Peter & Dee Lindon   from Amersham on 97 IMPs.

County Teams of 4 Championship

The final has now been played between Dee Lindon's and Mike Perkins teams.

Congratulations to Dee Lindon's' team (Dee and Peter Lindon, Steve Eginton and Bill Souster) who are now the County Teams of 4 Champions, beating Mike Perkins' team by 38 IMPs in the final. Also, well done to Mike Perkins' team (Mike Perkins, John Howard, Peter Jackson, Ian Reissmann & Peter Hawkes) for reaching the finals.

Click here to see the biggest swing of the match.

Berks & Bucks League of 8 2025-26

Congratulations to Burnham A on winning Division 1 and the Perkins Cup. They will be representing the county in the Garden Cities on 9 May. They finished with 139 VPs from their nine matches. Reading A were second with 128 VPs.

Congratulations to the leading teams in the other three divisions:

Division 2 (10 teams): Ascot swept the board. Their A team won all their matches and ended up with 142 VPs; their B team came second with 125 VPs.

Division 3 (9 teams): Misbourne A were 1st with 108 VPs, just pipping Basingstoke B on 107 VPs.

Division 4 (5 teams playing 8 matches): Maidenhead B were 1st with 109 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.

The final of the Waller Bowl competition was held on 8th March 2026 on Realbridge.

There were 25 pairs entered from qualifying rounds held in clubs.

The winners were Carole & Herb Mueller, representing Amersham, BC with a  score of 59.85%.

Second were Nicola Sutton & Simon Husband, representing Amersham BC, with a score of 57.62%

and third were Bob Holder & David Owen with a score of 56.55%.

Congrats to them and thanks to all 25 pairs for taking part. We hope you enjoyed the day.

Well done to the overall winners, a B&B pair , Andrew Bradkin & Thomas Bradkin 

The full results for this can be found on the EBU site at https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/results-data/2026/masters-pairs/s3.htm

The County Pairs Championship Final was held on Sunday 18th January 2026 with 20 pairs competing in an all play all over 38 boards at Windsor.

The winners were Mike Perkins and Peter Jackson . Well done.

The top four pairs will be invited to represent the County in the EBU’s Corwen Trophy event, to be held 30/31st May. The other three pairs are Bob Holder & David Owen , Carole Mueller & Chris Mooney, and Peter & Dee Lindon. Congratulations to all.

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.