A teams of 4 competitions running from Oct 1st  2025 - March 31st 2026 

An elimination pairs competition open to all clubs in our area Heats will be held in Clubs with a final on Wednesday April 22nd 2026

A Spring Knock-Out Cup Competition for teams of 4 to run from April - June 

A Summer Teams competition to be held on Wednesday July 1st 2026

Winners of our competitions for 2024-2025 

Teams of 4  Team Pearce::  Tony Harris, Gordon Maxwell, Graeme Pearce and Marc Rivoira

Elimination Pairs:   Mark Elliott and John Young from Bradshaws

Spring Cup   Team Barratt::  Eileen Barratt, David Barratt, John Foster, Nicola Foster

      Ann McMahon, Brian Medhurst, Alan Oliver, Sue Oliver 

Summer Teams  Team Collins::  Anthony Collins, Marcus Trathen, Stuart Townsend and Simon Roberts

Congratulations to all

Teams of 4               Team Collins:  Anthony Collins, Simon Roberts, Stuart Townsend and Marcus Trathen

Elimination Pairs      Iain Mackenzie and Trish Lee (Loddon Vale)

Spring Cup              Team Sayer::  Carey Sayer, Dianne Sayer, Peter Whitaker, David Young

Summer Teams        Team Ray; Richard Ray, Gary Reynolds, Stuart Strachan and Paul Hirszowicz 

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The final of the Spring Cup has now been held and proved to be a very exciting contest

The winner was the team of Carey Sayer who beat the team of Keith Terrell by 42 IMPs to 40

Congratulations to them

.The Summer Teams Competition was played via realbridge on July 3rd. There were 9 entries.

The results are available from the right hand menu

The winners were  Richard Ray, Gary Reynolds, Stuart Strachan and Paul Hirszowicz  with +38 

Second were Anthony Collins, Marcus Trathen, Stuart Townsend and Simon Roberts with  +36

The final of the Elimination Pairs Competition was held on Wednesday April 24th

There were 23 entries from 7 different clubs.

The winners were Iain Mackenzie and Trish Lee (Loddon Vale)

Runners up were Rafi Razzak and David Gardner (Goring and Streatley)

Congratulations to them

.There are two further events planned for  2024

Elimination Pairs Competition - heats to be held at clubs with a final on Wed April 24th

.Summer Teams Competition for teams of 4 to be held on Wed July 3rd

There are seven entrants to the Teams of 4 Competition.

Results available from the right hand menu

The teams of 8 competition will not be run this year

All competitions were played virtually via BBO apart from Summer Teams which used realbridge. 

Summer Teams:  8 teams entered winners were Keith Terrell, Paul Hirszowicz, Stuart Strachan. Peter Briggs

Spring Cup: 6 teams entered winners were Ann McMahon, Sula Turpin, Gill Weeks, Steve Martin

Elimination Pairs: 36 teams from 8 clubs qualified: winners were Jill Mason and Colin Washbrook

Teams of 4: 8 teams entered: winners were John Coleman, Marilyn Murtagh, David Killick, Joan Murphy

Teams of 8: 5 teams entered winners were Newbury A, Captain Keith Terrell

All competitions were played virtually via BBO unless otherwise stated

Teams of 4 League - 6 teams entered - winners the team of Peter Cherrett

Teams of 8 League - 6 teams entered - winners Newbury B

Elimination Pairs - 22 pairs qualified for the final - winners were Phil Thornton and Joan Murphy

Teams of 4 Spring Cup - 11 teams entered - winners the team of Anthony Collins

Summer Teams - held via Realbridge. 9 teams participated - winners the team of Iain Mackenzie

The Final of the Elimination Pairs was held on Wednesday April 28th at 19.00 via BBO.

There were 44 entrants with the winners. 

1.  Phil Thornton and Joan Murphy, Burnham

2.  Andrew Ferguson and Mary Ferguson, Newbury

3.  Tony Parkinson and Pat Dowdeswell, Reading.

The full results and hands are available from the right hand menu

Prizes in the form of Wine Vouchers have been distributed to these winners..

Winners of the Teams of 4 and the Teams of 8 competitions have now been decided

The Teams of 8 competition has been won by Newbury B

The teams of 4 competition has been won by Peter Cherrett's team

Congratulations fo them

The new season 2019-2020 is now under way. There are 8 entries for the teams of 8, Burnham, Caversham Park, Goring and Streatley, Loddon Vale, Newbury A, Newbury B, Reading A, Reading B. There are 6 entries for the teams of 4,  teams led by John Chamberlain, Peter Cherrett, Michael Drew, Andrew Ferguson, Madeline Lawson and Gerry Parker. The latest league tables are available from the right hand menu.

Cups have now been awarded for competition winners in the 2017-2018 session

Teams of  8: Newbury B

Teams of  4:  Team Captain Peter Cherrett

Spring Cup for Teams of 4:  Team Captain Madeline Lawson

Elimination Pairs    Jack Calder and Michael Drew

Summer Teams   Joan and Mike Bennett, Jack Calder, Michael Drew

Results of the Summer Teams of 4 Competition are posted under Results, right hand menu

The winners were Joan and Mike Bennett, Jack Calder and Michael Drew with +59

Second were Mike and Sara Ribbins, Janet Barnes and Jonny Richards with +46

Congratulations to them.

The Elimination Pairs final was held on Wednesday April 18th at the Reading Cricket and Hockey Club. There were 26 pairs participating from 8 local bridge clubs. Details are available from the right hand results menu,                     

The winners were Jack Calder and Michael Drew from Goring and Streatley Bridge Club.

Second were Rouenna Winstanley and Anthony Collins from Bradshaws Bridge Club

Third were Simon Roberts and Irlan Sirkis from Loddon Vale Bridge Club. 

Congratulations to them.

Peter Cherrett and his team, Peter Briggs, Chris Cherrett, Mark Scott and Stuart Strachan,won the Teams of 4 with outstanding performances beating all opposition and obtaining an average of 16.43. Many congratulations to them.

Newbury B needed to beat Goring and Streatley by at least 17-3 in their last match to overtake their friends and neighbours in Newbury A and win the teams of 8 competition. They achieved exactly that result and won by 101 VPs to 100. Congratulations of both Newbury teams.

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY PAIRS COMPETITION

To celebrate the 50th year of the Chiltern Bridge League, a golden anniversary pairs competition was held on Wednesday October 18th at the Village Hall, Goring hosted by the Goring and Streatley Bridge Club. Many senior members of the Bridge League were welcomed. The competition was directed by Ann McMahon and 22 pairs participated. The results are shown in the right hand column. There were two winning pairs whose achievements were acknowledged with souvenir cups. 

Angie Camden and Mick Dowling for N/S

Jax Hovell and Pam Hanson for E/W

Congratulations to them.

The Chiltern Bridge League was formed 50 years ago when clubs around Reading got together to run a series of competitions for their members. It is a tribute to the clubs that the League has continued to be successful for all these years. Currently there are five competitions, the Elimination Pairs, Leagues for Teams of 4 and 8 from Clubs, together with a Spring Cup for teams of 4, and a one evening Summer Teams competition for teams of 4.   Competitions for the teams of 4 and 8 from clubs are now being played. The other events will taken place in the New Year. 

There were 12 entries to the Summer Competition for Teams of 4.

Prizes were awarded to the winners,Keith Goswell, Cyril Berkely, Dianne Browne and Dale Thomas and

the runners up Peter Cherrett, Keith Terrell, Stuart Strachan and Peter Briggs.

Congratulations to them - see details under results - right hand menu.

The Spring Cup has now been completed and in the final the BARNES team eventually beat the VICKERS team by 4 IMPs. The match was tied after 24 boards so went into extra time with 4 extra boards. There were 8 entrants and this year the matches were very closely fought. Apart from the final, one of the semi-finals was also very close with a margin of 1 IMP.  Full details are shown via the left hand menu. 

It was a very close at the top for the Elimination Pairs. Reg and Mary Watson won with a scorer of 66.25 % followed by Eleanor Rice and Stuart Strachan with a score of 66.02 %. Congratulations to both pairs for outstanding results.  All details are available from the Results Menu on the Right Hand Side.

Congratulations

to Newbury A who have won the Teams of 8 Competition.

to Peter Cherrett's team who have won the Teams of 4 Competition.

Mike Bennett was elected as the Honorary President of the Chiltern Bridge League at the AGM held on September 18th 2016.

Mike was our Chairman from 2003 - 2014 and during that time was responsible for the expansion and management of the Chiltern Bridge League.

He ran the league with great efficiency and good humour and will continue to play an important part in the organisation

Teams of 4:  The winners were Peter Cherrett's team.

Teams of 8. The winners are Reading A with Newbury B second,  Goring and Streatley third.

The final results are available from the menu on the right hand side of this page

Elimination Pairs The winners were Stuart Townsend and Jim Roy

Spring Cup    The winners were Peter Cherrett's team

Summer Teams  The winners were Peter Cherrett's team

From 2013 onwards the EBU has ceased maintain level 3 replacing the orange book with the blue book.. The Chiltern League will continue to use the Level 3 as defined by the final version of the orange book which can be found under rules.

The Chiltern Bridge League was formed in 1967 to allow clubs to play matches while keeping travel to a minimum. The league operates under license from the English Bridge Union and awards MPs on the District scale.

The league organizes leagues for Teams of Eight and Teams of Four in the period September to March. The Spring Cup for fours starts with a round-robin stage and the qualifiers proceed to the knockout stage. The League has a single pairs event, the Elimination Pairs, with heats in clubs and the qualifiers meeting for the final. The season's bridge concludes with an evening of Fours in July at which the year's trophies are presented. EBU level 3 applies to all events though club heats may use the club's standard if it is lower.

All Team of Eight captains form the committee along with the executive (President, Chairman, Treasurer). Clubs without a team of eight may choose to have a representative on the committee. The executive may co-opt members to the committee for special projects.