Fifteen pairs contested this F2F event on Sunday 1st February at Carnon Downs village hall. Winners by over 4% were Bill Thomson & Mike O’Neill with 66%. Runner-up were Jan Keast & Janet Heath with 62%, and in third place were fellow county C team regulars, Suzanne Warring & Neil Harris.

14 pairs played in Cornwall's premier pairs event, the John Perks Pairs, on RealBridge on Sunday 11 January. Comfortable winners were Mick Robson & Jo Bryant with 60.6%, with Peter Scott & Graham Ramsey - leading for much of the day - finishing an excellent second with 56.4%. In third place were Celia Bishop & Henry Gompertz with 54.1%.

Congratulations to all three pairs, who now go forward to represent Cornwall in the national final, the Corwen Trophy, in Nottingham in late May.

Nominated by the county committee, the English Bridge Union has awarded Chris Bickerdike with the Dimmie Fleming Award "in recognition of his valued contribution to the game of bridge and voluntary services in Cornwall and to the English Bridge Union".

Chris joined the county committee as Secretary in 2008 and at different times in the past 17 years has held many other positions as well - Tournament & Entries Secretary, Congress Secretary, Western League Secretary, Webmaster, and EBU Shareholder among them.

A presentation was made to him by our current EBU Shareholder, Geoff Smith, during a break in the Autumn Teams of Four recently. 

There are currently nine bridge clubs in Cornwall that are affiliated to the English Bridge Union (EBU). They meet either online or face-to-face or both on a variety of weekday evenings.