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. 

Twelve teams, including five from the extreme south-west of Cornwall, played in a multiple teams event at Carnon Downs village hall on Sunday 16 November. Winners with +62 IMPs were Bill Thomson, Mike O'Neill, Geoff Smith & Rob Jones, 13 IMPs ahead of Mick Robson, Jo Bryant, Suzanne Warring & Neil Harris. There was a tie for third place on +29 IMPs between Laurie Burley, Chris Kempton, Ian Marriott & Norna Hughes and Wendy Williams, Henry Gompertz, John Golding & Geoff Tomlinson. 

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.