With F2F bridge being totally shut down, a truncated online Western league is running during the first four months of 2021. Cornwall has entered a team of four in each of the A, B and C leagues, and a further C team in the secondary C league.

Leagues can be seen on the EBU website. Click Leagues, then South Western League.

Organisers are : Chris Bickerdike A team; Celia Bishop/ Bill Thomson (B team); Henry Gompertz (C1 and C2 teams).

Schedule of matches:

Saturday 16 January       A, B and C teams v Hereford and v East Wales        C2 team v Devon C4

Saturday 20 February     A, B and C teams v Devon 2                                      C2 team v Wiltshire C2

Saturday 13 March          A, B and C teams v Devon 1 and v Somerset           C2 team v Avon C3 and v Somerset C2

Saturday 17 April             A, B and C teams v Wiltshire and v Avon                  C2 team v Avon C2 and v Somerset C3

Results A team :

v Hereford  (Chris Bickerdike, Jo Bryant, Rob Jones, Geoff Smith)   WON 17.56-2.44

v East Wales (    -  as above  - )    LOST  2.29-17.71

v Devon 2 (Jo Bryant, Wendy Miller, Rob Jones, Geoff Smith)   LOST 4.21-15.79

v Devon 1 (   -  as above  -   )  LOST 8.62-11.38

v Somerset   (  - as above  -  )  LOST 3.45-16.55

v Wiltshire  (Chris Bickerdike, Geoff Smith, Jo Bryant, Wendy Miller)  WON 15.37-4.63

v Avon   (  -  as above  -  )  LOST 7.69-12.31

FINAL RESULT : 5th with 59.19 VPs  

Results B team :

v Hereford (Celia Bishop, Bill Thomson, Steven Clifton, David Clarke)   LOST 7.1-12.9

v East Wales  (   -  as above -  )     WON 13.18-6.82

V Devon 2 (Celia Bishop, Bill Thomson, Dave Mattos, Chris Bickerdike) LOST 7.39-12.61

v Devon 1 (Steven Clifton, David Clarke, Bill Thomson, Chris Bickerdike) WON 13.45-6.55

v Somerset (  -  as above  -  )  LOST  4.21-15.79

v Wiltshire (Liz Perry, Geoff Jones, Jim Edwards, David Price) LOST 6.03-13.97

v Avon (  -  as above  -  ) LOST 7.99-12.01

FINAL RESULT : 7th with 59.35 VPs

Results C team :

v Hereford (Henry Gompertz, Roy (John) Morris, Elaine Relton, John Harnett)   WON 13.45-6.55

v East Wales  (   - as above -  )   WON 12.9-7.1

v Devon 2 (     - as above -   ) LOST 2.92-17.08

v Devon 1  (  -  as above  -  )  LOST 3.27-16.73

v Somerset (  -  as above  -  )  WON 12.31-7.69

v Wiltshire  (  -  as above  -  )  WON 10.71-9.29

v Avon   (  -  as above  -  )  LOST 5.07-14.93

FINAL RESULT  : 6th with 60.63 VPs

Results C2 team :

v Devon C4 (Suzanne Warring, Neil Harris, Wendy Williams, Bob Pretty)  LOST 6.03-13.97

v Devon C3  (  -  as above  -  )   Match abandoned, problem with the movement DREW   10.0-10.0 

v Wiltshire C2  (  -  as above -  ) WON 18.14-1.86

v  Avon C3 (Suzanne Warring, Neil Harris, Wendy Williams, Bobby Vindenes)  LOST 4.63-15.37

v Somerset C2  (  -  as above  -  ) WON 11.05-8.95

v Avon C2  (Peter Scott, Neil Harris, Wendy Williams, Bob Pretty)   Avon did not put out a team - WON 12-8

v Somerset C3  (  -  as above  -  )  WON 15.79-5.21

FINAL RESULT  4th with 77.64 VPs