Are you interested in joining a team to play in the Deva teams league next season?

The "Always Hopeful" team, which finished third in division 2 last season, is without a captain.

Before the start of each season all captains get a fixture list setting out the dates and opposing teams. Captains have contact details for the players in their team and two pairs are required to play each match. The season runs from the beginning of September through to the following May. For more information (or just to discuss) please contact Barbara Ginty (teamsleague@devabridgeclub.co.uk).

The 2019 mixed pairs championship was held on Thursday 23rd May.

Congratulations to the winners Bob Mitchell and Sheila Banham pictured between Clare Blake and Club Secretary Julie O'Connell.

For more pictures and details see the entry under Competitions in the menu.

Just a quick reminder that you don't need a partner to play in our Gentle Duplicate sessions on Wednesday evenings. There is always a host available and you can learn a lot by playing with someone more experienced - so come along, play and enjoy!

The Jim Davies Trophy is a M&CBA Swiss teams event which will be played at the Deva on the evening of Wednesday 19th June. Entry for teams of four is £22 in advance or £26 on the night.

To enter or get further details please contact David Stevenson (mcba@blakjak.uk, 0151 677 7412/07778 409955).

The final of the 2019 Deva Teams League Cup was a hotly contested affair with the result after 24 boards being:

• The Travellers 78 IMPs and
• Bronze 63 IMPs.

However Bronze started with a +15 IMPs handicap so the scores were tied!

There was therefore a three board playoff which The Travellers won by 11 IMPs to 4.

Congratulations to The Travellers, Paul Holt, Laurence Stone, David Smith and Ian Bates and also to Peter Sumption who did not play in the final.

The runners-up, Bronze, were represented by Ian Taylor, Anne Dodd, Jeremy Dodd and Graham Campbell with Russ Whelan, Clare Blake and Kate Beckett who did not play in the final.