The Chester Bowl blue-pointed pairs competition was held on Sunday 20th October and attracted a high-quality field.

The first session was a qualifier with all 32 pairs taking part and was won by Paul Roberts and Julian Merrill with Jackie Pye and John Holland coming second.

The top 14 pairs contested the final with Peter Richmond and Roger Allison winning the trophy and Paul Roberts and Julian Merrill coming second.

The remaining 18 pairs contested a consolation final session which was won by Ian Blackhurst and Peter Sumption with Brian Crawford and Frank McAleavy coming second.

The Club's President, David Smith, is seen here presenting the prizes (and, of course, the trophy) to all those named above.

Thanks also go to the EBU's James Vickers who directed the event and is seen here with David and the winning pair.

Well done everybody!

The Daniel Miller Cup for students of our bridge classes and recent attendees and players in supervised sessions was held on Monday 7 October. The competition was well contested with 18 pairs taking part. Congratulations go to Jane Marvin & Carly Scholey who won with a tremendous score of 76% and to runners up Pamela Selby & Wendy Spencer. Here are the winners being presented with the trophy by Sheena, and the runners up.

This year's Christmas Party is on Sunday 8 December - click here for details.

Hi everyone, monthly Prizes for September go to::

• Monday              Ian Blackhurst
• Wednesday        Terry Jones 
• Friday                 Gill and Bernard Farrell

Well done all of you.

We held the final of the Bob Graham Individual Trophy on Monday 30 September. 20 players qualified for the final and played 19 1-board rounds - each player partnered each other once and (yes - you've guessed it!) played against each other twice. Here is a picture of the finalists:

Congratulations to the winner, Phil Nuttall seen holding the Trophy, and to Martin Booth who was 2nd and Joan Webb who was 3rd.

Clicking on this link will take you to a page with information about the competition.

Deva Bridge Club held a bridge drive on Thursday 26 September in aid of Christleton's Village Playing Fields' upgrade. We played 24 hands, stopping for a sumptuous lunch in the middle, and (with a raffle and proceeds from ticket sales) raised £540. Here are photos from the event, firstly Susan handing a cheque to Elizabeth for the playing fields, and then presentation of prizes to 1st and 2nd N/S and E/W (in the order of % scores).

Our regular Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday sessions in the week w/c 9 September were part of EBU's Festival of Bridge (BRIDGE IT'S A BIG DEAL) which was in aid of Cancer Research UK. Deva Bridge Club has now paid £425 to the charity this amount being the table money collected (£4 in club and $4.50 on BBO) less the normal UMS paid to EBU and BBO's share. EBU are also donating the UMS to the charity which (thanks to those who played in those sessions) means we raised £491 in total. In total the Festival has (as of Sept 29) raised over £80,000. Not bad hey!

We held the 75th Anniversary Party on Saturday at Chester Golf Club. On arrival we were greeted by Sheena and a wonderful display of photos from similar past events. The afternoon was taken up by 24 hands of bridge after which we each we toasted Deva with a glass of prosecco. There then followed a sumptuous 3 course meal. Here are photos of the 1st and 2nd places north/south and east/west.

To review a summary of Deva's 75 years you can either click this link here or look for it in the Information menu on the LHS of the home page.