The Tuesday BBO session on 21 July was a heat of an EBU Sim Pairs event. We had 10 tables. As of Wednesday morning our best placed pair was Martin Church and Michael McCartney (60.3% & 42nd out of 439 pairs). The 2nd and 3rd highest placed pairs were visitors. Well done to all of them!

This link will take you to results on the EBU website from where you can filter on Deva to see just Deva results and find the commentary booklet and other analysis.

Message from Paddy Murphy on behalf of North Wales Bridge Association:

Please note the above events:

• Open to any bridge players from any bridge union/country/county/club/ability 
• It will be running in the gaps between the EBU Wednesday night leagues so will not clash with this event.
• No necessity to play on both nights. Green points awarded for both nights and overall.

https://www.bridgewebs.com/nwba/

The North Wales Bridge Association have some green pointed events coming up which will be of interest to some members. Firstly there is a Swiss Pairs Congress in Llandudno on the weekend of 1 & 2 August. There are also 2 online (RealBridge) evening Swiss Pairs events each of 25 boards starting at 7pm on Wednesday 12 & 19 of August. Click here for further details.   

The Deva Bridge Club Committee are excited to announce a very special event for members - on Thursday 19th November 2026 the club will welcome Andrew Robson for an all-day special.

Click here for further information and to register.

At the start of April we started a rewards scheme for those who have given up their time to volunteer as a host, thus enabling others without partners to play bridge. As a thank you, their names are entered into a quarterly draw (as many times as they have volunteered) with the draw being made at a bridge session. The draw this time (the 1st time) was made at the bridge session on Wednesday 1 July.

The winner was: ANDY KERR.  Well done Andy - enjoy spending your £25.00 voucher at Marks and Spencers!  

Hi everyone. The monthly prize winners for June 2026 are as follows:

Monday……….........Stephen O'Brien and Vanessa James

Wednesday…………Jim Aitkenhead and Vanessa James

Friday……………….Philip Waring

Congratulations to you all.

Our annual teams match, Ladies vs Men, takes place on Sunday 9 August, 2pm for a 2:30 start. The men have won for the last two years and the women won the year before that. It is therefore time the women won again - but will they?

The match is played over about 24 boards and we stop for afternoon tea in the middle which makes for a relaxed social event. The cost is £20 per person which includes a glass of prosecco or wine as well as afternoon tea and a contribution to the President's charity - the event is in aid of Chester Aid to the Homeless (CATH). Here is a link to the entry page: Ladies vs Men

Free Bridge Books

We are very grateful to Adriana Hayden (Mike Haydens’s widow) for donating Mike’s bridge library and glass fronted shelves for members of Deva bridge club to use.  The shelves are in the middle of the South wall of the club.  Please have a look and take away that interest you.  If you have books to donate please just add them to the shelves.

Our annual Mixed Pairs competition took place in the club on Thursday 21 May. 12 pairs played which meant a perfect all-play-all competition with 11 2-board rounds. Congratulations go to Mary Palin & Dave Stretch who with a score of 68% were a massive 14% above the rest of us. Runners up were Christine Hughes & John Gorman and Dawn Taylor & Mark Weeks were 3rd. Here is a photo of all six of them on the podium, Mary & Dave in the middle with runners up on the left and 3rd on the right.

The Deva Bridge Club had a stall at the annual Christleton Parish meeting on Saturday 23rd April. We were visited by local MP Aphra Brandreth seen here talking to Susan Haywood. Aphra is a keen bridge player herself and we extended an invite to come and play. Many thanks to club members Roger Carter, Mandy Evans, Anne Moreton, Mary Palin, Susan Haywood and Philip Waring who selflessly gave up their time to promote the club to the village. Here is a photo of some of them in situ.

Our annual Individual Competition (the Fearn Cup) was help on Sunday 19 April. Well done to Janice Mairs who was the overall winner - a tremendous achievement on top of having won the Championship Pairs last month. Congratulations also to Bob Ashton and Alan Sharples who were 2nd and 3rd.

The final was a competitive game of bridge played in a friendly atmosphere. As well as all playing 38 boards we had time for a social lunch sat around one large table. Here are photos of the top 3 and us all enjoying lunch.