The Deva's Championship Teams competition is the club's most prestigious teams event with the winners being represented on the club's honours boards.

It is referred to in the club's competitions procedures as the "Teams of Four Championship" although the rules then go on to explain that teams may consist of up to 6 players!

The 2024/25 competition moves back to how we used to play the competition before covid:

• Teams can have up to 6 members.
• There are 5 qualifying heats (2nd Wednesdays in September to January), play starting at 7pm.
• The heats are open to members and non-members - but only results with full members count in the qualification table.
• A team must play in a minimum of three qualifying rounds to have a chance of qualifying for the Final
• At most 9 teams can qualify for the final, if necessary selected on the basis of the total IMPS from their best three qualifying rounds.
• The FINAL is on Wednesday 12th February 2025 starting at 7pm. 
• A carry forward IMP score of 20% of total IMPS from the best three qualifying rounds will apply in the final. 
• Table money includes an additional £0.50 per player to fund prizes of £40 and £20 to the 1st and 2nd teams.

The final of the Championship Teams competition was held on Wednesday 12 February and saw 4 teams battle it out for our 1st major competition of the year. There was a carry forward score from the qualification stage but in the event the winners on the night scored sufficiently well that they were champions with or without the carry forward. Congratulations to the winners (for the 2nd year in a row) Bob Pitts, Peter Broster, Stuart Matthews and Alan Stephenson (and to Peter Kaufmann who played for the team in the qualification stage). Runners up (again for the 2nd year in a row) were Keith Shuttleworth, Seb Jones, Paul Roberts, Julian Merrill (who played in the final) with Joan Marray and Peter Hall playing for the team in the qualification stage. Here is a photo of the champions and runners-up.

The carry forward calculation and application can be seen here. The qualification table can be seen here.

The championship returned to the club and face-to-face bridge for qualifying heats and the final qualifying table can be seen here. With only 4 teams having played, the final was a 2-team head to head match. The teams decided to play the final online on Tuesday 20 February. The winners were Bob Pitts, Peter Kaufmann, Stuart Matthews and Alan Stephenson with the team also including Peter Broster in the qualifying heats. The final was over 24 boards with Bob Pitts' team beating Julian Merrill's team by 28 Imps.

This (club) year's competition had clear winners, the team of John Hampson, Simon Edwards, Matt Foster, Chris Pope and Andy Prothero. They were 27 VPs above the 2nd team of Frank McAleavy, Jeff Angove, Brian Crawford, Stephen Doubt, Pete Nickson, Haydn Roberts and Frank Salt. In all there were 6 teams and the final table was:

The winners have their names engraved on a champions board in the club and shared in a £40 prize. The runners shared a £20 prize.

The full league table can be seen here.

• 2024/25: Bob Pitts, Peter Broster, Stuart Matthews, Alan Stephenson & Peter Kaufmann
• 2023/24: Bob Pitts, Peter Kaufmann, Stuart Matthews, Alan Stephenson & Peter Broster
• 2022/23: John Hampson, Simon Edwards, Matt Foster, Chris Pope and Andy Prothero
• 2021/22: Julian Merrill, Paul Roberts, Peter Hall, Joan Marray, Keith Shuttleworth & Sebastian Jones
• 2020/21: Bob Pitts, Peter Kaufmann, Stuart Matthews, Alan Stephenson 
• 2019/20: Brian Crawford, Frank McAleavy, Peter Nickson, Jeff Angove, Di Knight, Frank Salt
• 2018/19: Chris Pope, John Hampson, Matt Foster, Andy Prothero, Liz Commins
• 2017/18: Bob Pitts, Peter Broster, Stuart Matthews, Alan Stephenson
• 2016/17: Julian Merrill, David Flacks, Laurence Stone and Peter Hall
• 2015/16: Matt Foster, John Hampson, Chris Pope, Andy Prothero and David Stevenson
• 2014/15: Bob Pitts, Peter Broster, Stuart Matthews, Alan Stephenson and Mark Weeks
• 2013/14: Matt Foster, John Hampson, John and Pauline Rudolf, Barry Jones
• 2012/13: David Stevenson, Liz Commins, John Hampson, Matt Foster
• 2011/12: Bob Pitts, Peter Broster, Stuart Matthews, Alan Stephenson
• 2010/11: David Stevenson, Liz Commins, Peter Kaufmann and Mike Amos
• 2009/10: David Stevenson, Peter Kaufmann, Matt Foster and John Hampson