| Devon County Congress 2026 |
The 2027 Devon County Congress will take place at the Grand Hotel, Torquay on the weekend of Friday 16th to Sunday 18th April. Entries now open!
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| DBA AGM 2026 |
Many thanks to those who took the time to attend the AGM of the Devon Bridge Association on Sunday, July 12, 2026. The draft minutes, which include the accounts are HERE.
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| Upcoming DBA Events |
Entries for Devon Teams League Autumn series on RealBridge - Contact Nigel Richardson
More information
Want to represent your county in the Western League, a round-robin competition featuring eight South West counties?
Click HERE for more information and to sign up.
Entry forms are now available for:
 North Devon Charity Cup at Filleigh
Sunday 1 November, 2026 at Filleigh Village Hall
For this friendly Charity Swiss Teams, players enter as a pair and are matched to make a team.
All proceeds will go to the North Devon Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Care.
All are welcome and EBU membership is not required.
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| Upcoming Events in Devon and the South West |
 Thursday to Sunday, August 20 - 23, 2026
For 2026, the Welsh Bridge Union has combined its five main National Competitions into a four-day Festival of Bridge at the Holiday Inn, in the centre of Cardiff.
There are green-pointed events every day running alongside more relaxed, social Bridge sessions. The brochure is HERE, and the entry form is HERE.
Please note, you must be a member of the Welsh Bridge Union to enter, click HERE to join.
 Sunday, August 23, 2026
The Dorset Contract Bridge Association are hosting a One-Day Green-pointed Swiss Teams event at Camford Magna, Wimborne.
For more information and to enter, click HERE.
Saturday & Sunday, October 3 & 4, 2026
The West of England Congress will take place at Canalside, Bridgwater TA6 6LQ.
Details will be available soon on the Somerset website HERE.
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| Charity Swiss Teams for the Dartington Trophy |
This popular Charity Swiss Teams event took place at the Filleigh Village Hall on Sunday, May 10, 2026 with a record 20 teams taking part.
Congratulations to the trophy winners for the second year running Dave Strawbridge & Mike Walsh with Betty Golding & Margaret Mardlin (pictured). In second place, also for the second year running, were Richard Lingham & Viv Mabley with Graham Hoare & Ann Slee. The risers prize was won by Malcolm and Catherine Boyack with Ann Hill & Liz Matravers.
Click HERE to see the full results.
Thanks to the generosity of those present, we raised £550 for the North Devon Hospice and £100 for Macmillan Cancer Care.
The next Filleigh charity event is on November 1, 2026, click HERE for more information and to sign up.
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| Devon County Congress 2026 |
56 pairs and 23 teams came to Torquay for a the very enjoyable 70th Devon County Congress in the excellent Grand Hotel. Congratulations to the winners of the pairs, Paul Denning & Tim Rees, and to the winners of the teams, Ian Walsh, Warner Solomon, Tracy Sherman & Stefan Lindfors.
Many thanks to Shelia Ferguson and the rest of the Congress committee - Neil Marsden & Bill Luscombe - for organising such a great weekend. Thanks also to our directors Jeremy Child and George Delafield.
Results: Pairs GPs | Teams.
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| North Devon Congress 2026 |
The 31st North Devon Congress took place at the Barnstaple Hotel on Friday 27th February through Sunday 1st March 2026.
There were 50 pairs for the ten-match Swiss Pairs competition on the Friday and Saturday and 26 teams for the seven-match Swiss Teams competition on the Sunday. Congratulations to the winners of the pairs: David Southcombe & Carmen Ruiz-Castell and to the winners of the teams: Harry, Theo, Sally & Sam Anoyrkatis.
Results: Pairs | Teams.
More than 50% of attendees went home with a prize, click HERE to see the full list.
Thanks to the team - our TD Jeremy along with Jacqui & Sharon and the staff at the Barnstaple Hotel - for a very enjoyable weekend.
Hope to see you all back next year - Friday 26th February to Sunday 28th February 2027.
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