| North Devon Congress 2026 |
The 31st North Devon Congress will take place at the Barnstaple Hotel on the weekend of Friday 27th February to March 1st, 2026.
Entries now open!
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| Devon County Congress 2026 |
The 2026 Devon County Congress will take place at the Grand Hotel, Torquay on the weekend of Friday 17th to Sunday 19th April. Entries now open!
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| The North Devon Charity Cup at Filleigh Village Hall November 2025 |
 Seventeen teams competed for this Charity Swiss Teams event for the North Devon Charity Cup on Sunday 23rd November 2025 at Filleigh Village Hall.
The results and hands are HERE.
Congratulations to the winners Dai Bunyan & Mike Batten with Keith Thornley & Paddy Bowen.
Thanks to the generosity of everyone who came we raised a considerable amount for our two charities, Macmillan Cancer Care and the North Devon Hospice, details to follow
The next Filleigh Charity event will be on Sunday, March 22, 2026, click HERE for more details and to enter
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| Upcoming DBA Events |
Entry forms are now available for:
Sunday November 23, 2025 at Filleigh Village Hall: This Swiss Teams event is in aid of the North Devon Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Care. Players enter as a pair and are matched to make a team. All welcome.
Saturday 3-4 January, 2026 on Realbridge: Championship Pairs on Saturday followed by blue-pointed Swiss Teams on Sunday.
The Sunday Teams competition will also be Devon's qualifying event for the EBU Pachabo Cup.
Sunday 15 February, 2026 on Realbridge: A one-day two session teams-of-eight event for EBU-affiliated Devon clubs. The winning team will be eligible to represent Devon in the EBU Garden Cities Trophy.
Saturday 21 March, 2026 on Realbridge: A one-day, two-session green-pointed Devon pairs competition for the Julia Chadwick Trophy. The top three pairs in this event will be invited to represent Devon in the EBU Corwen Trophy.
Sunday 22 March, 2026 at Filleigh Village Hall: A competitive, one-day, Charity Swiss Teams Competition in aid of the North Devon Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Care. Players enter as a team.
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| Upcoming Events in Devon and the South West |
 Saturday & Sunday, February 14 & 15, 2026:The East Wales Bridge Association are organising a weekend of Bridge in Newport with green-pointed Swiss Pairs on the Saturday and green-pointed Swiss Teams on the Sunday.
More information on their website HERE.
 Saturday & Sunday, March 7 & 8, 2026: The Wiltshire Contract Bridge Association green-pointed Swiss Pairs & Teams weekend will take place in Bath.
More information on their website HERE.
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| Charity Swiss Teams for the Dartington Trophy |
This popular Swiss Teams event took place at the Filleigh Village Hall on Sunday March 23, 2025 with 17 teams in the competition.
Congratulations to the winners Dave Strawbridge & Mike Walsh with Betty Golding & Margaret Mardlin (pictured), the runners up Richard Lingham & Viv Mabley with Graham Hoare & Ann Slee and to the winners of the risers prize Peter Taylor & Caroline Palmer with Serena Kirkman and Lela Daniel.
Click HERE to see the full results.
Thanks to the generosity of those present, we raised £600 for the North Devon Hospice and £100 for Macmillan Cancer Care.
The next Filleigh charity event is on November 23, 2025, click HERE for more information.
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| North Devon Congress 2025 |
The 30th North Devon Congress took place at the Barnstaple Hotel on Friday 28th February through Sunday 2nd March 2025.
There were 46 pairs for the ten-match Swiss Pairs competition on the Friday and Saturday and 25 teams for the seven-match Swiss Teams competition on the Sunday. Congratulations to the winners of the pairs, Debbie & Simon Richards, and to the winners of the Teams, Sally & Terry Stuttard with Chris Thomas & John Dick (pictured above).
For a list of all the cash and wine winners click HERE. If you haven't received your prize, please contact the treasurer.
For the Pairs results click HERE and for the Teams results click HERE.
Thanks to the team - our TD Jeremy along with Jacqui, Carolyn & Sharon and the staff at the Barnstaple Hotel - for a very enjoyable weekend.
Hope to see you all back next year - Friday 27th February to March 2nd 2026.
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