INFORMATION
DATES FOR KENT COMPETITIONS 2025 - 2026

FIND A PARTNER FOR KENT EVENTS

Teams of four knockout  Arnold Cup

Sun 30th Nov  RealBridge   Jack High Pairs

Sun 14 Dec 2025    BBO  Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs (6x6)

Mon 29 Dec 2025            BBO    Improvers Pairs NGS9

Sun 11 Jan 2026    TWBC      Mens & Ladies Pairs

Sat/Sun 24/25 Jan 2026    TWBC      Corbett Teams of 8

Sun 8 Feb 2026   Canterbury    Event for 2-9 on NGS

 February 2025      Various      Larsky Semifinals

Sun  1 Mar 2026     TWBC       Green Pointed Swiss Pairs (7x7)

Sat 28 Mar 2026     Maidstone   Larsky Final

Mon 6 Apr 2025            BBO    Improvers Pairs NGS9

Sun 19 Apr 2026    RealBridge     George Griffiths Seniors Pairs

Sat 16 May 2026  RealBridge   Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs (6x6)

Mon 24 May 2026         BBO    Improvers Pairs NGS9

Sun 28th June 2026 TBC   Maidstone  F2F 9High Pair

Sun 19 July 2026   TWBC   Phillimore BP Swiss Pairs (6x8)

Sat 8 Aug 2026     BBO    Improvers Pairs NGS 9

Oct-May 2026      Home       Arnold Cup  Arnold Plate

Sat 5th Sept 2026 TBC       TWBC   F2F 9High Pairs

Sun 4 Oct 2026   TWBC  Dyer Smith Mixed Pairs

24/25 Oct 2026     TWBC    Joint Congress with Sussex

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Welcome to Kent Contract Bridge Association
Tollemache Qualifier - November 2025

The selectors are pleased to announce that the Kent team for the Tollemache Qualifier taking place on Realbridge will be (in no particular order ) as follows-

Jeremy Willans ( Capt) / Peter Law
Michael Prior/ Mike Hampton
Luke Kerr /Matt Brown (Sunday)
Jon Hemington/ Michael Collins  (Saturday)
Colin Wilson/ Gerald Soper

Last updated : 20th Oct 2025 18:15 BST
Jack High Pairs Event on BBO -Sunday 30th November 2025

We invite you to enter Kent's first Jack High event for players graded 7-Jack on the NGS, playing on BBO

An 18 board session, 2.30pm - 4.45pm.      PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ENTER

$3 to play as you register/join the duplicate on Sunday - but if you enter and then are no longer able to play, please email   KCBAcompetitions@gmail.com

Open to Kent Primary and Associate members only who are NGS Jack & Below on the Friday before the event.

The winning pair will receive $3 prize in BBO$

 

Click for more information or to be come an Associate Kent Member

Master Points will be awarded. The event will be submitted for NGS

The Competitions Secretary for this event is:  Stephen Brown           

Director is: Sharon Bayne

Last updated : 13th Oct 2025 14:25 BST
ONLINE SWISS PAIRS - SUNDAY 14th DECEMBER 2025
ONLINE SWISS PAIRS - SUNDAY 14th DECEMBER 2025

ONLINE Swiss Pairs - Sunday 14th December 2025    (BLUE POINTED)  BBO

This event will be held online (BBO, for variety, there are lots of events on RealBridge) on Sunday 14th December 2025.

Please be online by 12.45 for a prompt start at 1.00pm.

There will be six 6-board matches. Session 1: 1.00pm - 3.15pm, 18 boards, Session 2: 3.45pm - 5.45pm, 18 boards.   

Entry Fee: £9 per player-:  All players welcome, from Kent or wider afield, whatever your ability. You play pairs with roughly the same score after round 1 (which is a random draw). If there are a good number of non-expert pairs then there will be a prize for the highest placed non-expert pair. 

PRIZES: to top 10% of pairs playing, using 20% of entry fees and to  leading non-expert pair (NGS 9 on day of event). 

(players who have indicated that they are non-expert must ensure their NGS on their MyEBU is set to be Public viewable  [or having no ranking because e.g. they play at a non-affiliated club]. The TD will check using NGS viewer: NGS (ebu.co.uk)

         CLICK TO ENTER     

 

Last updated : 12th Oct 2025 15:25 BST
Corbett Leagues 2026

This competition will be played over the weekend of 24th / 25th January 2026

Divisions 1 & 2 play on Sunday 25th January 2026 and Division 3 & 4 play on Saturday 24th .   

Club contacts (Match Secretaries) will be contacted soon to enter names of players (entry and sandwich payments and names to be entered by 31st December 2025).

The entry fee will be the same as 2020, no increase i.e. £140 per team in division 1 (the winners qualify to represent Kent in the Garden Cities on Saturday 10th May 2026), and £84 per team in divisions 2-4

The divisions for 2026 are shown below

                    Closing date 31st December 2025

2026 Corbett Divisions
Corbett Cup Corbett Plate Mitchell Salver Buck Cup
Farnborough A Farnborough C Farnborough D Bromley North C
Tunbridge Wells A Tunbridge Wells C Otford Tunbridge Wells D
Beckenham A Bromley North A Farnborough E Bromley North B
Farnborough B Maidstone Beckenham B Orpington
Tunbridge Wells B Kippington Gravesend  

 

Also, click for REGULATIONS.  As before sandwiches will be available to buy in advance. Club match secretaries will be sent the order form.

 

Last updated : 5th Nov 2025 10:43 GMT
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR ALL PLAYERS
Results
NGS9 & below Online Duplicate
Director: Charles Scott
Scorer: Charles Scott
NGS9 & below Online Duplicate
Director: Charles Scott
Congress Swiss Teams
Director: Stephen Brown, David Cock
Congress Swiss Pairs
Director: Stephen Brown, David Cock
Calendar
15th Nov 2025
NGS9 & below Online Duplicate
BBO 2.30pm
Director: Sharon Bayne
(CLICK TO ENTER)
14th Dec 2025
Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs
BBO 1pm
Director: John Oakland
(CLICK TO ENTER)
KCBA / Sussex Congress Results - October 2025
Swiss Pairs Swiss Teams     

Invicta Cup (winners pairs) David Dawson & David Norman  1st=

1st=  James Lee & Ravi Atwal

Lukey Cup (winning team):  Athena Chow & Tom Copeland, John Atthey & Alan Hayward

 

 

Owl Cup (runners up):  Miu Wong & David Willis, Sara Moran & Sean Mekie

 

 

Swiss Pairs  Leading Mixed Pair (Allnut Trophy) : David Willis & Sara Morgan 

Gentry Trophy (married pair) Tracy & David Sherman

  

The winners of the Puddleduck Plate, leading non-expert pair in Swiss Pairs       Joan Chandler & Mair Murdoch

Ascendors Prize: Dudley Edwards & Nick Goddard (up 32 places)

Congratulations to all our winners pictured here 

Full results -     Swiss pairs    Swiss Teams  

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR NGS 9 & BELOW
SATURDAY BRIDGE 9-High
SATURDAY BRIDGE 9-High

The NS/EW winners / Howell winners get a free Saturday game. After each event a commentary on the hands is sent out to all players.

The organisers check the NGS grades via an automated check on the EBU database on Friday afternoon and would be grateful if pairs would enter by 12noon on Friday. Any entries after this time need to be manually checked and incur extra work. Many thanks

Please enter here and then register on the day (cost $3) for 15th November 9-High@ 2.30pm

FOR A PARTNER:  CLICK TO ADD NAME TO PARTNERSHIP DESK for 9-Hgh event 

To play in Kent Saturday events  all players must either be Primary Kent members or Associate Kent Members. but players from outside the county are welcomed. Click for more information or to be come an Associate Member

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