North Eastern Bridge Association
2025 is NEBA's 90th Anniversary
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NEBA Competitions

Chronicle Cup
Qualifying heats Nov/Dec.
Top in each heat qualify for the semi-finals.

Event Date Venue Time
Semi-Final 1 Feb Darlington 1pm
Semi-Final 11 Feb Brunton 7pm
Final 15 Feb Wearside 1pm

CHRONICLE CUP

The organiser is Graham Cox
Email: grahamcox1954@yahoo.co.uk

Full information is available on the NEBA website:
Chronicle Cup information

Club heats finish on 18th December 2025.

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Scottish Bridge Union January 2026

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Chronicle Cup

Year Winners
2025 Bill March & Damian Hassan
2024 Bill March & Martin Kane
2023 Tony Watson & Reg Hornsey
2021 & 22 Not held
2020 Eric & Pauline Knight
Archive winners 1934–2019

From the NEBA Archives
Originally published in 1933
Two Pretty Squeezes
By Ewart Kempson

An engaging 1933 article featuring two contrasting
3 NT hands — both ending in clever squeezes.

📄 Read the full newspaper-style PDF

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Calendar
14th December 2025
Inter Club League Round 3
Various clubs 14:00
18th December 2025
End of Chronicle Cup Qualifying Period
Heats at Morpeth (17/11), Bishop Auckland (20/11), Wearside (24/11), Castle Morpeth (25/11), Darlington & Hexham (27/11), Brunton (1/12), Durham (2/12), and Stannington (5/12).
18th January 2026
Inter Club League Round 4
Various clubs 14:00
1st February 2026
Chronicle Cup Semi Final 1
Darlington 13:00
11th February 2026
Chronicle Cup Semi Final 2
Brunton 19:00
15th February 2026
Chronicle Cup Final
Wearside 13:00
The top 16 pairs from the semi-finals will qualify for the Chronicle Cup final played over 45 boards. The top 3 pairs in this final will be invited to represent NEBA in competing for the EBU's Corwen Trophy in late May in Nottingham.
1st March 2026
Inter Club League Round 5
Various clubs 14:00
14th March 2026
NEBA 9High Corwen Qualifier
Online tbc
The 9High Corwen is a new annual EBU event open to members with an NGS grade 2-9 inc. on 1st Jan. The 2026 national final will be played online on 30th May, with a choice of playing on either BBO or RealBridge.
22nd March 2026
Northern Regional Final - EBU National Pairs
Online via EBU 11.30
Any pair that gets 55% or over in a club game between 1st and 14th Feb will be entitled to play in the Regional Finals. The Northern one covers: Cumbria, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Manchester, Merseyside/Cheshire, NEBA, Westmorland and Yorkshire. The top 50 pairs accross all the Regional Finals will play in the EBU National Pairs Final on RealBridge in mid April.
Welcome to North Eastern Bridge Association
 
 
  NEBA Success at the EBU Midweek Congress!

2nd & 3rd in the Pairs Final — 1st in the Swiss Teams!
Congratulations to Julian Gibson, Denis Murphy, Val Gibson, & Pearl Murphy.

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  SIM PAIRS for Dementia UK

NEBA Sim Pairs – October
Entry fees and donations (as agreed by the NEBA Council)
raised 
£312 for Dementia UK

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  Chronicle Cup Qualifying Heats 2025

CHRONICLE CUP – CLUB HEATS 2025

Club heats are being held across NEBA.
Heats finish on 18 Dec 2025.

Upcoming Heats:

01 Dec Brunton
02 Dec Durham
05 Dec Stannington

Organiser: Graham Cox
grahamcox1954@yahoo.co.uk

Full Chronicle Cup details

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  NEBA Online League Table

NEBA Online League – Live Table

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  Online Teams League 2nd season

 

Online Teams link
Here is the link for the start of this season

Online Teams League October - December

 

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Results
Green Pointed Swiss Teams
Director: J Portwood, C Benneworth,
Scorer: C Benneworth, J Portwood
Welcome Pairs
Director: Dave Armstrong
Scorer: Jill Armstrong
Green Pointed Swiss Pairs
Director: J Portwood, N Durie
Scorer: J Portwood
NEBA Online League

16-board discrete scale

10-10 0 – 1
11-9 2 – 4
12-8 5 – 8
13-7 9 – 12
14-6 13 – 17
15-5 18 – 22
16-4 23 – 28
17-3 29 – 35
18-2 36 – 43
19-1 44 – 53
20-0 54+
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🏆 Simultaneous Pairs Success!

Congratulations to Chris Stenning, who topped the table
on both days of the recent NEBA Simultaneous Pairs!

  • Monday 27th (Morpeth): with Colin Mitchell73.03%
  • Tuesday 28th (Castle Morpeth): with Anne Bell71.01%

A remarkable double achievement – well done, Chris!

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Competition/ Calendar 2025/2026
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The Dublin Match 1957 or was it East of Scotland 2025?
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