North Eastern Bridge Association
NEBA Congress 2026 – Blackwell Grange, Darlington – 28–29 November – Save the Date
Results
Chronicle Cup Final
Wearside 13:00
Chronicle Cup Final Session 1
Chronicle Cup Final Session 2
Release 2.19r

🏆 EBU National Pairs – Regional Finals

NEBA pairs who qualified in their clubs between 1st–14th February are invited to compete in the Northern Online Regional Final on 22nd March.

Successful pairs will progress to the EBU Online National Final in mid April.

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Local Association Competitions:
EBU Northern Easter Festival run by Yorkshire CBA
Harrogate | 4–5 April 2026
Link for details: Northern Easter Festival
Events listed are hosted by other Northern English County Bridge Associations. All details, entries and conditions are on the EBU and/or the host County website.
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Local Club Director Training - Spring 2026

 

Venue: Windsor Hotel, Whitley Bay, NE26 2RF

Tutor: Chris Benneworth, EBU National Director

 

Local Sunday Course Dates (10.30am to 4.30pm):

  • 22 February (OPTIONAL introduction, also available online a.m. 5&6 March)
  • 8 March (book rulings)
  • 22 March (book/judgement rulings)
  • 12 April (assessment, if required)

 

More info via EBED

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From the Archive

Year Chronicle Cup Winners
2026 Peter Avery & Guy Herzmark
2025 Bill March & Damian Hassan
2024 Bill March & Martin Kane
2023 Tony Watson & Reg Hornsey
2021 & 22 Not held
2020 Eric & Pauline Knight
Winners 1934–2019 (PDF)

More 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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NEBA 9 High Corwen Qualifier
Online (BBO) 14.00
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22nd March 2026
Northern Regional Final - EBU National Pairs
Online via EBU 11.30
Any pair that got 55% or over in an EBU club game between 1st and 14th Feb will be entitled to play in the Regional Finals.
 More Info
29th March 2026
Kempson Vases (Teams of 4)
Wearside 13:00
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4th April 2026
EBU Northern Easter Festival run by YCBA
Harrogate
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19th April 2026
Swiss Pairs (Stratified)
Morpeth 13:00
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Welcome to North Eastern Bridge Association
 
 
  NEBA Inter-Club League 2025/26

 

The Inter-Club League came to an exciting conclusion with a close finish in Division 1. Stannington secured the championship with 61 points following an excellent 18–2 victory over Bishop Auckland. Brunton and Darlington finished equal second on 59 points.

 

Division 1 Winners: Stannington

 

Promotions

Division 2: Morpeth and Wearside A are promoted to Division 1

Division 3: Darlington B and Chester-le-Street are promoted to Division 2

 

Congratulations to Stannington Bridge Club on winning the Inter-Club League and to all promoted teams

 

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  Enter NEBA Spring/Summer Competitions
Coming Soon:
Online Teams League NEW
Apr-June
Online
3 Month League – Captains Arrange Matches
EBU 9 High Corwen – NEBA Qualifier
Sat Mar 14th
Online (BBO)
14:00
Kempson Vases (Teams of Four)
Sun Mar 29th
Wearside
13:00
Swiss Pairs (Stratified)
Sun Apr 19th
Morpeth
13:00
Niman-Israel (Mixed Pivot Teams)
Sun May 17th
Brunton
14:00
EBU 9 High Corwen – Online Final
Sat May 30th
via EBU (RealBridge or BBO)
Summer Pairs
Sun Jun 14th
Hexham
14:00
Swiss Teams (Stratified)
Sun Jul 26th 
Whitley Bay
14:00
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