John Deech is very kindly continuing to finance his pairs tournament for both experienced and less experienced players. The trustees aim is to achieve a minimum number of 10 tables for each session.  We therefore encourage all of you to support this relatively new tournament which will combine bridge and a chance to meet your fellow members face-to-face as we used to before the pandemic. 

• the tournament will be played over nine months on the fourth Wednesday evening of each month commencing 24 September (but excluding December). That makes a total of eight sessions 
• free refreshments (wine, beer, soft drinks and nibbles) will be provided throughout each session both at the beginning, during the interval, and at the end
• there will be £50 in cash prizes each month - £20 to the winners, £10 to the runners-up and £20 to the highest ranking pair with an NGS of under 10; and new for 2025-2026 - if there are 10 or more tables the prize money will be increased by 50% to a total of £75, ie £30 to the winners, £15 to the runners-up and £30 to the highest ranking pair with an NGS of under 10. 
• there will be a ladder encompassing the results from all eight sessions, with only the best five results counting towards the final total
• the winner of the ladder will receive the John Deech Challenge Trophy
• further cash prizes will be awarded at the AGM as follows: ladder winner £125; runner-up £75; and the highest placed player with an NGS* of under 10 £100.

Table money: £4.00 per player, payable on arrival, card payments only.

Host: all sessions are hosted so that you may attend even if you don't have a partner. 

Note that you don't need to attend every session to take part in this competition - you may attend as many or as few of the sessions as you wish/can manage. If you'd like to compete for the trophy and the end-of-year prizes, then you'll need to attend at least 5 out of the 8 sessions, but the individual session prizes are open to anyone who comes along to play. 

*NGS as measured on 1st October 2025. 

Non-members are very welcome to play in these sessions, and are eligible to win the cash prizes awarded on the night. However non-members are not eligible to win the trophy or cash prizes awarded at the end of the tournament.