Wiltshire Contract Bridge Associaiton is affliated to the EBU and is the umbrella organisation for clubs in Wiltshire, supporting, developing and promoting bridge in the County.

Entries are now open for the non-expert pairs competition to be held at Nursteed Community Centre, Devizes on Sunday 20th October. For more details, and to enter, please click here

Wiltshire A, B and C had convincing wins over their opponents Somerset in the opening match of the Western League, played on Saturday 28th September. Wiltshire A won 18VP (victory points) to 2VP. Wiltshire B, playing two teams of four, won by 15VP to 5VP and Wiltshire C won 16VP to 4VP. In the cross-imps, which shows how each pair has done against all the other players, Wiltshire players Katharine Hodgson and Roy France came 3rd of the 52 pairs taking part, while Hugh Gross and Mark Sheppard came 6th, with Liz and Terry Butler in 7th place. For the full results and to see the hands, please click here.

The next match will be on Saturday 2nd November against Devon. If you are interested in taking part, please contact Stuart Bridge. 

Wiltshire League 2024-2025

The second match of the season will be Tuesday 1st October, starting at 7.30pm. You may log on after 7pm.

Link for Division One: https://play.realbridge.online/du.html?p=241001125340&q=TQEfCsfe0LBv 

Link for Division Three: https://play.realbridge.online/du.html?p=241001125341&q=HpLPJZjlY81Y

Many congratulations to Graham Hodges and Dave Latchem for their win in the first event of the 2024-2025 Wiltshire calendar - the Blue Point Swiss pairs, held on Sunday 22nd September. The runners-up were John Perry and Marianne Lewin. There were 18 pairs competing and every pair won some Blue Points, showing how a Swiss Pairs competition is a great introduction to County events. For the full results and the hands, please click here.

Wiltshire will again be running a Charity Bridge event on Sunday 1st December at Nursteed Centre, Devizes. This event is open to all, and as well as a chance to catch up in a friendly, social atmosphere with fellow bridge players, we will be raising money for a local charity. For more details, and to enter, please click here.

There are many opportunities to learn bridge in Wiltshire, and many local teachers. To find out about opportunities to learn this fascinating and stimulating game, please click here.

A cafe bridge event was held in Devizes on Wednesday 17th April 2024. The event took place at the Bear Hotel, Pepper Mill cafe and Condado Lounge and all the participants enjoyed playing bridge in relaxed surroundings. The winners were Alastair Spence and Gary Stevens, Ian Roach and Richard Freeman, Wendy Powney and Katie Langman. Over £260 was raised for Dorothy House Hospice. If you would like to know more about cafe bridge in general, please click here. Below are a few photos of the event. For the results, please click here.

Alongside the main Wiltshire league, a novice teams league took place with 9 teams playing 5 rounds. There was a tie for first place, and after the tie-breaker had been applied, the winning novice team were Sulis 4 - Ann, Jackie, Neil and Yash, the second place team were Dark Horses - Jacqui, Jane, Mike and Phil. Many congratulations to all who took part and hopefully this will encourage more players to try their hand at team matches.

The Wiltshire CBA Annual General Meeting took place on Sunday 14th April at Nursteed Centre, Nursteed Road, Devizes. It was followed by the Chairman's Bowl - a handicapped event. The winners before the handicapping was applied were Richard Samter and Andrew Parkes, closely followed by Hugh Gross and Philip Bennett in second place. However, after the handicapping was applied, the winners of the Chairman's Bowl were Ray and Cath Elms - many congratulations to Ray and Cath.

In order to see both the main ranking and the results after handicapping has been applied, make sure you are viewing the results in the 2022 edition of the webpage - there is a link at the top of the results page.

Have you considered becoming a bridge teacher in Wiltshire? EBED, the education arm of the EBU, are re-starting face-to-face training in September and there are courses on offer In Aylesbury, Yeovil and Solihull. Each EBU affiliated cub may apply for one free place every two years, and anyone applying via an affiliated EBU club (who will be paying the invoice), will be entitled to a 20% discount. This discount is funded by the EBU.

For more information about the course and details on how to book, please click here.