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.

The AGM will be held at Nursteed Centre, Devizes on 17 May 2026, starting at 2pm. The agenda may be viewed here.

After the AGM, there will be a pairs event for the Chairman's Bowl. The results before handicapping will be uploaded to the EBU; the winners on the day, who will be presented with the Chairman's Bowl, will be the top pair after handicapping has been applied, so there is a chance for everyone. Entry is free for Wiltshire members; to enter, please click here.

The final matches of the Wiltshire Teams League 2025-2026 season have been played, and the winners are:

League One: Hodgson team: Bob Bannister, Pat Davies, Roy France, Katharine Hodgson, Sam Sloan and Keith Williamson. They won 8 out of their 10 matches, with an average of 14.8

League Two: Thackaberry team: David Thackaberry, Ian Bell, David Brown, Hendrik Payne, Mike Peacock, Michael Porteous

League Three: Seagrove team: Christopher Bocci, John Jones, John Kendal, David Ollendorff, Cath Payne, David Seagrove, Carolyn Walker 

Thanks to all who took part this year, players and directors, and if you would like to have a go at playing in teams look out for the entry form for next year's league later in the summer.

For all the results and final positions, click on the links on the right hand side of the page.

This year's winners of the WIKO (Wiltshire Intercounty Knock-Out) are the Parkes team, with Andrew Parkes, Richard Samter, Liz and Terry Butler beating the Karn team (Roger Karn, Stuart Bridge, Trevor Purches, Susie Gall) by 112 IMPs to 62 IMPs in the final match. Many congratulations to the Parkes team. For the full details of the Knock-out - please click here.

The Pachabo Cup is the EBU competition for the top team of four from each county, and the qualifying event for Wiltshire took place on 19th April 2026. The Wiltshire winner is the Samter team - Richard Samter, Andrew Parkes, Phil Green and Graham Hodges who won all of their matches, with 109 VPs (victory points) - an impressive result. We wish them good luck in the final, which will take place on 13-14th June on Realbridge.

The final matches of the Western League took place on Saturday 11th April. Unfortunately, Wiltshire were unable to field a team for the C division, so the C team were assigned a loss. Wiltshire A managed a draw against Cornwall A, while Wiltshire B won their final match beating Cornwall B 12-8. The top Wiltshire pair in the cross-imps were John Treble and Chris Jones who came 7th out of 50 pairs. For the full results and to see the hands, please click here. 

If you wish to take part next season, please contact Stuart Bridge.

Garden Cities qualifier - congratulations to Bath A

The Wiltshire qualifying event for the Garden Cities Trophy took place on Sunday 18 January 2026 at Chippenham Sports Centre. It was all to play for after a close first session, but the Bath A team, comprising David Jacklin, Elaine Taylor, Chris Jones, John Treble, Andrew Parkes, Richard Samter, Roger Karn and Stuart Bridge, came out victorious after the second session with a total of 160VPs, with Corsham A second with 151VPs. Bath will now go forward to the regional qualifier in Cheltenham on 9th May 2026. For full results, please click here.

9-High Corwen qualifier

Congratulations to Mandy Whitehead and Penny Shearcroft who won the 9-high Corwen on Sunday 1 February 2026. This was a qualifying event for the 9-high Corwen trophy organised by the EBU - more details here. 

For the full results, please click here.