| Welsh Cup 2021 |
The invitations for the Welsh Cup have now been issued. This, Wales' premier knockout event, will be played online in the initial rounds but will still be regionalised into a North and South region in the hope that later matches will be played live.
Each stanza won gives a portion of a Green Point so, unlike most knockout competitions, you are likely to get some Green Points even when you lose a match.
So why not enter this year? It will lead to a final with about six teams some time in 2021.
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| Cambria Cup 2021 |
The invitations for the Cambria Cup have now been issued. This, Wales' premier mixed knockout event, will be played online in the initial rounds but will still be regionalised into a North and South region in the hope that later matches will be played live.
Each stanza won gives a portion of a Green Point so, unlike most knockout competitions, you are likely to get some Green Points even when you lose a match. Each team must have at least one man and one woman and players play one third of the boards with each other partner.
So why not enter this year? It will lead to a final with about six teams some time in 2021.
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| PORTHCAWL VIRTUAL CONGRESS! |
At the start of the emergency all face-to-face events were cancelled, but the Bridge world cannot stop...
Travel is no handicap in online games, so please support as many as you can!
Porthcawl Congress: Friday 27th, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November, played on BBO
This is a WWBA Green Point Congress with entries open to all members of the WBU and other domestic Bridge unions. The programme of events is as extensive as ever, with Green Points being awarded at the National Scale for both the major Pairs and Teams events. There are also subsidiary Mixed, Mens, Ladies and Novice Pairs events.
Please click here to view the brochure.
Click here to use the online entry form for all events, or address all queries to Irene Thomas.
Anthony Stevens
Hon Sec
1st November 2020
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| VINCE BEVAN CUP 2020 |
 Congratulations to Anthony Stevens and Peter Milewski, pictured here with WWBA Chair Gareth Jones, winners of the 2020 online Vince Bevan Cup. See Resuls panel for full details of the event scores.
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| Welsh Cup and Cambria Cup |
The Welsh Cup and Cambria Cup knockouts for 2019/20 have continued online and there are only two matches outstanding. The dates for the finals have been fixed - see calendar.
Click here to see the draws on the WBU results page.
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| Area Mixed Pairs Champions 2020 |
 Congratulations to Area Mixed Pairs Champions Keith Richards and Eleanor Price
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| Playing Online |
Perforce many of you will be turning to the internet to play your favourite game.
To help you on your way, Dave Lea and Tony Haworth have produced a couple of "how-to" guides to the largest and arguably most comprehensive site for watching and playing bridge online, bridgebase.com. These are available via the home page of the Bridgend club's Bridgewebs site and for convenience also here. Simply click on the links below to access the documents.
BBO Overview
Playing Bridge On BBO
StepBridge User Guide
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| Bridge under the Microscope |
Many will be aware that there is an ongoing academic project based in Glasgow studying bridge and bridge players. An update on recent progress has been released and may be read by clicking on the link below:
Bridge and Covid-19
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