First congratulations to those who took part in HIWCBA events in December 2024 especially to those that did well, i.e.

Garry Towns & Evelyne Thomas, Stuart Strachan & Eleanor Rice on winning the Yule Tide teams with Tony Truluck & Stuart Burnett,James Clark & Steve Preston second (full results here)

and Stuart Strachan & Eleanor RIce  (Newbury Bridge Club) overall winners of the Chidwick Cup  (full results here) - 1st of 85 pairs in 6 clubs)  Congratulations also to the top pairs from the other five clubs in the country results - Judy Ames & David Toombes (Winchester Bridge Club),  Jan Hunter & Carol Parkes (Island (IOW Bridge Club) , Aubrey Wetherverden & Dinos Theophanous (Hayling Island Bridge Club) , Lorraine Mohamed & Barabara Seymour (Basingstoke Bridge Club) , Lilias Lamont & Mike KInsey (Petersfield Bridge Club.).  Thank you to all clubs who entered and helped raise money for Hampshire Air Ambulance.

Also going well are the heats of the Pottage Cup (HIWCBA Pairs championship) despite the webmaster's tardiness in advertising all heats - if you havent yet entered then there is still time - for details of future pottage heats see here

You can next enter the candlestick pair on sunday 12th january (enter here) and the solent trophy teams of eight on the 26th January (enter here) . Then dont forget to get your club to enter a heat of the IBM cup in the week beginning 10th feriuary, Plus please also enter the HIWCBA green point pairs & teams on 8th and 9th March. Happy New Year indeed.

First congratulations to those who took part in HIWCBA events in December 2024 especially to those that did well, i. ..........

Enormous congratulations to Petersfield  A  ( Mike Kinsey, Owen Leigh, Steve Preston & James Clark.) who are National Inter Club Knockout Champions!. They played the final in two halves and were leading throughout although they had  to survive a couple of scares in the last quarter of the match.

Also congratulations to the HIWCBA pairs Tony Truluck & Stuart Burnett and Liz Senior & Mike Kinsey who were winners and runners up of the Wessex Swiss Pairs on Sunday 17th November. Its great to see local pairs triumphing against out of county opposition - Perhaps the out of county pairs will return in even greater numbers next year to topple the locals. Full Results here.

Next well done to the HIWCBA Tollemache Qualifier Team (Steve Preston & David Huggett, Geoff Oldfield & Peter Crouch, James Clark & Owen Leigh, Andrew Doye & Stephen Lee, Jeremy Dhondy & Andy Hughes, Bob McRobert & Fred Hotchen) for almost qualifying for the Tollemache final - only failing on a split tie. Full results here.

Finally thank you all who turned up to our quorate AGM on 19th November.  Thank you also to Winchester Bridge Club for hosting us and for the  enjoyable game afterwards. Draft minutes available here.

Enormous congratulations to Petersfield  A  ( Mike Kinsey, Owen Leigh, Steve Preston & James Clark.) who are National Inter Club Knockout Champions!. ..........

Congratulations to Angela James & Ann Tranter (Pictured above), Jill & Alan Hickson, Pauline Forrest & Gill Flexon on coming 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the HIWCBA Jack High Pairs at Colden Common on 20^th October 2024. Full results here. Well done to all for maintaining the numbers compared to last year and enjoying yourselves.

Congratulations to Angela James & Ann Tranter (Pictured above), Jill & Alan Hickson, Pauline Forrest & Gill Flexon on coming 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the HIWCBA Jack High Pairs at Colden Common on 20^th October 2024. ..........

Congratulations to Petersfield A  on reaching the NICKO final.  They took an early lead in the semi-final against a strong Young Chelsea team, and were 36 Imps up at halftime. A few lapses of concentration in the third set and YC regained most of those Imps. The final set was mainly a quiet affair - until the last board!

North opened 1S at both tables and both Souths responded 2H. In the open room after a lengthy sequence (Mike ran out of Pass cards), Ben Norton located the 6-2 H fit, but missing one key-card and QH settled for 5H, 450. In the closed room the bidding was less esoteric, but more exuberant. James Clark loved his 6 card Spade suit and bid on to 7S! The defence didn't lead a D, the spades behaved, and James could easily set up the hearts for 13 (or 15) tricks. So Petersfield chalked up 1510 for a 14 Imps swing and a fine victory.  It certainly made crawling through early evening traffic in SW London more bearable. Congratulations to Mike Kinsey, Owen Leigh, Steve Preston & James Clark. An excellent Result. (As first reported on the Petersfield Bridge Club Website).

Congratulations to Petersfield A  on reaching the NICKO final. ..........

On 14^th Septenber 2024, HIWCBA entered a team of 8 into each of the 3 divisions of the Metropolitan Cup – and all 3 teams finished in the top 3 of their divisions. Special congratulations to the B team (Stephen Scott & Mike Kinsey, Lilias Lamont & Tim Smith, Stuart Burnett & Dominic Cooke, Michael Yeo & Stevie Parker) who won the B division. The A team (James Bond & Gabriel Hearst, Nigel Dent & Chun Yin Kam, Eleanor Rice & Stuart Strachan, Karen Dewar & Adrian Fontes) and the C team (Guy Malcolm & Hugh Merry, Rick Assad & Dennis Adams, Andrew & Mary Ferguson, Andrew Fry & Phil Brown) finished third in their divisions. In the B division, with only one result outstanding (board 49 Kent vs Sussex), HIWCBA were tied first with Kent – and board 49 was only a part score board. However this was teams of 8, not teams of 4, and Kent managed to lose 10 imps on that board to drop a VP and leave HIWCBA B clear winners. Click on team names to see  full results for each division

On 14^th Septenber 2024, HIWCBA entered a team of 8 into each of the 3 divisions of the Metropolitan Cup – and all 3 teams finished in the top 3 of their divisions. ..........

The following HIWCBA members won trophies in HIWCBA leagues and Knockouts.

League Division 1: Congratulations to the winners :Team Preston (Jeremy Baker, Jeremy Dhondy, Dave Huggett, Andy Hughes, Steve Preston)  Final Positions Here 2nd:Team Fithyan (Stuart Burnett , James Clark, Mike Fithyan, Owen Leigh, Christine Ray, Richard Ray) In Relegation Position: Team Thomas. Team Johnson withdrew.
League Division 2 : Congratulations to the winners: Team Lamont (Andrew Doye. Mike Kinsey, Lilias Lamont, Philip Mitchell, Tony Truluck)  Final Positions Here 2^nd Team Bennett (Keith Bennett, Philip Brown, Nick Browne, Judi Coady, John Fairhurst, Madeline Lawson). In Relegation Positions : Team Assad & Team Nixon.
League Division 3 : Congratulations to the winners: Team Jones (Mike Day, Ivor Jones, Peter Toghill, Harry Tuffill, Maarten van der Kolk, David Walton) Final Positions Here 2^nd Titchfield Harriers (Luis Barbero, Antony Blunt, Dick Heasman, Mike Howell, Clive Murphy).
Cahalan Cup : Congratulations to the winners Team Hyde (Dick Hyde, Bob McRobert, Geoff Oldfield & Peter Crouch)
Hicko:  Congratulations to the winners Basingstoke G (John Glasscock, Sam Golding, Andrew & Mary Ferguson)

Other 2023-24 competition winners have been announced below and holders are also encouraged to collect their trophies on 15th September.

The following HIWCBA members won trophies in HIWCBA leagues and Knockouts. ..........