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.

Wiltshire League 2024-2025

The sixth match of the season will be Wednesday 19 February, starting at 7pm. You may log on after 6.30pm. Please be online by 6.55pm

Link for Division One: RealBridge

Link for Division Three: RealBridge

WILTSHIRE GREEN POINT CONGRESS 1ST AND 2ND MARCH 2025

Entries are open for the premier event in the Wiltshire calendar - the Green Point Congress at Bath University, taking place on 1st and 2nd March. For full details of the event, and to enter, please click here.

Entries are open for the Wiltshire Championship Pairs competition to be held at Nursteed Centre, Devizes on Sunday 16th March. It is open to any player who has Wiltshire as their primary county of allegiance, as the top three pairs will go forward to represent Wiltshire in the Corwen Trophy. To enter, please click here. For more information about the Corwen Trophy, please click here. 

Congratulations to Bath A

The Wiltshire qualifying event for the Garden Cities Trophy was held on 19th January 2025. The winners were Bath A, comprising of Stuart Bridge, Roger Karn, Richard Samter, Andrew Parkes, Chris Jones, John Treble, Phil Howard and Graham Hodges.  The full results and hands are available through this link.

The EBU are running a bridge teacher training course at Swindon in March. The course is in 4 parts:

Part 1: This can be done online in the delegate's own time before 1st March

Part 2: 1st March online 9:30am - 12:30am (can also be done on 22nd or 23rd February)

Part 3: 8th March face-to-face 9:30am-5pm at Eastcott Community Centre Savernake St, Swindon SN1 3LZ

Part 4: Course follow-up online on various dates about a month after the course.

For more information about teaching, please click here. To book a place, please contact Lisa Miller at the EBU: 01296 317217, lisa@ebedcio.org.uk

Wiltshire B were the only winners in the Western League match against Herefordshire on Saturday 1 February. Wiltshire A lost 5-15, while Wiltshire C lost 6-14. Wiltshire B won 12-8. All the Wiltshire teams are mid to lower in the tables, but scores are quite close, so anything could happen in the final two matches on the 8th March and 5th April 2025. In the x-imps, which shows how each pair did against all the pairs playing, the top Wiltshire players were Garry Towns and Evelyne Thomas from the Wiltshire B team in 16th place out of 48 pairs, with Chaz and Lucy Cross in 26th place. For the full results and to see the hands, please click here.

The next match will be on Saturday 8th March 2025. If you are interested in taking part, please contact Stuart Bridge. 

The 2024-2025 season of the Wiltshire league is now at half-way. In Division One, the Hogdson team are leading having won 4 out of 5 matches with a better score than the team in second place, Dunlop. There is still everything to play for in the final matches. In Division Two the Cooper team are in front, with the Phillips team in the runner-up slot, though things could change as every team in this division has won a match. In Division Three, it is close between the Hutchinson team currently in first place, with the Forsyth team in second. For the full tables and results, please click on the links on the right.

The next matches will take place on Monday 6th January, start time is 7pm.

A Wiltshire team, comprising Trevor Purches, Susie Gall, Stuart Bridge and Roger Karn, were the runners-up in the West of England Swiss Teams which took place on Sunday 13th October. It was quite close between first and second, and although the Wiltshire team won all their 6 six matches, the winning team won their 5 matches by a bigger margin. For the full results and to see the hands, please click here.

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.

Congratulations to Di Bishop and David Brown who came top in the non-expert pairs played on Sunday 20th. There was success for some newcomers to county events, with 15 pairs taking part.  Full results and the hands may be seen in the results calendar. 

Wiltshire ran a Charity Bridge event on Sunday 1st December at Nursteed Centre, Devizes. This event was open to everyone, played in a friendly, social atmosphere. The winners on the day were Hugh Gross and Mark Sheppard with a great score of 70.17%, with Chris Jones and James Dunlop coming second with 65.85%. The event raised £500 for Wiltshire Air Ambulance who have thanked the Wiltshire bridge players for their fantastic effort. For full results and the hands, 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.