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 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.

There was a good win for Wiltshire A against a strong Dorset A team, the final score being 13imps to 7imps. Unfortunately the B and C were defeated in their matches against Dorset on Saturday 7th December. Wiltshire A are now sitting in 3rd place in the league. In the x-imps, which shows how each pair did against all the pairs playing, the top Wiltshire players were Hugh Gross and Graham Hodges in 14th place, with Garry Towns and Evelyne Thomas in 16th place overall. For the full results and to see the hands, please click here.

The next match will be on Saturday 11th January 2025. If you are interested in taking part, please contact Stuart Bridge. 

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.

The Wiltshire qualifying event for the Garden Cities Trophy is now open for entries. This competition is open to all EBU affiliated clubs in Wiltshire and will be a teams of 8 competition to be held at Nursteed Centre, Devizes on Sunday 19th January 2025. The entry form is available here.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.