The NGS10+ session on Thursday 6 February is CANCELLED due to not enough players registering for it. The next NGS10+ session is scheduled on Thursday 20 February. Those wishing to play in it should register their and their partner's names on the website by clicking here. We will then email those registered on the Wednesday before saying if there are enough pairs to go ahead. 

The Championship Pairs Ladder ran for the 5 months September to January and ended with last Friday's afternoon pairs. And so now, with some "fanfare", we can announce the winners and master point awards. The overall winners were Jerry Hopkins & Philip Waring - congratulations to them. The top four places gain master points and are shown in the table below:

The full ladder can be seen by clicking here. The ladder determines who plays in the Championship Pairs semi-finals on Wednesday March 5th. We will soon be contacting qualifiers by email to confirm their place.

Hi everyone, monthly Prizes for January go to::

• Monday              Ian Blackhurst
• Wednesday        Mark Weeks
• Friday                Jerry Hopkins and Phillip Waring

Well done all of you.

The Chester Congress took place over the weekend and attracted players from all over the North West, North Wales, as well as regular Deva players. We had more entries over the two days than last year, but not as many as when the Congress was held in the Blossoms, Westminster and Queen Hotels in Chester - although it is more than a few years ago since we used those venues! We played 95 boards over 2 days and enjoyed good quality and friendly bridge, as well as Sophie's excellent catering.

Saturday's pairs event was won by Alec Smalley and Tom Slater - they can be seen below holding the two Capel Cups (with prize money inside) being congratulated by the club president. The runners up were Jackie Pye and John Holland (not pictured). The top 3 pairs in the qualifying session and in the top 2 pairs in the consolation final are pictured below.

Sunday's teams event was won by Alan Mould, John Hassett, John Holland and Jackie Pye (pictured below with the Latham Knox Trophy and the club president). The 2nd and 3rd teams (Nick Sutcliffe's and Tom Slater's teams) are pictured below.
 

Thank you to our visitors who helped make the event a success and to James Vickers for competently directing the sessions.