Cornwall Contract Bridge Association

John Perks 1st Qualifying Heat

17 pairs contested the first heat of the County Pairs Championship at Ladock. Mick Robson & Joe Bryant stamped their class on proceedings with a very impressive 67%, well ahead of the rest of the field which included Ken & Jan Keast in second place. Full results by clicking here.

Marie Gregson Trophy

For the first time - on Sunday 16 May - this open pairs event organised by St. Austell Bridge Club, is being held at the Porth Avallen Hotel in Carlyon Bay. Click here to read the press release about the event, and click here to download an entry form. Give your support by entering this event, and fill your car by taking another pair with you!

Welsh Mixed Pairs Championship

Congratulations to Cornish pair, Wendy Thornton & Wally Heaton, who now play most of their bridge where they live in Wales, on winning the Welsh mixed pairs championship held in Llandridnod Well on 27-28 February. In a three session event they finished with 57.97%, 0.5% ahead of Patrick Jourdain and Gilly Clench.

County Knockout Final

This final will be played between Thomson (Benfield, Warren, Cant, Mabley) and Boxall (Vaughan, Clifford, Boxall). In the semi-finals, Thomson beat Keast by the closest possible margin - 1 IMP after 44 boards, as they were level after 40 boards, and had to play an extra 4 boards. In the other semi, Bickerdike was leading going into the last round, but they were slaughtered in the last eight, for Boxall to run out comfortable winners by 36 IMPs.

West League 2009-10

With only playing 7 matches in total, the West League has finished already. Winners again are The Shufflers (Wendy Miller, Wendy Thornton, Joe Bryant, Wally Heaton, David Stone (occasionally)) who beat Double Entry ( 2 Keasts & 2 Robsons) 103 VPs to 99 VPs. They appeared to be coasting to victory, but after a surprising 15-5 reversal against Reshuffled in Round 6, the winners could have been overtaken in the final round of matches. Indeed they were losing at the half way stage of their match against Dancers, but like true champions they knuckled down in the second half - David Stone even lay off the red wine for a few hands - to win the match 12-8. Final positions by clicking here.

Club Teams of Eight

Nine teams (well done Wadebridge on entering two teams again) contested the Teams of Eight Championship on Sunday 21 February, with the winners representing Cornwall in the Garden Cities Regional Final at Bristol in May. In a close finish, Camborne (Dave Boxall, Val Clifford, David & Lynda Chidell, Dommy Boxall, Jenny Vaughan, Heather Upton, Nick Grenfell) beat their close rivals Helston by 101 VPs to 99 VPs, with Bude and Penzance equal third with 95 VPs. Congratulation to Camborne, and the best of luck to them in Bristol. Full results by clicking here.

Cornwall Congress 2010

The Congress is rapidly approaching (March 26-28 again at the Falmouth Beach Hotel) so don't forget to get your entries in to Congress Secretary, Jenny Cant - an entry form can be downloaded from the Congress page of this website. This year for the first time, we are running a Newcomers Pairs on Friday afternoon for less experienced players who have not experienced the enjoyment of bridge at a large Congress. Limited to people with less than 1000 master points, and open to non-EBU members, the afternoon will be a relaxed and informal duplicate session, run in parallel with the main competition. Entry form again on the Congress page of this website.

Penventon Swiss Pairs

26 pairs enjoyed this event on Sunday 14 February where 6 x 8 board matches were played. Comfortable winners were Dorset pair, Hilary Brain & Chris Stevens, with a score of 100 VPs. Runners-up with 86 VPs were Wendy Brown & Mimi Falconer, and third were Ian Macfarlane & Owen Prior with 80 VPs. Full results by clicking here.

National Pairs Qualifying Heat

18 pairs entered this National competition played at the John Betjeman Centre in Wadebridge on Sunday 7 February. Leading qualifiers were Pauline & John Deal with 63.66%, closely followed by Roger Bunt & Richard Draycott on 62.73%. For full results and other qualifiers click here.

Ladies Dominate Xmas Bidding Quiz

Re-inforcing the long held opinion by half the bridge playing population that women are the better bidders, winners in this fun bidding challenge both with 7 correct answers out of 10 were:

regional master or above : JENNY CANT

below regional master : LYNDA CHIDELL
non-EBU member : no entries

Jenny and Lynda each wins a £10.00 entry voucher into a county bridge event during 2010. Next best scores, both with 6 out of 10, were : Helga Turner and Jenny Vaughan. Thanks to all the 19 participants who entered into the fun. Full list of scores by visiting the "Cornish Bridge Disasters" page.

County Teams of Four Championship

The premier teams of four competition of the year was played at Ladock on Sunday 31 January. Thirteen teams entered and winners with 169 VPs were Jan Keast (Ken Keast, Margaret Warner, Janet Heath). They finished ahead of David Newton (Jill Newton, Robert Mabley, Alan Biggs) on 160 VPs, with Pat Meade (Ruth Harvey, Colin Pote, Mike Booth) third on 149 VPs. Full results by clicking here.

Falmouth Salver

The delayed Falmouth Salver was played at Falmouth BC on Saturday 23 January, and last year's winners, Ann James and Liz Williams, again came out on top with 59.7%. Second was Bill Berks and Graham Buck with 58.2%; and third was Stephen Crouch and Peter Polden with 57.8%. Full result by clicking here.

BBL Simultaneous Pairs

Delayed by one week due the bad weather, several heats of this event were played in Cornwall on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday 18-20 January. There were several excellent 60%+ results, but pride of place goes to Caroline Scott & Alan Merchant-White on Tuesday evening in Bude with a massive 68.63%. This placed them nationally 11th out of 1844 pairs. Congratulations on a fine performance!

Star Masters Pairs Championship

For players ranked star master or above, this event was played on Sunday 17 January, and in a very close finish was won by Jan and Ken Keast with 60.3% from Rod Bell and Ian Macfarlane with 59.9%. Third place went to defending champions, Wally Heaton and Wendy Thornton with 58.0%. Full results by clicking here.

Tredova Cup

For non-EBU members, and players below one star master, this event was also played on Sunday 17 January. Convincing winners were Bob Pretty and Gill Lovegrove with 65.0%; second were Ian Edwards and Alan Biggs with 59.6%; and third were Evelyn Knight and Sue Cresswell with 53.3%. Full results by clicking here.