2025-26 Event
The event takes place over three weekends in the autumn, and acts as an international trial, with the winners and second placed teams of the First Division earning selection to represent England in one weekend each of the 2026 Camrose Trophy series.
Entry is for teams of 6 and costs £1020 per team. Entries have now closed.
Draws:
First Division draw
Second Division draw
Third Division draw
The schedule and venues will be:
Weekend 1: 13th - 14th September 2025
Division 1 Tunbridge Wells Bridge Club - 40 London Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1DL
Division 2 York Bridge Club - The Green, Acomb, York, YO26 5FG
Division 3 Young Chelsea Bridge Club - 21 Dalling Road, London, W6 0JD
Weekend 2: 18th – 19th October 2025
Division 1 Richmond Bridge Club - Cambridge PARK, (Opposite no 3 ) East Twickenham, TW1 2PG
Division 2 Young Chelsea Bridge Club - 21 Dalling Road, London, W6 0JD
Division 3 Tunbridge Wells Bridge Club - 40 London Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1DL
Weekend 3: 22nd – 23rd November 2025
Division 1 West Midlands Bridge Club - Marion Murtagh House, 909 Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 3EP
Division 2 West Midlands Bridge Club - Marion Murtagh House, 909 Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 3EP
Division 3 East Midlands Bridge Academy - Old School, Chapel Street Spondon, Derby, DE21 7JR
The format and playing schedule for each weekend will be as follows:
All Divisions
All Weekends: 7 x 16-board matches
Saturday: 10.45 – 12.55; 13.25 – 15.35; 15.55 – 18.05; 18.25- 20.35
Sunday: 10.45 – 12.55; 13.25 – 15.35; 15.55 – 18.05
Regulations and Conditions of contest
- 2024 Premier League Specific Conditions of Contest updated 19 June 2024, to be updated for 2025
- General Conditions of Contest for trials - updated 19 June 2024
- Playing with Screens
Teams
Division 1
Team de Botton: Artur Malinowski, Janet de Botton, David Bakhshi, Tony Forrester, Thor Erik Hoftaniska & Espen Erichsen
Team Dyson: Andrew Dyson, Glyn Liggins, Ben Norton, Stefano Tommasini, Ben Handley-Pritchard & Tom Townsend
Team Penfold: Alan Mould, Brian Senior, John Holland, Kay Preddy, Norman Selway & Sandra Penfold
Team Mossop: David Mossop, Derek Patterson, Gunnar Hallberg, Jason Hackett, Justin Hackett & Phil King
Team Knottenbelt: Maggie Knottenbelt, Michael Byrne, Kieran Dyke, Ed Jones & Stephen Kennedy
Team Hinden: Chris Jagger, Frances Hinden, Graham Osborne, Neil Rosen & John Atthey
Team Hackett: Andrew Woodcock, Croz Croswell, David Debbage, John Hassett, John Sansom & Paul Hackett
Team Black: Andrew Black, David Gold, Andrew McIntosh, Thomas Paske, Simon Cope & Peter Crouch
Division 2
Team Fegarty: Andrew Southwell, Catherine Curtis, Paul Fegarty, Richard Fedrick, Ben Green & Sebastian Atisen
Team Gipson: Alan Wilson, Alex Gipson, Nick Smith, Patrick Shields, Paul Gipson & Richard Chamberlain
Team Jee: Daniel Winter, Hugo Jee, James Thrower, Jon Thoresen, Liam Sanderson & Oscar Selby
Team Small: Cameron Small, Jon Cooke, Peter Taylor, John Cox & David Willis
Team Cope: Andy Cope, Giles Ip, Martin Jones & Adam Hickman
Team Hutton: Aaron Hutton, Oliver Powell, Kripa Panchagnula & Jonathan Clark
Team Aardvarks: Claire Robinson, Ewa Wieczorek, Paul Barden, Jonathan Mestel & Graham Hazel
Team Harris: Eduard Malhasyan, Jonathan Harris, Marusa Gold, Niall Igoe, Steve Root & Todor Tiholov
Divisions 3
Team Pemberton: John Pemberton, Martin Lerner, Nathan Piper & Richard Creamer
Team Holmes-Mackie: Ambrose Holmes-Mackie, Joe Clark, Shahzaad Natt, India Natt, Richard Hillman & Keith Bennett
Team Nettleton: Diana Nettleton, Matt Brown, Joe Sivayogan & Ian Draper
Team Mostyn: Andrew Mann, Gerard Thompson, Jonathan Osgood, Neill Harcus & Simon Mostyn
Team Cotuk: David Francis Eddleston, Mark Hodgson, Robert Miller, Tugrul Kaban & Ufuk Cotuk
Team Evici: Alex Hannon, Stefan Skorchev, John Carroll, Mark Moran, Andrew Bannock & John Dagnall
Team Milne: Jake Milne, Jun Nakamaru-Pinder & Tom Cohen
Team Covert Operations: Gad Chadha, Stephen Lee, Graham Orsmond, Ben Ritacca, Barry Myers & Brian Callaghan
Team Smalley: Tom Slater, Alec Smalley, Tom Copeland & Athena Chow
Team Tuus: Abi Milne, Alan Hayward, Hanna Tuus, Kath Stynes, Mark Lehto & Ryan Stephenson
Team Lindfors: Stefan Lindfors, Jim Grant, Rob Lawy, David S Jones, Harry Anoyrkatis & Sam Anoyrkatis
Team Spence-Jones: Magnus Spence-Jones, Jen Middleton, Andi Boughey, Duncan Thomas & Steve Raine