Young Chelsea Bridge Club D have won the 2025-26 National Inter-Club Knockout (NICKO), beating Young Chelsea Bridge Club B in the final. The winning Young Chelsea Bridge Club D team were: Brian...

Congratulations to Sally Brock & Barry Myers, who won the senior trials over the weekend of 9th - 11th October at West Midlands Bridge Club. Kay Preddy & Norman Selway finished in second place...

Entries for the Crockfords Cup have been extended and will now close at noon on Friday, 16th October. Please submit your applications as soon as possible. The group stage matches can be played...

In the 12-board ladder for September, Matthew Covill won the top prize of £30 with an average score of 71.90% over six games. Tony Verran finished second with an average score of 71.02% winning...

Alan Jarvis & Alan Hayward ( pictured) have won the Great Northern Swiss Pairs which took place last weekend, in Leeds. Alan & Alan, also won the event in 2024. This year, they finished on 165...

The fifth and final episode of our new podcast "TableTalk" is available to watch now! (see links below) Watch on YouTube: The TableTalk podcast is a light-hearted look at the game of bridge. Who...

Entries are now open for the Gold Cup, the most prestigious teams event in the British Bridge Calendar. There will be some seeding. Matches in Round 1 are of 32 boards (though may be increased to...

The National Handicap Pairs Championship was held on Sunday 6th September, with 16 clubs hosting heats around the country. This year the event had nearly 100 pairs more than last year, thank you...

Updated SCoC for the Premier League 2026 are available here In addition to the 16 teams in Division 1 and 2, 12 additional teams have entered therefore Division 3 will again be run as a 12 team...

In the 12-board ladder for August, user Lovelyyou9 finished in first place with an average score of 70.23% over six games. Mike Huggins finished second with an average score of 70.17% winning £20...

The latest Online One-Day Green Pointed Swiss Teams took place on Sunday 30th August. It was won by the Correia team of Alexandra Rosado & Isabel Correia, Jose Moraes, Jose Nuno Moraes & Joao...

The Northern Midweek Congress has now concluded, with Harrogate the venue for three days of weekday bridge. The Swiss Teams competition was won be the team of Martin Taylor, Justin Hackett, James...

We are pleased to welcome Rob Knox who joined the staff last week. Rob has joined the Accounts Department and will take over from Gail Nancarrow upon her retirement in September. Rob's biography

We are aware that many of our members will have received an email about BBO introducing membership plans. Full details are available. What this means for you. With a free BBO account you will...

The National Teams League season 12 has now concluded. In Division 1, "The Seedgrowers" (Svein Dahl, Simon Gass, Rune Hauge, Robert Plumley, Erik Sælensminde, Alan Scott & Jan Petter Svendsen)...

The Summer Meeting has concluded with the Harold Poster Trophy Swiss Pairs Championship. Congratulations to Kieran Dyke & Michael Byrne ( pictured), who finished first with 169 VPs. They were...

The World Youth Transnational Championships 2026 took place in Hefei, China (3-8 August 2026). The event is open to players from all over the world. There were three pairs from England taking...

The 2026 Summer Meeting is now underway, with the Mixed and Open Pairs. Details for the weekend's events can be found on the Summer Meeting Hub. Results If you are going to arrive late to a...

The Hubert Phillips Bowl, - the English Mixed Teams of 4 Championship - has been won by Frances Hinden's team of Jon Cooke, Frances Hinden, Chris Jagger, Graham Osborne & Derek Patterson. They...

The latest Online One-Day Green Pointed event took place on Saturday 1st August. It was won by Bill Pencharz & Jerry Cope ( pictured ) with a score of 111 VPs. In second place were Celia Oram &...

Congratulations to Diana Nettleton, winner of the Pairs Player of the Year Championship for 2025/26. The Championship awards points for finishing in the top positions of all EBU national face-to...

The Scarborough Summer Congress has taken place over the last 4 days. The event started with Category Pairs on Thursday. In a close finish the overall winners for the Jim Proctor Trophy were...

The 30th European Youth Team Championships have now finished in Riga, Latvia. England were represented by teams in all five categories (U16, U21, U26W, U26 & U31) and have qualified for the World...

The England Youth Squad members took part in the European Bridge League’s (EBL) Online Youth Championships 2026 on RealBridge in April. England were represented in all four categories and reached...

The latest Online One-Day Green Pointed event took place on Saturday 11th July. It was won by Finn Clark & Stuart Forsyth ( pictured ) with a score of 105 VPs. In second place were John Dagnall &...

The 57th European National Team Championships have now finished. The event started on 27th June in Riga, Latvia. England were represented by teams in all four categories: Open, Women's, Seniors...

In the 12-board ladder for June, Yu Kew Leung won the top prize of £30 with an average score of 71.77% over six games. Lovelyyou9 finished second with an average score of 70.76%, and David Dawson...

Congratulations to Claire Robinson & Daniel McIntosh ( pictured) who won gold at the inaugural Mixed Pairs at the European National Championships. This is the first time a Mixed Pairs has been...

The England Youth Squad members took part in the Junior Bridge Summer Festival on RealBridge during June. Congratulations to the England U21 team of Venetia Anoyrkatis & Tom Furness, David...

The latest Online One-Day Green Pointed Swiss Teams took place on Saturday 20th June. It was won by the team of Bob Holder, Chris Mooney, Ivan Leung & Daisy Dillon ( pictured ) with a score of 85...

The Pachabo Cup was held over the weekend of 13-14 June 2026 and was won by the team from Gloucestershire who were represented by Paul Denning, Andrew Kambites, Richard Butland, Robert Stevens &...

We will be running a Workshop on 21st July from 11am-12 noon, online on Zoom. The workshop will provide a hands-on guide to promoting your class, taster session and/or club/county. We will run...

The 2026 LlanBrighton Congress was held this weekend in Brighton, a joint event by the EBU and WBU. The Swiss Pairs was won by John Atthey & Sally Anoyrkatis with 113 VPs. In second place were...

The National Finals of the Inter-County Leagues took place online on Sunday 7th June. Champions from each of the five regional Inter-County leagues were invited to compete alongside last year’s...

The Young Chelsea Bridge Club team, from London, has won the Garden Cities Trophy, the competition for each county's 'teams-of-eight champions'. The final featured eight teams which qualified...

The Corwen Trophy and the new Nine-High Corwen took place this weekend. Lloyd Eagling & Stan Zygadlo ( pictured ), of Nottinghamshire, won the Corwen Trophy with a score of 61.42% over the two...

In the 12-board ladder for May, Michael Heubeck won the top prize of £30 with an average score of 70.83% over six games. Lovelyyou9 finished second with an average score of 70.18%, and David...

The official book of the 2025 World Bridge Championships, held in Herning, Denmark, is ready to be discovered. The World Bridge Federation is very happy to offer this book for free to all bridge...

The Spring Bank Holiday Congress was held this weekend, in Reading. Simon Cope & James Bond ( pictured) won the Two-Star Pairs, with a score of 58.95%. In second place were Martin Jones & Abbey...

Every year, thousands of people discover that loneliness is not simply about being alone — it is about feeling disconnected. That is why Loneliness Awareness Week has become such an important...