WBU PRESIDENT Andrea Knox WBU CEO  Ceri Pierce |
 UK Tournaments: Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri – £1.25. Club Sessions. See Website for Details |
Premier League – after the first weekend of the Premier League/Trials, Paul Denning’s team – Adrian Thomas, Steve Auchterlonie, Andy Hughes have a comfortable lead over the rest of the field. See Team Results and Cross-Imps
30.9.24
LlanBrighton – the WBU are hosting a summer congress at “LlanBrighton” – a little corner of Wales in Europe – 13th – 15th June 2025 at the Royal Hotel in Brighton. There will be Pairs, Teams, and Speedball. Book now – see Details
20.9.24
TD Courses – the WBU are running two two-day TD courses in the near future – a) 27th Sept and 18th Oct – Llanharry – run by Tony Haworth – enabling TDs to run Club/Area events; (x7tonyh@gmail.com); b) 16,17th Nov – Swansea Bridge Club – run by Sarah Amos – (sarahamostd@gmail.com). – for Club level Directing. There is still room on the courses; if interested please contact the relevant organiser.
5.9.24
Junior Mini-Bridge – time to book your place on the rescheduled session. All details on the attached poster, please feel free to circulate, any help appreciated. This reminder has been left until the start of term as your youngster may wish to bring a friend along, that would be great. We need to start firming up on numbers – names and ages (the juniors not the adults!) Andrea has prepared some super packs to take away. Also, when replying please include your phone number. Poster
Looking forward to a fun day.
5.9.24
WBU NewsLetter – The latest WBU Newsletter is now available. Edited by our expert Paul Lamford, this highly entertaining and informative publication is a ‘must’ read for everyone – Newsletter
12.8.24
Welsh & Cambria Competitions – these competition are falling behind schedule. Also the results may not be up-to-date. It is important that captains submit using the official form, whereby both the NTO and Webmaster receive the result.
Following this ‘chaser’ I have now received a number of backlog results. Please see Welsh-Cup and Cambria Cup for up-to-date results (even for previous losers who have a ‘second-chance’).
6.8.24
Welsh Women’s League – all ladies are invited to participate in the new format League matches (teams). You can play either online (RealBridge) or F-to-F. For full details and entry see Women’s League.
4.8.24
National Tournament Organiser – the WBU will now need a replacement for Simon Gottschalk as the National Tournament Organiser. Simon will not be standing for re-election at the forthcoming AGM. The incumbent will be expected to help shape the WBU and its National Events. If interested please contact ceri@wbu.org.uk
Simon will assist in the hand-over, and the WBU thank him for all his efforts over the past few years.
29.5.24
Subscriptions – the WBU would like to remind all members that WBU subsriptions are due from April 1st. The fees are: – £20 via an affiliated Club (incl Area Subscription); – £25 Direct Membership; – £1 Juniors (under 25). Please use the Online Renewal Form. Alternatively send directly to WBU Membership Secretary mpmsec@wbu.org.uk with payment via cheque or BACS .
New members can join by submitting a WBU Application Form (members who joined after Jan 1st will have their membership automatically renewed at no charge). Clubs can also submit a bulk membership renewal on behalf of their members – Bulk Renewals via Club.
6.2.24
KEEP BRIDGE ALIVE
8.3.20
The Welsh Bridge Union (WBU) is a membership-funded organisation committed to promoting the game of duplicate bridge. It is also the National Bridge Organisation for Wales recognised by, and affiliated to the World Bridge Federation and the European Bridge League.
For administrative purposes, the WBU is split into four geographical areas.
EWBA
MWBA NWBA WWBA
Welsh Bridge Union Area Association Websites