The 2007 Camrose started in Oxford in January and was completed in Aberdeen in March. Wales finished third overall. See reports by Patrick Shields, on the first and second weekends.

The first weekend of the 2008 Camrose was held on 11-13 January in Belfast. Wales were third, well in contention. See here for the detailed results. In the second and final weekend the Welsh team again had a very creditable time. Our weekend total of 84 VP, the same as the first weekend, was second highest, leaving us third overall, only 8 behind England, and 30 ahead of the fourth-placed Scots. The overall results. See reports by Patrick Shields, on the first and second weekends.2007 Trials 2008 Teams.

Wales hosted the first half of the 2009 Camrose Trophy on 9-11 January, in Cardiff. The event was superbly organised by Margaret Lane, the Match Manager, and her great team.

The Welsh team did well, only losing one of their five matches, and memorably beating the holders, the Republic of Ireland, 22-8. Wales lies second after this weekend, only 3 VPs behind the leaders, well poised to challenge for the trophy in the second weekend - March 6-8 in Oxford. More information with detailed scores is available here, including pictures. Patrick Shields has written a fascinating report, which you can read here.

The Welsh team were Tim Rees and Filip Kurbalija, Gary Jones and Dafydd Jones, Paul Denning and Patrick Shields, with Mike Tedd as NPC. The selectors have announced an unchanged team for the second weekend to be held in Oxford on 6th to 8th March.

In the second weekend Wales were still in contention as the last match started, but a small victory over England while the EBU (English second team) trounced Scotland meant that we finished third yet again. Captain's log. Patrick Shields excellent report

In 2010, the Welsh team in both weekends was Paul Denning & Patrick Shields, Filip Kurbalija & Tim Rees, and Gary Jones & Dafydd Jones, with John Salisbury and then Mike Tedd as NPCs. After the first weekend in Edinburgh, we lay third. Read Patrick Shields report of that weekend.

The second weekend was held on March 5-7 in Belfast. We beat the Republic of Ireland and trounced Northern Ireland, but lost to Scotland in the first match. We played England on the Sunday morning, led convincingly at half time, but then fell away to lose narrowly 14-16. In the last match we beat the NI second team 21-9. So although this was the best weekend we have had in the new format, we still finished third yet again. England took the Camrose Trophy when Ireland lost to Northern Ireland in their last match. Full results. Read Patrick Shields report.

In 2011, the first weekend was in Dublin on 7-9 January. For information and scores see here. And more here. And read Patrick Shields's interesting report on the weekend.

The first round saw the two Welsh teams playing each other. The WBU side beat the main Welsh team by 18-12 in VPs. This was revenge for the Spring 4s, but not an ideal result for Wales's Camrose chances. Wales recovered with a good win over England 19-11, then beat NI and Scotland each 16-14, and finished by trouncing the strong Republic team 25-5. WBU beat Northern Ireland 25-5 but lost to the Republic 9-21 and to England by the same score, then drew with Scotland. Meanwhile This all left Wales second just 4 points behind England, Ireland third and WBU in a creditable fourth, still above average (just).

The second weekend was 4-6 March in Llandrindod Wells, with everything to play for. It was an exciting weekend! Wales finally managed to win the Camrose Trophy after about 70 years of trying! Read more here.

As well as winning the Camrose and Seniors Camrose, our international players enjoyed more successes in major events of 2011 - a great year for Welsh bridge.

In 2012, after the first of the two Camrose (home internationals) weekends Wales, defending the trophy, lay third. Full scores etc. Read Patrick Shields's report.

The selectors have announced an unchanged team for the second weekend in Scotland on 2-4 March: Paul Denning & Patrick Shields, Peter Goodman & Mike Pownall and John Salisbury & Mike Tedd, with NPC Alan Stephenson and reserves Gary & Dafydd Jones

Trials in 2009 for 2010 teams

Trials in 2010 for 2011 teams

The 2007 Lady Milne was held in Newport Gwent on 13-17 April. Wales finished third overall. Team.

The 2008 event was held in Dundee in Scotland on 11-13 April. It was a disappointing weekend for Wales; we won only 1 of our 8 matches, finishing in last place. Team Detailed results.

The 2009 event was in Ireland on 17-19 April 2009. In an exciting finish, Scotland pipped Northern Ireland by a single VP. Wales were last.

The 2010 event in Manchester again saw Wales finish in the wooden spoon position, although we did manage a creditable draw with the strong England team. Results.

The 2011 event was in Northern Ireland. Wales started well with a draw against England and a win in their first two matches, but lost their third and fourth matches. Then in the last match against the strong Scottish team Wales were down 30+ Imps but staged a great recovery to lose just 13-17 which meant that Scotland and England tied overall and share the trophy. A creditable performance by Wales! Results etc appear here. And read Zia's Guardian article about the very last hand.

Trials in 2008 for 2009 team

Trials in 2009 for 2010 teams

Wales finished third equal in the inaugural Seniors Camrose held in Oxford from 30 May to 1 June 2008. More details. And some great photos. 2008 Team

The 2009 event was held in Oxford on 29-31 May. Wales came 4th, ahead of both Irish teams, but behind the Patron's team, Scotland just 1VP behind, and England. Welsh team. Table of results. Paul Scannell's great photos.

In 2010 it was on May 28-30 in Glasgow. Wales was represented by Patrick Jourdain & Gary Jones, Peter & Jean Hand, and Sheila Shea & Wyn Williams with NPC Alan Screen. It was a disappointing weekend - Wales lost 9 of 10 matches, and finished bottom of the table. Detailed results. Paul Scannell's great photos

2011 saw Wales win the Seniors Camrose as well as the Camrose itself. The victorious Welsh team was Liam Sheridan & Gwyneth Dew, Tony Disley & Roger Penton, Mike Hirst & Jim Luck, with NPC Mike Tedd. Read more here.

Trials and teams for 2010

The 2008 events were held in Manchester on 16-17 February 2008 . Our Peggy Bayer team achieved a very creditable third place. Teams. Full results.

The 2009 events were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 20th-22nd February 2009. Both Welsh teams acquitted themselves respectably: in the Junior Camrose we were fourth, with only 13 VPs spanning 2nd to 5th; in the Peggy Bayer we were third. England won both trophies.Teams Detailed results. Team photos. And we had a write-up in the New York Times. Captains' reports: Junior Camrose, Peggy Bayer

Wales hosted these junior home internationals from February 19-21 at the Rest Hotel in Porthcawl. Our match managers were Margaret Lane and Val Kennewell; many thanks to them and the volunteers who helped over the weekend. In the Peggy Bayer event (under 19) Wales won 5 of their 8 matches and finished a creditable 3rd. In the Junior Camrose (under 25) Wales lost 7 out of 8 and trailed in last. Congratulations to Scotland who won both events. Captains' reports: Peggy Bayer Junior Camrose.

The Junior Camrose 2011 was in Ayr 19-20 February. The Welsh team was: Chris Owen & James Boulton, Becky Watkins & Horia Maior, James Harris & Jonathan Richards, with NPC Alan Jones. After a very poor start the team rallied and rose above the bottom spot with one round to go, but this didn't last so we won the wooden spoon again. Captain's Report.

Wales has been represented in Tenerife (2001), in Salsomaggiore (2002), in Malmö (2004) and in Warsaw (2006).

At the European Championships, held in Pau, France, 14-28 June, our Open team came 14th of 19 in its group. The Ladies team finished 23rd of 25, and the Seniors 20th of 20. Some photos of the teams etc. All the results and bulletins on the EBL website. You can access here Patrick Shields's reports on the progress of the Welsh teams in Pau as it happened.

Table of results

These are held in the years divisible by 4. In 2004, the format in the Open and Womens events had 4 and 2 sections respectively of all-play-all matches, with the top 16 teams playing long knockout matches to decide the overall winners. The Seniors was an all-play-all event.

In October 2008 the bridge Olympiad formed part of the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing.

Wales has been represented in Maastricht (2000), and in Istanbul (2004). The Welsh Senior team in Istanbul finished 7th of 29 countries, our best result so far in World and European championships.

Table of results

Although Wales did not have an Open team or a Womens team in Beijing, we sent a Junior team and a Senior team. The Welsh Juniors finished 49th out of 74, a good result for a small country. The Seniors finished 15th out of 16 in their group.

Patrick Shields' short report on our progress in Beijing can be read here. More information, results and bulletins can be found on the WBF Beijing website.

Wales played in Manchester (2002) , Melbourne (2006) and New Delhi (2010)

In Manchester, Wales won the silver medals, losing to Canada in the medal final. A very major achievement!

In Delhi, after a poor start Wales improved and were still in with a chance of a medal playing the last match of the round-robin. But this was lost by a big margin to Scotland who squeaked into the playoffs where they took the gold medal. Wales finished 9th overall, 5th of the National teams. More here.

Table of results