Open Trials for 2026 European Team Championships- Stage Two
This National event takes place on Thu, 30 Oct 2025 and runs for 4 days.
The event is face to face at Young Chelsea Bridge Club, London.
Masterpoints awarded for this event: Local.
Players of all standards are welcome at most of our events, unless the events are "Jack High " or similar. Typical playing standards at this event are:
- NGS J-K (Advanced)
- NGS A (Expert)
For more details see the event web page.
More about this event
The Open Trial will be a two stage pairs trial with a number of pairs exempt from stage one and one pair, Andrew Robson & David Gold, pre-selected for the team.
- Stage one - West Midlands Bridge Club - 10th - 12th October 2025 (two and half days, the Friday session will start in the evening)
- Stage two - Young Chelsea Bridge Club - 31st October - 2nd November 2025 (two and half days, the Friday session will start in the evening)
Pairs entering the Open Trial will be able to apply for exemption from the Stage one trial.
The winning pair from the Stage two trial will be selected to play in the European Championships together with the pre-selected pair and a third pair will be selected by the Selection Committee in consultation with these two pairs from the remaining participants in the Stage two trial.
For the Mixed, Women’s and Seniors’ Trials, the winning team will be selected to play in the European Championships, however, if the winning team consists of fewer than 6 players, the Selection Committee will consult with the winning team to select additional players to make up a team of 6 to play in the European Championships.
Closing dates for entries and session times will be confirmed shortly. Closing dates will be set so that unsuccessful participants in earlier trials will be able to enter subsequent Trials if eligible but with players that qualify for an earlier series being ineligible to play in subsequent trials.
Please note that the Selection Committee reserves the right to pre-select one or more pairs for the European Championships based on any outstanding performances in major events prior to the 15th September 2025 and therefore if necessary to amend or cancel the trials process for any series.