This National event takes place on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 and runs for 3 days.

The event is face to face at Metropole Hilton Hotel on Brighton Seafront.

For more details see the event web page.

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More about this event

The 2026 Llanbrighton Congress will begin on Friday afternoon, 5th June at 2pm with a pre-congress pairs, before drinks reception and an Open Pairs event (7:30pm).  As this is a WBU Congress running in partnership with the EBU, this will see all players assigned to their relevant team for Wales v Rest of the World Trophy.  Team Wales will be all pairs with a player eligible to represent Wales (birth/parent/grandparent/resident). This will be a standard Open Pairs event with an overall winning pair but additionally each team will have all their pairs scores added up and divided by the number of pairs on the team to get an average score - the highest average will win the first event of the weekend. Will it be Andrea's Team Cymru or Oliver's Team Rest of the World who are victorious? Can Team Wales get their hands on Dragon at the 2nd time of asking???!!!

Saturday at 12pm is a 7 x 7 board Swiss Pairs. There will be 4 x 7 board rounds before a 1 hour break followed by 3 x 7 board matches with a finish at about 7:45pm.

Sunday's Swiss Teams will also be 7 x 7 boards and will start at the earlier time of 11am and will again have a break of about an hour after 4 matches. 3 rounds after the break and we will finish no later 7pm to allow those with long journeys to head home at a sensible time!

There will be no food included in the entry price this year but you can order sandwiches on arrival at the hotel to be ready in the break or there are plenty of quick food options nearby.

There will also be a late night “Pêl Cyflym” (translation – “speedball”) on Friday night, starting about 11:15pm.

Each Swiss event include 2 vouchers per person that can be exchanged for a pint of beer, glass of house wine, soft drink or tea/coffee from the bar. As with all Oliver Cowan Events, there will also be sweets/chocolate treats throughout!.

There will be lots of cuddly dragons, LlanBrighton branded merchandise and Green Points on offer. 

Entry Fees per person are below for bridge (inlcuding drinks vouchers) only: 

Friday evening Open Pairs (includes your 1st drink* from the bar on arrival) £25

Saturday £75

Sunday £75

Speedball - free entry included as part of Open Pairs

If playing full congress total entry is £190 per person

The Congress with be overseen by the Welsh Bridge Union Chief Tournament Director Sarah Amos & Jonathan Lillycrop, Deputy Chief TD of the English Bridge Union.

To guarantee your entry, please complete the entry form on the top of the website, specifying which sessions you plan to play in and then send the entry fee to Sort 207692 Acct 13206572 Acct name Oliver Cowan Events Ltd. Early booking is very strongly advised to avoid disappointment. Places will not be secured until payment is received. Email ocbridgecomps@gmail.com or call Oliver on 07946 393033 with any questions.

* pint of beer, glass of house wine or soft drink

**This event clashes with the EBU Garden Cities Final. Any player who enters and subsequently qualifes for the Garden Cities Final will be eligible for a full refund of bridge entry fees.

HOTEL BOOKINGS

Hotel bookings can be made via a link that will be posted here before the end of September and accommodation is not included in the Congress prices. The hotel does have a car park but due to the nature of parking in Brighton, travel by train is stongly recommended - the venue is walkable from the train station.  

Contact information

Organiser: Other.

Contact: Oliver Cowan.

Phone: 07946 393033.

Email: ocbridgecomps@gmail.com.