Podcast 2: Promoting Duplicate Bridge in Yorkshire

• By Jim Edwards
• 6th November 2025

YCBA are set up to promote duplicate bridge in Yorkshire, and the encouragement of inter-club, inter-county, and national competitions. YCBA are also responsible, as a not-for-profit organisation, for deploying its funds to best effect. But how do our objects translate... Read More...

ENTRIES ARE OPEN FOR THE WINTER 2026 ONLINE YORKSHIRE LEAGUE

• By Jim Edwards
• 5th November 2025

This popular competition returns for its winter season with three match days on Sundays, 4th and 18th January and 1st February.   There  are three 8 board matches each day,  played on RealBridge and BBO. The entry fee is just... Read More...

YCBA Podcast – Café Bridge In Wetherby

• By Jim Edwards
• 1st October 2025

To keep our members and clubs well informed, we are launching our own YCBA podcast programme Our first podcast, (click for audio file) gives the insider experience of our successful August Café Bridge day and is an invaluable 14 minutes... Read More...

The Youth Academy is back!

• By Jim Edwards
• 12th September 2025

The Youth Academy is back! New Day:            Wednesdays New Time:          4.30-6.30 New Format:        Teaching until 6.00                              Free play until 6.30 Place:                  York Bridge Club For more information contact: academy@theyorkbridgeclub.com Read More...

Yorkshire League fixtures published

• By Jim Edwards
• 9th August 2025

Yorkshire League fixtures published The fixture list for the 2025-26 season has been sent out to the match secretaries of the competing clubs and are also available to view on the Current Season 2025-26 page of the website, accessed  via... Read More...

Cafe Bridge comes to Yorkshire

• By Jim Edwards
• 19th July 2025

Café Bridge comes to Yorkshire YCBA are running a pilot café bridge event in Wetherby town centre on Tuesday 26th August (11am to 4pm). Although café bridge is quite common in London, the south of England, and Scotland, it has... Read More...

Students visit The House of Lords

• By Jim Edwards
• 8th July 2025

Students visit The House of LordsYou rang M’Lord!On Thursday 3rd July, 3 students from the York Bridge Club's Youth Academy,Bertie, Levente and Bethany, visited the House of Lords to play bridge against TheHouse of Lords Bridge Team. They were joined by... Read More...

Entries open for YL2025-26

• By Jim Edwards
• 7th July 2025

Entries open for YL2025-26 Entities are now open for the 2025-26 season of the inter-club teams of eight Yorkshire League.     Entry forms have been sent to club secretaries of YCBA affiliated clubs, with a closing date of 27th... Read More...

Club Tournament Director Training Course – 2025

• By Jim Edwards
• 29th June 2025

Once again, by popular demand, the YCBA  are running two Club Tournament Director Training Courses This is supported by the YCBA Bridge Development so the entry is FREE. In The North: York (August) The York course will be run by Jim... Read More...

EBU Standard Financials For Clubs

• By Jim Edwards
• 29th June 2025

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