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27th June 2026
144 pairs from 9 clubs participated in this event, congratulations to the winners, John Brown and Piers Percival of York Bridge Club. David Wilson and Mark Ballantine of Hull were second with an outstanding scratch score of 73%, and Valerie Watson and Jean Oldroyd of Olicana came in third.
23rd June 2026
The Academy held the annual award presentation on Thursday. The following awards were awarded:
Nora Penn Award – Josh
Runner up for the Nora Penn Award – Barnaby
EBED
Silver – Josh
Bronze – Oscar
Bronze – Ocean
Bronze – Barnaby
Bronxe – Jacob
Minibridge – Oscar
Minibridge – Ethan
The York Bridge Club:
Introduction to Minibridge- Poppy
Introduction to Minibridge-Scarlett
It was a super evening!
17th June 2026
1st: Alan Jarvis & Alan Hayward, Daniel McIntosh & Claire Robinson
2nd: Athena Chow & Tom Copeland, Martin Edge & Nick Woolven
3rd: Stuart Davies & George Bak, Catherine Thompson & Colin D Jones
17th June 2026
1st: Don Hilton & Richard Hilton, John Hayton & Mike Jackson
2nd: Tony Watson & Stephen Clifford, Daniel Elstein & Mike Hopkins
3rd: Alan Mould & Brian Senior, Jackie Pye & John Holland
17th June 2026
1st: Liz Reese & Bohdan Hnyda
2nd: Alan Hayward & Alan Jarvis
3rd: Daniel McIntosh & Claire Robinson
17th June 2026
1st: John Hayton & Mike Jackson
2nd: Bob Marchbank & Kevin Higgins
3rd: Adam Bowden & Michael P Bowden
16th June 2026
1st: Ruth Kerr & Stuart Kerr
2nd: John Kitteridge & Mary Maybank
3rd: Gillian Emerson & Carrie Babington
15th June 2026
Fifth place for Yorkshire in Pachabo Cup
The Pachabo Cup is the EBU inter-county competition for teams who qualify as the winners or runners up of each county’s premier knockout, which in Yorkshire’s case is the Waddington Shield.
In 2026, the Waddington Shield finalists were teams captained by Richard Winter and Paul Brereton (won by Winter, as reported here previously) and the Pachabo team comprised players drawn from both teams – Richard Winter, Geoff Kenyon, Paul Brereton, Frank Dixon, David Beck and Keith Joules.
The event was played online on RealBridge over two days on 13th and 14th June, and the Yorkshire team finished in an excellent fifth place out of the 27 counties taking part.
Congratulations to the players on their achievement.
9th June 2026
Kenyon & Woolven place fourth in Corwen Trophy
Yorkshire players qualify for the EBU’s Corwen Trophy by virtue of a high-placed finish in the YCBA’s Yorkshire Pairs. There is an equivalent competition, the Nine High Corwen, for players ranked no higher than NGS Nine, with a similar qualifying round.
The 2026 Corwen was played face-to-face, at the Telford Hotel & Spa over the weekend of 30th and 31st May. Five Yorkshire pairs took part in the competition, Geoff Kenyon & Nick Woolven taking the honours with an excellent fourth place on 57.84%. Bob Marchbank & Kevin Higgins (31st), Sandy Davies & Tom Gisborne (34th) and Robin Prestwich & Tim Emmott (39th) also finished in the top half of the field.
The Nine High Corwen was played online, on RealBridge, on 30th May, Four Yorkshire pairs took part. Best placed were Sally Gregory & Frank Varga. 16th with 53.69% Rosemary Page & Liz Jackson were 25th. and Mollie Temple & Linda Holroyde were 30th
Congratulations to all of the above on their achievements.
9th June 2026
York BC sixth in Garden Cities Trophy final
York Bridge Club’s team qualified for this competition by winning the first division of the Yorkshire League 2025-26 and then the regional final where their opponents were the winners of six other county leagues.
The final was played face-to-face on 6th June 2026 at West Midlands Bridge Club, York finished in sixth place out of eight teams, which included some of the country’s strongest players. The York team was Robert Ross & David Beck, Frank Dixon & James Carpenter, Tim Prior & Paul Brereton, and Christine Child & David Waxman. Robert & David were tenth in the overall cross-imps table and Frank & James were also plus.
Congratulations to York on their excellent achievement in reaching this national final.
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