Watch Yorkshire’s bridge team in action this weekend
2nd November 2026
Watch Yorkshire’s bridge team in action this weekend
On 7th and 8th November, Yorkshire’s bridge team will be playing in the qualifying competition of the EBU’s Tollemache Cup. About 31 counties will be taking part. Last year Yorkshire qualified for the final for the first time in ten years, and we have a strong team that is well capable of repeating this achievement. The match is to be played online on RealBridge starting at 11.05 on both days and you can follow play on RealBridge Kibitz from about 11.25 as, for reasons of security, there is a delay of about 20 minutes.
Yorkshire have selected five pairs for the qualifying competition – Dave Robinson (capt) & Tony Sowter, Alan Hayward & Steve Raine, Paul Brereton & Frank Dixon, Geooff Kenyon & Richard Winter, and Oscar Selby & Daniel Winter.
Wetherby 6-High Pairs Oct-2026 Winners
31st October 2026
1st: Christopher Roberts & Susan Roberts 2nd: Christopher Dale & Irene Dale 3rd: Carole Aldred & Carole Harper
Handicapped SIM Pairs YCBA are running a handicapped SIM Pairs competition on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th November. Nine Yorkshire bridge clubs are participating – Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull, Olicana, Sheffield. Wakefield, Wetherby and York. Please check out arrangements on your local bridge club website. All players will play the same boards and YCBA will produce a county-wide handicapped ranking. The pairs with the highest handicapped ranking will share a prize fund of £200, to be donated to a charity of their choice. Visitors are welcome to play at any of the above participating bridge clubs. We encourage ALL players, whatever your standard of play, to participate in this event.
Yorkshire’s A and C teams completed a highly successful Northern Bridge League season by winning the final round of matches, played on Saturday 17th October, and finishing top of their respective league tables. The NBL is played online using RealBridge – the season comprises four rounds of matches played monthly from July to October.
In the final round of matches Yorkshire A finished five points ahead of Manchester and extended their margin over their rivals in the league table to a whopping 56 points.
In the C division Yorkshire convincingly won the final round by ten points, and this was enough for them to leapfrog Manchester and win the division by the narrow margin of just six points.
The Yorkshire B team placed third in the final round of matches and, overall, were fourth in their division of the League.
Yorkshire’s A and C teams thus qualify for the finals of the National Inter-County League competition, which will take place in summer next year.
Congratulations and thanks to all who represented the county in this year’s NBL, and also to the selectors – Alan Brosgill, Dave Robinson, Nichola Cockerill-Smith, Bob Marchbank and Catherine Thompson. The Yorkshire bridge team will soon be in action again in the Tollemache Cup qualifying competition, which will be played online over the weekend of 7th and 8th November.
You can find more information about the final round of matches, including the team members, by clicking on the Inter-County tab above and navigating from there.
Great Northern 9-High 2026 Swiss Pairs Winners
4th October 2026
Barry Copley (left) Pauline Stout (center) Janet Walker (right)
1st: Janet Walker & Barry Copley 2nd: Jeanette Teare & Rosie Brown 3rd: Fiona Roberts & Stephen Sparham
The third round of matches took place on 12th September, online using RealBridge.
Yorkshire A comfortably won this series and now have a lead of 51 points over their nearest challengers, Manchester, so they are well placed to regain the NBL A Division title.
In the B division the county team lie fourth and are out of contention, but in the C division Yorkshire are second, just four points behind Manchester.
So all to play for in the final round of matches on 17th October!
A fuller report on the third round of matches, including details of the Yorkshire players, will be posted in the Inter-County page of the website within the next few days.
We are sad to report that Ted Latham died on August 18th. Ted was a Premier Grand Master and had been a stalwart of Yorkshire Bridge for over 5O years. He served on the main Yorkshire Committee in the 1980/90s and more recently had been a member of the Conduct Committee. He had represented Yorkshire frequently over 5 decades in county matches with his wife, Janet. He always enjoyed playing in congresses both at home and abroad and was particularly successful in the EBL-EBU seniors Congress which was held in Brighton in August 2003. He was 2nd in the pairs and with regular teammates Heather Hobson and Roy Garthwaite won the Seniors teams. He will be very much missed particularly at Harrogate Bridge Club where he has been a long-standing member. Outside of bridge, Ted played golf and was an ardent Arsenal fan, loving the fact that they won the premiership for the first time in 23 years! Funeral Arrangements Ted’s funeral will be at Stonefall Cemetary, Harrogate on Friday September 18th 1pm and afterwards at the Pavillions on the Yorkshire Showground which is opposite the Cemetary. Janet would be pleased to welcome Bridge playing friends who are able to attend.
