Yorkshire win B division of the Northern Bridge League
16th October 2025
Yorkshire win B division of the Northern Bridge League
The final round of matches in this year’s NBL took place on 11th October, and the Yorkshire team has won the B divisions by the convincing margin of 34 victory points ahead of Lancashire. They will compete in the final of the National Inter-County League competition next summer.
Yorkshire teams finished equal third in the A division, and also third in the C division.
The match days for the 2026 NBL have been announced. They are Saturdays 11th July, 15th August, 12th September, and 17th October.
YCBA Podcast – Café Bridge In Wetherby
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 listen for any club that is thinking of holding their own local event.
Great Northern Swiss Pairs 2025 Winners
28th September 2025
1st: Steve Raine & Matt Brown 2nd: Robin Jepson & Alan Brosgill 3rd=: Keith Joules & David Beck 3rd=: Liam Fegarty & Jamie Fegarty
For more information contact: academy@theyorkbridgeclub.com
Cafe Bridge Photos
27th August 2025
Cafe Bridge Results
27th August 2025
Café Bridge came to Yorkshire
On 26th August YCBA ran a successful café bridge pilot in Wetherby. There were 80 bridge players, and due to the capacity of the 5 venues, we couldn’t fully satisfy the demand for the event.
Players seemed to be enjoying this new experience, and all the venues were happy to increase their turnover, each serving 16 covers and taking additional drink sales. It was a win-win for all parties.
YCBA would like to run more café bridge events, either in Wetherby or in other towns or cities in Yorkshire. We hope this can happen in partnership with our bridge clubs.
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 the Leagues tab.
58 teams have entered the League, an increase of two on last year.
We welcome five new teams and three clubs have each withdrawn a team.
There will be seven divisions again, with ten teams in division 7.
The first match day is Sunday 19th October.
Cafe Bridge comes to Yorkshire
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 not taken off in Yorkshire. We think we might be missing something, hence running a pilot event with a view to rolling it out in other locations.
The cost of the event is £25, which including a good lunch and £5 to be donated to Martin House Children’s Hospice in Boston Spa.
The winners of the Waddington cup, York A. They won both sessions comfortably for an impressive final margin of +149 IMPs. Left to right, David Beck, Keith Joules, Chris Child, Tom Cohen.
In second place was the Wetherby team of Mark Hatfield, Robert Cave, John Kitteridge & Mary Maybank, with +60 IMPs,
and in third place was Olicana (Jacqui Farrar, Tish Hopkins, Tim Emmott, Christina Powne).
