Students visit The House of Lords You 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 The House of Lords Bridge Team. They were joined by Sophie Morris from Durham, a member of the Under 16 England Squad, and teams from 3 other schools. The students had a wonderful day which was funded by the English Bridge Educational and Development (EBED) charity, and the Yorkshire Bridge Contract Association. The trip was a reward for the York junior’s success at the National Championships in March when Bertie, Bethany and Levente were part of a team of 4 who came 3rd in the Hugh Scully Cup, behind the England Squad and European Champions.
Northern Bridge League
8th July 2025
Yorkshire lead in NBL C division
The first round of matches in the 2025 season of the Northern Bridge League was played online using RealBridge on Saturday 5th July. The Yorkshire team has established a lead of 11 points in the C division. In the A division Yorkshire is in second place just two points behind the leaders, Scotland. In the B division the county is equal third but only five points adrift of first-placed Lancashire. You can find a longer report, including team members, under the Inter-County tab of the website. For all rounds of the NBL, you can follow the progress of your favourite players online (almost live with a short delay) using the RealBridge Kibitz function.
Online Yorkshire League
7th July 2025
Leeds A and Barnsley Aces win Summer 2025 Online League
Congratulations to the Leeds A and Barnsley Aces teams who have won the first and second divisions respectively of the latest edition of the Online Yorkshire league. The Aces lost only one of their nine matches and averaged 15.00 compared with the 14.25 and 14.13 achieved by the Sheffield teams in second and third places (who each had a bye round so played only eight matches). It was much closer in the first division, where a big win in their final match saw Leeds overtake their rivals to take the title by three points from Sheffield B and five from Malton A.
The organisers would like to thank the match secretaries and team captains for their hard work in recruiting teams, liaising with team members and opponents and setting up matches, and everyone who took part as a player. In all 23 teams played 99 matches and all were completed by the final match day with only one postponement that we are aware of. A great achievement!
In the first division eight of the ten teams preferred to play their home matches on RealBridge with two choosing BBO. In the second division eight of the thirteen teams opted for BBO. There appears to be a trend towards RealBridge, perhaps as online players generally become more familiar with the platform.
The next staging of the Online Yorkshire League will be the Winter 2026 season with match days on Sundays 3th and 18th January 1st February. Make a note in your diaries now!
Entries open for YL2025-26
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 July. The list of fixtures will be issued shortly thereafter. Clubs may enter as many teams as they wish. The match days will be Sunday afternoons, starting on 19th October and then 2nd November, 23rd November, 7th December, 15th February, 8th March and 29th March.
Andrea Knox/Cass O’Donnell/Ann Wilkins/Jeff Wilkins
Club Tournament Director Training Course – 2025
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 Edwards to be held at York Bridge Club, The Green, Acomb, York YO26 5FG.
The course will run on 3 consecutive Saturdays, the 16th, 23th & 30th August, starting at 10.00am and finishing at 5.00pm with a break for lunch. Tea and coffee will be provided but attendees will be responsible for their own food.
If you wish to attend please contact:
Jim Edwards at TD@ycba.co.uk
In The South: Sheffield (October)
The Sheffield course will be run by Barrie Partridge, to be held at Sheffield Bridge Club.
The course will run on 3 Saturdays, the 4th, 11th & 25th October starting at 10.30am and finishing at 5.30pm with a break for lunch. Tea and coffee will be provided but attendees will be responsible for their own food.
1st: Carol Southby & Ed West 2nd: Glenda Bouttell & Iwan Williams 3rd: Andrew Hardy & Martin Evans
Full Results: Winners with handicap applied – click here.
Full Results: Winners without the handicap applied (Scratch Results) – click here.
Our 2 winning pairs in the handicapped ranking have each decided to donate their prize money to Parkinson’s UK. Congratulations to winners Carol Southby and Ed West (donating £125) and 2nd place Glenda Bouttell and Iwan Williams (donating £75).
Both winning pairs are pictured and are members of Olicana Bridge Club. Very well done to them, and thanks to all 188 pairs who participated in this enjoyable event.
