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Northern MidWeek Congress

Crowne Plaza Hotel
Will be hosting on behalf of the EBU

Northern Midweek Congress 2023

Tuesday 22nd – Thursday 24th August

Scarborough Congress

Crown Spa Hotel
Will be hosting on behalf of the EBU

Scarborough Congress

Thursday 13th – Sunday 16th July

Yorkshire Win President’s Cup

Yorkshire have won the 2023  President’s Cup.  This long standing inter-counties face to face weekend event was originally for Northern teams  with occasional Welsh entrants.  While still true  today, the online competition  this year held on RealBridge included teams from Dublin, Gloucestershire and Sussex.

After 2 days of battle our team of 16  players (8 each day)  had won all 7 matches,  were 200 IMPs  ahead of the second placed team and had scored 114 Victory points out of 140 – that’s over 80% of the possible score. Only our old adversaries from Manchester managed to finish above average  with 76  VPs out of 140 so an immense gap between first and second.

On day 1,  all 4  Yorkshire pairs were in the top 10 of the pairs rankings  (37 pairs took part) and, on day 2,  3 Yorkshire  pairs were in the top 8 (36 Pairs took part).

The next  set of county  events are the 4 Northern League  matches.  We have never won Division 1.  Could this be our year?

The Names of the Yorkshire Team:

Dave Robinson & Tony Sowter, Sandra Penfold & Brian Senior, Alan Brosgill & Robin Jepson, Alan Jarvis & Tom Copeland, Fiona Brown & James Thrower, Keith Joules & David Waxman, Paul Brereton & Frank Dixon, and Mike Ferguson & Nick Woolven

Final Thoughts

Well done to everyone on a stunning performance over the weekend.
We won all of our matches .
It was a great team effort and everyone should be proud of the achievement. To win by 200 IMPS is massive.
Lets hope that this bodes well for the rest of the year
And don’t forget

YOU DID IT FOR YORKSHIRE !!!!

YCBA Clubs’ Grant – June Update

We have so far awarded five club grants totalling almost £4,000. 

Grants are for new equipment and to assist in premises rental for beginners’ teaching. 

There is still substantial money still available. 

Please contact guildbridge2@gmail.com for enquiry or to submit your grant application.

National Inter–County League Finals

National Inter–County League Finals played last Sunday, 18th June.

In the C final Yorkshire finished in a strong second place, just 3 VPs behind the winners, Northamptonshire. 

The Yorkshire team was  Peter Camm & Glyn Foley, Rod Hose & David Adams, David Wilson & Mark Ballantine, and Richard Hilton & Pauline Cooper.

Yorkshire qualified for the final by virtue of winning the C division of the Northern Bridge League in 2022.

Waddington Cup

York Bridge Club
Will be hosting on behalf of the YCBA

Waddington Cup – Teams

Sunday 9th July

Affiliated Teams 2023 Winners

1st: Janet Latham,Ted Latham,Catherine Thompson,Lesley Bridson
2nd: David Wilson,Terry Childs,Dennis Haines,Ian Cook
3rd: Christina Powne,Carole Kelly,Anthony Taglione,Bernard Burns
Full results

Congress Winners

Championship Pairs winners(Moortown Cup): Alan Brosgill/Robin Jepson

Mixed pairs winners: Jake and Abi Milne

Mens Pairs winners:Bob Loveridge/Nicholas Sutcliffe

Ladies Pairs winners: Babs Matthews/Joyce White

York Mount Trophy: Nick Woolven/Mike Ferguson

Championship Teams Winners: 

Alan Brosgill/Robin Jepson/Martin Edge/Mike Ferguson

B Division Teams winners: 

Nick Woolven/Alan Hayward/Alan Jarvis/tom Copeland

C Division  Teams winners:

Daniel Ungar/Rachel O’Brien/Elaine Hulley/Ray Lyall

Affiliated Teams

Doncaster Bridge Club
Will be hosting on behalf of the YCBA

Affiliated Teams

Thursday 22 June

New Bridge Teacher One Day Course in July

A compact and practical one day “Bridge Teacher Fundamentals” course is to run at Halifax Bridge Club on Monday 3 July 2023. This will cover the same subject material as in the standard two day EBED teacher course. 

Participants are limited to 12 persons at a special rate of £50 per attendee.

For information and booking, please contact Mark Humphris, EBED on:

e: mark@ebedcio.org.uk

T: 01296 317 218  

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