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.
Carol & Ed
Glenda & Iwan
Leeds BC Swiss Pairs 2025 Winners
18th May 2025
1st: Stuart Davies & Steve Blackburn 2nd: Christine Child & Nigel Stuttard 3rd=: Malcolm Harrison & Erica Smith 3rd=: Tom Cohen & Athena Chow
1st: Cockerill-Smith N Cockerill-Smith, S Davies, P Murphy, L Fry 2nd: Optimists L Jackson, R Page, W Kemp, M Taylor 3rd: Contract Killers K Kayes, C Wilson, L Calvert, R White
The Yorkshire Trophy is a Jack High knockout competition for teams of four. The final of the 2024/25 competition produced a very close match between Team Kay from York Bridge Club and the Wetherby Bookworms. It was won on the final board by the York team (photo attached): – congratulations to Ian Johnson, Carol Heron, Stuart Kay and Danny Ungar.