Yorkshire teams have completed a remarkable season in the 2024 Northern Bridge League by finishing in first place in all three divisions.
The final round of matches was played on 19th October. In the A division this round was won by Merseyside & Cheshire, but over the season as a whole Yorkshire were more consistent and finished 11 victory points clear of their rivals.
Yorkshire entered two teams in the B and C divisions. In the B division, the final round was won by Manchester, but our teams had built a substantial lead at the top of the table, and in the end it was Yorkshire 2 that prevailed by 18 victory points ahead of Yorkshire 1 with the others trailing by a distance.
In the C division, Merseyside & Cheshire won the final round and in the process overtook Yorkshire 2. Yorkshire 1 however finished as champions, 36 victory points clear of Merseyside with Yorkshire 2 another 13 points adrift.
Yorkshire A, B2 and C1 will be eligible to play in the finals of the National Inter–Counties League taking place next summer. Congratulations to all and thanks to the players for supporting the competition and to the selectors for their hard work in ensuring the county fielded five highly competitive teams on all four match days.
A more detailed report, including the players in the final round of matches, will be posted on the Leagues page in the near future.
GNSP 2024 Winners
6th October 2024
1st: Alan Hayward & Alan Jarvis 2nd: Steve Raine & Adam Hickman 3rd=: Andy Cope & Oscar Selby 3rd=: Ryan Stephenson & Arthur Hughes Full results
GNSP 9-high 2024 Winners
6th October 2024
1st: Ian Newsham & Pauline Stout 2nd: Peter Farmer & Chris Farmer 3rd: Cathy Wood & Michael Pointon Full results
Isle of Man Congress Results
18th September 2024
Jacqui Hutchinson & Robert Eaton hit the top 10 in the Festival Pairs – Well done.
The following Yorkshire players had some success here: All in top 10 listed.
Festival Pairs (31 pairs) 4th Freda Conquest & Stephen Berson 7th Paul Belsten & Stuart Davies 8th Gill Copeland & Rickard Pike 10th Jacqui Hutchinson & Robert Eaton
Swiss Pairs (42 pairs) 2nd Paul Belsten & Stuart Davies
Swiss Teams (20 teams) 1st Ted & Janet Latham, Lesley Bridson & Catherine Thompson 4th= Freda Conquest & Stephen Berson +2 7th Richard Pike & Nichola Cockerill-Smith, Paul Belsten & Stuart Davies 9th= Carole Kelly & Geoff Kenyon, Gill Copeland & Steve Blackburn
As part of the Festival of Bridge week, a Golf/Bridge day on Friday 13th! was organised by Mark Dunkley and Alastair Davidson on behalf of the YCBA.
Beautiful weather arrived for the golf and 3 fourballs teed off. Michael Pointon and Steve Smith won this part of the competition with a score of 39 points.
After a lovely lunch, the bridge started with an all play all Howell. The winners of this were Martin Edge and Nick Woolven who were the overall winners after combining the golf and Bridge scores.
A great day was had by all with the hope that this may be a fixture in the calendar every year. Our thanks to Thirsk and North Allerton Golf club who provided a lovely course, good food and accommodation for the bridge. Also to Jim Edwards who very kindly agreed to direct.
The match days in 2024 will be Saturdays 13th July, 17th August, 14th September and 19th October. We will post here a short report on the outcome of all of these matches.
As part of the Festival of Bridge week, the EBU held a handicapped pairs event on Sunday involving 12 clubs and 234 pairs. The winners were Lesley Bridson and Catherine Thompson who played at Harrogate, whilst 3rd place went to Barbara Adam and Bill Ewart, who played at Wakefield. Congratulations to both these pairs on a great result.
Yorkshire teams lead all three divisions of the NBL
1st York 2: T Cohen, T Prior, K Joules, C Child 2nd Leeds: M Ott, T Read, N Stuttard, A Wood 3rd= York 1: S Borman, D Maultby, A Merrison, C Irvin 3rd= Sheffield: R Pike, S Davies, M Pomfrey, D Fletcher
Congratulations to Sheffield A and Hull , who are the divisional winners of the Summer 2024 season of the Online Yorkshire League. Please click here for more information and results of the competition.
