Yorkshire Contract Bridge Association

Club Tournament Director Training Course – Sheffield – October

25th June 2024

Once again, by popular demand, the YCBA  are running a Club Tournament Director Training Course with Barrie Partridge, to be held at Sheffield Bridge Club.

This is supported by the YCBA Bridge Development so the entry is FREE.

The course will run on 3 consecutive Saturdays, the 19^th, 26^th October & 2^nd November, 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.

If you wish to attend please contact:

Barrie Partridge at TD@sheffieldbridgeclub.co.uk or call him on                 01629 584567.  

England Seniors at the World Bridge games 

19th June 2024

David Robinson, partnering Tony Sowter (together with Malcom Pryor and David Kendrick) has qualified to represent England Seniors at the World Bridge games in Buenos Aries in October.

Yorkshire Mixed Pairs 2024 Winners

16th June 2024

1, Athena Chow & Tom Copeland ,63.74%
2, Ian Grant & Julie Grant ,60.38%
3, Sandra Penfold & Brian Senior ,57.02%
4, Robin Jepson & Angela Buckley ,54.74%
5, Gill Copeland & David Lewis ,54.05%
6, Dinah Stocken & Jack Stocken ,53.95%
7, Elizabeth Clarke & John Dalton ,53.85%
8, Bernard Burns & Jacqui Farrar ,50.89%
9, Karen Lemm & Martin Fenton ,50.59%
10= ,Clive Owen & Nichola Cockerill-Smith ,50.3%
10= ,Stuart Shalom & Barbara Eastabrook ,50.3%
12, Christine Stack & Adrian Dubel ,49.8%
13, Chris Boyes & Karen Kayes ,49.21%
14, Andrew Merrison & Ren Buss ,48.91%
15= ,Stephen Berson & Freda Conquest ,48.32%
15= ,Michael Overington & Lynda Baker ,48.32%
17, Dennis Thompson & Marilyn Monaghan ,48.02%
18, Christine Child & Terence Read ,47.92%
19, John Cole & Janet Leach ,44.86%
20, Patricia Sellwood & Peter Wallace ,44.66%
21, Gail Elliot & David Elliot ,43.77%
22, Paul Wright & Erica Smith ,42.79%
23, Myra Smith & Paul Simpkins ,42.29%
24, Janet Walker & Barry Copley ,41.3%

Session details

The eventual winners were not both members of YCBA so the winners trophy was awarded to Ian and Julie Grant.

Festival of Bridge 2024

11th June 2024

List of Yorkshire Club Events

The following events are being organised by bridge clubs throughout Yorkshire as part of the Festival of Bridge. Details of each event and how you can get involved are provided on the respective bridge club’s website. Brief details of the event and a link to the website is provided in the below table.

Yorkshire Congress 2024 Teams Winners

11th June 2024

1st: S Davies, N Cockerill-Smith, G Copeland, S Blackburn
2nd: S Smoczynski, C Robinson, A Jarvis, A Hayward
3rd: A Brosgill, R Jepson, N Woolven, M Edge

Full results

Yorkshire Congress 2024 Pairs Winners

11th June 2024

1st: Alan Jarvis & Alan Hayward
2nd: Richard Hilton & Don Hilton
3rd: Matt Brown & Croz Croswell

Full results

Yorkshire Congress 2024 9-High Winners

11th June 2024

1st: Pauline Stout & Ian Newsham
2nd= Justine Davies & Rebecca Pullan
2nd= Linda James & Anne Kimberley

Full results

Yorkshire win NICL final

4th June 2024

Yorkshire have won the A team final of the National Inter-County League – for the first time in the history of the competition.   There was also a strong performance by Yorkshire in the B team final – they were second.    Congratulations  to both teams and to the selectors.

Dave Robinson has sent the following report:

Well done Yorkshire A  team

It’s been a memorable year for the county.   We already were the winners of the inter-counties  President’s Cup and we had won the  Northern Bridge League for the first  time.

As winners of the NBL, we were invited to play a one day final against the winners of the other four  regional events. The previous year’s winners were also invited, to make a six  team final.

On Sunday the team of  Alan Jarvis  & Tom Copeland, Sandra Penfold & Brian Senior, Frank Dixon & Paul Brereton, and Tony Sowter & Dave Robinson made the arduous trip to RealBridge to compete.

After three of the five matches Kent, the previous winners, had a fair lead.

In the next round, Yorkshire had a good match and Kent a poor one.     So their lead was reduced to a  small but significant margin – and the teams would meet  in the last match of eight deals.   Yorkshire did well in the first four deals and had almost done enough to win, providing we had at least one good result in the last four.   We managed that, and kept our nerve, and in the end very much deserved the victory.

The good news too is Yorkshire automatically get a place in the final next year.

Special thanks to Alan  Brosgill  for his hard work behind the scenes.

Nelson Rose Bowl 2024 Winners

16th May 2024

1st: N Cockerill-Smith, S Davies, P Murphy, L Fry
2nd=: C Powne, C Kelly, T Hopkins, J Farrar
2nd:= S Flett, P Cooper, C Thompson, L Bridson

Full results

YCBA AGM 2024

7th May 2024

Date and venue of the AGM – 8th June starting at 11.00 am, at the Radisson Hotel, York – link to the Events Calendar for more information about the AGM, how to submit nominations for Officers and members of the Management Board, and how to propose Special Resolutions for consideration at the meeting.