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27th January 2025
It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Judith Biles. Judith was a member at both Keighley and Ilkley bridge clubs and served on the selection committee for the Yorkshire teams to play in the Northern Bridge League for many years, as well as representing the county in that competition.
Her funeral is on Tuesday 11th February at 10.50am at Skipton Crematorium BD23 3BT with refreshments to follow at Herriots Hotel in Skipton BD23 1RT.
27th January 2025
1st: Karen Kayes & Carole Wilson
2nd: Ian Newsham & Pauline Stout
3rd: Shiela Puri & Rajiv Puri
26th January 2025
1st: Tom Gisborne & Sandy Davies
2nd: Mike Jackson & John Hayton
3rd: Nick Woolven & Geoff Kenyon
7th December 2024
Winter season of OYL starts soon
32 teams have entered the Winter 2025 season of the Online Yorkshire League.
There will be three divisions of 10, 10 and 12 teams.
On each match day teams, who represent clubs affiliated to YCBA, play three matches of eight boards using BBO or RealBridge.
The matches are on Sunday afternoons, 5th and 19th January and 2nd February.
13th November 2024
FROM the recent European women’s training event on RealBridge.
The post-mortem was led by Sabine Auken, author of I Love This Game.
The top two teams were both English.
The winners were Gill Copeland and Nichola Cockerill Smith, Catherine Thompson and Lesley Bridson;
in second place were Jacqueline Farrar and Christina Powne, Dina Bennett and Harriet Cork.
13th November 2024
The winners of the EBU Overseas Congress Swiss Teams were
Stuart Davies
Nichola Cockerill-Smith
Lesley Bridson
Catherine Thompson
11th November 2024
Yorks miss out on Tolle final place
Yorkshire’s quest for a place in the final of the intercounty Tollemache Cup has been unsuccessful once again. The qualifying round was played online using RealBridge over the weekend of 9th and 10th November 2024.
25th October 2024
Adjustments for players with disabilities
Clubs may be interested to know that the EBU’s Bridge Warehouse now stock decks of large figure playing cards suitable for players with impaired vision.
21st October 2024
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.
6th October 2024
1st: Alan Hayward & Alan Jarvis
2nd: Steve Raine & Adam Hickman
3rd=: Andy Cope & Oscar Selby
3rd=: Ryan Stephenson & Arthur Hughes
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