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Watch Yorkshire’s bridge team in action this weekend

  • By Jim Edwards
  • 2nd November 2026
Watch Yorkshire’s bridge team in action this weekend On 7th and 8th November, Yorkshire's bridge team will be playing in the qualifying competition of the EBU’s Tollemache Cup.    About 31 counties will be taking part.   Last year Yorkshire... Read More...

Handicapped SIM Pairs

  • By Jim Edwards
  • 28th October 2026
Handicapped SIM PairsYCBA are running a handicapped SIM Pairs competition on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th November.Nine Yorkshire bridge clubs are participating – Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull, Olicana, Sheffield. Wakefield, Wetherby and York.Please check out arrangements on your local bridge... Read More...

Ted Latham Obituary

  • By Jim Edwards
  • 25th August 2026
TED LATHAM OBITUARY We are sad to report that Ted Latham died on August 18th.Ted was a Premier Grand Master and had been a stalwart of Yorkshire Bridge for over 5O years. He served on the mainYorkshire Committee in the 1980/90s and more... Read More...

Yorkshire League fixture list released

  • By Jim Edwards
  • 16th August 2026
Yorkshire League fixture list released The fixtures for the 2026-27 season of the Yorkshire League have been released.   Find them by clicking on the Leagues tab above and navigate from there. 58 teams will be taking part, in seven... Read More...

Podcast 6 – Growing a Bridge Club in a Rural Setting

  • By Jim Edwards
  • 12th August 2026
Steve Wilson and Mick Heyworth from Northallerton Bridge Club in conversation with Lesley Millet Read More...

David Dunsby

  • By Jim Edwards
  • 19th July 2026
David Dunsby It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of David Dunsby. David was a former long-standing member of Doncaster Bridge Club and mainstay of their A team, usually partnered by his wife Sheila. He ... Read More...

Café Bridge in North Leeds

  • By Jim Edwards
  • 6th July 2026
The event is Full - waiting list only Café Bridge in North Leeds YCBA, assisted by Leeds bridge club, are running a café bridge event in north Leeds (Roundhay) on Tuesday 8th September (11am to 4.15pm). The promotional flier is... Read More...

Academy Award Winners

  • By Jim Edwards
  • 23rd June 2026
The Academy held the annual award presentation on Thursday. The following awards were awarded: Nora Penn Award - JoshRunner up for the Nora Penn Award - Barnaby EBED Silver - JoshBronze - OscarBronze - OceanBronze - BarnabyBronxe - JacobMinibridge -... Read More...

Sandra Penfold

  • By Jim Edwards
  • 14th May 2026
1946-2026 Obituary by Brian Senior: Sandra Penfold (1946-2026) Though originally from Paignton in Devon, Sandra Penfold lived most of her adult life in Yorkshire, having had the good sense to marry a Yorkshireman, Martin Penfold. Together they built Swift Research,... Read More...

YCBA AGM 2026

  • By Jim Edwards
  • 7th May 2026
YCBA AGM 2026 Please make a note in your diaries that our AGM will be held at 10:00 on Saturday 13th June, in the Cairn Hotel, Harrogate. It will precede the start of the Yorkshire Festival of Bridge. We are... Read More...
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