In this podcast, Lesley Millet interviews Rowena White and Richard Croot about youth bridge development, focusing especially on Yorkshire. Rowena describes running a long-standing school bridge club and a weekly youth academy that is informal, free, inclusive, and flexible to... Read More...
Podcast 3 – Competitions and Tournaments
By Jim Edwards
16th December 2025
"Podcast 3 - Competitions and Tournaments In this 12 minute podcast, Leley and Nick give a run through on the importance of competitions and how our annual YCBA competitions calendar is structured to benefit all of our members." Read More...
Podcast 2: Promoting Duplicate Bridge in Yorkshire
By Jim Edwards
6th November 2025
YCBA are set up to promote duplicate bridge in Yorkshire, and the encouragement of inter-club, inter-county, and national competitions. YCBA are also responsible, as a not-for-profit organisation, for deploying its funds to best effect. But how do our objects translate... Read More...
YCBA Podcast – Café Bridge In Wetherby
By Jim Edwards
1st October 2025
To keep our members and clubs well informed, we are launching our own YCBA podcast programme Our first podcast, (click for audio file) gives the insider experience of our successful August Café Bridge day and is an invaluable 14 minutes... Read More...
Chair’s Blog September 2023
By Jim Edwards
18th September 2023
As we enter our Winter bridge season, we are seeing positive signs for our clubs’ future. It’s been a slow climb out from the pandemic hiatus but our session levels are now close to pre-covid levels and moving forward. Nationally,... Read More...
Chairs Blog May 2023
By Jim Edwards
16th May 2023
Chair’s Blog Spring/Summer 2023 As we approach the summer months you may think that would be a slow down in the bridge world, but oh no. As you will be aware the summer online league will continue and the Sundays... Read More...
CHAIRMAN’S BLOG
By Jim Edwards
11th January 2023
A happy new year to you all and I hope your bridge playing exploits, whether on-line or face to face, continue to give you enjoyment over the coming year. Also, congratulations to each and every one of you for winning... Read More...
Philip Mason (1938 – 2021)
By YCBAUsr
6th June 2021
It was with deep sadness that we were informed that Philip Mason the YCBA President and former Chairman had passed away on 5 June 2021. The funeral, by invitation only, was held on Tuesday 6 July 2021 in East Yorkshire.... Read More...
Chairman’s April 2021 update
By YCBAUsr
27th April 2021
Well, here we are in April with some beautiful weather and wondering how much has changed from this time last year. At least we have May 17th to look forward to in the first instance and then June 21st after... Read More...
