The YCBA promotes, manages and supports EBU affiliated
competitive bridge play in our county.
15th September 2024
The 2024 season of the Northern Bridge League
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.
10th September 2024
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.
14th July 2024
Click for a report posted on the Inter-County page.
14th July 2024
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
9th July 2024
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.
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 19th, 26th October & 2nd 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.
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.
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%
The eventual winners were not both members of YCBA so the winners trophy was awarded to Ian and Julie Grant.
11th June 2024
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.
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
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