OLICANA BRIDGE CLUB DIAMOND JUBILEE 1963 to 2023

18th September 2023

Olicana Bridge Club in the centre of the delightful West Yorkshire town of Ilkley is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee in 2023. Every 60 days or so throughout the year we have celebrated a diamond day to enable as many as possible of our over 300 members to take part. Players enjoyed their bridge with a celebration cake and a fun mystery competition with prizes. These have been popular as was our special Sunday Social event on Sunday 30^th July when around 40 members enjoyed the bridge accompanied by strawberries and cream, Prosecco and light snacks.

Olicana has a strong commitment to helping people to  learn bridge and to improve their game at all levels. We run a series of Saturday seminars for both intermediate and advanced players which are well attended.  Our new series of bridge courses starting this autumn (both face to face and online) will have over 80 individuals participating to learn the wonderful game of bridge.

Each week Olicana runs six sessions in our club including weekly guided bridge events plus two online sessions (one on BBO and one on Real Bridge). Ilkley is a popular town and we offer a warm welcome to visiting pairs.

https://www.bridgewebs.com/olicana/

Help TD Students

27th August 2023

Could the students doing the Club Directors Course in York starting 9-Sep-2023, send me their email details. It is unlikely that Barrie Partridge will be well enough to take the first part of the course. The course will still go ahead but we need to know who will be attending.
My email is jimedwards.bridge@gmail.com
Thanks

Club Membership – Open Days

10th August 2023

Club Membership – Open Days

York is the fastest growth club in Yorkshire and has recently held several successful open days. Read more about how York sets these up – see link.

Yorkshire League expands to 56 teams

9th August 2023

Yorkshire League expands to 56 teams

The fixtures for the 2023-24 season of the Yorkshire League are now available on the website (click on Leagues on the taskbar above).    A total of 56 teams have entered, so this year the League will have seven divisions.

The first match day is on Sunday 8th October, with three more match days before Christmas and the remaining three in February and March next year.

GNSP 2023

28th July 2023

It’s not too late to enter

The Great Northern Swiss Pairs

at the Village Hotel and Spa in Headingley Leeds

Sat 30th September – Sun 1st October Details

Waddington Cup 2023 Winners

26th July 2023

The winners of the Waddington Cup (Frank Dixon/Tim Prior/Keith Joules/Christine Child) representing York BC.

Northern MidWeek Congress

19th July 2023

Crowne Plaza Hotel
Will be hosting on behalf of the EBU

Northern Midweek Congress 2023

Tuesday 22nd – Thursday 24th August

Scarborough Congress

10th July 2023

Crown Spa Hotel
Will be hosting on behalf of the EBU

Scarborough Congress

Thursday 13th – Sunday 16th July

Yorkshire Win President’s Cup

26th June 2023

Yorkshire have won the 2023  President’s Cup.  This long standing inter-counties face to face weekend event was originally for Northern teams  with occasional Welsh entrants.  While still true  today, the online competition  this year held on RealBridge included teams from Dublin, Gloucestershire and Sussex.

After 2 days of battle our team of 16  players (8 each day)  had won all 7 matches,  were 200 IMPs  ahead of the second placed team and had scored 114 Victory points out of 140 – that’s over 80% of the possible score. Only our old adversaries from Manchester managed to finish above average  with 76  VPs out of 140 so an immense gap between first and second.

On day 1,  all 4  Yorkshire pairs were in the top 10 of the pairs rankings  (37 pairs took part) and, on day 2,  3 Yorkshire  pairs were in the top 8 (36 Pairs took part).

The next  set of county  events are the 4 Northern League  matches.  We have never won Division 1.  Could this be our year?

The Names of the Yorkshire Team:

Dave Robinson & Tony Sowter, Sandra Penfold & Brian Senior, Alan Brosgill & Robin Jepson, Alan Jarvis & Tom Copeland, Fiona Brown & James Thrower, Keith Joules & David Waxman, Paul Brereton & Frank Dixon, and Mike Ferguson & Nick Woolven

Final Thoughts

Well done to everyone on a stunning performance over the weekend.
We won all of our matches .
It was a great team effort and everyone should be proud of the achievement. To win by 200 IMPS is massive.
Lets hope that this bodes well for the rest of the year
And don’t forget

YOU DID IT FOR YORKSHIRE !!!!

YCBA Clubs’ Grant – June Update

24th June 2023

We have so far awarded five club grants totalling almost £4,000. 

Grants are for new equipment and to assist in premises rental for beginners’ teaching. 

There is still substantial money still available. 

Please contact guildbridge2@gmail.com for enquiry or to submit your grant application.