The YCBA promotes, manages and supports EBU affiliated
competitive bridge play in our county.
5th April 2021
Congratulations go to Yorkshire player Fiona Brown who with her partner Nigel Bird from London came 2nd in the annual EBU Portland Pairs event on 28 March with a score of 61.52% in a field of 133 pairs.
5th April 2021
A short 9 match season of the Online Yorkshire Yorkshire League for Club teams of four will be held on 23rd May, 27th June and 18th July.
Information and entry forms have been sent to Club match secretaries and further details will appear under the Leagues menu when available. Closing date for entries is 9th May.
27th March 2021
EBU National Pairs (Combined Heats) were held on 21 March 2021
Yorkshire players fared well in the event with Brian Senior partnering Clive Owen (NE) to 2nd place, with 63.93%, Tony Sowter and Dave Robinson in 3rd with 62.65%, and Nick Woolven and Mike Ferguson finishing in 15th with 59.12%. A total of 237 pairs competed.
A number of other Yorkshire pairs also finished in the top 50 and will compete in the all play all national final to be held on 10 and 11 April 2021.
16th March 2021
Simon Woolham, Chair of Sheffield BC and David Guild of YCBA were interviewed about online teaching bridge on BBC Radio Sheffield morning show at 7.50am 15 March 2021. The interview is available on BBC Sounds here starting at 1:51:00 or below
13th March 2021
Congratulations go to Yorkshire pair Amanda and Michael Bowden from Leeds BC who won the the EBU Masters Pairs event on 28 February with a score of 66.76% in a field of 263 pairs.
Other notable performances were from Alan Barnett and Alan Harte, also of Leeds BC who finished 10th with a score of 60.82%, and Richard and Jennifer Ellis of Wakefield and Doncaster BCs who were 16th with 59.06%.
13th March 2021
A friendly match was played on Thursday 11th March, organised by Surrey CBA and the YCBA and coordinated by Oliver Cowan.
The idea was to make it a friendly match of 20 boards, involving 4 teams of 4, across a spectrum of NGS grades and to have a ‘Dales and Hills‘ virtual trophy which would be competed for bi-annually.
The result was a fine win for the county with the following results:
Team
1
2
3
4
YCBA
14
16
15
12
SCBA
6
4
5
8
Team members
John Hayton/Mike Jackson & Robin Jepson/Nick Woolven
Julia Staniforth/Bob Brown & Brian Davison/John Cole
Gill and Alastair Copeland & Lesley and Ron Millet
Pauline Stout/Ian Newsham & Iwan and Maureen Williams
Congratulations to all who took part in this very enjoyable event, with nothing at stake but the pride of the county (and a bit of personal pride!).
2nd March 2021
Results for the YCBA February ‘Elevenses’ and ‘Stepping Stones Events are now available.
Both events were well attended with 56 pairs taking part in the ‘Stepping Stones’ session.
2nd March 2021
The 28rd February ‘Stepping Stones’ was won by Val Carter and Christine Daley. The top three and results links are shown below
Winners
2nd Place
3rd Place
71.60 %
67.44 %
66.51 %
Val Carter and Christine Daley
Susan Lomas and Paul Simpkins
Helen Oglesby and Tricia Bland
26th February 2021
The 23rd February ‘Elevenses Pairs’ was won by Edward Pearson & Andrew Stephens. The top three and results links are shown below
Winners
2nd Place
3rd Place
63.79 %
62.69 %
59.50 %
Edward Pearson & Andrew Stephens
Graham Jepson and Janet Thompson
David Houghton and Freda Houghton
16th February 2021
23 February – YCBA will be running the third of these friendly online “Elevenses” events
Yorkshire folk like nothing more than a cuppa at 11am so we incorporate that in our Elevenses Event, where we will provide the bridge and you provide your own tea or coffee and biscuits!.
28 February – A second YCBA ‘Stepping Stones’ event for players graded 5 or below on the NGS scale.
Following the BBO session, a hand commentary will be provided together with an online Zoom meeting where you can ask questions and discuss the hands.
For more details and an entry form. please see the event calendar.
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