Tuesday 16th to Friday 19th April The builder has been delayed and will start the rendering work this week. Please do not park in the rear yard in the daytime this week from Tuesday to Friday until the contractors vans have left each day.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Stan Robertson

Monday 29th April 7:15pm

This is a mixed pivot teams of four event.  All teams will consist of four HBC members and contain at least one lady and one gentleman.  Everyone plays a few boards with their other three team members.  The movement depends on the number of teams and will be determined by the TD.

Continuing Advanced Bridge Seminars
With Michael Byrne
Saturday 25th May

The 4th seminar: Defence and Opening Leads

For more details of the interactive bridge workshop with England international bridge player Michael Byrne please click on the link for more details. Advanced Bridge Seminars flyer seminar 4

We are a welcoming and friendly bridge club catering for players of all standards.  We run seven pairs sessions per week. Master points are awarded.  We also have classes for beginners and intermediates, and occasional instruction on specific topics.

For the more competitive players we have three teams in the Yorkshire Sunday League.   Many of our players also group together to make teams of four that play in the Harrogate and District Bridge League against more local opposition.

Harrogate Bridge Club is located in the centre of this beautiful spa town.  The club has its own private licensed premises and is well established with over 250 members. 

Visiting pairs are always made welcome.

New Competitions for 2024-25

The committee has decided to introduce some new competitions starting in April.  They will be in addition to the current format.

• Wednesday evenings an additional trophy
• The most improved player based on NGS
• The Mens, Ladies and Mixed pairs competitions will have an additional prize for the best pair based on a handicap.

For full competition details for 2024-25, including dates, click on the tab in the lefthand menu.

Friday Duplicate Sessions
13:00 for a 13:15 start

We are pleased to announce that from 1st March there will be a session every Friday afternoon.

We will need the support of members attending for this to be a success so please let us know if you're prepared to help with setting up the movements, scoring, handing out equipment etc.

If you would like to join us and don't have a partner please contact Julie Godbold.

Yorkshire League Teams of Eight 2023-24

The final matches of the Yorkshire League have now been completed and our congratulations go to the B team who have finished top of Division 4.  Well done to everyone who played!!!

The A and D teams finished fifth in their respective divisions.

The full YCBA league tables and results can be found by clicking here

Congratulations to the following members who have recently earned Master Point promotions.

* Denotes first time promotion

Schedule

** New ** Lessons for Autumn 2023

Beginners

Thursdays 10:00am 
Starting 28th September

Email Rob to book into the lesson

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Improvers

Mondays 10:00am 
Starting 25th September

This will run again for those who want more lessons in all aspects of bridge, bidding and play issues that come up in general sessions that students are already playing in.

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If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Rob Cave robcave@live.co.uk.  Cost : £7 per 2 hour lesson.  There is no need to book in advance, just turn up!  

An EBU textbook is available for purchase from Rob.  Rob is an EBU qualified bridge teacher.

Upcoming Events

YCBA
For details on all YCBA events click here.

For EBU events click here.

From 7th August 2023

The EBU has introduced some new alerting, announcing and bidding rules.
 

• *** New Announcing and Alerting Summary 2023***
• Reasons for and details of the Blue Book changes
• Blue Book list of changes
• White Book list of changes
• Blue Book Aug 2023 (with change marks)
• White Book Aug 2023
• Announcements and Alerting Table 2022

The content of these books applies to all events held on or after 7th August 2023. Please be tolerant of players who don’t get all the updated procedures exactly right straight away – it’s meant to be an exercise in informing your opponents of your methods, not an excuse for trying to get one over on them!

The committee would like to take this opportunity to remind players that 'Best Behaviour at Bridge' must be adhered to at all times.  This is essential to ensure that all our members enjoy their games of bridge.  Please take the time to read the new 'Best Behaviour at Bridge' statement from the EBU.  Click here to go to the tab.

Rob Cave
Chairman

 The club uses air purifiers with HEPA filters to provide clean air in playing rooms.