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Contact

For further information on all events please contact Jan Bailey. Email: jan.bailey@gcba.org.uk or Tel: 07988 810990

Youth Bridge is controlled by EBED the teaching and development arm of the English Bridge Union. To learn more of their role Click Here.

Welcome to GYB

The home of Gloucestershire Youth Bridge - a GCBA venture
We aim: to build our first County Youth Bridge team, and to offer matches to neighbouring counties

A Summer Weekend of Fun Bridge
for young people and their families

29th - 31st August - Kings Park Centre Northampton
Check in from 4pm Friday 29th August

Full Board - £150  (£130 early bird price)

Book by end of July: Email lisa@ebedcio.org.uk 
or call Lisa 01296 317217 (Mon - Wed 7:15 to 3:00pm)

The Wessex Junior Bridge Spring Camp

On the 5th/6th April over 50 young people attended the camp, 10 of whom came from Gloucestershire.  Great fun was had by all, with lots of really good bridge teaching and lots of indoor and outdoor activities for everyone to enjoy. 

Congratulations to Oliver, Patrick, Maegan and Daniel for achieving their Bronze awards. 

The final event was the Swiss pairs competition on Sunday afternoon, where they, along with Archer, Matilda, George and Barnaby, played against adults and members of the England U21 squad. 

A special mention for George, who with his partner came 13th and to Maegan and Daniel who came 15th out of 32 pairs. There were 7 adult pairs above them whose scores didn’t count, effectively giving George 6th place and Maegan and Daniel 8th place. Maegan and Daniel were top of the Bronze group and were each awarded an Easter Egg see the photo to the right. 

Sir Thomas Rich's School

First Meeting of their new after school Bridge Club - 2nd April 2025.

Sir Thomas Rich's School also has a 6th Form bridge group running as part of their enrichment curriculum

F2F Sessions for Young People at Cheltenham Bridge Club

Bridge and MiniBridge, are both fantastic games and great fun for all ages!

New players will be taught MiniBridge which is a simplified version of Bridge and suitable for young people who will quickly aspire to play the full game. At whatever level they play, young players will make friends and enjoy the challenge. It also helps develop skills in maths, non-verbal reasoning, problem solving and the ability to focus and concentrate, as well as a range of social and behavioural skills.

Enrol your Child/Grandchild and - enjoy a break, come and watch or come and play with them at Cheltenham Bridge Club
Sundays 4-6pm: 27th April, 1st June & 29th June
Time: 4-6pm, Cost: £2 which includes refreshments


Join the Online Generation Game

A great opportunity for young players to practise their bridge skills on line, at home:
Sundays: 13th April, 18th May, 15th June, 6th July They will need to use a tablet, laptop, PC or Mac.
Time: 6.30-7.30pm


Junior Bridge Club Online - Thursday After School 

This session run for young people on RealBridge. It is a great opportunity to practice the skills learned in your face to face sessions. 

As it is for young people only (plus EBED staff who are all DBS checked), we are asking for parental permission for you to join in, and hence for your responsible adult to complete the form accessible via this link Parental Permission Form.

The RealBridge club will meet every Thursday 4:15 to 6:15pm and a link to the game will be emailed to you on the Tuesday before the event starts. You don't have to attend for the whole of the session but would ask that you turn up before 5:30pm.


F2F sessions held at Cheltenham Bridge Club, 4 Tivoli Rd, Chelteham, GL50 2TG

Why Do We Play Bridge?
Bridge is a Card Game that is Fun & Makes you Think

All you need is 4 people and a pack of cards to play anywhere in the world

It makes your brain work and every few minutes you have a new challenge
You can play for 5 minutes or 5 hours.  Every hand is an adventure
You can sit around any table – on a train – on the floor – in the playground – at home

Or you can get really good and enter competitions all over the UK and the world!

You can play on the internet – maybe with someone in Brazil or Australia?

It is as fun and as fascinating as any computer game (and we still beat the computers)

Bridge is sociable - it is an easy way to meet people wherever you go

It does not cost much – very important if you are at school or university

There is always someone to help you get started or to get better  - just ask us!

Save the Date

FUN WEEKEND

GCBA - with the help of CBC and EBED will be running a non-residential bridge weekend, the 18th and 19th October, 9:00-16:30 both days. 
Held at Cheltenham Bridge Club and costing £5 per day.

What is Youth ?

As far as we are concerned - anyone of school age counts.  Which does means quite an age range and potentially quite a range of experience.  The youngest we see regularly at youth events are about 8 years old but there is occasionally one who is younger.

Results
Wessex Youth Weekend
Director: Ro
Scorer: Ro
YB Saturday both
Director: Patrick
Scorer: Patrick
YB speedball
Director: Patrick
Scorer: Patrick
Grand Prix Northampton Saturda
Scorer: Robin Barker