Agnes Baxter

It is with deepest sadness that we must tell you all that Agnes died this morning, Thursday 26th February.  Agnes was one of the club's stalwarts, having played here for many years reaching the rank of 3 Star Grand Master.  She was also a past Chairman of the club.

Our thoughts are with Peter and family.

More details about funeral arrangements will be put on the website when they become available.

Friday 13 March
12:45 for a 13:00 start

Illingworth Rose Bowl

This is a mixed pivot teams competition.  All teams will consist of four club 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 but normally there are two short sessions and one longer session, so most people opt to play the longer session with their regular partner.  The trick is to stick with a simple system that you're all familiar with.
So come along for a fun afternoon.

Teams of Four - Final Round

Monday 30th March - Evening Session

This is the fifth of the five teams events played on the fifth Mondays and Thursdays from July to March.  The best three of five results will determine which team is the overall winner of the Teams competition for 2025-26.  Teams are welcome to play as many or as few times as they wish and may use up to four HBC members as reserves.

Northern Easter Festival Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th April 2026 Crowne Plaza Hotel Harrogate

Hosted by YCBA on behalf of the EBU.

The programme comprises: on the Saturday, open Swiss Pairs (7×7 board matches) and a Nine High Swiss Pairs (5×5 board matches); and on the Sunday, Swiss Teams (7×7 board matches).

For full details and flyers click here to go to the YCBA website.

Friday 20th February

Club Mixed Pairs Competition - Paton Trophy

Congratulations to the winners Susan Bevington & Tim Emmott and to a very close second Rob Cave & Margaret Brien.

We are a welcoming and friendly bridge club catering for players of all standards.  We run six 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.

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

* Denotes first time promotion

We are running 3 teams of 4 pairs in the Yorkshire League this season, playing against other Yorkshire teams, with home and away fixtures.  The matches are played on a Sunday afternoon against players of roughly the same standard.  There are 7 divisions.

The remaining fixtures are on 8th March and 29th March.

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

Upcoming Events

YCBA
For details on all YCBA events click here.

For EBU events click here.

Schedule

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.