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Mike Scoltock RIP

We are very sad to report that Mike Scoltock has passed away on 21 March after a long illness.

Mike, who worked full time as a partner at Moore Kingston Smith, was also successful in one of his hobbies: bridge. He achieved the EBU rank of 4* Grand Master, but more particularly as a Young Chelsea member he played regularly for team Brock in Division One of the Super League. He also won the Young Chelsea Knockout more than once, most recently for team Brock in the 2023 season. Although he didn’t take part in the final, the team qualified to represent London in the county’s prestigious invitational teams event for the Ledrerer trophy. Mike played in that in February and helped London to a very creditable third place, the county’s best performance for many years. And he continued to enjoy online bridge right up to his passing.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to Mike’s family and friends.

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Item posted 28 March 2024

Congratulations to the YC members listed below who attained a promotion in EBU rank during March!

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Item posted 9 April 2024

Well done to team YC Evici: Hugo Jee, Liam Sanderson, David Willis, John Cox, Mohamed Mousa, Alex Hannon, Fabien Dunlop and Joseph Popovich. They won the London qualifying heat for the Garden Cities Trophy played at the club on Thursday 21 March.

The team will represent the Young Chelsea Bridge Club at the regional final on Saturday 11 May.

Full results on the LMBA website

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Item posted 31 March 2024

Congratulations to the YC members listed below who attained a promotion in EBU rank during February!

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Item posted 17 March 2024

Poster

Spring will soon be sprung, and bring with it the Young Chelsea Mixed Pairs Championship. The popular one‑day two‑session event, takes place this year on Sunday 19 May, starts at 1.00pm and should finish around 6.00pm. Last year’s winners were David Taylor & Victoria Haynes; this year it could be you. So, please note the date in your diary and, better still, register now.

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Item posted 16 March 2024

New Friday Morning Relaxed Duplicates

Starting on Friday 15 March, we will be running a new Friday morning duplicate game aimed at our less‑expert members. It will be an 18‑board pairs duplicate from 10.00am until 12.30pm, hosted by either Gitte Hecht‑Johansen or Shelley Shieff. All abilities will be welcome, but we expect most to be at or below a jack on the NGS scheme. Table money will be £8 a head and we hope it will prove popular with those who can make a daytime  game.

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Item posted 4 March 2024

After a fallow period, the Young Chelsea Championship Pairs was revived in 2024 and played on Sunday 28 January. The event has a handsome new trophy, the Franklin To Cup, generously donated by Franklin’s widow Macille. In 2012 Barry Myers and Franklin were the previous pair to have won the event and have their names recorded on the honours board.

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The event resolved into a two‑horse race between the winners and the runners‑up. Congratulation to Martin Nygren and David Willis, who prevailed with a score of 60.31%. They keep the trophy for a year and each received one of the increasingly rare YC 50^th anniversary coffee mugs as prizes. More importantly, their names go up on the honours baord.

Thank you, especially, to Franklin’s sons, Ainsley and Christopher, who took the time to come along to present the trophy and prizes, say a little about Franklin and chat with the contestants.

Results

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Item posted 30 January 2024

YCKO 2024

Seventeen teams have entered this year’s competition. The club will contact those teams which entered last year and have not yet done so this year.

After seeding the teams by NGS, the draw (updated regularly with match results) has been made. The competition is now under way and teams should contact their opponents to arrange a match date. Once the teams have a date agreed they should book the match in with the club at bookings@ycbc.co.uk. Only two teams, who should play their match as soon as possible, are involved in Round One The play‑by date for the Round Two matches is 24 March.

The club made a draw on Monday 21 August to decide the Quarter‑final matches (from possibilities that prevent teams which have already met from facing each other again):

The one semifinal match is:

The final match is:

Once your match has been played, please notify the result to the club at manager@ycbc.co.uk, stating the names of the players in both teams as well as the outcome. Team captains will be notified of their opponents for their next match as soon as the team to be played is known.

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The Young Chelsea Knockout (YCKO) is the club’s annual teams event that runs on “double elimination” lines—every team has to lose two matches before it is knocked out. Teams may consist of up to six players, all of whom must be YC members.

For 2024, the event will be played as a face‑to‑face competition with matches held at the club. Table money (inclusive of refreshments) per match will be £12.50 per player, all of whom must be paid‑up club members before taking part in a match. (Anyone who needs to may subscribe via the payments page.) Should the club exceptionally allow you to play a match online, the charge per match (debited from the captain’s/organizer’s YC account) will be the same as if played face to face. No other entry fee will be charged. Prize money will be £800 for the winning team, £300 for the runners‑up.

The winning team will hold the YCKO Trophy for the following year and will be eligible for a play‑off match against the team winning the LMBA London Championship Teams‑of‑four to decide which team will represent London in the 2024 Lederer invitation tournament.

Please enter by January on the registration page of the website. or by emailing the club manager at manager@ycbc.co.uk. (Entries are now closed.)

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Team Rosters

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Page last updated 8 April 2024

The final of the Young Chelsea Knockout 2023 took place on Saturday 13 January 2024. The teams contesting were Muller (David Muller, Trevor Mathews, Gordon Rainsford, Brian McGuire and Jonathan Lillycrop) and the undefeated Brock (Sally Brock, Barry Myers, Graham Osborne, Frances Hinden, Richard Fedrick and Mike Scoltock). Both teams played four‑handed  in the final with Lillycrop sitting out from team Muller and Fedrick & Scoltock sitting out from team Brock.

The match was close after 40 of the 48 deals, at which point Muller led by 4 IMPs. Unfortunately for Muller the sixth stanza didn’t go their way. Congratulations to team Brock who emerged victors by 23 IMPs.

The runners‑up receive a £300 prize while the winners get £800. The winners would normally play off against the London Teams‑of‑four winning team for a spot in London’s forthcoming prestigious Lederer invitational tournament. But since the other team in question already has a place in the Lederer, the Young Chelsea understands that team Brock will be invited in any case.

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Item posted 14 January 2024

We are delighted to announce that we have raised the grand total of £5,521.21 for the Help Ukraine Emergency Appeal. The club organised a special fundraising duplicate on 6 March and our Ukrainian staff rallied round baking cakes and donating Ukrainian goods for sale. The event attracted a great mix of club members and others, all of whom gave very generously and the funds rolled in. We are very grateful to all, and every penny will go to the Ukrainian people. [See more…]

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Item posted 9 March, updated 19 March 2022