Division Two kept to schedule, playing a double round robin of ten matches to finish on Wednesday 25 May. Congratulation to the two top teams who have gained promotion to Division One for next season in the Autumn.

In first place finishing on 153.87 VPs (an average of 15.39 per match) was team McGuire (Ian Casselton, David Ewart, Hugh Mackie, Trevor Mathews, Brian McGuire, David Muller, Gordon Rainsford) getting a prize of £300.

And in second place on 130.17 VPs (an average of 13.02 per match) was team Bulgarian Rose Throwers (Alan Hayward, Phil King, Boris Nedev, Helen Rose, Henry Rose, Martin Stephens, James Thrower) getting £100. [See more…]

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Item posted 26 May 2022

Division One concluded on Wednesday 11 May.

In first place, repeating their win in the previous season and improving their performance by being unbeaten, was team De Botton (David Bakhshi, Janet de Botton, Thor Erik Hoftaniska, Artur Malinowski, Tom Townsend). They finished on 149.56 VPs (an average of 16.62 per match). This was the first Super League season played primarily face to face for a couple of years and accordingly we have a picture of four of the team at the post‑season celebrations in the bar on Wednesday evening.

And in second place on 120.78 VPs (an average of 13.42 per match) was team Tommasini (Mike Bell, Sarah Bell, Ollie Burgess, Ben Green, Tim Leslie, Ben Norton, Stefano Tommasini). [See more…]

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Item updated 17 May 2022

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

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

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Item posted 10 April 2022

We are very pleased to announce that, after fairly long‑drawn‑out negotiations, the YCBC has now signed a 30‑year lease on the club premises at the London MindSports Centre in Dalling Road. The signing of the lease and the agreement of a very favourable rent will provide the club with a permanent home for the foreseeable future. [See more…]

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Item posted 8 February 2022

YCKO 2022

Fourteen teams have entered this year’s competition. After seeding the teams by NGS, the draw (updated regularly with match results) has been made. The competition is under way with the play‑by date for Round Three being 5 June. Some matches from Round Two are still to be decided, but as soon as they are, please would the captains strive to catch up and meet the Round Three date.

Once the match has been played, please notify the result to the club manager 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. [See more…]

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Page last updated 26 May 2022

London MindSports Centre has acquired its second bridge client to run alongside YCBC. Ned Paul is moving his Tuesday evening New Chiswick Bridge Club duplicate to the MindSports Centre with effect from Tuesday 16 November 2021. Game time will be 7.15pm. [See more…]

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Item posted 9 November 2021

CALLING ALL GOLDHAWKS

It’s now a month since we started our Tuesday daytime sessions for the Goldhawks, and so far, numbers are pretty small. For the time being, we have abandoned the duplicate pairs idea and instead we have been running a supervised play session. This is led by one of our top players, Margaret Nygren, and is proving a great success. The atmosphere is completely relaxed with lots of chatter—mostly about bridge. [See more…]

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Item updated 9 November 2021, author Rosie White