Goldhawks bridge is now well established as the social bridge section of the Young Chelsea Bridge Club. Goldhawks currently meet every Tuesday at 11.00am for social bridge play which runs until around 3.00pm with a break for lunch.
To complement these play sessions, a programme of seminars is now being introduced. Starting on Thursday 20 January, and thereafter every alternate Thursday, there will be afternoon seminars on specific topics, aimed at helping social bridge players to improve their bridge. The seminars will be presented by Chris Duckworth (formerly EBU Education Manager and a very experienced teacher) and will comprise a short interactive period of tuition followed by plenty of practice play of selected hands to help consolidate learning.
Full details of these, including the schedule of dates and topics to be covered in the first six seminars, are in this poster. Whilst many YCBC members will find the seminars pitched at too basic a level, there may well be some who would find them of benefit. Alternatively, if you know someone who would enjoy attendance at either the play sessions or the seminars, do please tell them about the Goldhawks.
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Item posted 9 January 2022
New Year Pairs 2022 winners Rachel and Matt Bingham
Our first special event of 2022, the New Year Pairs, ran in the afternoon on Sunday 2 January as a face‑to‑face event and attracted eight tables. Thanks for a well planned and executed event to organiser Carrie Eden and director Gitte Hecht‑Johansen (Gitte was busy as she also stepped in as a player). Scoring was by IMPs and every pair played every other. The rounds were of three deals before the refreshment break and of two deals after (38 deals in total).
Congratulation to the winners on 37.15 IMPs Rachel and Matt Bingham. [See more…]
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Item posted 3 January 2022
As you will be aware, from Friday 10 December, the government’s “Plan B” for dealing with the Omicron Variant comes into effect with regard to social clubs, including members clubs (such as the Young Chelsea).
Put simply, face coverings are to be worn in all areas except when eating or drinking in the bar. Face coverings can be briefly put aside to enable eating or drinking at the table.
This is a government restriction, not a club restriction. Please observe it; TDs or bar staff should not have to remind you. but please respect them if they do.
If you are exempt, then of course, you are exempt.
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Item posted 9 December 2021
Congratulations to the YC members listed below who attained a promotion in EBU rank during November!
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2 Star Grand Master |
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Premier National Master |
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District Master |
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Item posted 9 December 2021
Christmas Party 2021 pairs winners Alex Hannon and Szczepan Smoczyński
The Christmas Party returned as a face‑to‑face event this year, taking place for the first time in the clubs newly renovated premises in Dalling Road.
The festivities kicked off with a friendly pairs event which attracted seven‑and‑a‑half tables and was ably directed by Mike Eden with assistance from Gitte Hecht‑Johansen.
The winners were Alex Hannon and Szczepan Smoczyński. [See more…]
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Item posted 6 December 2021
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 12 November 2021 are available for viewing.
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Item posted 18 November 2021
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
Item posted 20 September 2021
Twenty‑five teams have entered this year’s competition. After seeding the teams by NGS, the draw (updated regularly with match results) for the first five rounds has completed. A random draw avoiding rematches was made for Round Six with results:
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winner: Muppets |
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winner: Leslie |
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winner: Orca |
Team Muppets is undefeated and has a bye through to the final. The result for Round Seven, the semifinal and a rematch, is:
The final between teams Muppets and Leslie took place online in mid‑December. The teams’ uncharacteristic shyness in letting the club know the result has contributed to a delay in announcing the winners. Congratulations to team Leslie (Tim Leslie, Mike Bell, Ben Norton, Michael Byrne, Kieran Dyke) who won by 30 IMPs over a 56‑deal match. (Team Leslie was 7 IMPs ahead after 48 deals so their opponents exercised their right, as the undefeated team, to an extra eight deals, but to no avail.) [See more…].
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Item updated 20 January 2021
Most club members will be aware that the YCBC has been operating on limited financial resources for some time. [See more…]
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Item posted 25 March 2020