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The National Inter‑Club Knock‑Out 2024–2025 season is coming soon. Entries to the EBU close at midday on Monday 7 October.

Last season, the club entered teams captained by the following: Graham Sadie, Claire Robinson, John Pemberton, Richard Hillman, Boris Nedev, Nick Sandqvist, Tim Leslie/Mike Bell, Steve Root, and James Thrower. Hopefully all will want to enter again, and other members are also welcome to enter teams—the more the merrier. (The Young Chelsea BC has just one team, captained by Mike Bell, remaining in the 2023–24 season’s event and about to take part in the semifinals.)

To all NICKO team captains: Please enter your team by emailing the club with the names of your team members as soon as possible. We will then check your eligibility and forward the entries to the EBU. All team members must be bona fide club members as detailed in the eligibility requirements—see:

www.ebu.co.uk/competitions/national-inter-club-knock-out-nicko

Please also note that teams are asked to indicate willingness (or otherwise) to play matches online in the early rounds of the competition. Later rounds will default to face‑to‑face, but early matches may be played online to reduce travel costs etc.

The NICKO entry fee is £90 per team which will be deducted from the team captain’s YC club account. (Less for teams containing juniors, who are charged at half price.)

Looking forward to receiving your entries and to a successful season in the competition.

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Item posted 29 August 2024

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

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Item posted 9 August 2024

The Young Chelsea held a 12‑hour Half Marathon on Saturday 27 July, the previous such event having taken place in July 2023. As last time, the scoring was by cross‑IMPs , this time over three sessions of 30 deals each (so a total of 90 deals). Six pairs entered, barely enough, but those who took part enjoyed themselves, with all playing all in five 6‑deal rounds per session.

The winners jumped out to a lead of about 40 IMPs in the first session and subsequently staved off all challenges. Congratulations to Eryk Gozdowski & Kostas Kousis who finished on 54.50 IMPs and picked up the £500 first prize.

Detailed scores are available via the Young Chelsea BridgeWebs Results page. [See more…]

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Item posted 28 July 2024

The Young Chelsea is affiliated to the LMBA which, as last year, ran the London Congress at the club. This year’s event took place over the weekend of 7 & 8 July. On the Saturday, 38 pairs played a seven‑round Swiss Pairs event.

Congratulation to the winners on 109 VPs Matt Brown and Steve Raine. As well as being a fine player Steve also makes videos on the game which you can find on his You Tube channel Bridge with Steve (@bridgewithsteve).

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On the Sunday 20 teams played a six‑round Swiss Teams event.

Congratulations to the winning team on 84.15 VPs: Gordon Clark, Niall Igoe, Jonathan Clark and Kripa Panchagnula.

Results

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Item posted 9 July 2024

 

The Young Chelsea Individual is held in memory of the late Keith Loveys, a popular club member and expert bridge player. At seven tables, entries were slightly up from last year. The event this year was part of the Summer Party on Sunday 9 June.

Congratulations to the winner Rachel Bingham, who made it look like a walk in the park, finishing on 68.65% (over 7% clear of the field).

Second was Prakash Paranjape on 61.51% and third equal were John Pemberton and Stuart Nelson on 61.11%..

Results

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Item posted 13 June 2023

The Young Chelsea Mixed Pairs 2024 took place at the club on Sunday 19 May. Seventeen pairs played two sessions of eighteen deals each.

On offer to the first four pairs were generous prizes from the Deauville Bridge Festival (to be held in July) of complimentary entry to the teams event plus accommodation in the Barrière hotel.

Very well done to the winners, Richard Haydon and Mireille Levy (on 60.94%), who established such a commanding lead in the first half that no one was able to catch them!

Overall ranking and session results are available via the following links:

• Overall ranking
• Session one of two
• Session two of two

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Item posted 23 May 2024

The Spring 2024 Young Chelsea Super League finished on Wednesday 8 May, the last scheduled date of the season.

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Congratulation to winning team Leslie (Tim Leslie, Mike Bell, Sarah Bell, Ben Norton, Stefano Tommasini, Ollie Burgess, Phil King, Maciej Szczerczak), who finished well clear of the pack. Prizes were the same as in the Autumn season. First place received £600. [See more…]

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Item posted 20 May 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

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. The tournament is running late as the notional play‑by date for the Round Four matches was 9 June. Teams whose next‑round opponents are known have all been informed of their opponents and should play their matches as soon as practicable, please.

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 30 August 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