Grafton Edwards RIP
 Grafton Edwards circa 2010
Older members will be saddened to learn that one of the great characters of the club, Grafton Edwards, has died earlier this month at the age of 80. (In more recent years he played most of his bridge at the Lavender Bridge Club.)
An article about Grafton from 1999 in The Guardian contains a perspective on his life outside of our game.
An obituary and details of his funeral arrangements will appear here as they become available.
Our sympathies go to his family and friends.
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Item posted 14 February 2020
Team BLACK Wins 2018—2019 YCKO
Congratulations to team BLACK (Andrew Black, Phil King, Andrew McIntosh, Gunnar Hallberg) for winning the YCKO 2018 final. (This is the previous season’s event, not the one currently under way.) Behind team TELTSCHER (Victor Silverstone, Tom Townsend, Alex Hydes, Stelio di Bello) after 48 deals, BLACK as undefeated team used the right to play an extra eight deals and edged in front by 2 IMPs at the end.
 Committee member Brian Callaghan (left) presents team BLACK players Andrew McIntosh, Phil King,and Andrew Black with their YCKO 2018–2019 winner’s prize
 Tom Townsend from team TELTSCHER accepts the YCKO 2018–2019 runner‑up’s prize
The prizegiving took place at the club on Wednesday 5 February. BLACK received the £1,000 first prize and TELTSCHER got £400 as runner‑up.
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Item posted 28 January 2020, updated 6 February 2020
London Championship Pairs 2020
This is the LMBA’s two‑session green‑pointed matchpoint pairs event from which the leading pairs qualify to represent London in the Corwen Trophy at the end of May. Held at the club on Sunday 8 March, the start time is 11.30am. Register your entry (or make an enquiry) by email to LMBAentries@gmail.com.
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Item posted 25 January 2020
Portland Pairs Heat 2020
The club, as usual, is to run a heat of the Portland Pairs which this year is on Sunday 29 March starting at 12.00 noon. Please note the date in your diaries.
The Portland is a two‑session mixed‑pairs event held at various venues. The event is matchpointed over the entire field via the internet.
The easiest way to enter is online on the EBU website through My EBU.
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Item posted 20 January 2020
Young Chelsea Super League—Spring 2020
The brand‑new YC Super League started on 22 January. An amazing 21 teams have signed up for our top‑class competition—the giants of Division One will play for the honour of becoming the first ever YC Super League champions (and the big money prize of course), while the up‑and‑coming teams in Division Two will fight for promotion (and their own money prize). More details…
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Item posted 14 January 2020
Move to BridgeWebs
In the near future, the Young Chelsea will be switching to a BridgeWebs website. Benefits from the move are:
- The cost to the club will be lower
- It will be easier for us to keep up to date
- It looks better on mobile phones
The new website is www.bridgewebs.com/youngchelsea. Please have a look round, bear with us while we smooth out the rough edges, and let us know what you think.
In future results will be loaded to Pianola (as now) and to BridgeWebs. We will not be dropping Pianola, so you have a choice of which you prefer.
When we switch over early in the new year, the “ycbc.co.uk” address will take you to the new site
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Item posted 29 December 2019
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