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If you plan to use the tube to travel to and from the club over the weekend 18 & 19 April, in particular for the Mixed Pairs on the Sunday, be warned there are works scheduled then that you will need to plan around. You won’t be able to reach Ravenscourt Park and you won’t be able to reach Hammersmith on the District or the Picadilly.

You will be able to reach Hammersmith on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines You can find details on the TfL website.

The LMBA Championship and 9‑high Pairs events due to have taken place on Sunday this week have been cancelled because of insufficient entries.

Members are encouraged to attend the club AGM to be held this year just before the regular duplicate on Friday 7 November.

Registration for our Half Marathon this coming Saturday 4 October has closed to enable the movement to be finalised. Would registered players arrive a little before 10.30am to assist in a prompt start, please.

Please allow extra time travelling to or from the club if using public transport over the weekend, 4 & 5 October. There is no service then on much of the District line including Ravenscourt Park.

The Friday evening duplicate this week on 12 June is upstairs in the Warwick Room.

The Goldhawks Tuesday duplicates due to have been held on 14 October and 21 October will not take place as most of the regulars are away on a bridge holiday. The duplicates will resume on 28 October.

If you use the tube to travel to and from the club, be warned there are strikes planned from the evening of Sunday 7 September through Thursday 11 September. You can find details of the strikes on the TfL website.

The LMBA’s green‑pointed Summer congress takes place at the weekend 5 & 6 July. There is still time to enter the pairs on Saturday and/or the teams on Sunday. Contact the club if you want to form a team; we have a visitng pair from Poland currently looking for teammates.

The YC’s Individual for the Keith Loveys Trophy followed by a Summer Party buffet and general knowledge quiz is coming up on Sunday 22 June. You can play bridge, come for the buffet and quiz or do both; please register to give us an idea of numbers.

Please allow extra time, if coming to the club by road, since King Street is due to be closed, because of planned works, from Friday 25 through Sunday 27 April.

The sixth (and last in the ladder) scheduled date for our Tuesday evening monthly matchpointed duplicate (upstairs in the Warwick Room) is coming up on 17 June.

The YC Championship Pairs for the Franklin To trophy takes place at the end of this week on Sunday 2 February starting at 11.30am.

The first scheduled date for our Autumn 2025 Super League matches is 27 August—Wednesday this week.

Both the Friday morning and evening duplicates this week on 15 August are upstairs in the Warwick Room.

The Friday evening duplicate is cancelled on 13 December but will be held at the club in the Main Hall as usual on the day before—on Thursday 12 December.

Please allow extra time travelling to or from the club from the Richmond direction if using public transport at the weekend, 5 & 6 September. There is no service on the District line between Turnham Green and Richmond at the weekend.

The club is closed as usual over Easter, so there are no Friday morning and no Friday evening duplicates on 18 April.

We are very sad to report that Alice McMillan died this week at home after a short final illness. In all the years she was in London, she loved playing bridge at the Young Chelsea, and enjoyed the high standards of play.

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

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Item posted 12 June 2026

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

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Item posted 12 June 2026

On Saturday 6 June the Young Chelsea BC, representing London, won the EBU Garden Cities Trophy. This is an inter-county competition for teams-of-eight, the final of which was played this year in the West Midlands Bridge Club in Solihull.

The picture shows six of the team: John Pemberton, Brian Callaghan, Chris Duckworth, John Dean, Aaron Hutton and Hanna Tuus. The other two, Jon Cooke and Cameron Small, had to dash off to catch a train (which they managed to do). Jon and Cameron were the anchor pair this year, just topping the cross-IMP ranking, but all the pairs were positive on cross-IMPs.

The cup will reside in the YC trophy cabinet until next year’s event.

The YC last won this tournament in 2011.

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Item posted 7 June 2026

The Spring 2026 Young Chelsea Super League finished on Wednesday 13 May, the last scheduled date of the season.

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In Division One, only two teams were in a position to take the first two places, and they played head to head on the day.  Congratulations to team Leslie (Mike Bell, Sarah Bell, Andi Boughey, Matt Brown, Ambrose Holmes‑Mackie, Stephen Kennedy, Phil King, Tim Leslie, Sean Mekie and Stefano Tommasini) who won by enough to take first place on 126.27 VPs and received the £600 prize.

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Item posted 15 May 2026

Well done to the YC team of Chris Duckworth, Mike Graham, Hanna Tuus, Alan Hayward, Richard Creamer, John Dean, Jon Cooke and Cameron Small. Representing London, they qualified from the regional heat for the Garden Cities Trophy played at Richmond Bridge Club on Saturday 9 May.

Those of the team who are available plus other YC members will represent the Young Chelsea Bridge Club and London at the national final on Saturday 6 June.

Ranks on the EBU website

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Item posted 14 May 2026

The Young Chelsea held its annual Mixed Pairs on Sunday 19 April. Fourteen pairs took part, playing a three‑quarter movement of twelve three‑deal rounds. Thanks to David Muller for his exemplary tournament directing and the club for providing complimentary tea and cake during a short half‑time break.

In a very tight finish, only three matchpoints separated the top three places.

Winning on 57.64% and picking up a £100 prize were Kath Stynes and Guy Hart.

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Item posted 20 April 2026

Well done to team YC Pink: Richard Creamer, John Dean, Sally Brock, Barry Myers, Chris Duckworth, Brian Callaghan, David Burn and Frances Loughridge. They won, with 75 IMPs, 17 in front of second‑placed team Woodberry A, in the London qualifying heat for the Garden Cities Trophy played at the club on Thursday 26 March.

Six teams representing four clubs, each of which was allowed to put forward as many teams as it could raise, took part this year. These numbers were each one higher than in last year’s event.

The team members in the regional final on Saturday 9 May only have to belong to their qualifying club, but those from YC Pink who are available will play then representing London.

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Results on the LMBA website

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Item posted 27 March 2026

Last Monday—23 March was Magic Monday at the London MindSports Centre, when three matches in the first round of the YCKO were played. Three teams from the top of the draw faced three teams from the bottom half, and there were some surprises in store.

Sushi lined up against Robbo’s Rabble. Sushi are not inexperienced, and one member, Kath Stynes, was fresh from triumph in the Hecht-Johansen teams at the weekend. But the seeding had placed their opponents as fourth. Sushi, however, weren’t daunted by this, and sailed (comparatively speaking) to victory by 3 IMPs.

Muller (seeded sixth) lined up against Lawrenzo and narrowly lost by 2 IMPs. That was 0–2 to the seeding panel.

Alas, the magic hat trick didn’t quite happen. Tequila Slammers were leading at half time, but they couldn’t quite keep it up, so although the seeding panel wasn’t completely disgraced, it was a close‑run thing, as Artificial Ignorance lurched into the next round, while Muller and Robbo’s Rabble joined the once‑defeated pool. Excellent performances from Sushi and Lawrenzo, and commiserations to Tequila Slammers, who narrowly missed out on being part of a Troika of Doom.

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Item posted 26 March 2026

The 2026 YCKO is under way, details can be found on the  dedicated YCKO 2026 pages.

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