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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.

There’s still time to give yourself a chance of a £500 prize by signing up and playing in our Half Marathon on Saturday 27 July—details in the poster.

due to some very last‑minute dropouts which make the session unviable on this occasion.

Come along on Wednesday 21 August for a lighthearted evening duplicate with complimentary nibbles and no NGS. Everyone is welcome. Nibbles from 7.00pm; duplicate starts at 7.30pm.

Unfortuanetely, we have cancelled the Wednesday duplicate, scheduled this week for 21 August. due to too few registrations.

It is not too late to enter the Mixed Pairs this coming Sunday 19 May. And we are delighted to say that the leading pairs in this event will be eligible to win one of four fantastic prizes being offered by the organisers of the International Deauville Bridge Festival in July.

Any last‑minute entries to the 2024 YCKO accepted until Wednesday 31 January.

The club is closed as usual over Easter, so there are no Friday morning and no Friday evening duplicates on 29 March.

The regular Super Wednesday Duplicate is suspended on 20 March this week due to too few registrations.

New Friday morning games start this week.

The Friday evening duplicate this week on 14 March is upstairs in the Warwick Room.

The third scheduled date for our Tuesday evening monthly matchpointed duplicate (upstairs in the Warwick Room) is this week on 25 March.

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 Spring 2025 Super League matches is 22 JanuaryWednesday this week.

Members are welcome to attend the club AGM to be held this year just before the regular duplicate on Friday 20 October.

From Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 October, there will be no District line service between Earl’s Court and Ealing Broadway/Kensington (Olympia)/Richmond. This means Ravenscourt Park, the closest station to the club, will not be in use. Hammersmith, a ten‑minute walk or short bus ride away, is the closest station served by other lines.

Current standings in the Women’s Swiss Teams held this year over the weekend 18 & 19 November.

Play your match
at the Young Chelsea in the London MindSports Centre.

at the London MindSports Centre.

As Monday 8 May is a bank holiday, the weekly evening supervised game will not take place that day.

Please would you register your pair for any Monday evening duplicate in which you plan to play.

Our March ladder is now under way. Play on at least one Monday during the month to maximize your chances!

Help Ukraine Emergency Appeal

The club has raised  £7,628.

For any information

Contact the Management Team

manager@ycbc.co.uk

07713 322420

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Event Entry/Registration

Please either scroll down or use the index to jump to the event for which you want to register.

If you want to amend or delete an event registration, please contact the club to do so on your behalf.

You can pay the club in advance when you register your entry for a special event to reserve your place. You can use any existing YC credit that you, as a YC member, have or pay via bank transfer or online through the payments page. Our Metro Bank account details are:

  • Account name:
The Young Chelsea Bridge Club Limited
  • Sort code:
23-05-80
  • Account no.:
35584692

Please note—the banks have a scheme that tries to match account names with sort codes and account numbers. Unfortunately, our bank doesn’t participate in the scheme so when you try to pay us you may get a warning message saying the account cannot be verified. Don’t worry—just check you have put in the sort code and account number exactly as above.

 
 
  Open Teams Challenge 2025

Young Chelsea Open Teams Challenge 2025

Poster

Teams‑of‑four for the Hecht‑Johansen Trophy

to be held at the London MindSports Centre on

Saturday 29 March starting at 11.30am

Two‑session multiple teams

Open to everyone

Early evening finish

Substantial prize fund

Entry fee £30 per player (£35 non-members)

Enquiries to the club.

Please register your entry by completing and sending the form below.

Item posted 28 January 2025

  Seminar—April 2025—Competitive Bidding 1

Competitive Bidding 1 Seminar on Thursday 3 April approximately 2.005.00pm.

Improve your understanding of when to overcall in a suit or in no trumps, when to double and how best to respond to these calls.

Entry fee of £20/25 per member/guest, inclusive of tea/coffee and a cake.

Enquiries to the club.

Please register your entry by completing and sending the form below.

  Seminar—May 2025—Competitive Bidding 2

Competitive Bidding 2 Seminar on Thursday 1 May approximately 2.005.00pm.

How to take advantage of the fact that opponents have intervened in the auction to describe your hand more accurately.

Entry fee of £20/25 per member/guest, inclusive of tea/coffee and a cake.

Enquiries to the club.

Please register your entry by completing and sending the form below.

  Young Chelsea Mixed Pairs 18 May 2025

Poster

All welcome.

The Young Chelsea’s two‑session Mixed Pairs takes place on Sunday 18 May, starting at 1.00pm and finishing around 6.00pm.

Each session has 18 deals and there will be a short refreshment break for tea/coffee and cakes (included in the entry fee).

Entry fee £17.50/£20 for members/visitors, reduced to £8.50/£10/£5 for junior members/junior non-members/student members.

Enquiries to the club.

Please register your entry by completing and sending the form below.

  Seminar—May 2025—Defensive Play Strategies

Defensive Play Strategies Seminar on Thursday 29 May approximately 2.005.00pm.

How to think and make plans as a defender, including some techniques to help you defeat more contracts.

Entry fee of £20/25 per member/guest, inclusive of tea/coffee and a cake.

Enquiries to the club.

Please register your entry by completing and sending the form below.