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

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

Release 2.19r
Young Chelsea Super League Autumn 2024—Report

The Autumn 2024 Young Chelsea Super League finished on Wednesday 18 December, the last scheduled date of the season.

 
Brian Callaghan, Nicola Smith, Neil Rosen and John Atthey from the Autumn 2024 YC Super League Div One winners team HILLMAN accepting the prize
Brian Callaghan, Nicola Smith, Neil Rosen and John Atthey from the Autumn 2024 YC Super League Div One winners team HILLMAN accepting the prize
 

Congratulation to winning team Hillman (Richard Hillman, Keith Bennett, Neil Rosen, John Atthey, Heather Dhondy, Rob Cliffe, Nicola Smith, Brian Callaghan), who finished strongly after a slow start. Prizes were the same as in the Spring season. First place received £600.

 

In second place, ahead of third by a few VPs, was last season’s winner, team Leslie (Tim Leslie, Mike Bell, Sarah Bell, Sebastian Atisen, Stefano Tommasini, Matt Brown, Ollie Burgess) picking up a £200 prize.

 

 
Team captain Mark Lehto accepting the Autumn 2024 YC Super League Div Two winners prize from Brian Callaghan
Team captain Mark Lehto accepting the Autumn 2024 YC Super League Div Two winners prize from Brian Callaghan
 

Meanwhile, the top two teams in Division Two won promotion to Division One for the next season in the Autumn.

In first place was team Lehto (Mark Lehto, Guy Hart, Kath Stynes, Debbie Sandford, David Douglas, Natalie Hoff, Allison Green) getting £300.

 

 
Team captain Fergal Boland accepting the Autumn 2024 YC Super League Div Two runners-up prize from Brian Callaghan
Team captain Fergal Boland accepting the Autumn 2024 YC Super League Div Two runners-up prize from Brian Callaghan
 

In second place was team Boland (Fergal Boland, John Dean, Angus Simpson, Tim Gauld, John Pemberton, Stephen Popham) getting £100.

 

Commiserations to the two teams at the bottom of Division One which are relegated to Division Two next season.

Division One Final Standings

(Full details on the EBU website.)

Rank Team VPs Average
1 Hillman 130.68 14.52
2 Leslie 113.19 12.58
3 Hinden 109.64 12.18
4 Lawrenzo 98.32 10.92
5 Huggins 97.23 10.80
6 De Botton 95.06 10.56
7 Jupiter 77.88 8.65
8 Young Guns 62.95 6.99
9 Asturian Cider Junkies 58.62 6.51
10 Saucepan 56.43 6.27

Division Two Final Standings

(Full details on the EBU website.)

Rank Team VPs Average
1 Lehto 117.82 14.73
2 Boland 99.35 12.43
3 McGuire 94.22 11.78
4 32BG 92.45 11.36
5 Game of Throw-ins 92.45 11.36
6 Andy Clery 78.93 9.87
7 Evici 74.51 9.18
8 Martin 70.67 8.83
9 The Ravens 59.79 7.47
10 Newman 58.98 7.37
11 Dallingerers 51.16 6.40

Item posted 29 December 2024