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Revived last year, the Young Chelsea Pairs Championship, a one‑day two‑session matchpointed event, takes place again this year on Sunday 2 February starting at 11.30am. The winners will hold the Franklin To Cup (a handsome trophy, generously donated to the club in 2024 by Franklin’s widow Macille) for a year and will have their names recorded for posterity on the club’s honours board.

Please would you register, if you would like to play.

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

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The annual Young Chelsea Championship Pairs was contested by 14 pairs over 52 deals as a two‑session event on Sunday 2 February. Every pair played four deals against each of the other pairs. Congratulation to winners, Alan Hayward and Claire Robinson, on a score of 60.82%. They keep the Franklin To trophy for a year and their names go up on the honours board.

Results

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Commiserations to the runners‑up, Paul King and Colin Holehouse, who were always in touch and finished not far behind on 59.05%.

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Thank you also to director David Muller, who overcame the minor challenge of being given two sets of identical deals for the two sessions. (The Young Chelsea prepares other sets in advance, and David used one of these.)

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

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The YC Open Teams Challenge is back as a one‑day event! Open to all, the event is fast approaching and will take place on Saturday 29 March starting at 11.30am. For the £30 per player entry fee (£35 for non‑members)  you get two sessions of multiple teams and the chance of substantial prizes. Finish time will be around 7.15pm. Don’t delay in registering your team.

You can find more details on the poster.

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

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Well done to team YC Z: Richard Creamer, Konrad Mau, Heather Dhondy, David Burn, Trevor Mathews, Gordon Rainsford, Mike Graham and Ian Payn. They won, on a split tie, the London qualifying heat for the Garden Cities Trophy played at the club on Thursday 20 March. If you’re wondering about the team name, it is probably an artefact of the tournament director’s choice to distinguish them from the other two YC teams‑of‑eight in the field of five. In second place was team YC Binkie and in third was team YC Evici; clubs may enter as many teams as they wish in the qualifier and the YC has more strength in depth than most.

The team members in the regional final on Saturday 10 May only have to belong to their qualifying club, but those from YC Z will form the core of the London team.

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Detailed results on the LMBA website

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The winners of the Open Teams Challenge for the Hecht Cup, played on Saturday 29 March were

Jon Cooke, Gad Chadha, Stephen Lee and Cameron Small.

Nine teams entered. The top two teams after the first session of multiple teams qualified for the final in the second session. In qualifying order, they were

Jon Cooke, Gad Chadha, Stephen Lee and Cameron Small

Hanna Tuus, Alan Hayward, Alex Hannon and John Cox

The leading team had dominated the qualifying session and continued strongly to win the final by 60 IMPs to receive a prize of £300.

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Results from the multiple‑teams events Session One and Session Two are on BridgeWebs

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Thanks to club member Gitte Hecht‑Johansen for her generous sponsorship of the event, which included the traditional free‑flowing Famous Grouse and Danish licquorice (the latter something of an acquired taste).

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Commiserations to the runners‑up, Hanna Tuus, Alan Hayward, Alex Hannon and John Cox, who picked up a £160 prize.

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The winners of the consolation teams in the second session (contested by the seven nonqualifiers from the first session) were

Mike Bull, Richard Creamer, John Bernard and John Pemberton.

They picked up a £120 prize.

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In accordance with long‑standing practice, the club will not run any sessions over the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend 2025 (Friday 18 April–Monday 21 April inclusive). This means there will be no Friday morning and no Friday evening duplicates on 18 April.

For those of you looking to play bridge in London during Easter, try the Easter Festival organised by the EBU .

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

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The annual Young Chelsea Mixed Pairs Championship, our popular one‑day two‑session event, takes place this year on Sunday 18 May, starts at 1.00pm and should finish around 6.00pm. Last year’s winners were Richard Haydon & Mireille Levy; this year it could be you. So, please note the date in your diary and, better still, register now.

As an inducement to less experienced players, club member Ollie Burgess is generously donating a non‑expert prize of an online lesson with him (Ollie will decide who qualifies as a non‑expert).

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

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