YCKO 2024
Seventeen teams have entered this year’s competition. The club will contact those teams which entered last year and have not yet done so this year.
After seeding the teams by NGS, the draw (updated regularly with match results) has been made. The competition is now under way and teams should contact their opponents to arrange a match date. Once the teams have a date agreed they should book the match in with the club at bookings@ycbc.co.uk. The Quarter‑finals have (eventually) completed. The tournament is running late as the notional play‑by date for the Semifinal match was 3 November. Would the teams play their next match as soon as practicable, please?
The club made a draw on Sunday 20 January to decide the Quarter‑final matches (from possibilities that prevent teams which have already met from facing each other again):
- Tommasini (undefeated) v Muller
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winner: Tommasini (undefeated) |
- Lawrenzo v Robbo’s Rabble
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winner: Lawrenzo |
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winner: Harris |
The one semifinal match is:
The final match is:
The undefeated team, Tommasini, having won their quarter‑final match, has a bye to the final.
Once your match has been played, please notify the result to the club at manager@ycbc.co.uk, stating the names of the players in both teams as well as the outcome. Team captains will be notified of their opponents for their next match as soon as the team to be played is known.
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The Young Chelsea Knockout (YCKO) is the club’s annual teams event that runs on “double elimination” lines—every team has to lose two matches before it is knocked out. Teams may consist of up to six players, all of whom must be YC members.
For 2024, the event will be played as a face‑to‑face competition with matches held at the club. Table money (inclusive of refreshments) per match will be £12.50 per player, all of whom must be paid‑up club members before taking part in a match. (Anyone who needs to may subscribe via the payments page.) Should the club exceptionally allow you to play a match online, the charge per match (debited from the captain’s/organizer’s YC account) will be the same as if played face to face. No other entry fee will be charged. Prize money will be £800 for the winning team, £300 for the runners‑up.
The winning team will hold the YCKO Trophy for the following year and will be eligible for a play‑off match against the team winning the LMBA London Championship Teams‑of‑four to decide which team will represent London in the 2024 Lederer invitation tournament.
Please enter by January on the registration page of the website. or by emailing the club manager at manager@ycbc.co.uk. (Entries are now closed.)
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Team Rosters
| 1 |
Brock |
Sally Brock, Barry Myers, Frances Hinden, Graham Osborne, Richard Fedrick, Mike Scoltock |
| 2 |
Tommasini |
Stefano Tommasini, Sebastian Atisen, John Atthey, Neil Rosen, Peter Taylor |
| 3 |
Leslie |
Mike Bell, Tim Leslie, Ollie Burgess, Phil King, Sarah Bell |
| 4 |
Binkie |
Brian Callaghan, David Burn, Heather Dhondy, Joe Fawcett, Richard Granville, Ian Payn |
| 5 |
Muller |
David Muller, Trevor Mathews, Gordon Rainsford, Brian McGuire |
| 6 |
Robbo’s Rabble |
Claire Robinson, Paul Barden, David Willis, Cameron Small, Jon Cox |
| 7 |
Harris |
Steve Root, Jonathan Harris, Niall Igoe, Eduard Malhasyan |
| 8 |
Verran |
Tony Verran, Ryan Stephenson, Andy Clery, Andy Conway |
| 9 |
Entente Cordiale |
François Picard, Nicolas Leprovost, Gad Chadha, Steve Lee |
| 10 |
Jupiter |
Boris Nedev, Christophe Grosset, Andrew Bannock, John Dagnall |
| 11 |
Sushi |
Katharine Stynes, Debbie Sandford, Nathalie Shashou, Nick Sandqvist, Guy Hart |
| 12 |
Lawrenzo |
Patrick Lawrence, Oliver Lawrence, Charlie Bucknell, Christopher Kemp |
| 13 |
Duckworth |
Chris Duckworth, Mike Graham, Graham Sadie, Ben Payne |
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Phoenix |
Liam Sanderson, Ali Ahmed, Croz Croswell, Jon Thoresen |
| 14 |
Boland |
Fergal Boland, John Dean, John Pemberton, Stephen Popham |
| 15 |
Newman |
David Newman, Alistair Brown, Clive Freedman, Martin S Taylor, Dick Jordan, Simon Prager |
| 16 |
Mad Men |
Jonathan Davis, John Wilson, tba, tba |
| 17 |
Panda |
James Thrower, Helen Rose, Matthew Brown, Croz Croswell, Magnus Spence Jones, Ravi Athwal |
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Arranging matches
The play‑by dates below for completion of each round are below. Every effort should be made to adhere to play‑by dates. (Any match unplayed by these dates risks having its winner adjudicated.)
| Round |
Play‑by date |
Length of match |
| Two |
31 March |
24 deals |
| Three |
5 May |
24 deals |
| Four |
9 June |
24 deals |
| Five |
28 July |
24 deals |
| Quarter‑final |
29 September |
24 deals |
| Semifinal |
3 November |
32 deals |
| Final |
15 December |
48 or 56 deals |
As soon as you know who you will be playing, each captain should offer at least four dates before the play‑by date to the opposing captain. Teams that have not agreed a date by the play‑by date may apply for an extension, but should be aware that the result may, if necessary, be awarded to one of the teams or be decided on the toss of a coin.
With just over 16 teams competing, after Round Five there will be one undefeated team and five once‑defeated teams. These six teams will play a quarter‑final, matches being decided by a random draw while minimizing (nearly always completely avoiding) the number of re‑matches. Then:
a) If the undefeated team wins there will be one undefeated team and two once‑defeated teams. The undefeated team will get a bye to the final and the other two teams will play a semifinal match, the winner of which will play the undefeated team in the final. The undefeated team may claim eight extra deals if behind after 48 deals.
b) If the undefeated team loses there will be four once‑defeated teams and there will be a straightforward semifinal and final, with no one claiming extra deals.
Tied matches
Matches are scored by IMPs. In the event of a tie, additional boards will be played equal to one‑eighth of the original scheduled number of boards in the match (rounded up to the nearest whole number if necessary, e.g. four boards in a match of 25–32 boards). This process is to be repeated as often as may be necessary until the tie is broken.
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Page last updated 21 March 2025
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