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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 18 April.

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

Release 2.19r
YC Open Teams Challenge 2025—Report
 
Winners of the YC Open Teams Challenge 2025 for the Hecht Cup—Jon Cooke, Gad Chadha, Stephen Lee and Cameron Small
Winners of the YC Open Teams Challenge 2025 for the Hecht Cup—Jon Cooke, Gad Chadha, Stephen Lee and Cameron Small
 

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.

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

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).

 

 
Runners‑up in the YC Open Teams Challenge 2025—Hanna Tuus, Alan Hayward, Alex Hannon and John Cox
Runners‑up in the YC Open Teams Challenge 2025—Hanna Tuus, Alan Hayward, Alex Hannon and John Cox
 

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

 

 
Winners of the consolation teams—Mike Bull, Richard Creamer, John Bernard and John Pemberton
Winners of the consolation teams—Mike Bull, Richard Creamer, John Bernard and John Pemberton
 

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.

 

Item posted 31 March 2025