The Young Chelsea Spring Half Marathon took place on Saturday 13 May. The three‑session 12‑hour cross‑IMPed pairs event attracted 33 pairs.

The winners, picking up the £800 first prize, were Peter Taylor, John Cox, and Fiona Hutchison with a score of 105.09 IMPs. (Threesomes were allowed. Peter played throughout, John played in the first two sessions, and Fiona played in the last session.)

In second place, collecting £300, were Heather Dhondy and Brian Callaghan on 86.87 IMPs.

In third place, collecting £100, were Simon Gillis and Alan Mould on 72.90 IMPs.

Smaller prizes went to the highest‑placed pair in each session which did not win one of the three main prizes.

Overall ranking and session results are available on Pianola:

• Overall ranking
• Session one of three
• Session two of three
• Session three of three
   

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  Item posted 15 Mayl 2017

Reserve the last weekend in October!

As part of its fiftieth‑year celebrations, the Young Chelsea is once more to hold a traditional marathon pairs event using matchpoint scoring. The 24‑hour event will take place over Saturday & Sunday, 28 & 29 October 2017.

The start time is 12.00 noon on the Saturday and the finish should be a little earlier on the Sunday, since the clocks go back overnight. If you can't commit to playing the whole 24 hours—or are worried about your stamina—please feel free to add a third player and play as a threesome.

Entry fee is £60 for each member of the Young Chelsea (£85 for each non‑member). There is a discount for bona‑fide students.

Places are limited, so reserve yours by sending your entry fee, ideally by bank transfer, to the following YCBC account:  

Sort Code 40‑03‑04 Account Number 22117282

Please use your surname as a reference and email the club at youngchelsea@btconnect.com with the names of your pair or threesome.

The first prize will be a minimum of £1,000 per pair/threesome. (It may be more depending on the number of entries.)

See poster.

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Pairs and threesomes entered (as at 28 October 2017)

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Item posted 26 May 2017, updated 28 October 2017

Twenty‑four of us played in The Keith Loveys Memorial Individual which was won by David Newman (pictured with club manager Nick  Sandqvist), with David Muller a close second. (Results here.)

The Quiz, devised by Simon Cearns, was enjoyable, attended by about 20 of us, and was won by the team of Mahmoud Sadek, David Muller, David Hull, Mike Eden, and Carrie Eden won most.

The Speedball, which saw six tables of well‑fed participants (my salt beef went down well, but for me Chris Duckworth's crème brûlée and meringues were the yummiest), was won by Ingar Hansen and Peter Taylor.

A shame that more members were unable to attend—we'd changed the date so as not to clash with Scarborough.

We are thinking of hosting the club's Xmas party on Saturday 16 December—maybe quiz and IMPs duplicate. What do members think about this date? (You can use the Young Chelsea facebook page to post your opinion or you can email the club.)

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Item posted 23 July 2017, author Carrie Eden

This new event was held over the weekend of 16 & 17 September 2017. The Young Chelsea Ladies Swiss Teams was the brainchild of club committee member Paula Leslie, who worked tirelessly to make the event a success. She induced a total of 16 teams, many from abroad, to enter the event, found some sponsorship for the junior teams' entry fees, and recruited popular tournament director Jonathan Lillycrop to run the event.

At the end, after ten rounds, the winning team on 134 VPs, picking up a £1,200 prize was The Weak Link (Gilly Clench, Lizzie Godfrey, Sally Brock, Karen McCallum).

Listings of detailed results and cross IMPs in EBUScore format are available. More pictures are posted on the Young Chelsea facebook group.

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Not far behind in second place on 129 VPs, and receiving a £600 prize, was team Dhondy (Brigid Battiscombe, Nevena Senior, Heather Dhondy, E. Lyons)

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Receiving £400 for third place on 114 VPs was team Francesca (Francesca Piscitelli, Simonetta Paoluzzi, Anne Catchpole, Beryl Kerr).

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There were three junior teams playing. The snappily‑named Other Junior Girls (Yvonne Wiseman, Ewa Wieczorek, Alex Birchall, Laura Covill, Siyu Ren) picked up the £300 prize for leading juniors.

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And finally, the ascenders prize of £200 for the best performance on the Sunday went to team Gold (Allison Green, Nicola Smith, Aida Jansma Saldzieva, Maruša Baša).

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Item posted 17 September 2017

The Autumn 2017 ladder finished on Friday 15 December, having run for 42 sessions, taking into account scores from the regular Monday, Wednesday and Friday duplicates.

Ranking is by average of the ten best scores with four different partners. (Friday IMP scores are converted to percentages for ladder purposes; the Cross‑IMPs page explains how.)

The prize fund was £500. Congratulations to the winner on 58.73%, Sarah Bell, pictured receiving first prize of £250 from committee member Mike Eden.

The remaining two prizes also went to relatively young players. In second place on 57.78%, and getting a prize of £150, was Shahzaad Natt. In third place on 57.65% and getting £100, was Alexandra Birchall.

Although there was a prize on offer for the highest placed student, in the event none played enough games to qualify. (The moral for students in future is just to turn up.)

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Item posted 23 December 2017