Young Chelsea Knockout 2007-2008
Following the merging of two teams, a couple of late entries have been accomodated by way of a preliminary match, and we now have 32 teams with the draw as below. This year the draw is completely random - there are no seeds. Matches are of 24 boards in the first two rounds (and the preliminary round), 32 boards in the quarter-final and semi-final, and 48 boards in the final. They are to be played at the club, and table money is payable for each player (£6 on Tuesday/Thursday, £7 on other days) in addition to the entry fee of £5.00 per player.
Teams may consist of up to six players, and teams with fewer than six members may add players up to a maximum of six, prior to the start of their quarter-final match, providing they have not played in any other team. Thereafter new members may not be added to a team unless agreed by the Bridge Sub-Committee in extreme circumstances (eg the death of a team member).
Although there are no home or away teams and we hope that most matches will be organised amicably and at the teams' mutual convenience,  one team in each match (marked in green in the draw below) has the privelege of offering 3 dates to the other team should any difficulties arise. These dates should not all be in the same 7-day period or on the same day of the week; nor should they be at a weekend. (The teams may agree to play their match at a weekend if it is mutually convenient and the date coincides with the club being open for another event).
All players must be up to date with their club membership before playing - a team fielding a player whose membership is not up to date could potentially be disqualified. The first round should be played before the end of January, and subsequent rounds will each last 6 weeks, as indicated below. It is hoped that the final will be shown on BridgeBase Online at a specified time, so teams who qualify for the it must make themselves available to play on that day.
The winner of the competition normally represents the YC in the Lederer. If one or two members of the winning team are not available for the Lederer then a replacement player or pair should be selected from the runners up if available. If a team cannot be made up via this route then the privilege of representing the YC will be offered to the losing finalist. All participants in the Knockout must be YC members and it follows that all members of the team representing the YC in the Lederer will also be YC members.
Play by  Jan 31st		Mar 15th		Apr 30th		Jun 15th		July
Goodchild	}
vs	}	Dunn
Dunn	}		}
			}	Dunn
Bowles	}		}		}
vs	}	Bowles	}		}
Julius	}				}
					}	Kay
Solomon	}				}		}
vs	}	Porter			}		}
Porter	}		}		}		}
			}	Kay	}		}
Kay	}		}				}
vs	}	Kay	}				}
Cochemé	}						}
							}
Lamford	}						}		}
vs	}	Sikora					}		}
Sikora	}		}				}		}
			}	de Botton			}		}
de Botton	}		}		}		}		}
vs	}	de Botton	}		}		}		}
McGuire	}				}		}		}
					}		}		}
Bakhshi	}				}				}
vs	}	Bakhshi			}				}
Boulton	}		}		}				}
			}	Callaghan	}				}
Hillman	}		}						}
vs	}	Callaghan	}						}
Callaghan	}								}
									}
Newman/Gayfer	}								}
vs	}	Gayfer							}
Rainsford	}		}						}
			}	Stephenson					}
Stephenson	}		}		}				}
vs	}	Stephenson	}		}				}
Irens	}				}				}
					}				}
MacAlister	}				}		}		}
vs	}	Muller			}		}		}
Muller	}		}		}		}		}
			}	Gary Jones	}		}		}
Gary Jones	}		}				}		}
vs	}	Gary Jones	}				}		}
Popham	}						}		}
							}		}
bye	}						}
vs	}	Dafydd Jones					}
Dafydd Jones	}		}				}
			}	Hill			}
Hill	}		}		}		}
vs	}	Hill	}		}		}
Davidson	}				}		}
					}	Scoltock	}
Patel	}				}
vs	}	Scoltock			}
Scoltock	}		}		}
			}	Scoltock	}
Harper	}		}
vs	}	Harper	}
Cearns	}
David Bakhshi		Terry Chapman		Peter Crouch		Glyn Liggins
Richard Boulton		Barry Stoker		Tony Eastgate		Bob James		Barbara Stoker
Andy Bowles		Martin Garvey		John Howard		Graham Osborne
Brian Callaghan		Ian Payn		Rob Cliffe		Heather Dhondy		Jeremy Dhondy		Keith Bennett
Simon Cearns		Julian Bacon		Chris Duckworth		Mike Graham
Simon Cochemé		Tim Gauld		Helen Erichsen		Alice Kaye
Nicole Cook		Ian Draper		Paul Lamford		Stefanie Rohan
Nick Davidson		Warwick Pitch
Janet de Botton		David Burn		Nick Sandqvist		Artur Malinowski		Justin Hackett		Jason Hackett
Sarah Dunn		Dom Goodwin		Richard Creamer		Mike Bull
Alison Gayfer		Mike Davis
Chris Goodchild		Mike Smyth		Andrew Dalton		John Pemberton
Ross Harper		Ursula Harper
Mike Hill		Mike Clack		David Ould		Rolf Alexander		Bill Hodgkiss
Richard Hillman		Jon Green
Nick Irens		Tom Townsend		David Gold		Espen Erichsen
Dafydd Jones		Adam Dunn		Tim Ryan		Hugh McGann
Gary Jones		Jerry Harouni		Ray Robinson		Mike Vail
Maxine Julius		Sue Grant
Alan Kay		Jerry Cope		Francis Morton		Tony Golding
Andrew MacAlister		Frank To		Fiske Warren		Barry Myers
Brian McGuire		Sebastian Kristensen		Gad Chadha		Graham Orsmond
David Muller		Steve Burton		Andrew Thompson		Malcolm Pryor		Tony Clark
David Newman		Ivor Snowden		Philip Nind		Mike Allin
Ashwin Patel		Carmel Wood
Stephen Popham		Adrian Scheps		Nigel Bird		Malcolm Todd
Luke Porter		Mike Scanlon		Paul Huggins		Michael Clark
Gordon Rainsford		Paul Martin		Lorne Anderson		Nick Boss		Mark Lehto
Mike Scoltock		Cameron Small		Jon Cooke		Frances Hinden		Brian Powell
Jacek Sikora		Nickolas Woyna		Richard Johnson		Georgi Vasilev		Greg Sokolowski
Greg Solomon		Benjamin McCarron		John Vos		Pawel Rolczak
Ryan Stephenson		Liz Clery		Jonathan Jacobs		David Ewart