Young Chelsea Bridge Club
Young Chelsea Bridge Club
If you want to play, just turn up! It's as simple as that. If
you'd like to speak to us first, you can phone 020-7373 1665. Times of
play are as above, and more details can be found on our timetable page. If you don't have a partner, don't worry: we'll always find you one.
We have a policy whereby students have free membership and pay no table money for any regular club duplicate. This is only for bona-fide full-time
students.
We are lucky to have the teaching programme at the YC managed by Chris
Duckworth, who was formerly in charge of the EBU Teachers' Association and who teaches many of the classes herself.
The next Beginning
Bridge course will start on Tuesday 28th April 2009, and there is a Continuing
Bridge course (the next stage) beginning on Thursday 30th April 2009.
The courses are based on the English Bridge Union's 'Bridge For All' syllabus.
We also have weekly Supervised Practice sessions on Monday evenings from 7.30pm till 10pm, aimed at those who have just progressed from our classes,
those who are returning to bridge after a gap, and those who wish to build up their confidence in a relaxed environment, and we have a monthly Novice Duplicate with wine and cheese
on the first Thursday of each month.
Further details are available on the teaching
page.
The club has a well-appointed bar: drinks, snacks, and light refreshments
are always available. Smoking is no longer allowed in the
bar, and an effective air-conditioning system ensures a pleasant environment for all.
We sometimes get enquiries about whether our website could be used by members to find new partners and to arrange dates for playing.
It is not possible to do this using our own web site, but we do have a Young Chelsea group at Facebook
which can be used by members to arrange games with their existing partners, as well as by those who wish to meet new potential bridge partners. It can also be used for bridge-related discussions.
The club has a library of bridge books that is used by many of our members, running on a self-administration model whereby members sign books in and out
themselves. It is supplied by donations of books and magazines, although currently we have enough stock that we are not asking for any more donations at the moment, unless you have something that you think the club really shouldn't be without.
You'll find information about the club on this page and links to other pages containing further details, including our location and parking arrangements, a calendar of events, and a timetable of our regular games.
Although, as its name suggests, the Young Chelsea is particularly welcoming to young players, we have many older members, some of whom have belonged since the club began in 1968. There is no upper age limit - you are never the wrong age to play at the YC! It offers one of the strongest club bridge games in Europe, yet is also a great place to learn and improve your game. Daily bridge games are available for members and visitors. There are also regular lessons for beginners and improvers.
The Young Chelsea is also home to other Bridge
Clubs who welcome visitors to their regular sessions. The French
club meets on Monday mornings (except half-terms and summer), Tuesday afternoons and Saturday afternoons
(not in the summer). The International American
Club (ACBL affiliated) meets on Thursday afternoons. Rubber
bridge, for a stake of 20p a hundred, is available on Monday, Thursday
and Friday afternoons.
Please remember that the club's various rooms are available for hire
when not being used by the club. They are also suitable for meetings, seminars,
auditions, interviews and receptions, as a cost-effective alternative
to the impersonality of hotel meeting rooms. At present they are under-utilised, and the club would welcome the extra income,
so if you are involved in any organisation or business that rents rooms in the area, please suggest to them that they consider using our space.
The Young Chelsea constitution can be downloaded from this website.
The Young Chelsea Standard convention card can be downloaded from this website as a Word document.
Our appeals and tie-breaking procedures are outlined here, as well as our system disclosure arrangements,
including the permitted systems for social
duplicates on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Cross-IMP scoring method used in our Friday games is explained, together with its effect on our regular club ladders.
Minutes of the various BSC meetings that have been held are available for download here:
3rd Feb 2011
17th Dec 2009
24th Sep 2009
21st May 2009
22nd Jan 2009
18th Sep 2008
1st May 2008
17th Jan 2008
4th Oct 2007
26th Jun 2007
19th Apr 2007
2nd Feb 2007
30th Nov 2006
There is an archive page on this website for
those of you who enjoy looking at old results and notices. It's simply a
collection of links to pages that would otherwise be deleted. It'll continue
to be added to as information on the other pages is updated, but it won't
be maintained in any other way.
Don't forget you can subscribe to our electronic mailing list. Just click here, and type "Subscribe" in the subject line. An email newsletter is sent to subscribers periodically.