The Way Forward
The Club has reached an important milestone in its history – the “end of the beginning” of its conversion to a member-owned and operated Bridge Club, with a renegotiated 3-year lease.
For more on what this means for you – whether you’re a member or regular visitor to the Club – read this.
Building Works
With the signing of the new lease and the surrender of the upper part of the building, the landlord's agents will be starting work in the hallway to provide the upper floors with their own entrance. The works are expected to start during August, and to last for about six weeks. Whilst everything will be done to minimise the inconvenience to the club, inevitably there will be some disruption, especially as the work will involve making a new entrance to the bar. We thank you all in advance for your patience.
News
Club Championship Pairs 2010
The eighth game in this year's Club Championship Pairs, which runs on the last
Thursday of each month, and this year is scored by Cross-IMPs (like Friday nights), was won
by Heather Dhondy & Brian Callaghan with +65 IMPs. This puts them just behind Frank To & Barry Myers
in the current ranking.
Simultaneous Pairs
For the first time on a Monday we ran a Simultaneous Pairs in July, and it proved to be very popular so we
will be repeating it for the next EBU Sim Pairs on Monday 13th Sept at 7pm.
As was the case last time, we'll charge all EBU members the YC members' rate of £7 table money + £3 sim entry - £10 in total.
We'll also run the Sim Pairs on the Tuesday (14th Sept) as usual. The two days have different hands, so you are welcome to come
and play on both days if you wish.
Warren Buffett Bridge Cup
We have a limited number of brochures for this exhibition match between Europe and USA, which will be held on 13th-16th September in Cardiff.
Purchase of these brochures is by making a minimum donation of £5 to the Educational Trust for British Bridge, and the brochure allows entry to the event for spectators. For further information or to make a donation and receive a brochure, contact the Club Manager.
Individual Duplicate
Our final monthly Individual, which was held on Thursday 19th
August, was won by Camilla Warren with 64.00%. Next month will see the first of
our Third Thursday Pairs League games.
Third Thursday Pairs League
Starting on September 16th, we have an exciting new regular event - a Pairs League on the third Thursday of each month with promotion and relegation between divisions at the end of
each three-month season. Entries are now being invited - further details can be found here.
Xtra Thursday Teams Events
In months with five Thursdays, of which September is the next, we
are going to start having a teams event on the fourth Thursday of the month. The first of
these will be on September 23rd and will be a multiple teams with Point-a-Board (Board-a-Match) scoring. Now is the time to start organising your team!
Brighton Summer Meeting Winners
Congratulations to the following YC members who won events at
the EBU Brighton Summer Meeting:
Alexander Allfrey & Andrew Robson won the Four Stars "A" Final,
Chris Duckworth's team won the Brighton Bowl (Swiss Teams), Philip Nind & David Newman won the Brighton Plate (non-experts in the Swiss Pairs). In the mid-week events,
Tom Townsend & Tom Paske won the Tuesday Championship Pairs, David Gold won the Open Pairs on both Thursday and Friday, and Richard Bowdery & Gordon Rainsford won the Open Pairs on Sunday. The winning team in the
Knockout Teams contained several of our student members.
Summer Party Weekend
We are going to hold a Summer Party on Saturday 31st July from 5.00pm, with a
general knowledge quiz, a pop music quiz and a speedball pairs.
The £20 entry fee payable in advance (£23 at door)
includes food, wine/beer/soft drinks till 10.30pm. The following day is a Developing Bridge
duplicate to which all are welcome who would like to play in a
very sociable, slower-paced game. The YCKO final between Hillman & Bowles, which had been scheduled to be played on the Sunday,
will now take place on September 19th.
Keith Loveys Individual
The seventh annual Individual event in memory of Keith Loveys was won by Paul Lamford,
the first person to have done so twice. Full Results are available to be downloaded.
Bridgemate Numbers
Now that all club members are EBU members, and the EBU has issued a card
to everyone with their EBU number, we are going to use EBU numbers for name entry
on the Bridgemates, rather than separate Scorebridge numbers. This will mean you only
have one number to remember, and will also allow
visitors to the club to enter their details directly to ensure they are matched
up with the correct EBU record. So, if you don't know your EBU number, please bring
your EBU membership card with you.
Pay to Play
The EBU's Pay to Play
system of financing itself came into force on April 1st. It means that all up-to-date club members
are now
automatically EBU members without having to pay anything extra. We'll continue to issue master points directly to
your EBU record - you won't need to do anything different, although we might ask some of you for some more details for our
database to make sure you match up with the correct EBU record.
Any member who does not wish us to pass on any of their contact information to the EBU,
and who is willing to forgo the benefits of EBU membership, should contact us so that we can mark them down as an
"Anonymous" member, and remove their information from the EBU record.
Spring Bank Holiday Winners
Congratulations to Nick Boss & Richard Johnson who won the
Pairs "B" Final at the EBU's Spring Bank Holiday Congress at Bournemouth,
to Richard Hillman & David Bakhshi who were runners-up, and to Graham Osborne & Frances Hinden who were third.
Congratulations also to Janet de Botton &
Nick Sandqvist who won the
Teams "A" Final.
Inter-National Teams
Our annual Inter-National teams event, for non-British passport holders living or working in London,
took place for the third time on Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd May.
The qualifying round was won by the USA team (John Vos, Heather Bakhshi, Sybil Bragadir &
Michael Ranis, who also won the main final for the Elizabeth Lindsay Trophy.
The Trans-National teams - a subsidiary event for non-qualifiers and teams of mixed nationalities - was won by the
Irish/Indian/Singaporean team of James O'Donnell, Peter O'Donnell, Shyam Sashital & Kok Hong.
Hubert Phillips winners
Congratulations to Frances Hinden, Mike Scoltock, Graham Osborne &
Jon Cooke, who were in Frances' team that won the EBU's mixed pivot teams, the Hubert Phillips Bowl.
Crockfords winners
Congratulations to club President Janet de Botton, whose team (Nick Sandqvist, Andrew McIntosh,
Artur Malinowski, Jason Hackett & Justin Hackett) won the Crockfords Cup.
Monthly Swiss Pairs
The latest of our regular monthly Swiss Pairs on May 13th was won by David Newman & Gordon Rainsford
with 93 VPs.
The Swiss Pairs events are usually held on the second Thursday of each month, and feature 5x5-board rounds with current assignments using Bridgemates. They
attract players from across the full spectrum of abilities of our membership, and have proved to be one of our most popular innovations of the last couple of years. The next will be on Thursday 12th May at 7.30pm.
More Baby Pictures!
Congratulations to Sarah Dunn & David Ewart, whose daughter Eleanor Nancy Rose was born on 30th April weighing 9lb 5oz.
Her birth prevented her mother from playing bridge in the Spring Fours, but father David still managed to be there!
Here she is with her parents and her brother Sam.
Spring Fours Winners
Congratulations to the Denning team, including club members Gary Jones & Dafydd Jones, who won
the EBU's Spring Fours by 1 IMP at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Update your details
From time to time we send out emails with information about forthcoming events, and we
also use this method to notify members when their subscriptions are about to fall due.
If you don't get any such emails, it will be because we don't have up-to-date details for you on
our database.
To update your email address, just click here and send the email. If any
of your other details (address/phone number) have recently changed, you can put the updated information in the body of the email.
Lady Milne Winners
Congratulations to club members Chris Duckworth, Nicole Cook, Nevena Senior,
Sally Brock & Susanna Gross, with NPC Simon Cope, who were in the EBU team that
won the Lady Milne Trophy (women's home international) this weekend.
Fox Shammon Pairs
Congratulations to club member Steve Eginton who won
the Fox Shammon Pairs (LMBA's Seniors Pairs championship) this weekend. Well done also
to Malcolm Morris & Susi Behrmann who were runners-up, and to Sheila & Bryan Peers
who were third.
Easter Prize Winners
Congratulations to Brian Senior, Nevena Senior & Heather Dhondy who were
in the winning team of the Swiss Teams at the
EBU's London Easter Congress last weekend, and to David Gold who was in the winning partnership for the
Mixed Pairs. Well done also to Alice Kaye who was second and Nick Sandqvist & Andrew McIntosh who were third in the
Championship Pairs; to Nick Sandqvist & Fiona Hutchison who were third in the Mixed Pairs; to Graham Orsmond, Jackie Fairclough & Gad Chadha who were second in the Swiss Teams; and to Gordon Rainsford & Dom Goodwin who were second and
Janet De Botton who was third equal with Kitty Teltscher & Steve Eginton in the "A" Flight Swiss Pairs.
Novice Duplicates
We run a novice duplicate on the first Thursday of every month.
It starts at 7pm with wine and cheese, followed by a gentle duplicate with a friendly director, for an all-in charge of £10 per player (£5 for bone fide students). Master points are issued and prize vouchers awarded to the winners, so this could offer a first opportunity for you (or a less experienced friend) to shine! Please let anyone know who you think might be interested - they don't need to come with a partner.
The most recent one, on Thursday April 1st, was won by
Ann Bessel & Eugene Lewis with 73.33%. The full results can be found here.
The next novice duplicate will be on May 6th.
New Tuesday Daytime Game
Our Advanced Daytime Duplicate game, organised by Fiona Hutchison & Mary Gordon-Smith on Tuesday afternoons,
continues to generate a positive response from all those who play in it, and has been attracting a good strong field. It is a weekly event on the ground floor with a 1pm start, and is scored using Bridgemates, with pre-duplicated hands, master points and prize vouchers
just like any of our strong evening games. The bar is open for toasted sandwiches, panini and salads, which can be brought to you at the table as you play. It seems set to join our regular weekly schedule as a popular thriving game.
Leading Lady
Congratulations to Ruth Henig & Jack Johnstone who were in the Lords team (captained by Ruth) that won the latest Lords vs Commons
bridge match.
Camrose winners
Congratulations to Victor Silverstone who was in the winning England team in the Camrose this weekend, to Colin Simpson who was in the team on the first weekend, and to Heather Dhondy who was
the NPC this weekend and Simon Cochemé who was the Assistant NPC on the first weekend.
Diary Dates
The dates for a number of our annual events have now been decided for 2010:
May 22nd-23rd - Third Inter-National Teams weekend for the Elizabeth Lindsay Trophy
June 13th - Sunday Swiss Pairs, with IMP scoring
July 4th - Young Chelsea Individual, for the Keith Loveys Cup
August 1st - Final of the Young Chelsea Knockout
October 23rd-24th - Open Teams Challenge for the Peter Hecht-Johansen Trophy
October 30th-31st - LMBA Lederer Memorial Trophy (invitation/spectator event)
December 4th - Young Chelsea Christmas Party
London Champions
Congratulations to John Pemberton & Steve Popham who won the LMBA's Championship Pairs last weekend, as well as to
Victor Silverstone & Brigid Battiscombe who won the consolation event, and to
David Gold & Susanna Gross who won the qualifier.
Master Points Reports
The EBU has just published their
Annual Master Points reports
which can be downloaded from their website. Congratulations to club member Brian Callaghan who is London's highest all-time
master-point winner - with 479057 of them!
Tolly winners
Congratulations to club members Jeremy Dhondy, Richard Hillman, Keith Bennett,
Victor Silverstone, Nick Sandqvist, Andrew McIntosh & Neil Rosen, who were in the Middlesex team that won the
Tollemache Trophy - the EBU's inter-county teams of eight event - last weekend.
Developing Bridge
The latest of our Sunday Developing Bridge sessions was won by
Sue Bedford & John Brierley with a score of 73.50%. Full results are available
here. The schedule for future Developing Bridge sessions is on our teaching page.
Ula's Baby
Congratulations to Ula, our regular bartender of the last several years, on the birth of her first child Gabriella. She was born on Friday (Feb 5th) weighing 3.15Kg, after 33 hours labour! Both mother & daughter are doing well.
Lady Milne Trials
Congratulations to Susanna Gross & Sally Brock, Chris Duckworth & Nicole Cook and Nevena Senior who all came in the top six pairs of the
EBU's Women's Trials at the club last weekend and thereby
qualified to play in the EBU team in the next Lady Milne Trophy.
Bridge Sub-Committee Minutes
The minutes of the Bridge Sub-Committee held on December 17th are now available to be downloaded.
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.