Young Chelsea Knockout 2009-2010
Following a couple of late entries, we now have 28 teams in this year's Young Chelsea Knockout, and the updated draw is shown below. Once again this year the draw is completely random - there are no seeds. Matches are of 24 boards in the first two rounds, 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 italics in the draw below) has the privilege 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 membership before playing - a team fielding a player whose membership is not current 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. The final will be on Sunday 1st August 2010. It is intended that the final will be shown on BridgeBase Online and teams who qualify for the final must be prepared to play under those conditions.
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		August 1st
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Pemberton	}		}		}
vs	}	Boulton	}		}
Boulton	}				}
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Goodwin	}				}		}
vs	}	Small			}		}
Small	}		}		}		}
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Hill	}		}				}
vs	}	Hillman	}				}
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Gauld	}						}		}
vs	}	Gauld					}		}
Hecht-Johansen	}		}				}		}
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Stephenson	}		}		}		}		}
vs	}	Kay	}		}		}		}
Kay	}				}		}		}
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Jones	}				}				}
vs	}	McGuire			}				}
McGuire	}		}		}				}
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de Botton	}		}		}				}
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Bannock	}				}		}		}
vs	}	Bannock			}		}		}
Newman	}		}		}		}		}
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Bowles	}		}				}		}
vs	}	Bowles	}				}		}
Cearns	}						}		}
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Goodchild	}						}
vs	}	Rainsford					}
Rainsford	}		}				}
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Davies	}		}		}		}
vs	}	Chadha	}		}		}
Chadha	}				}		}
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Ryan	}				}
vs	}	Ryan			}
Townsend	}		}		}
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Chapman	}		}
vs	}	Chapman	}
Callaghan	}
Richard Boulton		Barry Stoker		Bob James		Tony Eastgate
Andy Bowles		John Howard		Graham Osborne		Mike Scoltock
Brian Callaghan		Rob Cliffe		Ian Payn
Simon Cearns		Julian Bacon		Chris Duckworth		Mike Graham
Gad Chadha		Graham Orsmond		Michael Ranis		Roger Mapp
Terry Chapman		Nick Boss		Richard Johnson		David Bakhshi
Nick Davidson		Warwick Pitch		Peter Collins		Peter Donovan		John Clarke
Mark Davies		Tony Mutukisna		Thierry Ehrsam		Eryk Gozdowski
Janet de Botton		David Burn		Nick Sandqvist		Artur Malinowski		Justin Hackett		Jason Hackett
Tim Gauld		Simon Cochemé		Paul Lamford		Stefanie Rohan
Chris Goodchild		Mike Smyth		Ashwin Patel		Mahmoud Sadek
Dom Goodwin		Stu Nelson		Richard Creamer		Mike Bull
Gitte Hecht-Johansen		John Vos		Marta Sikora		Jacek Sikora
Mike Hill		Rolf Alexander		Mike Clack		David Ould
Richard Hillman		Jon Green		Keith Bennett		Neil Rosen
Tim Ryan		Gareth Birdsall		Adam Dunn		Tommy Garvey		Hugh McGann
Gary Jones		Jerry Harouni		Ray Robinson		Mike Vail		Daffyd Jones
Alan Kay		Jerry Cope		Francis Morton		Tony Golding
Brian McGuire		John Wilmott		Dimitre Stoev		Pip Railing
Jon Lillycrop		Rowena Clow		Ros Nanayakkarra		Dan Cardnell
John Pemberton		Steve Popham		Helen Erichsen		Margaret James
Gordon Rainsford		Paul Martin		Sarah Dunn		Phil King
Cameron Small		Frances Hinden		Jon Cooke
Ryan Stephenson		Liz Clery		Jonathan Jacobs		David Ewart
Kitty Teltscher		Nicola Smith		Colin Simpson		Willie Coyle		Steve Eginton
Tom Townsend		David Gold		Nick Irens		Norman Selway		Espen Erichsen
David Newman
Andrew Bannock		David Arundel		Leo Wang		Ted Booth