Teams of Four - Fifth Round

Monday 31st March - Evening Session

This is the last of the five teams events played on the fifth Mondays and Thursdays from July to March.  The best three of five results will determine which team is the overall winner of the Teams competition for 2024-25.  Teams are welcome to play as many or as few times as they wish.

Northern Easter Festival Saturday 19th to Sunday 20th April 2025 @ Crowne Plaza Hotel, Harrogate

Hosted by YCBA on behalf of the EBU

9-High Pairs
Saturday 19th
5 x 5 board rounds
For more details and how to enter click here.  Closing date for entries Wednesday 16th April

Swiss Pairs
Saturday 19th
7 x 7 board rounds.

Swiss Teams
Sunday 20th
7 x 7 board rounds.

Master Points
Swiss events are fully Green pointed and all 9-High events are Blue pointed

For further information about the Festival and the entry form click here.  Closing date for entries Wednesday 16th April.

Illingworth Rose Bowl
Mixed Pivot Teams - Results

Six teams played for the Illingworth Rose Bowl on Friday 14th March in a special event, a mixed pivot teams.  The computer couldn't cope but human power took over and we scored up manually.

An excellent visiting team consisting of David Waxman, Steve Blackburn, Gill Copeland and Nichola Cockerill-Smith came top with +57 imps.  The first HBC team and the winners of the club trophy were Catherine Thompson, Paul Barrett,and Steve and Kate Hall with +29 imps.

Well done to all and if we can play more pivot teams hopefully the computer will get used to it.
Rob

Huge congratulations to the Harrogate A team who have retained their place in the very competitive 1st division of the Yorkshire Leagues for the fourth year running.  They finished fifth out of eight teams.
Well done to the following who have represented the club in these matches:
Paul Barrett, Agnes Baxter, Rob Cave, Tim Emmott, Kevin Higgins, Bob Marchbank, Janet Lathem, Ted Latham, Robin Prestwich, Bryan Snodgrass and Catherine Thompson.

The B team had an unfortunate season and will be relegated from Division 3 to Division 4.

The C team finished a creditable mid table in Division 6.

Thank you to everyone who has turned out to represent the club.

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We are running 3 teams of 4 pairs in the Yorkshire League this season, playing against other Yorkshire teams, with home and away fixtures.  The matches are played on a Sunday afternoon against players of roughly the same standard.  There are 7 divisions.

The full YCBA league tables and results can be found by clicking here

We are a welcoming and friendly bridge club catering for players of all standards.  We run six pairs sessions per week. Master points are awarded.  We also have classes for beginners and intermediates, and occasional instruction on specific topics.

For the more competitive players we have three teams in the Yorkshire Sunday League.   Many of our players also group together to make teams of four that play in the Harrogate and District Bridge League against more local opposition.

Harrogate Bridge Club is located in the centre of this beautiful spa town.  The club has its own private licensed premises and is well established with over 250 members. 

Visiting pairs are always made welcome.

Congratulations to the following members who have recently earned Master Point promotions.

* Denotes first time promotion

Lessons for Autumn 2024

Beginners

Mondays 10:00am 
Starting 30th September

No prior bridge knowledge is needed but email Rob with any questions

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If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Rob Cave robcave@live.co.uk.  Cost : £7 per 2 hour lesson.  There is no need to book in advance, just turn up!  

An EBU textbook is available for purchase from Rob.  Rob is an EBU qualified bridge teacher.

Upcoming Events

YCBA
For details on all YCBA events click here.

For EBU events click here.

Schedule

From 7th August 2023

The EBU has introduced some new alerting, announcing and bidding rules.
 

• *** New Announcing and Alerting Summary 2023***
• Reasons for and details of the Blue Book changes
• Blue Book list of changes
• White Book list of changes
• Blue Book Aug 2023 (with change marks)
• White Book Aug 2023
• Announcements and Alerting Table 2022

The content of these books applies to all events held on or after 7th August 2023. Please be tolerant of players who don’t get all the updated procedures exactly right straight away – it’s meant to be an exercise in informing your opponents of your methods, not an excuse for trying to get one over on them!

The committee would like to take this opportunity to remind players that 'Best Behaviour at Bridge' must be adhered to at all times.  This is essential to ensure that all our members enjoy their games of bridge.  Please take the time to read the new 'Best Behaviour at Bridge' statement from the EBU.  Click here to go to the tab.

Rob Cave
Chairman

 The club uses air purifiers with HEPA filters to provide clean air in playing rooms.