The Bradford Swiss Pairs competition for the Rita Oldroyd Cup was held on Sunday 14th April and, in addition to Club members, a lot of participants came from other bridge clubs to compete.  The winners were Mike Ash and Rob Ferrari, with two pairs -  Dave Robinson partnering Sandy Davies and TonyMcNiff partnering Bill Townsend - tieing in second place.  Gill Copeland and Steve Blackburn were the highest ranking Bradford pair.

Many thanks to our wonderful house committee for providing such a lovely buffet meal.

Monday 15th April was a handicapped  event and seven teams competed.  The raw results can be seen by clicking the Results Tab in the usual way.  However Pianola does not deal with the handicaps.  The final result for the top four teams, with the handicap applied, is as follows:-  

Many congratulations to the winners of the Haslock Trophy - Hazel Greenwood and Margaret Brayshaw.  Very well played - a great result!

This competition concluded this week and in an exciting photo finish Team Andrews L pipped Team Davies on a split tie after both finished on 89VP. So hard luck for Stuart’s team and congratulations to Laurie’s. Team Eaton took third spot on 83 VP, not so far behind. Unfortunately the results from the final round of matches cannot yet be displayed on the results page but this will be remedied in due course. Thanks to all who played throughout the winter to make this competition a success.

The Mentoring system seems to be working extremely well and still has several months to run.  The Club would now also  like to organise some stand-alone seminars on topics of interest. For instance, a seminar topic could be on team tactics or further conventions or cue bidding and splinters or defence etc.  If you have the necessary expertise and would be willing to run one of these seminars it would be great  - so please let someone on the Committee know.

The winner of the Club Championship Handicap Teams held on 18th March was Robert's team - Robert Eaton, Janice Brear, Alistair Copeland and Clive Naylor.  Well done, all of you!

On Sunday 14th April the Club is hosting a Swiss Pairs event. It starts at 1.00 pm, there's a substantial buffet and it should be a really enjoyable day. It's a great opportunity to meet and play against people from other clubs as well as the other Bradford members who will be playing.

Full details can be found on the YCBA website under the Events tab and there are some entry forms on the table in the coffee room.

Congratulations to Louise Armitage and Sandra Andrews who won the Ladies Championship Pairs Drive on March 13th and to Alistair Copeland and Alan Jarvis who won the Men's event.

Many thanks to Stuart for all the work that he put in running two events simultaneously.  It was really appreciated by everyone who played.

With only one round of matches remaining in this year's competition Team Davies' lead has been cut to 4VP.

Hot on their heels is Team Andrews L. and Teams Eaton and Andrews M. still have a theoretical chance of winning.

Plenty to play for in the final matched on April 2nd.

All the match results and the league positions can be viewed here.

Members will be shocked and saddened to hear that Jim Newby died in his sleep on the weekend of 2nd/3rd March.  Our thoughts are very much with Madeleine at this sad time.

The results for the final match in this season’s Yorkshire League are as follows:-

 Special congratulations to Team D who finished the season at the top of their division which means that they will be promoted next year.  Well done to the A team for their 20-0 win on March 3rd!!

 The Bradford team of Stuart Davies, Alan Jarvis, Steve Blackburn and Gill Copeland have reached the semi-finals of the Waddington Shield, the annual Yorkshire k/o teams event. This is the major county teams-of-four competition. The winners will represent the YCBA in the EBU Pachabo Cup competition (inter-county teams of four championship). We wish our team well for the next round.

Please note that the movement activated  light in the Club porch  is now working and switching on.  It has a timer and will stay on for about thirty seconds when activated and then switch off automatically.  So, if you are a keyholder, just leave it when you lock up.  You don't have to turn it off manually.

The winning ladies team in the competition held on 18th February was made up of Gill Copeland, Georgina Wooler, Georgie Ramseyer and Jacqui Hutchinson.  Well played.

This was a really exciting event with great competition especially between the two top teams! In the end Stuart Davies, John Dickson, George Bak and Steve Blackburn just managd to beat the team of Robert Eaton, David Donaldson,Harry Hoyle and Clive Naylor.

Very well done to our teams on their results in the Yorkshire League matches played on 17 February.  Four won their matches.

Our D team remains at the top of its division and as long as they win their next match by 11-9 or more they will be the winners however well the other clubs score.  The E team is also doing well and is second in its division at the moment.

The results were as follows:-

The final match in the series will be on Sunday 3^rd March.

Congratulations to Pauline and Chris, our winners of the Flitch competition. Margaret and Lauri came second. Madeleine and James tied with Gill and Alistair in third place.

Congratulations to George Bak and Steve Blackburn.  They came second in the Doncaster Swiss Pairs held on 3rd February - just 2 VPs behind the leaders.  32 pairs competed.  Well done George and Steve!

The Bridge Club has a comprehensive library with various books on bidding, defence and declarer play.  All  can be borrowed.  Why not have a look and see if you would like to study one or more of these to improve your play?  The books can be found on the shelf as you go into the main bridge room.

After 5 rounds of this season long competition it's all change at the top.

After a big win in their fifth match Team Davies have captured the lead by 9VP over second placed Team Andrews L.

All the match results and the league positions can be viewed here.

Congratulations to our teams on their results in the Yorkshire League matches played on 27th January.  Four of our five teams won their matches and our D team is at the top of its division by a considerable margin.

 The results were as follows:-

The next match will be on Sunday 17th February.

After four rounds team Andrews L have kept their lead but the margin is now down to 4VP.

All the match results and the league positions can be viewed here.

The fourth round of the Yorkshire League was played on Sunday 6^th January.  The results for our Club were as follows:-

Well done to the D and E teams who both won by a good margin.  The final result for the C team was  +2 IMPs in their favour - which in VPs counts as  a draw  -  and, although  the  A team lost in the final round, their match was very close.. 

Many thanks to all who played..

The next match will be  on 27^thJanuary.

The book for the 2019 Hundred Club is now open and Morris Brown is collecting subscriptions.  Approximately half the money  is returned to members through a weekly draw and the rest goes to the Bridge Club.  The money raised in this way last year was used to buy our new chairs.

Everyone is welcome to join and, if you wish to do so, please let Morris know, either by contacting him directly or by leaving a note behind the bar. The subscription is £10 for the year.

What an absolutely great Christmas Celebration we had on 19^th December – smoked salmon, prawn vol-au-vents, wonderful cakes and snacks to name but a few of the dishes on offer and wine as well! 

Thanks to the Committee for putting it on and especial thanks to Margaret Brayshaw and her team - you all put in so much effort and time and we are very, very lucky to have members like you.  

The Club will be open on the evening of 31st December and we will be holding a pairs session. Come and celebrate New Year's Eve by playing your favourite game. 

Well done to Gill and Steve. They won the mixed pairs championship played on 12th December.  Carole and Stuart came second - just 0.03% behind!

Ours is a great Club and it’s really interesting to have some say in the way  it is run and to be in a position to help  decide how it develops. If you would like to be a part of this we'd love to have you on the Club  Committee  - so please don't hesitate to put your name forward before the AGM on 26th January  If you want to know more about the role you can discuss it with Susan, Mark or any of the current Committee members. 

The 100 Club winners in December are:-

3rd Sandra Andrews  10th Delys Wallace   17th George Bak

Three rounds of this club competition are now complete and after the latest matches Team Andrews L. lead by a 12VP margin.

All the match results and the league positions can be viewed here.

The third round of the Yorkshire League was played on Sunday 2nd December.  The results were as follows:-

The next match will be on Sunday 6th January.

Tom Copeland, playing with three others from Leeds, won the YCBA Mixed Pivot Teams event held on 25th November. Sue Pell and Carole Kelly playing with two others came second.   Stuart Davies' team  -  Stuart, Steve Blackburn, Gill Copeland and George Bak - came third.  This was a County event.  Well done to you all..

Congratulations to our Bradford A team. They won their first round match in the National Inter-Club Knockout Competition (NICKO), beating a team from Bury  Good luck in the second round!

The  raw results for  Wednesday evening 14th November are on the website as usual.  However this was a Club Handicap Pairs event and Pianola does not handle the handicaps correctly.
Handicap Results are as follows (Top 3)
1st Colin Robinson & Ana Karadzhova 64.63%
2nd Elaine van Heel & Harald Luts 64.32%
3rd Peter Franks & Lauri Andrews 62.79%

Well done to all - and especial congratulations to Colin and Ana, the winners of the event

The 100 Club winners in November are-

5th  Christine Bosworth      12th Bill Prior   19th Margaret Dixon .  26th Liz Brown

Our Christmas Celebration this year will be on   Wednesday 19th December.   We're starting at 6.00 p.m. with wine and nibbles and there will be bridge to follow!  It's certain to be a great evening.

The second round of the Yorkshire League was played on Sunday 11th November.  The results were as follows:-

Congratulations to the D team for winning their first two matches each by a considerable margin and to the E team for their draw in this second match. The B team have averaged 11 so far but the A and C teams have yet to find their form.  Good luck to everyone for the next match which will be on Sunday 2nd December.

Members will be pleased to hear that the Joan Aspland charity drive raised £160 and this has been sent to Manorlands.

The second round of matches were played on 6th November and the results and league positions can be viewed via the link on the results page.

At the top of the table Team Andrews leads Team Andrews by 5VP (it's true, check it out.)

The first round of the Yorkshire League took place on Sunday 28^th October.  The results were as follows:-

Well done to our B and D teams for winning their respective matches.  Very good luck to everyone playing in the next round on Sunday 11^th November.