Tony Harmer
Service Friday 6th June - 11am

A service to celebrate the life of Tony will take place at Stonefall Crematorium, Harrogate on Friday 6th June at 11 am.  You are also warmly invited to Goldsborough Hall, Church Street, Goldsborough, Knaresborough, HG5 8NR following the service for refreshments.  It would be appreciated if you could confirm your attendance at Goldsborough -  doreen.pugh@theprogenygroup.com.   Donations in memory of Tony, if you wish, may be made to greatly benefit Saint Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate.

Yorkshire Handicapped Pairs

The club will hold a heat of this event on Wednesday Evening, June 4^th.  The handicapping will be done using the NGS grades of both members of the partnership. 

Our instructions from the YCBA suggest that we limit this event to 12 tables. As it is likely that members who do not usually play on a Wednesday night, and potentially members of other local YCBA clubs will wish to play, we have decided to institute a sign-on system.  In other words, if you wish to play on the Evening of June 4^th please reserve your place.

To reserve a place and more information        BOOK HERE

Members should note that this competition will be played at several YCBA clubs on June 4^th & 5^th. The same hands are to be used and you can only play in one heat.

Any problems please contact Steve Hall - contact details in the club handbook.

Scottish Overseas Congress
Benidorm

Congratulations to Catherine Thompson and Lesley Bridson who had an extremely successful week playing in the Scottish Overseas Congress in Benidorm, 5th to 12th May.

Yorkshire Festival of Bridge 2025 formerly known as the Yorkshire Congress 28th & 29th June @ the Cairn Hotel Harrogate

The YCBA in partnership with Oliver Cowan are taking the Yorkshire Festival of Bridge, formerly known as the Yorkshire Congress, back home to the Cairn Hotel in Harrogate.  The “Build Your Own Bridge Congress” event will allow players to pay for just bridge and refreshments and you will  have the option of ordering and paying for a meal on the day if you want.  This  venue  provides an excellent, friendly setting and the event will have something to suit everyone!

Please click here for a flyer with more information about the Festival of Bridge and how to enter.

The Northern Midweek Congress 26th to 28th August 2025 @ Cairn Hotel, Harrogate

Run by Oliver Cowan in partnership with the EBU.  Both Tuesday events are Blue Pointed.  Wednesday and Thursday events are Green Pointed.

Tues 26th
13:30 to 18:00 - JACK-HIGH SWISS PAIRS 2 sessions with an afternoon tea break
19:30 to 22:30 - OPEN PAIRS
Weds 27th
12:30 to 15:30 - SWISS PAIRS (matches 1-3)
15:30 to 16:30 - Break
16:30 to 19:30 - SWISS PAIRS (matches 4-6)
Thurs 28th
11:00 to 13:00 - SWISS TEAMS (matches 1-2)
13:00 to 14:00 - Lunch Break
14:00 to 18:30 - SWISS TEAMS (matches 3-6) coffee break after match 4

For more details and entry fees click here.  Closing date for entries is Friday 22nd August 2025.

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

* Denotes first time promotion

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.

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.