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Dave Robinson, Tony Sowter, Richard Pike and David Waxman were half the Yorkshire team that qualified for the final of the Tollemache, the Inter - County Teams of Eight, by coming second of their group of 15 counties over the weekend. The final will be in February. Well done to the team!
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Sunday, 09 November 2025 by
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Match 2 (played 2nd November)
Sheffield A had a good win against arch rivals Leeds in Division 1 with a 14-6 victory which keeps them in second place. Sheffield B lost to league leaders York, but have now got through arguably their two toughest fixtures this season.
In Division 5 the C team came from behind to take top spot from Olicana C winning 15-5.
In Division 7 the D team beat Halifax B 19-1 to take the top of the table position from .....Sheffield E who lost to Wetherby D 4-16 but remain...
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Friday, 07 November 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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Yorkshire League Match 1- Russ de Haney reports:
Sheffield A got off to a good start in defending their title in Division one with an 18 -2 victory over Sheffield B, the only consolation for the B team is that they have now faced the strongest team in the league.
In Division 5 the newly promoted C team got off to a comfortable 17-3 victory over Doncaster C.
In Division 7 our two new teams both started with wins, the D team managed to reverse a deficient, going into the final quarter of the match,...
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Tuesday, 21 October 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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We have received news that a former member, Jean Bowie, passed away last month. She was a member from 1989 till 2021.
Her funeral will take place at Grenoside Crematorium at 11.30 am this coming Tuesday, 21 October.
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Sunday, 12 October 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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Yorkshire League teams for 19th October 2025
After quite a bit of scrambling we have five full teams for our opening fixtures. Many many thanks to those that have stepped in at the last minute to enable this to happen.
A
David Robinson & Tony Sowter
Sandy Davies & Tom Gisborne
Bazil Caygill & Matt Kiggins
Richard Pike & Arthur Hughes
B
Simon & Rob Woolham
Martin White & Graham Knott
Pete Waterman & Richard Gilbert
Peter Camm & Glyn Foley
C
Gill Woodcock...
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Thursday, 09 October 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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The Waddington Shield is Yorkshire's premier knockout competition for teams of four. Entry is open to players of all ranks. The winning team is eligible to represent Yorkshire in the EBU’S Pachabo Cup competition.
The Yorkshire Trophy teams of four is a Jack High knockout competition. To qualify as a Jack High player your NGS rating must be below 57% on 1st September.
Entries to these competitions are a snip at £20/team for the Shield & only £10/team for the Trophy.
Full...
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Sunday, 21 September 2025 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to Bob Brown & Graham Jepson who pipped Barrie Partridge & Mary Cousins at the post to win the first trophy of the new season.
The handicap prizes were won by Vari Ainsworth & Liz Fisher.
Results here.
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Tuesday, 26 August 2025 by Bazil Caygill
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We are now taking entries for the NICKO, the National Inter-Club Knock-out for Teams of Four.
The NICKO is a perfect gateway for anyone interested in getting into national teams' competitions. Matches are friendly, only 24-boards in length, and in early rounds are regionalised &/or online. All standards are welcome and you're guaranteed at least two matches because 1st-round losers get free entry to the NICKO Plate competition.
If you've never played before... then why not give it a go?
If...
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Friday, 08 August 2025 by Bazil Caygill
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The final trophies for the club year 2024 to 2025 have now been determined:
Chamberlain (Wed evenings)
Arthur Hughes
Jepson (Tuesday Afternoons*)
Cathy Anderson, Stuart Anderson
Rankin (Thursday afternoons)
Richard Pike
Frith (Thursday afternoons*)
Caroline Cousins
Barber (Wednesday afternoons*)
Caroline Cousins
Lee (Saturday afternoons**)
Pat Jones
Derek Jepson Memorial Trophy
Bazil Caygill
Teams Pentathlon
Russ de Haney, David Fletcher
* Restricted to NG less than 48% at start...
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Saturday, 02 August 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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The last silverware of the season was won by Peter Camm, Glyn Foley, David Fletcher and Russ de Haney with a score of +35 IMPs. Richard Pike, Sandy Davies, Bazil Caygill & Matthew Kiggins were second with +29 IMPs.
Results here.
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Tuesday, 22 July 2025 by Bazil Caygill
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We have received the sad news that Bill Barraclough passed away on Monday 21st after a long battle against cancer.
Bill had been a member of the club for almost 40 years. He took part in all club activities, incuding a stint as Treasurer and about 20 years as Assistant Treasurer to Derek Jepson. Bill frequently directed club sessions and was an extremely popular member of the club. Although Bill had no immediate relatives, it is clear that he will be missed by the whole Sheffield Bridge Club family.
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Tuesday, 22 July 2025 by Barrie Partridge
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The Chairman's Pairs was won by James Green and Bazil Caygill with a score of 61.98%. They werejust ahead of John Edwards & Bill Cullen, and Gill Woodcock & Ruth Ringrose.
Results here
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Wednesday, 09 July 2025 by Bazil Caygill
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The Yorkshire Festival of Bridge - formerly the Yorkshire Congress - is held in Harrogate.
Best placed Sheffield players in the Pairs were David Waxman & Ian Johns, who finished fourth. (Ian is technically a former member but he still counts as he's an old friend of the club.)
Results
Richard Pike was part of the team which won the B-final of the Teams event.
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Sunday, 29 June 2025 by Bazil Caygill
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The Sheffield heat of this event was won - before & after handicaps were applied - by David Price & Mike Ruck. Congratulations to them.
David and Mike finished in 22nd place in the final, county-wide rankings. (Full ranking list is here.)
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Thursday, 05 June 2025 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to Barrie Partridge, Sue Lloyd, Judy Jackson and Richard Gilbert; winners of the Nancy Campfield Trophy on Spring Bank Holiday Monday. They came top of a field of eight tems with +58 IMPs.
Second were Terry Jacobs, Keith Cornish, Bill Barraclough & Dave Duckworth with +49 IMPs.
Results here.
TheMusson Trophy, for the leading "non-expert" team, was not awarded at this event as no team met the criteria. (A non-expert team could have won a trophy literally just by turning...
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Monday, 26 May 2025 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to Jean Rodgers and Morag Laycock on winning the Flo Dornan Swiss Pairs with a score of 75 VPs, ahead of Guy Hollingsworth and Andy Smith, just 1VP behind with 74 VP.
Results are here
The two leading pairs also win the handicap prizes by a clear margin.
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Monday, 05 May 2025 by Barrie Partridge