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Liz Fisher, winner of the Frith, with her first ever bridge trophy! Special congratulations to her
Sandy Davies, winner of the Chamberlain. (Not her first trophy.)
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Friday, 07 August 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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As July draws to a close, so do all the ladder competitions. Final rankings can be found here and the winners are...
Open category
Chamberlain (Wednesday evenings - average of best 20 scores)
1st:Sandy Davies, 62.44%
2nd: Tom Gisborne, 60.76%
Rankin (Thursday afternoons - average of best 20 scores)
1st:Dominic Rayner, 65.84%
2nd: Richard Pike, 64.31%
Non-expert category
Frith (Thursday afternoons - most masterpoints scored by players with NGS below 48)
1st:Liz Fisher, 351
2nd: Vari Ainsworth,...
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Friday, 31 July 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to Bazil Caygill, Arthur Hughes, Sandy Davies & Matthew Kiggins for winning the Vera Copestake Salver with a score of +55 IMPs. Jan Desforges, Penny Thompson, Jonathan Webster & Gill Perkins were second with +31 IMPs.
Results here.
This is the final trophy of the season, and also nets Sandy Davies the Yorkshire Bank trophy - awarded for the best performance in the five teams' trophy competitions across the year.
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Wednesday, 22 July 2026 by Barrie Partridge
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Due to a computer issue, the afternoon results for 8 July were unable to be retrieved. Apologies to all who played.
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Wednesday, 08 July 2026 by Barrie Partridge
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144 pairs from 9 clubs participated in this event. Highest placed Sheffield pair were Dominic Rayner & Joryce Powell, both in overall ranking (3rd) and after handicapping (10th).
Full ranking lists are here.
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Saturday, 27 June 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to James Green & Bazil Caygill for retaining the Chairman's Trophy with a score of 63.7%. Richard Gilbert & John Edwards were a close second with 62.5%. Results here.
The win also means that Bazil retains theDerek Jepson Memorial Trophy - awarded to the top performing player in the Swiss Pairs Pentathlon based on all the results from the club’s five nominated Pairs events.
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Friday, 26 June 2026 by Barrie Partridge
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Congratulations to Sheffield players in the recent GP Swiss Pairs in Spondon:
Tony Sowter was the winner, (playing with Paul Brereton from York) with a total of 114 VPs.
Ian and Julie Grant were second with 98 VPs
Results here.
The next Green Point events in Spondon are in September and October. Links are here.
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Saturday, 06 June 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to all seven teams who survived the sweltering heat on Spring Bank Holiday Monday, but especial congratulations to the convincing winners of the Nancy Campfield trophy; Arthur Hughes, John Edwards, Tom Gisborne and Sandy Davies. Both halves of the team also topped the pair's x-IMPs rankings.
Results here.
The Musson Trophy (for non-expert players) was won byChristine Izard, Kevin Duffy and Tony & Julie Long.
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Monday, 25 May 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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Congratulations to Adam Spillane & Dave Robinson on winning the Flo Dornan Swiss Pairs with a score of 75 VPs, ahead of Gill Woodcock & Fiona Drew, just 4VPs behind with 71 VP.
Results here.
The handicap prizes (based on NGS) go to
Gill Woodcock and Fiona Drew,
Tony Ashwell and Paul Griffiths, and
Tony Long and Peggy Hall
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Monday, 04 May 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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Players needed!
We need at least one more player for our second team please contact Simon Woolham before Friday if interested.
There is still time to enter your own team of four too! Dates are Sundays 7th & 21st June and 5th July 2.00pm to 5.30 on each day - 3 eight board matches. There are likely to be three or foutr divisions so you will be placed in an appropriate division.
Please contact me for deatils and any queries you may have.
I have to enter the teams by Saturday 2nd May.
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Monday, 27 April 2026 by Russ de Haney
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Congratulations to Dave Robinson, Arthur Hughes, Sandy Davies & Matthew Kiggins who have won/retained* this year's Vice-Chairman's teams with a score of 88 IMPs. Both pairs also topped the X-IMPed Pairs rankings.
Results here.
The trophy comes with free entry to the EBU's National Inter-club Knockout (NICKO) competition. This competition 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...
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Wednesday, 22 April 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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The final matches were played out on Sunday 29th March.
Our first team were unable to overturn York's lead in Division 1 to retain their title but nevertheless secured an impressive 15-5 win over York who suffered their only defeat of the season
Sheffield B narrowly lost to Leeds A 12 - 8 finishing 5th in the table, having already secured their place in Division 1 to ensure Sheffield remain the only club to have two teams in the top Division.
In Division 5 the C team beat second placed Brighouse...
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Wednesday, 15 April 2026 by Russ de Haney
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With all credit to Russ de Haney, our Match Secretary for the Yorkshire Leagues, the LOG Jamboree was resurrected this year, the event being a celebration of the end of the Yorkshire League for Teams of Eight season. The event has always been handicapped. For the last decade or so, the NGS has been used to determine the handicaps.
Congratulations to Sheffield D who won the event even before applying their handicap.
Results for each quartet are here. (Each team of eight divided into two sub-teams...
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Tuesday, 14 April 2026 by Barrie Partridge
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Congratulations to Penny Thompson & Bazil Caygill, who have won this year's Easter Swiss Pairs and take home the Stones Gold Shield. They won all five of their matches and finished on 76 VPs. Sandy Davies & Tom Gisborne came a close second for the Stones Silver Shield.
The Bronze Shield - for the best performing pair on handicap, based on NGS, but finishing outside the top two, has gone to Rod Hose and Richard Wraight.
Results here.
This is Penny's first ever bridge silverware, so special...
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Monday, 06 April 2026 by Bazil Caygill
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A Team @ York A: Sandy & Tom, Dave B & Mike, Dave R & Tony, Richard &Arthur
B Team @ Leeds A: Dom & Bazil, Keith & Ernie, Robert & Simon, David & Glyn
C Team v Brighouse A: Jan & Richard, Mike & David, Andy & Guy, Gill & Russ
D Team v Leeds D: Monika & Martin, Mary & David, Rita & Rosemary, Barbara & Sue
E Team @ Halifax B: Pat & Pete, Penny & Jeanette, Tony & Julie, Caroline & Richard
Good luck to all.
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Thursday, 19 March 2026 by Russ de Haney
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PENULTIMATE MATCHES
Division 1
Sheffield A had a modest win over Ilkley 12-8, to remain in 2nd place still with a chance of retaining their title....if they beat the unbeaten table-toppers York by 19-1, or better, in the last match.
Sheffield B had a decisive 16-4 victory over Thirsk which ensures Sheffield BC will again be the only club with 2 teams in division once again next season. Not only have they secured their safety, with a match to spare, but also have a chance of finishing 3rd.
Division...
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Monday, 09 March 2026 by Russ de Haney