YCBA NEWS September 2016

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YORKSHIRE CONTRACT BRIDGE ASSOCIATION

YCBA NEWS

Issue 7 (Previously YCBA Bulletin)

September 2016

Editor’s Notes

The July edition sought feedback in an attempt to ascertain the level of interest in YCBA
NEWS and to determine whether or not it is widely read. Feedback proved interesting, albeit
very limited. Eighteen fully positive comments were received along with one partially
supportive and two negative responses.

Also, in July we took the opportunity to distribute YCBA NEWS via Pianola wherever a
member’s e-mail address was available. This meant 1760 out of YCBA’s 3607 members
received YCBA NEWS directly by this method. The previous system of distributing through
Club Secretaries remained, so some of you will have received more than one copy i.e.
where clubs relay on to its members. Of those receiving YCBA NEWS via Pianola, 14
immediately unsubscribed from the circulation list - clear negative feedback. So overall there
were 18 positive, 1 partially positive and 16 negative responses (14 unsubscribes plus 2
stated adverse comments)

It is apparent that it hard to obtain a strong feeling for the degree to which YCBA NEWS is
valued from just 35 responses/reactions. Nevertheless the Management Board will discuss
the question of whether to retain YCBA on its current basis, modify elements or cease
altogether at its September meeting.

If YCBA NEWS is retained as at present, or adapted in some way, I am increasingly
desperate for help in generating articles! As ever development ideas would be appreciated.

David Waxman September 2016

Copy Wanted The Great Northern
Swiss Pairs (GNSP)
Please send details of results,
successes, achievements for 01 - 02 October 2016
inclusion in English Bridge to: National Green Point

- Robin Jepson, event
Tel: 0113 269 5334,
[email protected] (Incorporating an
Improvers Event on 02
Contributions to the Bulletin
from members are also October)
encouraged and welcomed by
the editor: Hilton Hotel, Neville Street,
Leeds, LS1 4BX
 Results/achievements
 reports on events Entry fees:
 articles £75.00 per player
 letters Juniors £53.00 per player
 emails Improvers £19.00 per player
 news, views and
Fee includes 2-course hot buffet
opinions supper on Saturday& hot lunch
on Sunday
David Waxman, 07710 263452
[email protected] Enquiries and entries to
Stuart Davies (stuart@svd1uk)
Competition forms and news 01274 598408
are also posted on the YCBA 4 Moorhead Lane, Shipley,
website, www.ycba.co.uk BD18 4JH

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Recent YCBA/Local/National Events Winners and Successes
July
EBU Summer Seniors Congress - B Final - Sandy Davies & Tom Gisborne
Waddington Cup - Sheffield - Bill Barraclough, David Duckworth, Richard Pike & Pete Waterman
Hubert Philips Bowl – Sandra Penfold and Brian Senior members of team finishing as runners-up
YCBA Flitch - Ian & Julie Grant
YCBA Play without the Experts - Swiss Pairs - Anne Kimberley & Linda James
EBU Scarborough Summer Congress - Multiple teams - James Thrower, Daniel Winter, Paul
Brereton & Tim Prior
August
EBU Northern Midweek Congress Swiss Teams - David Fletcher, Graham Jepson, Frank Littlewood
& David Musson
Olicana Invitational Swiss Teams - Mark Armitage, George Bak, Steve Blackburn & Gill Copeland
EBU Summer Congress -Teams A Final - Fiona Brown member of winning team; Hugh McGann
member of team finishing 5th

Forthcoming Events - Details of events available on YCBA website via the Events link
Kath Grimoldby Simultaneous Pairs – 17 September - Clubs
Garforth Swiss Teams - 18 September - Collingham Memorial Hall, Main Street, Collingham,
Entries to Audrey Jeal - Tel: 0113 2862914. £80.00 per team
The Great Northern Swiss Pairs - 01/02 October - Hilton Hotel, Leeds - see page 1
Great Northern Improvers’ Pairs - 02 October - Hilton Hotel, Leeds - see page 1
Yorkshire League fixtures matches 1, 2 and 3 - 23 October, 13 November & 04 December

Early Notice

Ryedale Pairs - 01 November 13.00, York BC - Entries to Philip Mason 01653 693553.Entrants
must have fewer than 200 Green Points; Fee £20.00 Juniors £14.00
YCBA Mixed Pivot teams - 27 November - Bradford BC

The Waddington Shield

Yorkshire's green-pointed knockout county teams-of-4championship - teams may have up to 6
playe.rs. Entries/enquiries to Stuart Davies [[email protected]] 4 Moorhead Lane, Shipley, BD18 4JH,
Tel: 01274 598408 by 1st October. Fee £36 per team. Cheques should be made payable to YCBA.
You may also pay by bank transfer to sort code 16-23-37 account number 00225326. Please quote
reference WS16 and e-mail Stuart Davies giving players' names and EBU numbers
This is Yorkshire's county teams-of-four championship and is green-pointed. Teams may have up to
six players.
Yorkshire must be the county of primary allegiance for all players in this competition. The winners will
be invited to represent Yorkshire in the Pachabo Cup (EBU Inter-County Teams-of-Four
Championship)
The competition is knockout throughout. Matches prior to the Final - 32 boards and the Final - 48
boards
Teams which lose their first match have free entry to the Yorkshire Trophy which is the plate
competition, where they may be joined by teams which have entered directly. Direct entry fee - £12
per team, but all players must be below the rank of National Master and must not have played in the
Waddington Shield in the same season. If you wish to do this, the closing date is 1st January.

Ed: As I wrote last year - This is a great competition and it would be excellent to see the number of entries
increase this year. Numbers have been falling for some time.

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Dave Robinson Hints

A hand from a Round 6 NICKO match
At green versus red teams partner opens 1NT (12-14) - Pass and you hold

xx xxx AK10xxx Jxx
What do you bid? Answer on page 5

Another dog that didn’t bark in the night - Dave Robinson

This was a hand that should have brought us right back into our last 16 Gold Cup match. Zia fell from
grace and had teammates got it right we would have gone into the last 24 boards just 19 adrift.
North opened 3D and on both tables I and Espen Erichsen bid 3NT

Q53 85 KQJ9874 9

K762 AJ9
10972 KJ43
32 1065
J42 1076

1084 AQ6 A AKQ853

Zia led 2 spades and Hanlon cashed Jack and Ace and returned the 9.
Zia played the last spade and led a Heart allowing me to make
Exactly the same on the other table

Poor defence if you trust partner. With an ACE he would have surely cashed it before the 3rd spade.
Even if you were leading from a 3 card suit it’s hard to see how cashing an ace could cost- declarer
can’t be wide open in 2 suits.

Corwen Trophy - Dave Robinson

In 1998 4 of Yorkshire’s 5 pairs finished in the top 20 out of 110 pairs. This year only 2 Yorkshire pairs
made the top half Sandy Davies and Tom Gisborne doing best (23/98 pairs).

This hand from the event is about trusting partner

You hold K95432 1052 Q10 105

The bidding has started

N E S W (you)

1H X 2H 2S

3H 3S P ?

Should you bid game? When you bid 2S rather than 3 you said you didn’t fancy game opposite a
normal minimum take out double.

Partner has now bid 3S so he must be better than minimum. And if he is as short in hearts as it
sounds it appears as if 4S will have a good chance. But remember he had another bid available -
double. Double where there is no space available to make a game try is the only game try available.
He didn’t!. Therefore he is just competing. So pass and collect 66% for plus 140 rather than 26% for
minus 100

And if 4S actually makes? Then it’s your partner's bid who is at fault - not you.

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Northern Bridge League 2016

In overall terms, after two rounds (of 4) Yorkshire 2 are 2nd in the A League with Yorkshire 1
lying 4th out of the six teams. Yorkshire stands 7th out of eight teams in the B League. In the C
League Yorkshire NW sit 1st and Yorkshire SE 5th out of seven.

Yorkshire NW who lead the C League are the only Yorkshire team to come first on either round.
This was in Round 1 when the team comprised Bob Marchbank & Geoff Fox, Ann & Clive
Barnett, John Cole & Mike Hopkins and Oliver Cowan & Stephen Berson.

The 13th European Youth Pairs Championships

Good news for the future of YCBA is that the Championships held in July in Latvia saw 3 of our
young members taking part - Emma Bentley (Mixed Pairs), Daniel Winter (Under 21) and
Dominic Rayner (Under 26).

Dave Robinson Hints – his answer

I could pass or transfer to diamonds but I suspected the hand belonged to the ops so I raised to
3NT. I was doubled and my retreat to 4D was doubled. I could have gone just one down double
dummy but conceded 300.
The opponents were cold for 650. I don’t mind being wrong once in a while with such bids, and
who knows, on a very good day we would have made 3NT!

Club teacher training - teaching programme

English Bridge Education & Development (EBED) is running a teacher training initiative
to help all bridge clubs grow membership through an integrated teaching programme.
The course’s purpose is to provide basic training for club members prepared to offer a
teaching programme at their club. This needs to be as part of programme backed by the
whole club which is designed to attract new members into bridge and nurture their
development within the world of duplicate play.

Players should be integrated into the club as early as possible programmes of teaching,
supervised play, “no fear” duplicates and above all by providing an encouraging and
welcoming atmosphere. Success should be evaluated by how many graduate to playing
regularly at club duplicate sessions. The responsibility for this falls to the whole club
membership. Clubs’ futures may depend on it.
The course’s current cost is £106. Participants don’t need to be EBU members but
should be familiar with club level duplicate bridge. It is unlikely that the course will suit
anyone with an NGS grading below 7; but no previous teaching experience is required.

The EBU is offering 1 free teacher training session to each affiliated club within any 24
month period. Second and subsequent teachers may attend the course paying the usual
fee. Places should be booked by the prospective teacher’s Club Secretary.

Any club taking advantage of the free training course must agree to try to provide
training within one year, use the Bridge for All programme and aim to produce at least 4
students as full club members within 2 years. In addition the club must remain affiliated
for a full three years after the training course has taken place.

Through EBED, the EBU intends to produce new educational material to help people to
learn how to play more quickly and easily and inspire them to join Clubs. Members
regard this objective as of the highest priority to safeguard the game’s future.

The next local course will be held at Huddersfield BC, Saturday 29th & Sunday
30th October 2016. If interested, please contact Lisa Miller (EBU) on 01296 317217,
[email protected] or Alan Aizlewood (Huddersfield BC) - [email protected] - who
will be able to assist with details.

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Jim Proctor

Following his retirement as
an EBU TD with over 40
years of service, Jim
Proctor was presented with
a commendation by Philip
Mason, YCBA President,
at the EBU Scarborough
Congress in July. Jim was
also Yorkshire's longest
serving TD. We wish him a
long and happy retirement
and will continue to see
him at the table rather than
in the TD role

Jim was also presented with
EBU Life Membership at the
Summer Congress in August.

Photograph taken by Rob Turner

Amusing or Large scores

Not sure of the exact date but nearly 30 years ago, Danny Davies (then a teenager but
subsequently Junior World Champion and England International) was playing for Sheffield D in
the Yorkshire League and on one hand he made a vulnerable 1NT redoubled with 3 overtricks
thus scoring +1960. This prompted his somewhat older, but still relatively young, partner to
comment that the score reflected the year that he had been born.

When recounted later we all found this very amusing. Perhaps our sense of humour is strange
but do others have anything similar in terms of a story. For myself I lay claim to the two largest
penalties that I have heard of, one of which contributed to the only instance, in my experience, of
a 24 imp (maximum) swing on one board.
In the late 80’s, the first of the two large penalties brought in +3200 - when (very strong)
opponents had a misunderstanding over the control shown by a forcing pass at the 7 level.
Neither of them had a black suit stop so my partner, the late Les Bexley, and myself cashed
twelve tricks in spades and clubs.

7NT* minus 12 for +3200 went very nicely with teammates (Brian Knowler & Julian Foster of
Lincolnshire) making 7D* for +2230 giving a net score on the hand of 5430 - an amazing 1430
more than needed for a 24imp swing. This was a Crockfords Cup Qualifying heat and suffice to
say that we just qualified with the genuinely very strong team that lost the 24imps winning the
section in comfort.

However, a couple of years later, playing with Sally Dunsby (now Anoyrkatis) in the Brighton
Summer Congress Swiss teams we scored +3400 for INT** minus 6 vulnerable. Everyone had
their bid though Sally’s X was a bit shaded with an 8 card Diamond suit. This was cashable and
four other cards lay badly. To his great credit declarer just burst out laughing. Sally’s parents, our
teammates, conceded 130 at the other table giving us a “puny” 22 imp gain.
Other people’s stories of large, strange or amusing scores please!!

David Waxman - Editor

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Yorkshire Calendar 2016-17 at a glance

2016 15 Kath Grimoldby Simultaneous Pairs Clubs
Sept 18 Garforth Swiss Teams Collingham
Oct 01 - 02 Great Northern Swiss Pairs Leeds
Nov 23 Yorkshire League match 1
06 Ryedale Pairs York
Dec 13 Yorkshire League match 2
27 Mixed Pivot Teams Bradford
04 Yorkshire League match 3

2017 08 Yorkshire League match 4 Doncaster BC
Jan 29 Yorkshire League match 5 Clubs
Feb 05 Doncaster Swiss Pairs
09 Margery Cartwright Simultaneous Pairs Harrogate
March 12 Yorkshire League match 6
April 17-19 EBU Northern Spring Congress Leeds BC
05 Yorkshire League match 7 York BC
May 12 Improvers Pairs
26 Yorkshire Pairs Leeds BC
June 02 Scarborough Bridge Congress Ilkley
09 Yorkshire Cup Final Bradford BC
July 14 - 16 Northern Easter Festival Harrogate BC
23 West Yorkshire Swiss Pairs Bradford BC
26 Nelson Rose Bowl Wakefield BC
07 Yorkshire Mixed Pairs Final Leeds BC
09 Yorkshire Individual Huddersfield BC
14 Leeds Swiss Pairs Harrogate BC
21 Castle Swiss Pairs Tickton Grange
02 - 04 YCBA Congress (incorporating YCBA AGM) Clubs
07 Affiliated Clubs Teams of Four York BC
15 John Gerrard Simultaneous Pairs Sheffield BC
25 Malton Cup Leeds BC
28 Peter Littlewood Midweek Pairs Doncaster BC
09 Waddington Cup Final York BC
16 YCBA Flitch Scarborough
23 Ply without the Experts Swiss Pairs
27- 20 EBU Northern Summer Congress

YCBA Contacts
President Philip Mason; Vice President Graham Jepson

Nick Woolven Chairman 01484 865170 [email protected]
Phil Godfrey Vice Chairman 07702 735587 [email protected]
Julia Staniforth Secretary 01302 772493 [email protected]
Lesley Millet Treasurer & Bridge 0113 2888338 [email protected]
Dev
Stuart Davies Tournament Sec 01274 598408 [email protected]
Janet Latham Asst Secretary 01423 879438 [email protected]
Ted Crebbin Membership Sec [email protected]
Mark Bratley Youth Officer 07764 763874 [email protected]
Brian Davison Improvers Events [email protected]
David Waxman YCBA NEWS 07710 263452 [email protected]
Alistair Davison Golf Clubs Event 01423 872754 [email protected]
Helen Barr Affiliated Clubs 01482 845595 [email protected]
Event

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