Yorkshire Contract Bridge Association

YORKSHIRE CONGRESS

FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY

30th May, to 1st June 2008

at the

CAIRN HOTEL, HARROGATE

Telephone 01423 504005

Licensed by the English Bridge Union

The Congress will incorporate

A GREEN POINT PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP

to be played over two sessions on the Saturday
and also

A GREEN POINT MULTIPLE TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP

to be played over two sessions on the Sunday

CONGRESS OFFICIALS

Chairman :	Philip Mason
Chief Tournament Director :	Jim Proctor
Congress Secretary :	Helen Barr
	15 Hull Road
	Cottingham HU16 4PN
	Tel : 01482 845595
	email : Helen@Barr1955.karoo.co.uk
Assistant Congress Secretary :	Judith Biles
	Tel : 01756 798337
	email : judith.biles@homecall.co.uk

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY, 30th MAY

2-15 p.m.	Mixed Pairs Championship	(Y.C.B.A. Rose Bowl)
	Open Pairs

7-45 p.m.	Men's Pairs Championship	(Johnstone Cup)
	Women's Pairs Championship	(Y.C.B.A. Cup)
	Open Pairs

SATURDAY, 31st MAY

A GREEN POINT MATCH-POINTED PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP

1-45 p.m.	Qualifying Round

	*All pairs entering for the qualifying round*
	*will play in one of the three evening finals*

7-15 p.m.	Final of the Moortown Cup
	Final of the York Mount Group Trophy
	Final of the Chairman's Plate

	*The Y.B.S. Trophy will be awarded in the above events*
	*to the highest placed pair, boh members of which are*
	*below Regional Master, and who are not recipients of*
	*a major prize*

SUNDAY, 1st JUNE

A GREEN POINT MULTIPLE TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP

12-00 noon	Qualifying Round
	*All pairs entering for the qualifying round of the teams*
	*event will play in one of the three evening finals*

5-00 p.m.	Final of the Fell-Vincent Cup
	Final of the John Colley Trophy
	Final of the Scarborough Trophy

	*Prizes will be awarded to leading teams in all three finals*

	*The winners of the Fell-Vincent Cup will receive a*
	*team prize of £240 provided there is no tie for 1st place*

CAIRN HOTEL RATES

The following rates are available at the hotel:
Dinner, Bed & Breakfast - £62 per person per night
(Single room supplement - £15.50)
(Dinner is available between sessions on the Friday and Saturday.
Bar snacks and sandwiches are available between sessions on the Sunday)

Competitors are respectfully reminded that only food purchased at the Cairn
may be consumed in either the playing areas or the public areas of the hotel

	GREEN POINT AWARDS
PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP:	All three pairs finals on the Saturday evening
	will attract Green Point awards

TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP:	Fractional Green Points will be awarded in the afternoon
	qualifying session based on mini-matches won.
	All three finals in the evening will attract further Green Point awards

	Full details of all awards will be posted on the Congress notice board.

ENTRY FEES per player

(A)	Full Congress	£54-00
(B)	Mixed Pairs	£9-00
(C)	Open Pairs	£9-00
(D)	Men's Pairs	£9-00
(E)	Ladies' Pairs	£9-00
(F)	Open Pairs	£9-00
(G)	Championship Pairs	£22-00
(H)	Championship Teams	£22-00

	Juniors - half price
	Payment on the day will attract a surcharge of £5
	Non EBU/WBU/SBU/NIBU members please add £20

No smoking inside the hotel