This excellent competition was introduced into the junior calendar in 2003 - please contact Mike Amos (click here to email him) for more information and details of how to enter the event.

It is a teams-of-eight for teams of school age who are representing their geographical region.

Entry is open to teams of school-age players representing each of the eight regions into which the country is divided for youth bridge purposes. Players should be under 19 on 1st January in the year in which the competition is being held. Up to 10 players may represent the region in each stage of the competition.

The competition is organised as two qualifying heats, one in the north and one in the south, leading to a head-to-head final. The heats are normally held at the Sheffield Bridge Club and the Young Chelsea Bridge Club in London on a Sunday in February. Play starts at 1.00pm and will finish by approximately 6.00pm.

Teams from the South West, South East, London and South Midlands and Eastern Counties will play in London, whilst those from Central West, North Midlands, North East and North West will play in Sheffield.

The winning teams from each heat will contest a head-to-head play-off in London on Good Friday, 21 March 2008 as part of the Easter Festival

Play will start at 1.00 pm and finish at approximately 6.30 pm.

Entry

Entries should be made via the Regional Youth Officers.

Players interested in representing their region should contact their RYO or the EBU Education Services department (email John Pain or telephone on 01296 317217

Master Points

Local points will be awarded on Regional scale.

The sponsor

A sponsor was sought to donate a new trophy for this competition and we were delighted when Jennifer Arnott came forward, wishing to commemorate her late husband George in this way. She also wanted the name of George’s mother, whom she described as a saint, to be associated with the trophy – hence the double barrelled name.
George Arnott was a soil scientist who worked with the United Nations for almost 20 years. He was based mainly in South East Asia and spent quite a while in Malaysia, where he started the bridge club in Kuala Lumpur in the late 1950s. In fact he was the last expatriate to leave Malaysia after the country became independent. George took an interest in young bridge and promoted the game amongst university students wherever he was posted.
He played bridge with a number of people but in particular enjoyed partnering the renowned bridge writer Hugh Kelsey, who was also in Malaysia as a planter – together they won a number of trophies. George represented both Malaysia and the Phillipines internationally at bridge, though it was only one of his passions – he was also very keen on golf, billiards, ballroom dancing and Scottish country dancing.

• Results 2007
• Results 2006
• Results 2005
• Results 2004
• Results 2003

The late George Arnott in whose memory the Trophy has been donated
Dates for future events can be found in the Youth Calendar