| RAC relinquish grip on Centenary Cup |
After romping home for 3 years in a row, the RAC were finally deposed by the Lansdowne Club in the annual teams-of-8 competition for the Centenary Cup. The Athenaeum team did sterling work at the other end of the table, finishing last despite winning 4 out of 9 matches. Click on this box for the results.
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| Out and about |
This column gives brief details of the exploits of Athenaeum bridge players away from our home base.
- The team of Catherine Rice Evans, Paul Thornton, Rex Goad & Gerry Weston finished 4th in the 2016 MCC Mixed Swiss Pairs. Winners were Pamela Reiss and Dominic Flint partnering English internationals Sally Brock and Barry Myers.
- Paul Thornton playing with Cumbrian partner Dave Harrison came 5th in the Swiss Pairs in the Kendal Green Point weekend in September. They were the highest placed pair with Cumbrian affiliation.
- Hazelanne Lewis playing with Ellie Ferguson finished in the top third of a strong field in the August Chiswick Cafe Bridge Drive
- The Athenaeum hosted a return teams-of-8 fixture against the House of Lords, having won narrowly on away soil 18 months ago. This time HoL (strengthened by the inclusion of Lancashire county player Baroness Ruth Henig) emerged victorious. The home team comprised Hazelanne & Paul Lewis, and Messrs Lloyd & Cooper, Oppenheimer & Ricketts, and Meisner & Lumsden.
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