| Rose Bowl Result |
The result of the final of the Kath Cutland Rose Bowl that was held on Wednesday 10th December was:
| 1st |
Kevin Higgins & Richard Sinton |
60.90% |
| 2nd |
David Pennington & David Berrisford |
59.29% |
| 3rd |
Jim & Jenny Morris |
58.97% |
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| Last updated : 11th Apr 2009 19:49 GMT |
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| Duplimate Ballot Results |
The result of the recent ballot on Duplimated Hands for Wednesday night was 70 for and 50 against - 60% of elligible votes were for the continuation of duplimated hands. |
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| Last updated : 11th Apr 2009 19:49 GMT |
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| New Notices on Club Notice Board |
The club notice board has had some new notices posted:
a. EBU Q & A paper on pay to play scheme.
b. Application to join the clubs' team of 8 for the Gazette trophy which we won last year. |
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| Last updated : 27th Jan 2009 12:33 GMT |
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| Congratulations to our teams in NICKO |
| Congratulations to our 2 teams in winning their Round 1 matches in the National Inter-Club Knockout. Bramhall A (Ron Steedman, Richard Acaster, Kevin Higgins and Richard Sinton) beat a good Manchester team by 59 IMPS and Bramhall B (Pauline Lang, Rod Franks, Steve Mattinson and David Pennington) beat Shrewsbury C coming from behind to win by 9 IMPS. |
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| Last updated : 10th Jan 2009 09:03 GMT |
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| Saturday Duplicate extends number of nights |
| With the success and popularity of Saturday Duplicate, currently held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month, it has been decided to extend the number of nights played. Starting in September, Saturday duplicate will now be held on every Saturday of the month in the small hall at the usual time of 7:30pm. Also starting in September, visitors will now have to pay table money of £3 - there will be no restriction on how many times during the year that visitors can play on Saturdays. |
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| Last updated : 10th Jan 2009 09:02 GMT |
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| Results of Extraordinary meeting on 18th June 2008 |
On the proposal to accept the Village Club offer as outlined 14 were in favour and 28 against. The proposal that we move without there being disabled access was rejected unanimously. On the proposal that if we could have exclusive use 24/7 of the upstairs room with disabled access and facilities 38 members were in favour and 4 against.
The main club has now gone ahead with refurbishment. Once this is done then we will be asking members what we should do. |
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| Last updated : 24th Aug 2008 18:42 GMT |
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| Jenny Morris elected to Manchester County selection committee |
| Congratulations to Jenny having been elected to the Manchester County selection committee at the Manchester AGM on Thursday 5th June. |
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| Last updated : 24th Aug 2008 18:23 GMT |
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CONGRATULATIONS
To Peter McWhirter on winning The Chairman's Trophy for 2008
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Peter McWhirter 69.79
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Peter Kirk 65.54
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Joyce Hishmurgh 63.43
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Rod Franks 62.43
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Shiela Hildage 62.30
This trophy is awarded to the highest % achieved by the chairman's partner in the year. It is open to all members and the chairman, Ron Steedman, is now looking for partners both on Friday and Wednesday for the coming year. |
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| Last updated : 16th Jun 2008 16:32 GMT |
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| Gardens Cities Regional Final |
| The Bramhall Team of 8 represented the Manchester County at the Garden Cities Regional Final. This was held at Bradford on 17th May 2008. Bramhall finished a creditable 5th out of 8 teams, winning 4 out of 7 matches. The standard was high and the higher placed teams all had players of National note contained within them. Also the same team: Rod Franks, Kevin Higgins, Howard Stubbings, Dhun Daji,Jim Morris, Jenny Morris, Bill White, Joyce White did brilliantly beating our other Manchester based clubs (including Manchester Bridge Club) in qualifying for this event in the Gazette Cup. |
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| Last updated : 15th Jun 2008 11:15 GMT |
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| Duplimated Boards |
Final Result of the poll of members was:
| In Favour |
74 |
| Against |
33 |
| Undecided |
12 |
| No preference |
33 |
| No reply |
13 |
It was agreed at the AGM that all members would be further balloted with a straightforward "Yes" or "No" vote in mid-August when their subscriptions become due. A show of hands of members at the AGM resulted in 16 votes against duplimated boards and 31 in favour.
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| Last updated : 14th Jun 2008 17:15 GMT |
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