| Cornwall Congress |
Congratulations to Miles Cowling & his team for retaining the Cornwall Green Pointed Teams at the Cornwall Congress
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| Welsh Foursomes |
Congratulations to Miles Cowling & team who finished 2nd and Mark Hooper & team who finished 3rd at the Welsh Foursomes at Newport.
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| EBU Online Knockout Plate |
Congratulations to Phil & Jo Norman and Krzysztof Ginda & Mark Hooper on winning the EBU Online Knockout Plate final.
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| Dorset Green Pointed Pairs |
 Congratulations to Janet Smith & Alan Wilson on winning the Dorset Green Pointed Swiss Pairs
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| County Finals |
The B and C Teams played in the county finals in Coventry on Sun 10th July representinng the SW region, The B team finished 3rd and the C team finished 5th.
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| Riviera Congress |
Congratulations to Mark Hooper and team for finishinng 3rd in the Swiss Teams and to Miles Cowling with partner David Jones for finishing 5th in the Swiss Pairs at the Riviera Congress in Torquay.
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| Dorset Green Pointed Teams |
 Congratulations to Miles Cowling, Dave Huggett, Steve Preston & Jeremy Baker on winning the Dorset Green Pointed Teams.
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| EBU Southern Midweek Congress |
Congratulations to the local players who featured in the EBU Southern Midweek Congress.
Pairs
3rd Janet Smith & Alan Wilson
7th Hugh Kevill-Davies & Jon Holland
Teams
3rd Robin Wright & Mark Hooper with team mates Rod Marks & Bill Rowe
5th Eugene Sheehan, David Gill, Anne Allerston & Alan Wilson
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| Spring Bank Holiday Congress |
 Congratulations to Mark Hooper, Robin Wright, Anne Allerston & Alan Wilson on retaining the B Stratification Trophy of the Swiss Teams.
Congratulations to Anne & Alan and Geoff Fogg & Lesley Lewis on reaching the B final of the Championship Pairs.
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| Garden Cities - update |
Due to a scoring correction, Allendale Bridge Club, representing Dorset, have now finished joint 2nd, losinng on countback. They therefore do not qualify for the national final. Well done and hard luck to the team comprising Michael Yeo, Matthew Phillips, Alan Wilson, Janet Smith, Christine Bradley, Phil Norman, Krzysztof Ginda and Mark Hooper.
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| Yarmouth, IOW Blue Pointed Swiss Teams |
Congratulations to Hugh Kevill-Davies and Michael Yeo with team mates Guy Lawrenson and Stevie Parker on finishing 2nd at the Yarmouth Blue Pointed teams.
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| Hants Championship Pairs |
Congratulations to Michael Yeo with partner Guy Lawrenson on finishing 2nd in the Hampshire Championship pairs.
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| Devon Congress |
Congratulations to Miles Cowling and his team for winning the Swiss Teams and to Eugene Sheehan, David Gill, Mark Hooper & Ron Heath who finished 8th.
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| Portland Pairs |
Congratulations to the following for their results at the Portland mixed pairs heat at Christchurch Bridge Club :-
1st Steph Donner & Roy Riley (61st overall)
2nd Miles Cowling & Daphne Philipps (52nd overall)
3rd Mooneen Potter & Paul Sayer (89th overall)
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| Garden Cities Qualifier |
Congratulations to the Allendale A team on winning the county qualifier for the national teams of 8 championship. The team comprised Janet Smith, Kelly Courtney, Jeremy Dhondy, Phil Norman, Miles Cowling, Daphne Philipps, Krzysztof Ginda & Mark Hooper.
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| National Pairs Regional Qualifying |
Congratulations to Ann Sharples & Bob Mott, Mike Pownall with partner Jeremy Dhondy and Tim Dunsby & Ron Heath who have qualified for the National Pairs finals
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| Bath Green Pointed Pairs |
Congratulations to Krzysztof Ginda & Mark Hooper on finishing 5th and to Miles Cowling & partner who finished 4th at the Bath Green Pointed Pairs.
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| Ranked Masters |
Congratulations to Mark Hooper & Janet Smith who finished 5th in Premier Life Masters Pairs
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| East Wales February Congress |
Congratulations to Janet Smith and Mark Hooper who with team mates John Dakin and Eddie Lucioni have won the Swiss Teams at the East Wales February Congress.
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| Hampshire Candlestick Pairs |
Congratulations to the following for their results at the Candlestick Swiss Pairs :-
- 1st= Miles Cowling & Steve Preston
- 1st= Mark Hooper & Ron Heath
- 5th Janet Smith & Matt Phillips
- 7th Robin Wright & David Berwitz
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| Midland Counties Congress |
 Congratulations to Mark Hooper and Robin Wright on winning the Swiss Pairs at the Midland Counties Congress.
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| West of England Congress |
Congratulations to Bob Mott, Ann Sharples, Chris Stevens & Alastair Cowley on finishing 3rd in the Green Pointed teams and Miles Cowling & partner on winning the Green Pointed pairs.
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| Surrey Green Pointed Pairs |
Congratulations to the following for their results at the Surrey Green Pointed congress :-
Pairs
- 1st Krzysztof Ginda & Mark Hooper
- 13th Andrew Barnett & Peter Cogliatti
- 28th Paul Sayer & Ken Roberts
Teams
- 2nd Miles Cowling & team
- 4th Helen Ackroyd, Chris Stevens, Ann Sharples & team
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| Dorset Green Pointed Pairs |
Congratulations to Miles Cowling & Mike Pownall on winning the Dorset Green Pointed Pairs.
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| EBU Summer Seniors Congress |
Congratulations to Janet Smith & Alan Wilson who qualified for the B final at the EBU Summer Seniors Congress.
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| Riviera Congress |
Congratulations to Mark Hooper, Ron Heath, Alan Wilson & Anne Allerston who finished 10th in the Teams at the Riviera Congress
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| Dorset Green Pointed Teams |
Congratulations to Miles Cowling, Dave Huggett, Steve Preston & Jeremy Baker on winning the Dorset Green Pointed Swiss Teams.
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| Hampshire Ranked Pairs |
Congratulations to Janet Smith & Mark Hooper on winning the Hampshire ranked pairs.
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| Corwen Trophy |
Congratulations to Keith Bartlett & Barrie Cantello who finished 7th in the Corwen Trophy (national competition for the top pairs in each counties' championship).
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| EBU Spring Bank Holiday Congress |
Congratulations to Mark Hooper. Robin Wright, Alan Wilson & Anne Allerston for winning the B stratification of the Swiss Teams and coming joint second overall.
Mark & Robin also finished 9th in the B final of the Championship Pairs.
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| Hampshire Green Pointed Teams |
Congratulations to Mark Hooper, Phil Norman, Miles Cowling & team on finishing 5th in the Green Pointed teams.
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| SBU Congress Corfu |
Congratulations to Margot Wilson-Gardner, John Gardner & team who won the Swiss Teams at the Scottish Overseas Congress in Corfu.
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| Garden Cities |
Congratulations to the Allendale team (representing Dorset) who finished 2nd at the regional finals of the Garden Cities and qualified for the national finals. The team comprised Jeremy Dhondy, Mike Pownall, Mark Hooper, Krzysztof Ginda, John Gardner, Margot Wilson-Gardner and James & Shirley Dutton.
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| Dorset KO |
Congratulations to the team of Tim Dunsby, Ron Heath and James & Shirley Dutton who have won the Dorset KO final defeating Keith Bartlett's team in the final.
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| National Pairs |
Congratulations to Mark Hooper and Krzysztof Ginda on finishing 2nd and Miles Cowling & David Jones who finished 4th in the National Pairs final.
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| Devon Congress |
Congratulations to the following for their results in the Devon Congress.
Swiss Pairs
14th Ron Heath and Mark Hooper
Swiss Teams
9th Mark Hooper, Ron Heath, Eugene Sheehan and David Gill
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| Portland Pairs |
The best placed Dorset player in the Portland Pairs was Phil Nornam who with partner Christine Bradley finished 18th nationally.
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| National Pairs Regional Finals |
Congratulations to Krzysztof Ginda & Mark Hooper on winning the Regional Final at Leatherhead. Other noteable results at Bristol - Miles Cowling and David Jones 2nd, Hugh Kevill-Davies & Guy Lawrenson 11th.
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| EBU Lanzarote Congress |
Congratulations to Margot Wilson-Gardner & John Gardner on winning the pre congress pairs.
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| Hampshire Yuletide Teams |
Congratulations to Helen Ackroyd, Janet Smith, Doris Hutchinson & Roy Riley who finished 3rd in the Hampshire Yuletide swiss teams.
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| Tollemache |
Dorset finished 5th of 9, winning 4 of their 8 matches, in their qualifying group for the national county teams competition. Dorset were represented by Chris Stevens, Alastair Cowley, Alan Wilson, Janet Smith, Bob Mott, Ann Sharples, Phil Norman, Mark Hooper, Dave Gill and Eugene Sheehan.
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| West of England Congress |
Congratulations to Chris Stevens, Alastair Cowley, Bob Mott & Ann Sharples who finished 4th in the Green Pointed Teams. Chris & Alastair finished 5th and Bob & Ann tied 12th with Miles Cowling & Krzysztof Ginda in the Green Pointed Pairs.
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| Surrey Green Pointed Pairs |
Congratulations to Andrew Barnett with partner Peter Cogliatti (London) who finished 10th.
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| Guernsey Congress |
Congratulations to the Dorset players for their results at the Guernsey Congress. This includes
- Pat Savage, Jo Whitty, Brian Browse & Avis Robertson for their results throughout the congress
- Margot Wilson-Gardner, John Gardner & team who finished 4th in the Swiss Teams.
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| Sussex Autumn Congress |
Congratulations to James & Shirley Dutton who finished 2nd in the Blue Pointed Swiss Pairs.
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| EBU Seniors Summer Congress |
Congratulations to the following for their results at the EBU Seniors congress.
- Janet Smith & Alan Wilson - 2nd in the A final
- Lynne & Ron Heath - reached the B final
- Janet Smith, Alan Wilson, Lynne & Ron Heath - 9th in the Teams.
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| EBU Riviera Congress - Torquay |
Congratulations to the following pairs for their results in the Riviera Congress :-
- Miles Cowling and David Jones - 5th
- Margot Wilson-Gardner & John Gardner - 10th
- Brian Browse & Pat Savage - 13th
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| Dorset Green Pointed Pairs |
Congratulations to Miles Cowling & Peter Maybury on winning the Green Pointed pairs.
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| Dorset Green Pointed Teams |
Congratulations to Robert Mabley, Alan Biggs, Richard Lingham & Viv Mably on winning the Dorset Green Pointed Teams.
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| Sussex Green Pointed Swiss Pairs |
Congratulations to Mark Hooper & Krzysztof Ginda who finished 2nd in the Swiss Pairs.
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| East Wales Seniors Congress |
Congratulations to Pat Savage & Brian Browse who finished 7th in the Open Pairs.
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| EBU Spring Bank Holiday Congress |
Congratulations to the following players for their results at the congress in Bournemouth.
Pairs - A Final
- Miles Cowling & David Jones - 3rd
- Mike Pownall & Richard Plackett - 5th
- Mark Hooper & Krzysztof Ginda - 7th
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| Cheltenham Congress |
Congratulations to Robin Wright, David Berwitz, Eugene Sheehan and David Gill on winning the Cheltenham Congress Green Pointed Teams.
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| Devon Congress |
Congratulations to Ron & Lynne Heath who finished 4th in the Pairs and with John Gardner & Margot Wilson-Gardner finished 10th in the Teams.
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| National Pairs - Regional Finals |
Congratulatons to Miles Cowling and partner David Jones on winning the Bristol heat. They are joined by Bob Mott & Ann Sharples, Richard Vessey & Claire Hillyard and Margot Wilson-Gardner & John Gardner who qualify for the National Pairs finals.
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| Avon/Wilts Green Point |
Congratulations to Margot Wilson-Gardner, John Gardner, Alan Wilson & Janet Smith on finishing 4th in the Teams and Helen Ackroyd who finished 11th in the Pairs with partner Pauline Serby.
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| Ranked Masters Pairs |
Congratulations to Nick Forrest and Edward Leatham (Wiltshire) on finishing 2nd in the Premier Life Masters Pairs.
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| EBU Malta Congress |
Congratulations to Margot Wilson-Gardner & John Gardner who finished 10th in the Swiss Pairs and 3rd in the Mixed Pairs.
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| Hubert Phillips Bowl update |
Phil Norman's team - Phil & Jo Norman, Christine Bradley, Krzysztof Ginda & Mark Hooper have reached the semi finals of the Hubert Phillips bowl.
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| EBU Seniors Congress |
Congratulations to Janet Smith & Geoffrey Bailey and Ron & Lynne Heath who reached the Championship final, Janet & Geoffrey finishing 6th. The 4 then played as a team finishing 3rd in the Swiss teams.
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| EBU Autumn Congress |
Congratuations to Ron & Lynne Heath for finishing 9th in the Swiss Pairs at the EBU Autumn Congress.
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| Surrey Green Point Pairs |
Congratulations to John Gardner & Margot Wilson-Gardner who finished 13th in the Surrey Green Point Pairs.
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| Dorset Green Point Pairs |
We would like to apologise to all competitors for the technical problems caused by a failing Bridgemate and hope that this did not detract too much from your enjoyment of the day.
Congratulations to Jeremy Baker and John Sherringham on winning.
Best Dorset Pair - 7th Mark Hooper and Krzysztof Ginda.
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| Riviera Congress |
Congratulations to the following for their results at the Riviera Congress :-
Pairs
1st - Miles Cowling & David Jones
4th - Ron & Lynne Heath
11th - Margot Wilson & John Gardner
Teams
5th - Lesley Lewis, Janet Smith & team
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| Dorset Green Point Teams |
Congratulations to Miles Cowling, Andy Hughes, Steve Preston and Dave Huggett who won the Green Point Teams.
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| Sussex Green Point Pairs |
Congratulations to Mark Hooper & Krzysztof Ginda who finished 5th in the Sussex Pairs.
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| Spring Bank Holiday Congress |
Congratulations to the following for their results at the EBU congress in Bournemouth :-
A Final
Miles Cowling & David Jones
B Final
Eugene Sheehan & Robin Wright
David Gill & Mike McMorran
Swiss - top 10
Lynne & Ron Heath
Janet Smith & Lesley Lewis
Teams
3rd Miles Cowling & Team
4th Margot Wilson, John Gardner, Kelly Courtney & Janet Smith
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| Hants Green Point |
Congratulations to Helen Ackroyd, Ann Sharples, Krzysztof Ginda & Mark Hooper who finished 4th in the Hampshire Green Point Teams.
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| Western League final results |
Dorset have won the overall league title for the 3rd successive year.
The last match of the season was played on Sat 11th May against East Wales.
the A team won 17-3, finishing 2nd in the league
the B team won 13-7, finishing joint 3rd
the C team lost 11-9, finishing joint 2nd.
A total of 36 players represented the county this season. Congratulations to all.
The final tables can be viewed by clicking on the left menu.
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| National Pairs |
Congratulations to Mike Pownall with his partner Jeremy Dhondy who fnished 9th in the National Pairs final.
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| Devon Congress |
Congratulations to the following for their results at the Devon Congress :- Pairs
- 1st - Rod Marks and Bill Rowe (Somerset)
Teams
- 3rd - Rod Marks & team
- 6th - Paddy Bowen, Brian Browse, Richard Vessey & Claire Hillyard
- 8th - Jo Witty, Pat Savage & team
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| Portland Pairs |
Congratulaions to Phil & Jo Norman who were the highest ranked Dorset pair in the EBU simultaneous mixed pairs event.
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| Garden Cities Qualifier |
Congratulations to the Allendale team on winning the Garden Cities qualifier held in Dorchester.
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| National Pairs - Regional Finals |
Congratulations to Ron & Lynne Heath for finishing 4th at the Leatherhead regional final.
At the Bristol regional final, congratuations to
- Mike Pownall who finished 2nd with Jeremy Dhondy
- Chris Stevens and Hilary Brain who finished 11th
- Krzysztof Ginda & Tim Dunsby and Robin Wright & Tom Holdsworth who qualified for the B final
Click for the Bristol results.
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| North Devon Congress |
Congratulations to Rod Marks and his team (Somerset) for winning the North Devon congress at Barnstaple.
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| Wilts & Avon Green Point Pairs |
Congratulations to
Krzysztof Ginda & Mark Hooper (7th)
Margot Wilson & John Gardner (8th)
for their results in the Green Point Pairs at Bath.
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| EBU Fuerteventura Congress |
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Congratulations to John Gardner and Margot Wilson for their results at the Fuerteventura Congress - 5th in the Swiss Pairs, 3rd in the Open Pairs, 5th in the Mixed Pairs and 7th in the Swiss Teams.
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| Torquay Congress |
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Congratulations to Eugene Sheehan & David Gill for coming 2nd in the Championship Pairs at the Torquay Congress.
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| EBU Marmaris Congress |
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Congratulations to Paddy Bowen and Brian Browse who finished 5th in the Swiss Teams and 10th in the Swiss Pairs at the congress in Turkey.
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| Hampshire Lincoln Mixed Pairs |
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Congratulations to Helen Ackroyd and Mark Hooper for winning the Hampshire Mixed Pairs.
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| Tollemache |
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Dorset finished 5th= in their qualifying group of the Tollemache. Click here for a report from Bob Mott.
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| West of England Congress |
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Congratulations to Rod Marks who finished 2nd with Bill Rowe (Somerset) in the Swiss Pairs.
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| Surrey Green Point |
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Congratulations to Janet Smith who finished 8th with Geoffrey Bailey (Surrey) in the Swiss Pairs.
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| Guernsey Congress |
Congratulations to John Gardner & Margot Wilson for their results in the Guernsey Congress - 1st in the Multiple Teams, 4th in the Pivot Teams, 6th in the Swiss Teams, 7th in the Swiss Pairs and John who was 1st in the Mens Pairs. Well done to Ron & Lynne Heath who were 5th in the Seniors Pairs and 11th in the Swiss Pairs.
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| Dorset Green Point - July |
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Congratulations to Miles Cowling, Steve Preston, Steve Auchterlonie & Andy Hughes for winning the July Dorset Green Point Swiss Teams.
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| National Inter Counties Leagues Final |
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Dorset representing the Western League finished 3rd in Division A of the National Inter Counties Leagues final. Congratulations to team members Mark Hooper, Phil Norman, Bob Mott, Ann Sharples, Margot Wilson, John Gardner and Ron & Lynn Heath. See Bob Mott's blog.
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| Riviera Congress |
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Congratulations to Bob Mott, Ann Sharples, Alastair Cowley & Chris Stevens for finishing 8th in the Swiss Teams.
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| Dorset Green Point - June |
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Congratulations to Guy Lawrenson, Christine Bradley, Phil Norman and Mark Hooper for winning the June Dorset Green Pointed Swiss Teams.
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| Spring Bank Holiday Congress |
Congratulations to the following for their results at the EBU congress in Bournemouth :-
A Final
Martin Brook & Helen Ackroyd
B Final
David Gill & Mike McMorran
Krzysztof Ginda & Jacek Skora
Robin Wright & Matthew Phillips
Swiss - top 10
Chris Stevens & Hilary Brain
Mark Hooper & Jon Holland
Teams - top 10
Janet Smith, Harold Wayne, John Gardner, Margot Wilson & Ann Sharples
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| EBU Midweek Congress |
Congratulations to the following pairs for their result in the Pairs competition at the EBU Cheltenham Midweek Congress :-
3rd - Chris Stevens & Hilary Brain
13th - John Gardner & Margot Wilson
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| Corwen Trophy |
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Congratulations to Janet Smith & Alan Wilson for finishing 5th in the Corwen Trophy (national competition for the top pairs in each counties championship)
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| Cornwall Congress |
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Congratulations to Chris Stevens & Hilary Brain for winning the Green Pointed Swiss Teams at the Cornwall Congress.
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| Hants Green Point |
Congratulations to the following teams who finished in the top 10 at the Hampshire Green Point teams event :-
- 2nd - Margot Wilson, John Gardner, Janet Smith & Alan Wilson
- 3rd - Nick Forrest, Sally Cairns with Edward & Scarlet Leatham (Wilts)
- 7th - Robin Wright, Andy Kittridge, Eugene Sheehan & David Gill
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| Western League Final Results |
The Western League teams played the final matches of the season against East Wales on Sat 12th May, with the B team winning 19-1, the C team winning 11-9 and the A team losing 18-2.
Dorset win the overall league with the A team finishing 3rd and the B and C teams finishing 2nd. Well done to all players who have represented Dorset this season.
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| Tollemache 2011 |
The Tollemache (the country's major inter-county teams of 8 event) was played over the weekend of Nov 26th and 27th. Bob Mott, the team captain, maintains a blog which contains details of the weekend and other events, together with some interesting articles. Please have a look at this site by clicking the link: Bob Mott's blog
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