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SUSAN TARR
SUSAN TARR

It is with great sadness that I must inform members of the untimely death of Susan Tarr who lost her battle with cancer on October 23rd.

Details of arrangements will be posted when known.

Jeff Morris

North Wales Swiss Pairs

Congratulations to Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield who won at Shotton on Sunday 9th October, John Holland and Tony Coley were third.
Full results are here.

Northern League Final Round - Manchester win A and B Divisions

The final round of Northern league matches took place on Saturday 8th October.
In the A division at Bolton, Manchester, fielding their Tollemache team, won on the day and increased their overall lead to finish nine VPs ahead of Yorkshire 2.  The team was Alan Mould/Ollie Burgess, Alec Smalley/Tom Slater, John Holland/Gary Hyett, Michael Byrne/Michael Newman.  Tom and Alec were our best pair on the cross IMPs.  The A2 team of Kath & Alan Nelson, Royce Alexander/John Currie, Sylvia Massey/Herbert Potts, Raymond Semp/Peter Jones finished fifth on the day and sixth overall.  Peter and Raymond were the best of our A2 pairs.

The B division was played at Bradford where our team of Pete Foster/John Roberts, Gillian McMullan/Neil Thomas, Eve Lighthill/Ken Hassell, Robert & Joyce Jones had an excellent day, winning the day's event and overtaking Cumbria to take the division title.  Special congratulations to Neil and Gillian who were the best pair in the division on the cross IMPs with 1.5 IMPs per board and to Eve and Ken who were second with 1.07 IMPs per board.

The C division was played at Manchester where our team of Irene Davies/Karen Reissmann, Ann Thornton/Paul Murray, Joan Lewis/Roy Higginbottom, Liz and Stephen Halstead finished seventh on the day and overall.  Irene and Karen were our best pair on cross IMPs.

Detailed results are here

Current Competitions

2016 Cheadle Royal Cup

This Monday Evening Pairs Contest runs from

Monday 5th September to Monday 19th December

Your best 8 results count.

 

2016 Merton Cantor Cup

This Thursday Evening Individual Contest runs from

Thursday 6th October to Thursday 22nd December

Your best 7 results count.

Good Luck!

The Manchester Congress
Jan 7- 8th 2017
at The Victoria and Albert Hotel, Water Street M3 4JQ
Pairs Saturday, Teams Sunday

and non-expert events on both days.
Click here for more details and entry form
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Click here for non-expert events and entry form

MBC Members excel in the EBU Player of the Year Competition

Jason Hackett      3rd

Justin Hackett     =4th

John Holland       15th

.......Brilliant!

Mossop team wins Crockfords Cup

The team of David Mossop, Alex Hydes (London), Jason Hackett, Justin Hackett (both Staffs & Shrops), David Price (Suffolk) & Colin Simpson (Berks & Bucks) have won the 2015-16 Crockfords Cup. All the team have won this competition three times or more, with Alex retaining the trophy he won last year with different teammates; the other five all won the 2013-14 competition together.

Tollemache Qualifying

The MCBA (county) selection committee has chosen the following team to represent Manchester in the qualifying round of the inter county teams of eight on 19-20th November.
 

Michael Newman & Michael Byrne
John Holland & Gary Hyett
Alec Smalley & Tom Slater
Alan Mould & Ollie Burgess
npc Rhona Goldenfield

...recognise any MBC member names in this list?!!
MCBA EXPERT PLAYER OF THE YEAR
MCBA EXPERT PLAYER OF THE YEAR

We are proud to announce that

MICHAEL NEWMAN

has won the

2016 EXPERT PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD

......his second win in this MCBA competition

having previously won in 2011!

CONGRATULATIONS!
TIPS FOR IMPROVERS
TIPS FOR IMPROVERS

***NEW MONTH.....

CHECK OUT MICHAEL NEWMAN'S NEW TIPS FROM HANDS PLAYED IN SEPTEMBER...........

(See the yellow tab above top left)

Every month Michael Newman selects three hands played at the Club during that month and comments on the bidding and play offering invaluable hints and tips on how they should have been played!

You can check out not only the current month but also the archive of all previous editions.
He's done it again.....again!!
He's done it again.....again!!

John Holland tops National Master Point list for the fifth time!

2 Feb 2016

Congratulations to John Holland, who has topped the annual Master Points list for the fifth time (the last four years in succession!) and has claimed the Sunday Telegraph Salver.

John Holland's good year has seen him reclaim the top spot in the Gold Point rankings. He moved marginally ahead of the 2014 leader, David Gold, holding 98.92 to David's 98.02. Andrew Robson, Tony Forrester and Alexander Allfrey complete the top five.

John, who also won this award in 2009, 2012 and 2013 & 2014 gained a total of 29,397 points in 2015.

AMAZING!

(Full details are on the EBU website www.ebu.co.uk )
About Manchester Bridge Club
About Manchester Bridge Club

Welcome to

Manchester Bridge Club. 

We are at 30 Palatine Road, Didsbury, M20 3JJ.

Ring us on 0161 445 3712

or email jeff@manchesterbridge.co.uk

For directions on how to find

us please click on the 

yellow 'Club Information' tab

top left of this page.
FUNCTION ROOMS FOR HIRE
FUNCTION ROOMS FOR HIRE

MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB

has a number of rooms

which can be hired

 for celebrations and functions. 

Suitable for special occasions such as

BIRTHDAY PARTIES,  RECEPTIONS,

CHRISTENINGS and BARMITZVAHS.

Please ring Jeff or David on

0161 445 3712

or email jeff@manchesterbridge.co.uk

DO YOU RECEIVE OUR E-MAIL NEWSLETTER?
DO YOU RECEIVE OUR E-MAIL NEWSLETTER?

Are you receiving the Bridge Club Newsletter?

If not - please let Jeff know so he can make sure you are included.

Tel: 0161 445 3712 or jeff@manchesterbridge.co.uk

Thankyou.
 
2012 News
This page has information and news of interest to the members. For a full list of forthcoming events, see "Calendar" on the menu and for a list of results see "Results".
Michelle Brunner's Memorial Event 2012
  • 2nd Place Jeff Smith,Peter Jones, (Joy Blakey), Tom Slater and Barbara Lewis
  • Best non expert - Miriam and Mohammed Jabbar, John Moran (Joy Blakey) and Andy Green
  • Third Place - from left John Holland, Bill Hirst, Jackie Pye (Joy Blakey) and Dick Fleischman
  • Winners - David Debbage with the Trophy along with team members John Hassett, Ollie Burgess, Andrew Woodcock and Catherine Draper

Twenty three teams took part in a Mixed Pivot Swiss Teams in memory of Michelle Brunner who died just over a year ago at the tragically young age of 57.  Michelle was one of the great women bridge players of all time.  A former World and European Champion she was twice the recipient of Awards from the International Bridge Press Association recognizing her skill at the table. 

The format of the memorial competition was a mixed teams event where partners are changed compulsorily after every match.  This leads to some unusual partnerships and some surprising results.  However in the final match David Debbage's team were leading the field by 11 victory points and had to avoid losing heavily to their nearest rivals, Eve Lighthill's team.  As it happened David Debbage won comfortably and Barbara Lewis's team moved into second place with a last round victory over Tracy Capal.

There were many distinguished players participating but also many team of players that had learnt their bridge with Michelle and wanted to be part of an event in her memory.  Joy Blakey paid tribute to Michelle saying that she was not only a great player but also a great friend to all those she taught and played with.  Joy said that Michelle loved bridge, loved to share her enthusiasm with others, but most of all she loved her partner and husband John Holland.

At the prize giving, John Hassett said it was fitting to be part of the winning team in an event in Michelle's memory.  As her team mate over many years he had been with her travelling up and down the M6 for many matches and even gone to Australia with her.  John thanked those that had organised the memorial event.

The Trophy for the winning team was provided by John Holland in Michelle's memory and the design of the trophy was much admired by every-one attending.

Almost £1700 was raised for The Christie Hospital and St Anne's Hospice.  Thanks must be recorded to members of the Manchester Bridge Club Committee who supported the event in many ways especially in sourcing prizes for the magnificent raffle.  Everyone enjoyed the freshly made scones and sandwiches prepared by Bridget and Ellie and Joy Blakey was the winner of the guess the weight of the cake so kindly donated by Barrie Klein.

An event in memory of Michelle in a similar format will become an Annual event on the Manchester Bridge Club calendar.

 For the full results click on the orange tab in the menu on the left  for 'mixed pivot teams'.

Last updated : 8th May 2013 11:31 BST
2012 Questionnaire Feedback, Best Suggestions and the Winner of the Bottle of Champagne
2012 Questionnaire Feedback, Best Suggestions and the Winner of the Bottle of Champagne

Jeff and David along with the Manchester Bridge Club Committee would like to thank all our members who completed our recent questionnaire.  Over 50 responses were received, many of which were very detailed with lots of positive comments and good ideas.  We were really pleased to find out that most people were happy with the club with lots of positive comments about Jeff/David and their staff team.
More detailed information about your feedback can be seen by clicking on the 'questionnaire feedback' yellow tab in the menu above left.

The key findings from the questionnaire were:

Members like the friendly atmosphere of the club and the refreshments (Bridget's food was mentioned many times).  Members also appreciate that Jeff and Dave will always find them a partner and members also highlighted the range of teaching and supervised play.

The main change members overwhelmingly asked for was for prompt starts to duplicate sessions and faster play. Members also asked for the Director of the duplicate session to remain in the room through out the session so they were able to resolve any problems promptly.


Suggestions for improvements included support for more special events (eg play with an expert, a cheese and wine evening on both Friday/Sunday evenings), a more structured teaching programme with sessions clearly identified as suitable for novices or for more experienced players and better communication between the club and members.

The Committee has immediately put improvements in place to start duplicate sessions promptly and to improve the speed of play.  David Debbage has made sure the last few Monday evening duplicate sessions have started on time, he has been moving play on and asking people to average boards if they are slow, or play them in the break.  The duplicates have all finished before 10.45 pm.  A more detailed note for members about what this means in terms of how sessions will be run will be on this website shortly.  The main thing is for all members to arrive for sessions at least 5 minutes prior to the start time.
 
Best Suggestions  The Committee decided that the best suggestions related to ideas proposed by a number of members about developing a structured teaching programme for intermediate and improvers.  Ben Beever is currently working on this and as soon as it is finished we will publish it on this website. A number of members suggested this including Peter Wild and Susan Triggs but the most comprehensive proposal with the most ideas for improving teaching for intermediate/improvers was from John Bridgman who is our winner of the bottle of Champagne.

Other suggestions which we intend to implement are:

1.   Having a bridge clock to speed up play on a Wednesday evening.  This proposal has already been adopted and we are getting help from the Young Chelsea Bridge Club to improve our current software. This suggestion was made by Michael Coop and Stephen Ward.

2.   Make more of the noticeboard including a ‘who’s who’ section, history of the club and building.  Annie Curtis will be taking this forward wih help from Jeff Morris, Michael Newman and David Debbage.  This suggestion was made by Ann Thornton

3.   Commentary on interesting hands from the duplicate to be added to the newsletter and website. Michael Newman will action this – 3 hands per newsletter.

4.   Fill the gap between supervised play and the main duplicate session with a Graduation Party (will be auctioned as a Duplicate for Dummies session run 2 or 3 times a year).  This session will be aimed at players who have been playing in supervised play for a while along with the people who when returning their questionnaire said they would be willing to be a Bridge Buddy. Tean has agreed to take this forward.

5.   Re-introduce the Cup on Tuesdays.  Jeff and David will action this

To thank them for their suggestions, Jeff and David will buy Michael Coop, Stephen Ward, Ann Thornton and Peter Wild a drink at the Bridge Club Bar.

Members will also be pleased to know that a comprehensive re-decoration of the club has been ordered by Jeff and David and we are hoping that the decorator will start work in approximately 3 weeks time.

Thanks again to every-one for their helpful and comprehensive responses. 
Last updated : 23rd Jun 2013 10:16 BST
Winning Team of 2012 Eve Lighthill Trophy
Winning Team of 2012 Eve Lighthill Trophy

John Hassett, Rob Myers, Andrew Woodcock and David Debbage, winners of this years Eve Lighthill Trophy with Eve Lighthill.  Catherine Draper and Andrew Petrie also played for the team in earlier rounds of the competition.
Last updated : 13th Nov 2012 08:02 GMT
Winners of 2012 Tony Wood Memorial Trophy
Winners of 2012 Tony Wood Memorial Trophy Congratulations to Stephen Ward and Chris Hine who are the winners of this years Tony Wood Trophy.  They are being presented with the Trophy by David Debbage.
Last updated : 29th Nov 2012 22:55 GMT
Best Suggestion
Best Suggestion Annie Curtis, on behalf of the Committee of Manchester Bridge Club, presented John Bridgman with his bottle of champagne for making the best suggestion in his response to our recent questionnaire.  The committee were also grateful to John for his thoughtful and detailed responses to all the questions.  John's best suggestion related to expanding the range of seminars and workshops run by the club so players can more confidently progress to the next level.  Ben Beever who runs all our beginner's lessons is coming to our next committee meeting to help us look at ways we can put in place a wider range of opportunities to help members improve their play. 
Last updated : 9th Nov 2012 08:10 GMT
David Wing presents his Manchester Cup to this year's winners
  • David Wing and Eve Lighthill
  • Eddie Thornton Chan and Nigel Matthews with David Wing

David Wing, an EBU member from Middlesex is currently on a cycle tour of all fifty-one cities in England to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society.  As part of his tour David is visiting each city cathedral and is also visiting and playing at a local bridge club in each city.  David visited Manchester Bridge Club on Monday 3rd September and played in our Duplicate session partnered by Eve Lighthill.

David's plan to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society is that each bridge club he visits, will hold an annual City Cup event to raise money for the Society.  David Wing presented the winners of Monday's Duplicate session - Eddie Thornton Chan and Nigel Matthews with a cup he has donated to our Bridge Club and he will have the cup engraved with their names.  David Wing hopes we will continue to hold an annual event for this cup whilst at the same time using this opportunity to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society.

We raised £120 for the Alzheimer's Society via our table money collection but if you still wish to make a donation to the Alzheimer's Society, you can give via David's Just Giving website at www.justgiving.com/citycup
Last updated : 13th Nov 2012 08:04 GMT
RUIA CUP 2012 - Final Results
  • Ruia Cup 2012 2nd place
  • Ruia Cup 2012 Best Placed NonExpert Team
  • Ruia Sup 2012 Winners

The final session of the RUIA Cup took place on Thursday 12th July. In an exciting finish, the two leading teams led by Catherine Draper and Darren Evetts played each other in the final round whilst the third placed team led by Michael Byrne played the fourth placed team captained by Sid Travers.  

When the smoke had cleared Darren Evett's team had beaten Catherine Draper's team 18-2 and Michael Byrne's team had won 16-4 meaning Darren Evett's team won with Michael Byrne's in 2nd place. The winning team were no doubt inspired by the presence of our old friend, American Dick Fleischman, who is in Manchester on a short visit.

A special prize was awarded to Faye Georgiou's team for the best performance by a non-expert team
Last updated : 9th Nov 2012 08:10 GMT
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