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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

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!

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

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

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

Thankyou.
 
March 2013 Newsletter

MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB

NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2013

Well done to John Holland on winning the Sunday Telegraph Salver for the most master points accumulated during 2012. John is also currently 2nd in the Gold Point list. Well done to Michael Byrne on being part of the team that won the National Swiss Teams and to Sarah O’ Connor on being part of the winning Junior Camrose team.

Best of luck to two Manchester Bridge Club based teams in the semi-finals of National Events- Catherine Draper’s team (Hassett, Debbage, Woodcock and Draper) in the Hubert Phillips and Clive Owen (John Holland, John Hassett, Jeff Morris) in the Seniors Knockout –The Gerard Faulkner Salver.

NEW MONDAY AFTERNOON DUPLICATE FORMAT

From Monday 4th March Monday afternoon duplicates will be supervised by Dave Debbage. Start time will be 1.15pm with play commencing before 1.30pm. Table money will be £6.00 and Bridget will be in to serve teas, coffees and homemade refreshments.

BEN BEEVER SUNDAY INTERMEDIATE SEMINARS

Ben Beever is holding 5 more seminars in March. All the seminars will take place on Sunday afternoons starting at 3.15pm. There will be a lesson on the subject followed by prepared hands demonstrating the topic. There will also be a short break for refreshments (tea, coffee and biscuits provided by the Club).

The first seminar is on Sunday 3rd March and looks at Slam Bidding (Learn about splinters, mini-splinters, control bids and other tools that make bidding slams much easier). The second seminar is on Sunday 10th March and covers Roman Key Card Blackwood (RKCB) (a significant improvement on Blackwood, this convention allows you to locate the King and Queen of Trumps and even other controls). On Sunday 17th March, Ben will be examining The Art of Good Defence (Stop declarer making contracts that should fail, by making the best leads, placing crucial cards with partner, and defending accordingly).  On Sunday 24th March Ben looks at Entries & Danger Hands (How to avoid being blocked in the wrong hand and how to protect your honours from attack).  The fifth seminar is on Sunday 31st March and is titled Winning at Duplicate Bridge (understand how Duplicate Bridge is scored and what strategies flow from this).

The cost for these seminars is £8 for members and £10 for non-members.

TOM MIDDLETON MEMORIAL EVENT

This is a Swiss Rubber Bridge event with an extensive Middle Eastern buffet being provided during the half time break. The entry fee is £10 with most of the fee being donated to the Parkinson's Society. Start time is 7.00pm. Please pre-enter so we have the correct numbers for catering purposes.

DIARY DATES FOR EVENTS IN THE CLUB 

Intermediate Seminar – Slam Bidding Sunday 3 March 3:15 pm

Charity Challenge Simultaneous Pairs – Thursday 7th March 7:30 pm

Intermediate Seminar – Roman Key Card Blackwood Sun 10 March 3:15

Tom Middleton Memorial Event – Sunday 10 March 7.00pm

EBU Stratified Simultaneous Pairs – Monday 11th March 7:30 pm

EBU Stratified Simultaneous Pairs – Wednesday 13th March 7:30 pm

EBU Stratified Simultaneous Pairs – Thursday 14th March 7:30 pm

Intermediate Seminar – The Art of Good Defence Sun 17 March 3:15 pm

Intermediate Seminar – Entries & Danger Hands Sun 24 March 3:15 pm

Intermediate Seminar – Winning at Duplicate Bridge Sun 31 March 3:15

Jeff Morris and David Debbage

Manchester Bridge Club

Tel:  0161 445 3712 

Mob:  07960 871035 / 07717 252114 (Dave)

e-mail: jeff@manchesterbridge.co.uk

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