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 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
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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.
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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
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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!
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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
Click here for travel and car parking information
Click here for non-expert events and entry form
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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.
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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?!!
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| MCBA EXPERT PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
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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!
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| TIPS FOR IMPROVERS |
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***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.
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| He's done it again.....again!! |
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John Holland tops National Master Point list for the fifth time!
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 )
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| About Manchester Bridge Club |
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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.
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| FUNCTION ROOMS FOR HIRE |
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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
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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.
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