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| Fred's report |
The 49th annual Isle of Man Bridge Congress was held at the Palace Hotel from 4th to 6th September. It was a bigger event than for some years with 19 of the best locals contesting a range of events against 56 high quality visiting players. It was a particularly successful Congress, well organised by Liz Kelly as always, and, whilst most of the top prizes went overseas, there were some strong local performances.
Pick of the locals was grand master Erika Slatcher who, with partner, England senior international John Holland, won the Mixed Pairs event on day one (see photo). Also on day one, best locals in the Open Pairs were Andy Elliott and Steve Baggs who achieved 4th place.
The Teams of Four competition was won by the Manchester-based foursome of Croswell, Thrower, Mackay and Myers. (Most of whom were in the winning team from last year). The highest placed locals were John Large, Andy Elliott, Stephen Baggs and Andrea Knox. They were 7th.
The main event of the weekend was the gruelling 3-session Swiss Pairs which concluded on the final night. The winners, by the closest of margins, were visitors Stuart Davies and Paul Belsten - they had a particularly successful weekend, having already won the Open Pairs. Paul De Weerd and Bernard Palmer turned in the best local performance with a remarkably good 4th place.
As usual, John Pyner was tournament director and he presided over the Congress with his usual cheerful efficiency. Planning has already begun for next year's Congress, the 50th, which promises to be a bit special.
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| 2014 congress |
 Thank you to all who took part in this years congress
Special thanks to John and Maggie Pyner for all their hard work
Almost 50 people travelled from overseas to take part and they were able to see our beautiful Island at it's best in glorious sunshine.
It would be lovely to see more locals take part in next years congress which is always the first weekend in September so please keep that weekend free
Congratulations to Jenny Glanz and Neil Kelly, pictured above with organiser Liz Kelly, who won first prize in the mixed pair
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| Congress 2012 swiss pairs winners |
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| Congratulations to Janet and Ted Latham from Harrogate |
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| Congress mixed pairs 2nd place |
 Congratulations to Jean Squires and Neville Shorrock who won the competition, unfortunately the photograph is too blurred to publish, but here's one of the Paul DeWeerd and Erika Slatcher who were runners up |
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| mixed/open pairs 2011 results |
| OVERALL RANKS |
| Rank |
Pair |
Names |
Total |
Max |
Score% |
LPs |
| 1 |
12 |
Paul Darby & Simon Gottschalk |
355 |
520 |
68.27 |
96 |
| 2 |
14 |
John Herbert & Dawn Herbert |
328 |
520 |
63.08 |
84 |
| 3 |
8 |
Stuart Clarke & Bill Carr |
310 |
520 |
59.62 |
72 |
| 4 |
17 |
Jim Hay & Diccen Sargent |
309 |
520 |
59.42 |
60 |
| 5 |
4 |
Roger Rawcliffe & Elizabeth Rawcliffe |
304 |
520 |
58.46 |
48 |
| 6 |
16 |
Sheila Evans & Bill Blackman |
301 |
520 |
57.88 |
36 |
| 7 |
20 |
John Stewart & Maureen Curry |
299 |
520 |
57.5 |
24 |
| 8 |
13 |
Steve Wright & Anne Wright |
286 |
520 |
55 |
12 |
| 9 |
22 |
Stephen Baggs & Rosemary Baggs |
268 |
520 |
51.54 |
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| 10 |
18 |
John Arnold & Doreen Arnold |
267 |
520 |
51.35 |
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| 11 |
3 |
Mary Vokins & Neil Kelly |
261 |
520 |
50.19 |
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| 12 |
2 |
Barrie Harrison & Mary Harrison |
260 |
520 |
50 |
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| 13 |
19 |
Margaret Sayers & Derek Sayers |
255 |
520 |
49.04 |
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| 14 |
10 |
Yvonne Bain & Erika Slatcher |
247 |
520 |
47.5 |
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| 15 |
9 |
Bill Gardner & George Pilcher |
238 |
520 |
45.77 |
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| 16 |
6 |
Sue Woodcock & Nick Woodcock |
231 |
520 |
44.42 |
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| 17 |
15 |
Paul de Weerd & Edith Tomlinson |
226 |
520 |
43.46 |
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| 18 |
7 |
Gloria Smith & Liz Kelly |
220 |
520 |
42.31 |
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| 19 |
5 |
Janet Slinger & David Slinger |
211 |
520 |
40.58 |
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| 20 |
21 |
Deryk Ainsworth & Helen Ainsworth |
207 |
520 |
39.81 |
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| 21 |
1 |
Marie O'Sullivan & Joan Watson |
201 |
520 |
38.65 |
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| 22 |
11 |
Jan Holland & Jo Storrs |
136 |
520 |
26.15 |
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