Report by John Auld
Some last minute issues affected the line-ups for this match. Firstly the Aulds judged themselves still too jet lagged for the Dawes team - one of their few good judgements on the day- and family illness caused captain Mark Goddard to stay home to look after his two young children. Unfortunate but on the other hand he escaped the pleasure of managing twenty plus cantankerous bridge players. Everyone hopes the Goddard family is now fit and well.
The consequence was that Graham Brindley stepped in for the missing Mark; Andrew Scott formed a scratch partnership with David Hodge to play in the Porter with the Aulds, and John Rolph & Gerry Franklin plus Lloyd Eagling & Stan Zygadlo played in the Dawes.
The teams with Butler imps:
Dawes
Steve Raine & Willie Crook 26
Sandy Fulton & Frank Ball -9
John Rolph & Gerry Franklin -12
Stan Zygadlo & Lloyd Eagling -19
Porter
David Hodge & Andrew Scott 3
Irene & John Auld 0
Bill Whalley & Pravin Tailor -4
Graham Lee & Dick Milne -18
Markham
Keith Spencer & Steve Fordham 7
Toni Smith & Maciej Lejman 2
Graham Brindley & Patrick Gaudert -9
Dorothy & Chris Close -11
It was the scratch pairing of David and Andrew who struck the first blow on board 2:
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