| DATE FOR YOUR DIARY |
OLLIE'S UPCOMING SEMINARS...
TODAY!! SUNDAY .....3rd JUNE
2.30pm to 5pm
at Palatine Road (not The Casino)
"GRABBING THAT EXTRA TRICK IN DEFENCE"
Each session starts with a comprehensive topic discussion
followed by practice hands.
The cost of the seminar is £10.00 for members, £12 for visitors & £5 for students.
This includes light refreshments during the brief break.
Everyone is welcome to attend and you don't need a partner.
You can just turn up on the day but it would be helpful to Ollie if you could let him know in advance
if you are intending to come along by emailing him at oliverburgess5@gmail.com
NEW Forward Spring & Summer Dates
Sunday 1st July 2.30pm to 5pm (Topic tba)
Sunday 5th August 2.30pm to 5pm (Topic tba)
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| INTERNATIONAL NEWS |
9 Apr 2018 | Internationals
England has won the Camrose Trophy, regaining the title and earning a 52nd outright victory in the 75 year history of the event.
The team of Janet de Botton, Artur Malinowski, Espen Erichsen, Glyn Liggins, David Bakhshi, Tom Townsend, and NPC Alan Mould, were top scorers on the second weekend (held five weeks later than originally planned after snow caused its postponement). Added to the 4.93 VP lead gained on the first weekend, England finished 12.93 ahead of Ireland, with the CBAI team in third.
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| WEDNESDAY 19th DECEMBER |
WEDNESDAY 19th DECEMBER
PETER ADER TROPHY
at Palatine Road 7.30pm
One Session Pairs Event with Trophy presentation at the end of the evening.
Open to all
Plus separate supervised session at 7.30pm
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TONIGHT!!!
WEDNESDAY EVENING
CHILDREN IN NEED ECATS CHARITY DUPLICATE
at 7.30
(plus a separate Supervised Play Class for Improvers)
(Both sessions at Palatine Road)
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You are invited to join us on
TODAY!
SUNDAY 9th DECEMBER
4pm to 7pm for a
“A CELEBRATION OF 40 YEARS
AT PALATINE ROAD”
Come along and share in all the memories and reminiscences of the wonderful times at
Manchester Bridge Club.
Drinks & Hot Buffet from Pasha will be served.
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| LESLEY JOHNSON |
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This photo of Lesley Johnson with bridge partner David Sarabowski dates from September 2016
Lesley passed away on 1st October after a long battle with motor neuron disease.
She was diagnosed five years ago with a life expectancy of two years. However, she battled to keep going, and despite a gradual loss of her physical abilities her brain was active to the very end.
In recent years she played regularly on Monday and Wednesday duplicates and won all the Monday night competitions (Cheadle Royal Cup, Geoff Nuttall Trophy and Tony Wood Memorial Trophy).
In addition she was Club Champion in two successive years –2016 and 2017
Prior to her illness she was a keen rubber bridge player and a successful league player.
She will be greatly missed.
Jeff
Lesley's funeral was on on Thursday October 18th at 3.15pm, Rowan Chapel, Stockport Crematorium
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OPEN TODAY FOR
SUPERVISED DUPLICATE at 1pm
and CLUB DUPLICATE at 7.30pm
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A NEW BRIDGE BIDDING MODULE IS COMMENCING
TODAY
♦ MONDAY 9th APRIL at 1.30pm
(in the Card Room at The Grosvenor Casino, Parrs Wood)
This is designed for newcomers who have completed Module One (play)
and is also a great opportunity for existing players to brush up on modern bidding techniques including 5 card majors.
Lessons last for approximately 2 hours with a break for refreshments provided by the club at half time.
Please contact Jeff or Dave at the Club on 0161 445 3712 or email ManchesterBridgeClub@hotmail.com for details and to secure your place.
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| RESULTS |
MCBA INTERMEDIATE PAIRS
SUNDAY 8th APRIL
Twenty One Pairs played in this tournament of whom nine pairs were MBC members.
Everyone enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon.
Congratulations to Susan Triggs and Graham Winn who came joint second.
(Full details and photos are on the MCBA Website www.manchesterbridge.org.uk )
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| WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK? |
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL WEDNESDAY ACTIVITIES HAVE NOW MOVED BACK TO MBC AT PALATINE ROAD.
(Both the 7.30pm Wednesday Evening Duplicate and Ollie's Supervised Session)
All other weekday sessions remain at the Casino Venue.
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| WEDNESDAY 8th MARCH |
TONIGHT
 
WEDNESDAY 8th MARCH
ECATS CHARITY SIMS
at 7.30pm
(plus a separate Supervised Play Class for Improvers)
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(for weekday events)
to
The Card Room, Grosvenor Casino,
Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre.
Wilmslow Road, M20 5PG
Our luxurious new venue will hold all weekday Duplicates, Teams Activities & Teaching Events with normal sessions starting from Tuesday 2nd January 2018.
(Weekend activities will continue at Palatine Road for the time being)
There is plenty of free parking right outside the new venue including disabled bays and entrance is free for all players coming for bridge.
If you have any queries please contact Jeff on 0161 445 3712 or email ManchesterBridgeClub@hotmail.com
Looking forward to seeing you there!!
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| RESULTS - Ben Franks Winners |
Ben Franks won by Michael Byrne & Michael Newman
The qualifier for the Corwen Trophy was held at Manchester Bridge Club on Sunday 3rd December. 23 pairs competed which meant that everyone played two boards against every other pair. Winners were Michael Byrne and Michael Newman with an excellent score of 64%
This is the third win in a row for Michael Byrne, who won last year with John Holland and in 2015 with Michael Newman.
Michael Newman has also won the last three times that he played, winning in 2014 with Alan Mould, not playing in 2016.
The player of the year spreadsheet has now been updated, Michael Newman has taken the lead in the expert category. Fantastic!
The Ascenders prize was won by Susan Triggs & Graham Winn
Congratulations to all.
(Full results are bottom right of this page)
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THE 2018 LONDON EASTER FESTIVAL
CONGRATULATIONS to BARBARA HACKETT for her part in the amazing win in the Swiss Teams event at the London Easter Festival last week - a great coup amongst prestigious players.
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| RESULTS |
Manchester Congress
Manchester's annual congress was held at the Victoria and Albert hotel in Spinningfield on 6th-7th January. 66 pairs and 33 teams competed on Saturday and Sunday repectively and there were 15 and 14 pairs in the non-expert events. Players travelled from Norway, Germany and many areas of the UK. Congratulations to Alan Mould and Barry Myers who won the pairs, this was a first win in the congress pairs for both of them, though Alan had won the event in a previous incarnation 31 years ago. Men's, Ladies and Mixed Pairs trophies went to Paul Hackett/Ed Levy, Fiona Brown/Helen Erichsen, Joy & Irving Blakey respectively.
Alan Mould did the double by winning the teams with Jeff Smith, John Holland and Paul Hackett. Results of all the events are on the MCBA website and more detailed results are available bottom right of this page.
Championship Pairs Winners - Barry Myers (Sally Brock presenting) Alan Mould
Championship Teams winners - John Holland, Jeff Smith (Sally Brock presenting)
Paul Hackett and Alan Mould
Non-expert and Juniors prize - Henry Bissell and Josh Clarke
Players Progress Cup Third -
Jackie Lowrie and Annie Curtis
Players Progress Cup Fourth -
Lynne and Richard Mallard
Kevin Comrie Cup Second - Jackie Lowrie and Annie Curtis
Kevin Comrie Cup fourth - Christine Barrowclough and Nick Tarrier
A terrific turnout and success for MBC players all round!
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| Results of First Round of Ruia Cup 2018 |
RUIA CUP 2018
Eve Lighthill’s team took a commanding lead in the first round of the Ruia
Cup, winning every match.
Scores after round 1 were as follows;
Eve Lighthill (Bob Cooke,Elena and Marcello Rosenbaum) +68imps
Barbara Lewis ( Alec Smalley,Irene Davies, Linda Williams) +34 imps
Paul Hackett (Bhim Ruia,Martin Taylor,Justin Hackett) +17 imps
Josh Clarke (Richard Bowdery, Raymond Semp, Rodney Lighton) +5 imps
Andy Green (Haidee Tattersall, John Moran, Simon Alexander) -18 imps
Ted Cadman (Iain Mackie, Simon Townsend, Anne Super) -52 imps
Vera Lowson (Stephen Fernley,Richard Cross,Carol McKinnon) -54 imps
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| RESULTS |
Portland Pairs
The EBU's mixed pairs event was held at multiple centres on Sunday 25th March. Many local pairs played at Brierfield where the most successful nationally were Eve Lighthill and Raymond Semp who, having led overall after the first session, finished 18th. John Holland and Jackie Pye were just behind them. Full results are on the EBU web site.
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Camrose
Michael Byrne played for England in the first weekend of the home internationals from 5th-7th January in Belfast. He was selected as a result of finishing second in the Premier League in the Autumn with Kieran Dyke, Jeffrey Allerton, Chris Jagger, Frances Hinden and Graham Osborne. The England team lead after the first weekend with Michael and Kieran playing very well, winning every match that they played in and finishing second of all the pairs in the cross-IMP ranking.
Congratulations!
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A NEW BRIDGE BEGINNERS COURSE IS COMMENCING
TODAY!!
♥ TUESDAY 10th APRIL at 7.30pm
(in the Omaha Room at The Grosvenor Casino, Parrs Wood)
This Course consists of two five week modules
at a cost of £50 for each module.
The first five lessons concentrate on Play
and the second five lessons on Bidding.
Manchester Bridge Club runs a series of Foundation Courses throughout the year
for those interested in learning to play Bridge in a relaxed and very sociable environment.
It's a 10 week course split into 2 Modules
Lessons last for approximately 2 hours with a break for refreshments provided by the club at half time.
Please contact Jeff or Dave at the Club on 0161 445 3712 or email ManchesterBridgeClub@hotmail.com for details and to secure your place.
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| Michael Byrne |
Michael Byrne is a professional bridge teacher, and currently coaches the England Under 20 Squad, having won the Silver Medal in the 2008 World Championships with them in Beijing and a further Silver Medal in the 2010 World Championships in Philadelphia. He has represented England as a player at Under 20, Under 25 and Open Levels, and won the Camrose Trophy (the home nations tournament), in each category, the only Manchester player ever to have done so. In 2010 Michael was in the winning team in the English Premier League trials and in 2011 won the Brighton Summer Teams Championship. Michael has worked at Manchester Bridge Club since 2001 and has run the Tuesday evening Supervised Play Class since 2005.
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TWO NEW 4 WEEK BRIDGE BIDDING MODULES STARTING THIS WEEK!
♦ MONDAY 8th OCTOBER at 11am
and
♦ TUESDAY 9th OCTOBER at 7.30pm
(in the Card Room at The Grosvenor Casino, Parrs Wood)
These are designed for newcomers
who have completed Module One on Play .....
..... but are also a great opportunity for existing players to brush up on modern bidding techniques including 5 card majors.
Lessons last for approximately 2 hours with a break for refreshments provided by the club at half time.
Please contact Jeff or Dave at the Club on 0161 445 3712 or email ManchesterBridgeClub@hotmail.com for details and to secure your place.
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| INTERNATIONAL YOUTH NEWS |
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The wait is almost over. England's Junior teams are in China, and they will start playing in the World Youth Team Championships on Thursday. It exceeded expectations that all four teams qualified - so they have already done well to reach this stage. Michael Byrne is the Non Playing Captain of the Under 21 team.Good Luck to all
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| UPCOMING EVENT |
THE EVE LIGHTHILL CUP 2018
SWISS TEAMS COMPETITION
Open to All
To be held over three sessions
on TUESDAYS at PALATINE ROAD
at 7.30pm
STARTS THIS WEEK!
TUESDAY 4th SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY 11th SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY 25th SEPTEMBER
(Note: Not being held on 18th September)
Please enter your team of four
on the Registration Form at the Casino
or let Jeff / Dave know.
(Substitutes are allowed if required)
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| RESULTS |
Northern Pairs
Karen Reissmann and Irene Davies were second at Bradford on 18th March, Gary Hyett was third with Margaret Howe, Catherine Draper fourth with Andrew Petrie and John Holland and Tony Coley were sixth. Congratulations.
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| RESULTS |
EBU Spring Congress
At Harrogate on 18th February Alan Mould, John Holland, Jeff Smith and Jackie Pye won the Swiss Teams; Bernard & Rhona Goldenfield, Kath & Alan Nelson were third.
Congratulations!
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MARTIN BRAID MEMORIAL TROPHY
SWISS PIVOT TEAMS COMPETITION
A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon was had by everyone. Warm memories of Martin were expressed by former friends and playing partners and his widow Sue, who had generously funded the prizes for this lovely event, presented the Trophy.
Thirteen tables took part and a fabulous £470 was raised for The British Heart Foundation via the Bottle Raffle. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed.
(Full results bottom right and photos below)
The British Heart Foundation
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| RESULTS |
11 Jan 2018 | Internationals
European Open Trials - Michael Byrne competing.
The trials to play in England's Open team in the 2018 European Championships took place Friday 12th to Monday 15th January at the Young Chelsea Bridge Club.
Ten pairs competed for the remaining places in the team alongside Andrew Robson & Tony Forrester, who have already been selected.
[Michael Byrne & Kieran Dyke - system card]
The top two pairs join the pre-selected pair of Tony Forrester and Andrew Robson. After lying in the top three almost all of the event Michael and Kieran finished third, with this top three well clear of the rest. This was no doubt disappointing for them, but they played extremely well and could well earn European selection in the future.
Hard Luck Michael - terrific effort.
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| RESULTS - Santa Claus Pairs |
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SANTA CLAUS PAIRS 2017
26 pairs entered this annual festive competition and enjoyed the two session event highlighted by the sumptuous buffet at half time.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS
(full results bottom right of this page)
1st JUSTIN HACKETT & MARTIN TAYLOR
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2nd KATH & ALAN NELSON
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3rd. JOHN HASSETT & MIKE BURTT
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INTERMEDIATE TROPHY WINNERS
SUSAN TRIGGS & GRAHAM WINN
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Autumn Intermediate Pairs
19 pairs played at Altrincham on November 4th. Players had an enjoyable afternoon, with Angela Ashleigh and Wendy Burton winning ahead of Sally Bray and George Leigh.
Winners Wendy Burton and Angela Ashleigh |
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| RESULTS |
Northern Easter Festival
At Leeds on 30-31st March Alan Mould and John Holland won the Swiss Pairs with Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield third. In the mixed pairs on Thursday John Holland and Jackie Pye were second. Full results are on the EBU web site.
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Martin Braid Expert Winners
ADRIAN KENWORTHY, OLLIE BURGESS, ROB MYERS & ALAN MOULD
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| PEGGY BAYER |
19 Feb 2018 | Internationals | Youth
England has retained the Junior Camrose and Peggy Bayer Trophies, with emphatic wins in both competitions.
In the Peggy Bayer competition, England were emphatic winners, finishing with more than double the score of second-placed Ireland.
Peggy Bayer: Kripa Panchagnula & Harry Madden; Sam Anoyrkatis & Theo Anoyrkatis; Jack Ronayne & Theo Gillis; NPC Michael Byrne
The English squad will be looking to build on this result as they prepare to take part in the World Youth Team Championships in China in August. To contribute to the fundraising effort to support the teams' participation in the event, please make a donation through this page on the EBED website.
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| DUPLICATE AT THE CASINO |
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WHAT'S IT LIKE AT THE CASINO?
Attendance at the Casino venue continues well with players enjoying the facilities and ease of access.
The Card Room is easy to find but just ask for directions as you go in and remember to leave your coat in the secure entrance cloakroom please - they give you a ticket.
(There's not much room for coats in the Card Room)
There is now no need to input your car registration as you go in - free parking is now unlimited ...who knows you might fancy a meal or a drink beforehand or afterwards! Their mid-week menu is 2 courses for only £10.95 or three for £12.95.....and the choice looks great!
Go on....Treat yourself!
Hope to see lots of you here this week!
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| RESULTS - Channel Trophy |
15 Dec 2017 | Internationals | Youth
Michael Byrne was NPC for U21's who did very well
England's Junior teams travelled to Leuven, near Brussels, to take part in the Channel Trophy last weekend.
The competition pitted England, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands against each other, with competitions for the U26, U26 Women and U21 teams.
The England teams are:
U26: Michael Alishaw & Stephen Kennedy; Toby Nonnenmacher & Kyle Lam; Shahzaad Natt & Ben Norton ; NPC: Paul Barden
U26 Women: Yvonne Wiseman & Alexandra Birchall ; Siyu Ren & Laura Covill ; Ewa Wieczorek & Olivia Bailey; NPC: Giorgio Provenza
U21: Liam Sanderson & Daniel Winter ; Kripa Panchagnula & Harry Madden ; Sam Anoyrkatis & Theo Anoyrkatis; NPC: Michael Byrne
The U21s and U26 Women's teams both did well, finishing in second place - the Women beat eventual winners France in both matches, and the U21s split their matches with the winning French team. The U26 team finished in fourth place, but remained competitive throughout - a win in the final match against Belgium deprived the hosts of victory.
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| RESULTS - Tollemarche Selection |
Tollemache Selection - MBC players dominate!
The Tollemache Cup is the inter-county championships for teams of eight.
The team for the Tollemache final in February will be John Holland, Ollie Burgess, Michael Byrne, Michael Newman, Jeff Morris, John Hassett, Catherine Draper and Andrew Woodcock. Ollie Burgess replaces Gary Hyett, otherwise the team is the same as that which qualified in November. Gary will be in Australia representing England in the Commonwealth games event. Rhona Goldenfield is non-playing captain.
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| CHEADLE ROYAL WINNERS |
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CHEADLE ROYAL TROPHY WINNERS
Congratulations to STEPHEN WARD & CHRISTOPHER HINE for winning the 2018 CHEADLE ROYAL CUP.
This is awarded to the top pair on Monday Nights between September & December each year.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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Lancashire Congress
The Lancashire Congress took place over the weekend of 27-28th October in Brierfield for the Swiss Pairs and in Bolton for the Swiss Teams. Gary Hyett won the Swiss Pairs with Alan Cooke of Bedfordshire. Results of both events are on the Lancashire web site.
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| FREE BRIDGE MAGAZINES |
"A Treasure Trove of hundreds of Bridge magazines going free to anybody who would like them."
Included are 'Bridge International' (bound), 'The Irish Bridge Magazine', 'Bridge Plus', 'International Popular Bridge Monthly', 'Bridge' ,'English Bridge' and others.
Contact Kevin Comrie if you are interested at kevin.j.comrie1@ntlworld.com
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1 Oct 2018 | Internationals
Fiona Brown and Sally Brock are World Champions! After success in recent years for England's Women's team, they have now added the McConnell Cup, the World Championship for Women's teams at the World Bridge Series. Unlike in other Championships, where teams are restricted to players of the same nationality, this event is open to mixed teams, and in combination with four players from the USA Fiona and Sally have claimed the gold medal.
Whatever the result in the final, there would have been cause for British celebration, as they defeated a team which included Nicola Smith, Yvonne Wiseman, and Scotland's Paula Leslie.
And to complete the set of medals, a bronze medal has been won in the Rosenblum Cup (for Open teams) by the team of Andrew Robson, Alexander Allfrey, Tom Paske & Ed Jones.
Congratulations to them all. This medal haul makes it the best result by English players in the event in many years - and with more competitions over the next five days there may still be more...
You can follow the competitions in Orlando on the event website and through the live coverage on Bridge Base Online.
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11 August 2018
Northern League
Manchester teams played the second round of four of the Northern league on Saturday 11th August at Bradford, Leeds and Bradford in the A, B and C divisions respectively. In the C Division Manchester 1 won again to increase their lead, Manchester 2 improved their position compared to the previous round. In the A division Manchester 2 did well to finish second on the day ahead of Manchester 1, Manchester 1 actually increased their lead at the top of the table. Unfortunately in the B division Manchester had a poor day and dropped to fourth overall.
Teams were A Division: Manchester 1 John Holland/Alan Mould, John Currie/Rodney Lighton, Irving & Joy Blakey, Alec Smalley/Michael Newman. Manchester 2 Kath & Alan Nelson, Raymond Semp/Henry Bissell, Nicholas Greer/John Parsons, John Roberts/Pete Foster. John and Alan topped the cross-IMPs with Raymond and Henry, John and Pete, Alec and Michael also doing well.
B Division: Eve Lighthill/Howard Kay, Andy Green/David Sarabowski, Steve Mattinson/Rod Franks, Jeanne & Ron Bayly. Steve and Rod were our best pair on cross-IMPs.
C Division: Manchester 1 Stephen Ward/Michael Wymer, Victor Ridding/Mary Green, Elena & Marcelo Rosenbaum, Phillip Taylor/Josh Clarke. Manchester 2 George Leigh/John Moran, Wei Che Tham/Daniel Kelsall, Gordon Bickley/Ann Farquhar, Sally Bray/Judith Dunkerley. Elena and Marcelo, Gordon and Ann, Phillip and Josh, Stephen and Michael, Victor and Mary were all positive on cross-IMPs.
All results are on the NBL web site (may need a refresh F5 to see latest results)
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Manchester League
Would you like to play in the Manchester League this coming season which starts in September?
It's great fun and you would be most welcome.
There are around 8 to 9 matches to be played (some home & some away) between September and April either in homes or in a local club.
We would like more entries for the lower divisions.
New or inexperienced players would enter the 7th division, more experienced players will be placed in a higher division.
Please e-mail Kath Nelson, the league secretary if you are interested or have a chat with Jeff or Dave.
If you only have a pair they may be able to fix you up with another pair to form a team.
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Martin Braid Expert Second Place
JEFF SMITH, JOHN HOLLAND, MICHAEL BYRNE & JACKIE PYE
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Commonwealth Nations Bridge
Gary Hyett plays for England A with Bill Hirst, Steve Eginton, Brian Callaghan and Chris Duckworth in Australia starting on Wednesday 14th February. Matches are being shown on BBO and the event web site is here. In the invitational pairs before the teams event Gary came 13th playing with Barbara Travis of Australia.
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| RESULTS - BLACKPOOL YEAR END |
Blackpool Year End
Manchester pairs dominated the Swiss Pairs at the year end congress on 28-29th December. Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield won just ahead of John Holland and Alan Mould (who had won the previous three years) with Andy Green and Haidee Tattersall doing very well to finish in third place. Full results are on the EBU web site.
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| JOYCE GOLDSTONE |
I am sad to inform members of the death of Joyce Goldstone. She was a tutor here for several years and a great supporter of Manchester Bridge Club. Her husband Merville was chairman of MBC and a member of MCBA for a considerable time and the Goldstone Trophy is still keenly competed for annually.
She will be sadly missed and we send condolences to her family and friends.
The funeral was held on TUESDAY 6th NOVEMBER, at the Jewish Cemetary in Failsworth - 12.30pm
Jeff Morris 5th November 2018
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Autumn Congresses
Martin Taylor playing with Justin Hackett finished third in the Two Star Pairs in the EBU congress at Daventry on 20th October.
Meanwhile John Holland with Jackie Pye, Sally Brock and Barry Myers won the teams in the Scottish congress at Peebles; John and Jackie were third in the pairs final which was won by Sally and Barry. Results are on the SBU site.
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Great Northern Swiss Pairs
John Holland playing with Clive Owen of the North East retained the trophy at Leeds on 29-30th September. Kath & Alan Nelson were fourth equal.
Congratulations to all, results are on the EBU web site.
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30th July 2018
Scarborough Summer Congress
Congratulations to John Holland who won the teams at Scarborough on the 27th July with Jackie Pye, Jeremy Dhondy and Bill Hirst and to Gary Hyett who was third in the Seniors Pairs on 26th July with Alan Cooke. Gary and Alan were also third in the Swiss Pairs on 28-29th July.
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Nothing like having personal waiter service from a very smart Henry!!
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Martin Braid Expert Third Place
DAVE DEBBAGE, EDWARD LEVY, MICHAEL NEWMAN & JOSH CLARKE
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Tollemache Final
The inter county teams of eight final took place in Coventry on 10-11th February. Manchester were represented by John Holland, Ollie Burgess, Michael Byrne, Michael Newman, Jeff Morris, John Hassett, Catherine Draper and Andrew Woodcock. Ollie Burgess replaced Gary Hyett, otherwise the team was the same as that which qualified in November. Rhona Goldenfield was non-playing captain. The other counties in the final were Cambs & Hunts, Oxford, Lancashire, Kent, Dorset, Hants & IOW and Berks & Bucks.
Manchester finished second, 1 VP behind Kent. Kent and Manchester were level going into the penultimate match when they played each other. Kent won 15-5 to establish a good lead, but in a tense finish Kent then lost 9-11 to Cambs. while Manchester won 18-2 against Dorset. Unfortunately not quite enough.
All the pairs were positive on the cross IMPs with Catherine and Andrew just edging out Michael and Michael for the highest scoring Manchester pair.
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5 Feb 2018 | Internationals
The first stage of the trials to represent England in the Senior European Championships took place on 3rd & 4th February, with the Hackett team progressing to the final.
The team of John Hassett, David Mossop, Gunnar Hallberg, John Holland, Brian Senior, and Paul Hackett finished in first place.
The play-off to represent England in Ostend will take place on 10th - 11th March 2018.
Congratulations!
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MCBA Gazette Trophy - huge success for MBC teams!
The inter club teams of eight took place at Altrincham on Sunday 4th February. An interesting set of deals with a large number of slams were played by ten teams representing five clubs. Manchester Bridge Club's top team won ahead of Cheadle with the third Manchester team winning the Intermediate trophy. Full results are bottom right of this page.
Winners
Andrew Woodcock, Catherine Draper, Michael Clarke,
Jeff Morris, Michael Newman, Dave Debbage,
Rob Myers, (Eve Lighthill MCBA President), Ed Levy
Intermediate Winners
Simon Alexander, John Moran, Peter Grauer, Paul Murray,
Celia Comrie, Graham Winn, Susan Triggs
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SANTA CLAUS PAIRS
Palatine Road enjoyed it's last FULL HOUSE when 22 pairs took part in the annual Santa Claus Pairs event - Manchester Bridge Club's flagship event.
The eventual winners were JOY and IRVING BLAKEY Ist
with MBC's OLLIE BURGESS playing with Dan Crofts in 2nd Place
and TRACY CAPAL & JOHN STELL in Third
Full results details are bottom right of this page.
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Chester Bowl
The annual charity event at Deva Bridge Club on Sunday 14th October was well attended with many Manchester participants. The qualifying section was won by Pauline Lang and Steve Mattinson with Gary Hyett and Peter Carey-Yard second and Mohamed and Mariam Jabber third. In the final Keith Boulton and Nigel Pearce were second with Rodney Lighton and John Currie third. Full results are on the Deva web site.
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North Wales Swiss Pairs
Manchester players were out in force at Northop on Sunday 7th October. In second place was John Holland plaing with Jackie Pye, Gary Hyett was third playing with Dan Crofts and Pauline Lang and Alan Barnes were fourth equal with Josh Clarke and Paul Murray. Full results are on the North Wales site.
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| EVE LIGHTHILL CUP RESULT |
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THE EVE LIGHTHILL CUP 2018
SWISS TEAMS COMPETITION
This annual competition takes place over three sessions.
The final round took place on Tuesday 25th September.
1st. Sam Herman, David Evans, Mike Clarke, Stuart Shalom.
I Blakey, J Blakey & Peter Jones.
106 VP's
2nd. Eve Lighthill, Sid Travers, Ian Kane, Howard Kay,
Jeff Morris & R Cooke.
97 VP's
3rd. Gary Hyett, John Hassett, Henry Bissell,
Raymond Semp & John Holland.
90 VP's
(Full results are bottom right of this page)
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30 Aug 2018
The Crockfords Cup
The mainly Manchester team of John Holland, Alan Mould, Michael Byrne and Kieran Dyke finished third in the eight team final of the English National KO competition which was held in Solihull on 1st-2nd September. Michael and Kieran were the second best pair on cross IMPs. Full results are on the EBU web site.
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THE MICHELLE BRUNNER
CHARITY MEMORIAL EVENT
at Manchester Bridge Club
SATURDAY 21st JULY 2018
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Sixteen teams of 4 took place in this memorial pivot teams event and a really pleasurable competitive session was enjoyed by everyone.
Thank you to Henry for directing so well (and for free!), to David for organising everything in Jeff's absence, to Simon for his auctioning and raffle skills and to all the backroom boys and girls who worked so hard to ensure things ran smoothly.....and to all those people who so generously donated bottles and gifts to ensure the charities do well.
(Not to mention Dave D and Michael B who generously auctioned themselves in order to add to the pot!!)
WINNERS
1st Place - John Holland, Jeff Smith, Jackie Pye
& Alan Mould
2nd Place - Rodney Lighton, Michael Newman, Sally Brock
& Axel Johannsson
3rd Place - Tracy Capal, David Flacks, John Parsons
& John Stell
INTERMEDIATE TROPHY WINNERS
Iain Mackie, Hilary Boydell, Rose Davenport
& Simon Townsend,
The final amount raised in aid of St Ann's Hospice and The Christie was
£1860
to be shared equally between the two charities.
FANTASTIC!....Well Done Everyone.
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6 Mar 2018 | Internationals
The trials for England's Women's Team for the 2018 European Championships have been won by the team of Sally Brock, Fiona Brown, Nicola Smith & Yvonne Wiseman (with Kay Preddy substituting for Yvonne in the first three matches as her arrival was delayed by the snow).
They started the final match 5.59 VPs behind their opponents - the team of Nevena Senior, Heather Dhondy, Catherine Draper & Gillian Fawcett - but a 15.24-4.76 victory saw them take the top spot.
The composition of the team to represent England in the Championships is currently being considered by the Selection Committee.
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Martin Braid Non Expert Winners
DAVID TILLEY, WEI CHE THAM, CHRIS & DAVID KELSALL
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Scottish Congress
Congratulations to Josh Clarke and Daniel Kelsall for coming second in the Swiss Pairs at the Scottish Congress in Peebles.
Great Result!
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Ben Franks Pairs
Manchester's qualifier for the Corwen Trophy was held at Manchester Bridge Club on Sunday 2nd December. A small but select field of 14 pairs played three boards against each other pair. After the first session Alec Smalley and Barbara Lewis were leading ahead of John Holland and Rodney Lighton. These two pairs met in the final round of the second session, with Alec and Barbara still just ahead until the last board, when Alec, playing in a pushy three notrump, guessed to knock out the opposition aces in the wrong order and went down, converting a potential top into a bottom. Alec and Barbara finished third, with David Sarabowski and Sam Herman second. In fourth place and also qualifying for the Corwen were Karen Reissmann and Irene Davies.
Winners John Holland and Rodney Lighton with Ann Thornton (MCBA)
Second David Saraborowski and Sam Herman
Third Alec Smalley and Barbara Lewis
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Tollemache - Manchester Qualify
The inter counties teams of eight qualifying weekend took place on 17-18th Novenber at Daventry. After a ruling involving a match between Middlesex and Sussex Manchester finished second in their group qualifying for the sixth year in a row. The Manchester team was John Holland/John Hassett, Michael Byrne/Michael Newman, Catherine Draper/Andrew Woodcock, Alan Mould/Gary Hyett. John Holland and John Hassett headed the cross IMPs for their group, the other three pairs were negative on the cross IMPs. The final is in February.
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World Bridge Series
The World Bridge Series is taking place in Orlando from 21st September to 6th October. Michael Byrne is playing with Mike Bell in the Lilienstein team.
For results click here. Some matches will be on BBO.
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24 Aug 2018
The Northern Midweek Congress saw its highest entry for five years, with Harrogate the venue for three days of weekday bridge.
The two-day Championship Pairs on 21st - 22nd August was won by Justin Hackett & Martin Taylor who finished with 60.00%. Full results are on the EBU web site.
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MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB PLANS
Dear Member,
As you are probably aware the Manchester Bridge Club will be vacating our Palatine Road premises at the beginning of 2019.
Of course it is with great sadness that we do so, but we can reflect that Palatine Road has been a wonderful venue for 40 years – for which we will be having a celebratory party this Autumn on Sunday 9th December.
In the meantime all our activities will be as normal with the club premises being available for matches, county events and meetings, afternoon rubber bridge and Wednesday night duplicate and play class.
On Mondays,Tuesdays and Thursdays the club will still be using the Casino until the end of the year.
It is our intention to continue the Manchester Bridge Club activities in different premises in 2019 and we are currently looking at some options. However, if members of the club have any suggestions, we would be happy to investigate.
Jeff Morris and Dave Debbage
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Green Point Teams
There was a full house at Altrincham for the Green Point Teams on Sunday 22nd July, including visitors from the US and Australia. However, the winners were the Southport team of Roger Allison, Peter Richmond, Bill & Liz Wattleworth who won their last two matches against illustrious opposition to finish ahead of Bernard & Rhona Goldenfield, Joy & Irving Blakey, with Karen McCallum, Axel Johannsson, Alan Mould and Michael Newman third.
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President's Cup - Manchester A Team Win!
The annual inter county teams of eight was held over the weekend of 30th June to 1st July at Spondon, Derby. This year counties were allowed to enter more than one team. Only Manchester availed themselves of this opportunity, eight teams entered:- Derby, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Merseyside, North Wales, Hereford and the Manchester teams. At the end of Saturday Derby were leading and the Manchester B team were just ahead of Manchester A. On Sunday the Manchester B team changed completely and five of the Manchester A team changed. Manchester B dropped a little to fourth, but did well, Manchester A overtook Derby and just pipped Lancashire to win by 3 VPs. This is Manchester's third successive victory. Full results are on the Manchester and Altrincham club web sites.
Playing for Manchester A were: on Saturday John Holland/Alan Mould, John Parsons/Nicholas Greer, David Barton/Leslie Klein, Andy Green/David Sarabowski; on Sunday John Holland/Rodney Lighton, Leslie Klein/David Barton, Tom Slater/Alec Smalley, Kath & Alan Nelson.
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MCBA Summer Intermediate Pairs
The 21 pairs had an enjoyable afternoon at Altrincham Bridge Club on Sunday 24th June.
Full results are on the Altrincham web site.
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THE 2018 RUIA CUP
MULTIPLE TEAMS COMPETITION
This took place over 3 sessions in May, June & July.
WINNERS
EVE LIGHTHILL, SID TRAVERS,
MARCELLO & ELENA ROSENBAUM
(and BOB COOKE in the 1st round)
Trophy presented by Bhim Ruia (pictured left)
Eve Lighthill’s team started the evening with two good sessions behind them and a substantial lead. But as the final session progressed Barbara Lewis's team whittled away at the lead until, after the last of the 24 boards, only two victory points separated the teams.
Well done to Eve's team on an excellent win and commiserations to Barbara Lewis, Alec Smalley, Irene Davies and Karen Reissmann on a fine performance on the final evening but just finishing second.
Thanks also to Bhim Ruia for presenting the Ruia Cup to the winning team. Looking at the plinth the first year was 1978 and won by a team captained by Jeff Morris and containing Boris Ewart, John Holland and Michelle Brunner. Another interesting win was 1985 when the cup was won by Celia Rawlings playing with Kevin Comrie and Frank Starkie. For those that do not remember that far back Celia is now Celia Comrie!
Regards, Jeff.
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Martin Braid Non Expert Second Place
IRENE DAVIES, PAUL MURRAY, ROSS ALLEN & PETER GRAUER
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11 Dec 2018 | Internationals
Teltscher Trophy Trials
This weekend the Senior Trials take place at West Midlands Bridge Club.
Manchester players participating are John Holland in the Hackett team and Alan Mould and Gary Hyett
The winning team will be chosen to represent England in the Teltscher Trophy, set to be held in Edinburgh Scotland, 5th-7th April 2019.
Coverage of the event will be shown on Bridge Base Online starting at 10.45 on Saturday.
For full details on eligibility criteria and entries:
17 Dec 2018 | Internationals
Latest update...........
The Mossop team have won the Senior Trials, which took place at West Midlands Bridge Club at the weekend, and will be representing England in the Teltscher Trophy next year. The team of David Mossop, Paul Hackett, Gunnar Hallberg, John Holland and Brian Senior finished undefeated, with the Penfold team close behind and then a large gap to third.
The Teltscher Trophy will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 5th-7th April 2019.
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European Mixed Teams Trials
The play-offs for the team to represent England in the European Mixed event took place on 8-9th Dec. at the Young Chelsea Bridge Club. Congratulations to Michael Byrne playing with Fiona Brown, Frances Hinden, Graham Osborne, Sally Brock and Barry Myers who won both their semi-final and final matches convincingly. The European event will be in Lisbon in February.
Barry Myers, Sally Brock, Fiona Brown,
Michael Byrne, Frances Hinden, Graham Osborne
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Northern Bridge League- Manchester Lead All Divisions
After the third round of matches on Saturday 22nd September Manchester now lead all three divisions.
In the A division at Bradford Manchester 1 finished just below average, but nearest rivals Yorkshire 2 were only able to reduce the gap at the top to 5 VPs. Manchester 2 finished fifth and remain at the bottom of the table. The teams were Manchester 1: John Holland/Rodney Lighton, Alec Smalley/Tom Slater, Kath & Alan Nelson, David Barton/Leslie Klein. Manchester 2: Joy & Irving Blakey, John Roberts/Howard Kay, Raymond Semp/Jeff Morris, Nicholas Greer/John Parsons. On the cross IMPs Jeff and Raymond were our best pair, with John and Rodney, Alec and Tom, Joy and Irving also positive.
In the B division at Keighley Manchester won with a huge score to jump from fourth to first in the division. The team was David Sarabowski/Andy Green, Gillian McMullan/Neil Thomas, Howard Stubbings/Dhun Daji, Herbert Potts/Sylvia Massey. All four pairs did well on the cross IMPs, Howard and Dhun were the top pair in the division.
In the C division, also at Bradford, Manchester 1 came second with Manchester 2 fifth. Manchester 1 improved their lead at the top of the table, Manchester 2 are sixth. The teams were Manchester 1 Victor Ridding/Mary Green, Paul Beckwith/Wei Che Tham, Paul Murray/Peter Grauer, Phillip Taylor/Josh Clarke. Manchester 2: Ann Thornton/Peter Green, Vivienne Newgrosh/Karen Sandler, Joan Lewis/Nathan Marks, Liz & Stephen Halstead. Victor and Mary headed the cross IMPs for the division with Paul and Peter also scoring well.
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Two medals and other good results for England at the 14th European Youth Pairs Championship held in Opatija, Croatia 11-18th July 2018
England's Juniors have enjoyed a successful trip to Croatia for the European Youth Pairs Championships, leaving with two bronze medals and a number of other good results.
In the President's Cup - the consolation event alongside the Pairs Championships - Joshua Clarke & Henry Bissell finished in eighth place!
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National Inter Counties Finals
The finals of the inter counties league were held at Coventry on Sunday 24th June. Manchester had qualified for the A division by winning the Northern Bridge League last summer. The team of John Holland, Gary Hyett, John Currie, Rodney Lighton, Michael Byrne, Michael Newman, Tom Slater, Alec Smalley finished second to Devon. John and Gary were Manchester's best pair on the cross IMPs. Full results are here.
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  The North Wales Bridge Association  
Congratulations to .....
Haidee and David Tattersall
....who came First in the Welsh National Final of the Teams of Eight Competition held last weekend in Llandindrod Wells.
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Senior World Championship
Congratulations to John Holland and Alan Mould who have been chosen to play for the England senior team in the World Championships in China next September.
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Autumn is the busiest time of year for bridge lessons, and this month many have started around the country at bridge clubs, and with independent teachers.
In a humorous column for the Sunday Times, Jeremy Clarkson has written about his recent attempts to learn to play to bridge - with varying degrees of success, confusion, and inebriation.
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Premier League
The first weekend of three of the prestigious EBU Premier League was held on September 15th-16th. The first two teams in the top division will be selected to play for England in the Camrose Trophy. The Manchester team of Jeff Morris, John Hassett, Alec Smalley and Tom Slater (with Catherine Draper and Andrew Woodcock to play in subsequent weekends) are currently doing very well lying in second position.
Congratulations!
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Crockfords
Congratulations to John Holland, Alan Mould, Michael Byrne and Kieran Dyke (London) who have won their fourth round Crockford's match qualifying them for the multi-team final to be held in Solihull in September.
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Garden Cities
The Manchester Bridge Club team of John Hassett, Jeff Morris, John Holland, Gary Hyett, Michael Newman, David Debbage, Catherine Draper, Andrew Woodcock finished fourth in the national inter club teams of eight competition at Solihull on Saturday 23rd June. Catherine and Andrew were the best of the Manchester pairs on the cross-IMPs. Full results are on the EBU web site.
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| CANTOR CUP RESULTS |
2018 CANTOR CUP
Nineteen Pairs competed in this years' Cantor Cup on 25th February and a great afternoon was enjoyed by all.
All the winners (below) are MBC players!!!
Congratulations to
LAUREN ROBERTSON (& Henry Bissell) (1st)
MAUREEN SEDDON & ANN MORRIS (2nd)
SUE BRAID & JAN LANCASTER (3rd)
KATHERINE DAVIS & JENNY ALLWRIGHT (4th)
Full results and photos are on the MCBA website (www.manchesterbridge.org.uk)
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25 Oct 2018
The second weekend of the Premier League takes place on Saturday and Sunday at the West Midlands Bridge Club, and you can watch coverage on Bridge Base Online.
Play starts at 10:45 each day, finishing around 20:30 on Saturday and 18:00 on Sunday.
The third, and final, weekend of matches is on 3rd-4th November. The winners of the First Division earn an invitation to represent England in one weekend of the Camrose Trophy.
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10 Oct 2018
The semi-finals and finals of the Gold Cup, Britain's premier knockout competition, take place this weekend. You can watch coverage of the matches on Bridge Base Online from 10am to 8:30pm on Saturday and Sunday.
The competition is run by Bridge Great Britain - see its website for more details.
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TONIGHT!
Tuesday 15th May
ROUND ONE of the RUIA CUP
MULTIPLE TEAMS COMPETITION
7.30pm
at MBC, PALATINE ROAD
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NICKO
And then there was one! The MBC Team of Michael Byrne, Gary Hyett, John Holland, Alan Mould (also Michael Newman) beat Allendale and are now the only county team left in the competition. They will now play Tunbridge Wells in the semi-final.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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16 Jun 2018 | Internationals
England's campaign at the European Team Championships has ended with all three teams qualifying for the World Championships. Although no medals will be coming back across The Channel, England can be pleased to be one of four European nations represented in all three competitions in China next year.
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Manchester Win Pachabo......again!
Congratulations to the Manchester team of John Holland, Rodney Lighton, Michael Byrne and Michael Newman who won the inter-counties teams of four at Bedford on 9-10th June. The team started well on the Saturday, neck and neck with Hampshire throughout the day, ending second by about 4 VPs. The Sunday morning session saw Manchester win all five of their matches by good margins to lead by about 15 VPs. On the Sunday afternoon Manchester managed to avoid snatching defeat from the jaws of victory despite losing four of their five matches, fortunately by not too large margins, to finish just ahead of Nottingham who had a late surge to push Hampshire into third place. This result continues Manchester's fine run in the last five years; first, second, second, first, and second.
Full results are on the EBU web site.
John Holland, (Jeremy Dhondy EBU Chairman), Michael Byrne, Rodney Lighton, Michael Newman
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3 May 2018
The Schapiro Spring Foursomes takes place this weekend, with most of the best players in England, and other top international players, competing for the coveted trophy.
A list of participants, along with the seedings, is available here.
There will be coverage of the later stages on Bridge Base Online on Monday and Tuesday.
We are proud to see so many MBC players taking part - Good Luck everyone!
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| PLAYER OF THE YEAR |
MCBA Player of the Year
With only the final of the Goldstone Trophy to be played, the expert category has been won by Alan Mould ahead of Michael Newman, with John Holland third.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
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Lederer Trophy
This annual invitation event in London takes place on February 24th- 25th. Many of the world's top players are playing. The event is being shown on BBO. Manchester interest is provided by John Holland and Alan Mould who play for the Chairman's team.
Click here for the Lederer web site
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TODAY!
♣ SUNDAY 25th FEBRUARY 2pm
THE CANTOR CUP
MCBA COMPETITION
at Manchester Bridge Club, Palatine Rd
A pairs event for beginners and
inexperienced duplicate players
(Click here for Details & Entry Form)
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Senior's Trials for European Team - MBC members well represented!
The first stage of the trials for the England Senior's European team take place on Feb 3rd-4th at Solihull. Four teams are participating with the top two playing off in March. Manchester interest is provided by Alan Mould (with Barry Myers, Pat Collins and Norman Selway) and John Holland and John Hassett (with Gunnar Halberg, Paul Hackett, David Mossop and Brian Senior). Results will be on the EBU web site.
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Yorkshire Congress
Well done to Irene Davies, Karen Reissmann, Nicholas Greer and Henry Bissell who finished second in the B final of the teams at Harrogate on 3rd June.
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| EBU SUCCESS |
20 Feb 2018 | Clubs | Youth
John Holland has regained the Sunday Telegraph Salver, for the most Master Points earned in the calendar year.
John, who has won the competition on five previous occasions, earned 21,251 points in 2017. The 2016 winner, Mike Bell, was second with 20,604 and Michael Byrne was third with 18,929.
2017 Annual Leaderboard; 2017
Fantastic!
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| RESULTS |
JOHN HOLLAND AND ALAN MOULD WIN CORWEN TROPHY
John Holland and Alan Mould have won this year's event with 60.98% over four sessions.
The Corwen is the EBU's inter-county pairs championship for which pairs qualify from their county's pairs championships.
John has won it twice previously - last year with Michael Byrne and in 1991 with Alan Nelson.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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15 Aug 2018
Jason and Justin Hackett have finished second in the Pairs competition at the annual HCL International Bridge Championship in New Delhi. India's most prestigious congress attracts an international field, and Jason and Justin were beaten only by the Russian pair of George Matushko & Dmitry Rogov.
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| RESULTS |
NICKO
The Manchester Bridge Club team of Michael Byrne, Michael Newman, John Holland, Alan Mould, and Gary Hyett has now reached the quarter finals of the National Inter Club Knock Out and will play a team from the South-West in the next round.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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| RESULTS |
Goldstone
The final of the Goldstone Trophy has been won by Michael Byrne's team.
Michael Byrne, Michael Newman, John Holland, Alan Mould, Gary Hyett and Rodney Lighton therefore qualify to represent Manchester in the Pachabo on June 9th/10th.
In the final they beat Jeff Morris/John Hassett, Catherine Draper/Andrew Woodcock by 41 IMPs, winning every set.
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| FUNCTION ROOMS FOR HIRE |
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MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB
(at the 30 Palatine Road Venue)
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 on
0161 445 3712
or email ManchesterBridgeClub@hotmail.com
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U16 & U21 teams for China selected
The England U16 and U21 teams to compete in the 2018 World Youth Team Championships, in China in August, have been selected.
The teams will be:
U21s - Sam Anoyrkatis & Theo Anoyrkatis; Harry Madden & Kripa Panchagnula; Liam Sanderson & Daniel Winter; NPC Michael Byrne
U16s - Jasmine Bakhshi & Henry Rose; Jamie Fegarty & Liam Fegarty; Oscar Selby & Andy Cope; NPC Giorgio Provenza; coach Laura Porro.
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| 2017 CLUB REPORT & AGM |
ANNUAL AGM and 2017 CLUB REPORT
held on THURSDAY 22nd DECEMBER
followed by SWISS PAIRS
A good number of members attended the 2017 AGM and buffet last Thursday
at which Jeff presented his Report of all the activities and successes enjoyed over the last 12 months.
(This report is now available to read under the yellow tab near the top left of this page entitled 2017 ANNUAL REVIEW.)
(more details will be added to the Appendix over the next few days)
Following the AGM everyone enjoyed playing in the Swiss Pairs - the last weekday duplicate to be held at Palatine Road - a poignant moment for all but full of anticipation for the weekday events move to the luxurious new venue at the Parrs Wood Casino which starts from Tuesday 2nd January
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23 Mar 2018 | Clubs
Changes have been introduced to the National Grading Scheme. These were made in response to feedback received during the consultation of clubs which took place last year.
- The grade of players with 'mature' grades will not change when they partner players who have played fewer than 150 graded boards. The session will not count towards the grade of the more experienced player, but will count towards the grade of the less experienced player. It is hoped that this will stop people being deterred from acting as a host or mentor at their club due to concerns they have about how it might affect their NGS.
- Grades will be published once you have played 150 boards (previously 300) but they will change more quickly than before to enable new players to reach an appropriate grade sooner. A grade will still be considered 'evolving' until you have played 1000 boards, at which point it 'matures'.
These changes are now in effect.
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| RESULTS |
Garden Cities Regional Finals
Congratulations to the Manchester Bridge Club team of David Debbage, Michael Newman, Andrew Woodcock, Catherine Draper, Edward Levy, Robert Myers, John Hassett and Jeff Morris who won the Northern heat at Bradford and qualify for the National finals in June. Catherine and Andrew headed the cross IMPs. Full results are on the EBU web site.
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| EBU ARTICLE |
6 Feb 2018 | Clubs | Education
A TED talk has outlined that the social interaction which comes from activities such as playing bridge (with bridge specifically referenced) could be a key to a long and happy life. A study found that frequent face-to-face social interaction was a greater indicator of long life than other factors such as your weight or whether you drink. Watch the talk to find out more.
Bridge has also been identified in this article as a great activity for older people to combat loneliness.
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