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FESTIVE WEDNESDAY EVENING
with the
PETER ADER TROPHY NIGHT
7.30pm
(plus a separate Supervised Play Class for Improvers)
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FESTIVE MONDAY EVENING
DUPLICATE PAIRS
at 7.30pm
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SANTA CLAUS PAIRS
SUNDAY 15th DECEMBER
1.30pm for prompt 2pm start
This is a Two Session Pairs Event.
Open to all
Festive drink on arrival
The highlight between sessions is always our
SUMPTUOUS CHRISTMAS BUFFET
CASH PRIZES!
Coffee / Tea & Mince Pies during the prize giving…
….and everyone goes home with a gift!
Entry fee: £30 per player
Entries to Dave Debbage at Manchester Bridge Club,
81 Wellington Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6BN
Tel: 0161 445 3712 or 07717 252114
e-mail: daviddebbage@hotmail.co.uk
LIMITED ENTRIES - PLEASE BOOK EARLY
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Manchester Bridge Club’s next Seminar Workshop is
TODAY - SUNDAY 24th NOVEMBER
2.30pm to 5pm
The topic for this session is
“BASIC DECEPTION!”
…Learn how to be a tougher opponent by knowing which winner to play when you have several to choose from…and find out which small card to play when at first glance it doesn’t seem to matter.
Tutor Nick Greer
The seminar starts with a comprehensive topic discussion followed by specific practice hands demonstrating the correct bidding, lead and play.
The cost is £10.00 for members, £12 for visitors & £5 for students. This includes light refreshments during the brief break.
Everyone is very welcome to attend – with or without a partner.
“Have you had your lightbulb moment yet?!”
Manchester Bridge Club
81 Wellington Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6BN
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SPOOKY SWISS PAIRS
Our Halloween celebrations were enjoyed by all with many members making superb efforts to dress up and scare us all to bits!
Eleven tables played and the Jacket Potatoes were devoured with relish by all - a very special thankyou goes to Eylem for all her hard work in providing a great supper.
Congratulations to Vera Lowson and David Fernley for winning first prize for fab costumes
.........and special mentions also to Maureen Seddon, Ann Wood and Richard Cross.
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TONIGHT - Thursday 31ST October
Brush off those broomsticks……
Sharpen up those spells….
And join us for a GHOULISH game of
SPOOKY PAIRS
with jacket potatoes
and Halloween snacks.
……and a prize for the best costume!!!!
(fancy dress optional)
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The World Bridge Federation is committed to the promotion of Youth Bridge, which we strongly believe represents the future of our wonderful sport.
TODAY on WEDNESDAY 16th OCTOBER we are holding a
CHARITY SIM PAIRS at 7.30pm
in aid of this amazing cause
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS EVENT WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL
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| HAPPY 95th SHIRLEY! |
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DOESN'T SHE LOOK GREAT?
HAPPY 95th BIRTHDAY SHIRLEY!!
....and she came top this afternoon!
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By popular request we are having another
CLUB SOCIAL
TOMORROW NIGHT!
SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER
Starting at 7pm
♥ Bridge Teams will be drawn at random on the night.
♠ The bar will of course be open!
♦ And please bring a contribution towards the buffet…
…this can be savoury or sweet but PLEASE email Tessa
to let her know what you are bringing
so we don’t double up.
Tessa.connolly@tiscali.co.uk
“This will be bridge at its best!!”
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| JUNIOR SUCCESS |
Bronze Medal for English Juniors
Congratulations to the English Juniors who won two bronze medals at Oslo in the European Championships.
(Full details are on MCBA website)
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| HELEN PHILBIN |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELEN!
(Her Big 70 and looking good!!)
Helen is a regular at the Monday afternoon sessions....
,,,,looks like a great cake!
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EBU Autumn Congress Successes for MBC!
The EBU Conference took place on 19th October in Stafford.
Congratulations to Dave Debbage, John Hassett, Paul Hackett and John Sansom who the Teams
and to Ollie Burgess who won the Two Stars Pairs with Heather Dhondy.
Full results are on the EBU web site.
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BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
Friendly Supervised Dupicate at 1pm
and
Club Duplicate at 7.30pm
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Welsh Foursomes
Congratulations to Jeff Smith, Jeff Morris, John Hassett, Peter Foster and John Roberts who won the Welsh Fours at Wrexham over the weekend of 14-15th September.
Peter Foster, John Roberts, John Hassett, Jeff Morris
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| 2019 TONY WOOD CUP WINNERS |
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THE TONY WOOD CUP 2019
This is a duplicate pairs competition for Monday evening players between May and the end of August each year.
Congratulations to SIMON TOWNSEND and TRICIA BLUM who have won the trophy this year.
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World Championships
The World Championships are being held in Wuhan, China from 14th-28th September.
England has a team in each of the four events: Open, Women, Mixed and Senior.
Manchester players involved are John Holland and Alan Mould in the Seniors, Catherune Draper in the Womens and Michael Byrne in the Mixed.
Good luck to all the teams.
Some matches will be on BBO.
The World Bridge Championships is now down to the final two teams in each series, and we're very proud that our Seniors team will be one of those fighting for a gold medal.
They had an up-and-down match against the Netherlands and were trailing overnight, but a very big fourth set saw them open up a lead that they didn't let go. They'll be facing Denmark in the final.
The Women conceded against Sweden, after going 95 IMPs down with 16 boards to go. They'll now play off for a bronze medal against the Netherlands.
The Mixed team fought all the way to the end and were starting to close on the USA, but ran out of time and lost by 28 IMPs. They'll play Romania in their bronze medal match.
Sadly, the Open team did not reach the Semi-finals stage. In the Quarter-finals they gave the very strong USA 1 a good fight, and were leading for most of the match, but the Americans finished strongly and won by 33 IMPs.
The final matches start on Friday, so good luck to our seniors!
....AND FINALLY
In the Seniors final England lost to Denmark, therefore getting a silver medal. Congratulations to the team especially John and Alan who played every board in the knock out phase and most of the qualifying matches.
The Women won their bronze medal match in a dramatic finish, overtaking the Netherlands on the last board, many congratulations to Catherine and the team.
The Mixed Team got close to overhauling Romania in the last set when Michael and Fiona bid and made two slams not bid by the opponents, but our other pair pressed too hard on a couple of boards and Romania won by 24. Congratulations to all the team who have done very well to finish fourth in the inaugural World Mixed Teams.
The teams are:
| Mixed: Frances Hinden & Graham Osborne; Sally Brock & Barry Myers; Fiona Brown & Michael Byrne; NPC: Paul Barden |
| Open: Jeffrey Allerton & Chris Jagger; David Bakhshi & Artur Malinowski; Tony Forrester & Andrew Robson; NPC: Neil Rosen; Coach: Andrew Murphy |
| Seniors: John Holland & Alan Mould; David Muller & Malcolm Pryor; David Kendrick & Trevor Ward; NPC: David S Jones |
| Women: Heather Dhondy & Nevena Senior; Catherine Draper & Gillian Fawcett; Nicola Smith & Yvonne Wiseman; NPC: David Gold; Coach: David Burn |
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Congratulations to
JEFF MORRIS and RHONA GOLDENFIELD
Winners of the 2019 Lancashire Mixed Pairs
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A NEW BRIDGE BEGINNERS DAYTIME COURSE
STARTS HERE
TODAY
MONDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER
at 10.30am
This will run for 10 weeks
at a concessionary price of £70
and will be tutored by Irene Davies and Susan Triggs
from the MCBA (Manchester County Bridge Association)
Please contact Irene on 07968 857 467 or irenedavies14@gmail.com
for further information or to enrol
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Manchester Bridge Club’s next Seminar Workshop is
TODAY!
SUNDAY 27th OCTOBER
2.30pm to 5pm
The topic for this session is
“USING TRUMPS IN DEFENCE”
Tutor Nick Greer
The seminar starts with a comprehensive topic discussion
followed by specific practice hands demonstrating the correct bidding, lead and play.
The cost of these seminars is £10.00 for members, £12 for visitors & £5 for students.
This includes light refreshments during the brief break.
Everyone is very welcome to attend – with or without a partner.
“Have you had your lightbulb moment yet?!”
Manchester Bridge Club
at 81 Wellington Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6BN
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This Monday sees a team of bridge players take on the challenging quiz show that is Only Connect.
Fresh from the Junior Squad, players Kyle Lam and Toby Nonnenmacher are joined by their non-bridge playing friend Isi Bogod, to form "The Suits", a team name suggested by the producers of the show in a nod to the bridge players. Hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell, the show consists of a tournament-type format in which teams compete by finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues. The team need to win two matches from three to reach the quarter finals.
The show airs on Monday 2nd September at 8pm on BBC2.
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PLEASE SUPPORT THE CHARITY SIMS TONIGHT!
WEDNESDAY 10th JULY at 7.30pm
IT'S IN AID OF KIDNEY RESEARCH
WHO SO BADLY NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
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EBU Scarborough Summer Congress
Congratulations to Jason Hackett and teammates for winning the A final of the teams event (L-R: Chris Cooper, Steve Raine, John Sansom and Jason Hackett).
Jeremy Dhondy, Bill Hirst, John Holland and Jackie Pye won the B Final.
In the Seniors Pairs that started off the congress the B Final had joint winners in Denis Murphy & Pearl Murphy and Paul Murray & Peter Grauer,
Congratulations to all MBC players - great result!
(Full results are on the EBU web site.)
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| DIDSBURY FESTIVAL |
Thankyou to all those MBC & MCBA members who "manned" our stall at The Didsbury Festival.
Despite it being a bit of a damp day the stall drew many festival goers in to have a chat.
An encouraging number of people expressed an interest in learning to play bridge and some of these have already attended a Taster Class last week.
WELL DONE EVERYONE!
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| RESULT |
Pachabo
Congratulations to the team of John Holland, Alan Mould, Michael Byrne and Michael Newman who retained the Pachabo Trophy (inter-county teams of four) over the weekend of 8-9th June at Coventry. Manchester were in the top four throughout the event, towards the end they were vying with Hants& Isle of Wight for the top spot. Hants & Isle of Wight won their last match by a comfortable margin. Although Manchester lost their last match by the narrowest margin they held on to the top spot by 1.5 points. This continues Manchester's fine record in this event with the third win since 2015, the other two years they finished second.
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The winners of the Seniors Knockout competition for the Gerard Faulkner Salver are Norman Selway, Brian Senior (Captain), Sandra Penfold, Tony Forrester and Paul Hackett (pictured, left to right).
In the final, the first time champions defeated the team of Malcolm Pryor (Captain), Alan Mayo, David Muller and Ed Scerri by 44 IMPs.
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| INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS |
 MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB
HOME OF JASON & JUSTIN HACKETT
THE NEW 2019 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS
...and below are the family and friends toasting this fantastic success in champagne at MBC's wednesday night duplicate!
(Paul Hackett, Barbara Hackett, Charlotte Jansen and Martin Taylor)
WHAT A WIN AND WHAT A NIGHT!!!!
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John Armstrong Swiss Pairs
Congratulations to Paul Beckwith and Andy Green on finishing second in the Mersey Green Point Swiss at Deva on 19th May. Full results are on the Mersey and Cheshire web site.
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EBU Summer Congress at Eastbourne
Congratulations to Paul, Jason and Justin Hackett whose team came an easy first place in the 4 Stars A Final.
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Northern Midweek Congress
Congratulations to John Holland and Alan Mould who won the three session pairs at Harrogate on 20-21st August by a good margin. Results are on the EBU web site.
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| RUIA CUP RESULTS Round #2 |
RUIA CUP RESULTS SO FAR
(After Round #2)
The nine competing teams went into "battle" again last night (Tuesday 18th June)
resulting in the following interim result.....
1st Paul Murray Team
2nd Peter Carey-Yard Team
3rd Vera Lowson Team
4th Sam Herman Team
5th Eve Lighthill Team
6th Raymond Semp Team
7th Richard Cross Team
8th Maggie McPhillips Team
8th Anne Naylor Team
Full results from this round are under the yellow tab top left of this page.
The final takes place on Tuesday 9th July.
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EBU 6 Jun 2019
During the The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky on Virgin Radio on 5th June, Chris Evans and his sports reporter Vassos Alexander, gave a glowing review of bridge. When talking about improving memory and keeping your mind active they said that bridge is the best game in the world ever to offset Alzheimer’s, with lots of people now taking up the game.
If you would like to listen to again, please use the link below. The bridge mention is at approximately 8.10am
Link to the full show
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| RESULTS |
Goldstone
This year's final was held on Thursday 23rd May at 7pm at Cheadle Hulme Bridge Club between St Titus (Michael Byrne, Michael Newman, John Holland, Rodney Lighton and Gary Hyett) and New Connections (Roger Hopton, David Fussell, Gillian MacMullan and Neil Thomas). New Connections started well winning the first set by six, but St Titus then won the second and third sets to lead by 17, the final set also went St Titus's way for another 10 IMPs, but a well fought and enjoyable final. St Titus will represent Manchester in the inter county Pachabo competition in June, when the team will be Michael Newman, Michael Byrne, John Holland and Alan Mould.
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Manchester Bridge Club’s next Seminar Workshop is on
TODAY
SUNDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER
2.30pm to 5pm
The topic for this session is
“ DEFENSIVE TECHNIQUES USING THE DUMMY.....
.....sometimes the sight of dummy can allow the defence
to play a suit better than if they were declaring! “
Tutor for this session Nick Greer
The seminar starts with a comprehensive topic discussion followed by specific practice hands demonstrating the correct bidding, lead and play.
The cost of these seminars is £10.00 for members, £12 for visitors & £5 for students. This includes light refreshments during the brief break.
Everyone is very welcome to attend – with or without a partner.
“Have you had your lightbulb moment yet?!”
MBC at 81 Wellington Road. Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6BN
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18 Feb 2019
For the third year in a row, England has retained both the Junior Camrose and Peggy Bayer Trophies, which this year was hosted by Ireland at the weekend.
In the Junior Camrose, the England team finished with a total of 152.04, Scotland were second with 145.58.
In the Peggy Bayer competition, England were emphatic winners, finishing with a total of 171.33, 2nd placed Ireland finished on a total of 95.27.
Congratulations to both teams.
(Full details & photos on the EBU & MCBA websites)
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The New Home of Manchester Bridge Club
The Club is now well established in its new premises at 81 Wellington Road,Fallowfield M14 6BN.
The club has its own private rooms within the Fallowfield Bowling and Lawn Tennis club.
The main room is plushly appointed and nicely decorated with room for twelve tables.
There is a small refurbished kitchen and a bar area which has room for a further half dozen or so tables.
Car parking is plentiful with space available on Wellington Road if the car park is full.
(For Directions look under the yellow tab "Club Information" top left of this page)
The Main Playing Area
The Bar and Additional Playing Area
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| Welsh Cup 2019/20 |
The Welsh Cup is now a double elimination knockout leading to a final in Mid Wales. Because of regionaling the draws all matches before the final are in North Wales and in practice nearly all in North East Wales. This is a perfect competition for Manchester members. You will have to join the WBU but that does not cost much.
Stanza Greens: not only do you get Green Points for winning a match but you get Greens for any stanza you win which usually means you get something even when you lose a match.
Double elimination: you are guaranteed two matches and you can get to the final even if you lose one match.
Click here for details.
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Bridge Storyline on Coronation Street
Starting this week, keep a look out when watching Coronation Street as there will be a new storyline involving bridge.
Taking place in the iconic Rovers, bridge player Ken decides to host a club night in the pub. He is joined by Brian and Cathy, Evelyn, Geoff and Yasmeen.
Friday 16th August Part One
Ken hosts his bridge club in the Rovers, but things don’t go quite go to plan.
The storyline continues into the following week.
- Watch on ITV 1 from 7.30pm or catch up on the ITV Hub
............and guess who was the person who went to the cobbles and advised them all on the right way to play it?
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| EBU ARTICLE |
4 Mar 2019
This weekend saw a rare Bridge mention on the BBC website's sports pages, following one year ban handed to World Number one Bridge Player Geir Helgemo.
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The Club Social last night (Saturday 7th September) was. yet again, a great success.
Twenty four people came who drew straws for their partner which was great fun.
The food was fab and the whole event was much enjoyed by all.
Thankyou to Tessa for her hard work in organising.
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| Cambria Cup 2019/20 |
The Cambria Cup is now a double elimination mixed pivot aggregate knockout (similar to the Hubert Phillips) leading to a final in Mid Wales. Because of regionaling the draws all matches before the final are in North Wales and in practice nearly all in North East Wales. This is a perfect competition for Manchester members. You will have to join the WBU but that does not cost much.
There has to be at least one woman and one man playing and they play one-third of the boards with each other team member.
Stanza Greens: not only do you get Green Points for winning a match but you get Greens for any stanza you win which usually means you get something even when you lose a match.
Double elimination: you are guaranteed two matches and you can get to the final even if you lose one match.
Click here for details.
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TONIGHT!
SATURDAY 8TH JUNE
7pm to 11pm
FREE (MEMBERS ONLY) SOCIAL
WITH FUN TEAMS BRIDGE
The Bar will be open for drinks purchases and we are asking people to "bring a plate" either as a pair or individually. (Anything to eat will be very welcome!)
People will then draw randomly to make up teams for a relaxed session of bridge with small spot prizes.
Great Fun!
(For further details please contact either Dave or Tessa (tessa.connolly@tiscali.co.uk)
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| RESULTS |
HARROGATE PAIRS
Congratulations to club members Martin Taylor & Barbara Hackett who won the Harrogate Pairs last weekend (6/7 July)
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EBU Summer Seniors
Congratulations to John Holland and Raymond Semp who won the Swiss Teams at Eastbourne with Frank Wharton and Geoff Foley from Middlesex by a large margin on 7th July.
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If you've ever wondered if you'd enjoy playing bridge
then come along to a
FREE TASTER SESSION
hosted by The Manchester County Bridge Association (MCBA)
and the English Bridge Union (EBU)
SATURDAY 27th JULY
11am to 1pm
Please give Irene Davies a quick ring to find out more
or to book your seat.
07968 857 468
or email irenedavies14@gmail.com
Following on from this Free Taster Session
a Course of 10 Lessons will be available.
This Course will start on
Monday 23rd September
10.30am to 12.30pm
at a subsidised cost of £70.
(If you would prefer an evening Course this can be booked direct with David Debbage at Manchester Bridge Club
on 07717 252 114 or daviddebbage@hotmail.co.uk )
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The 2019 Buffett Cup took place in China this year, in the southern coastal city of Haikou, capital of Hainan Province.
Starting on 24th April and running until 28th April, the competition included a team from Europe, the United States and China, each team consisting of 8 players. The Buffett Cup is similar to the prestigious Ryder Cup of golf and Davis Cup of tennis. Each squad has a number of players who compete in multiple formats. The outcome of the event is determined by the aggregate results of the segments.
First held in 2006, the Buffett Cup consists of pairs, teams, and individual competitions. The event is named after world-renowned businessman Warren Buffett, lifelong bridge devotee and competitor.
This year there were two English Pairs playing for Europe:
For more information about the event visit the Buffett Cup website.
The final result saw the USA team in first place with 972.3 and Jason and Justin's European team coming a very close second with 967.7.
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THE RUIA CUP MULTIPLE TEAMS COMPETITION 2019
This has taken place over 3 sessions
with the final having been played
on Tuesday 9th July.
Congratulations to First Place Winners
Peter Carey-Yard, Michael Greaney,Tricia Blum & Simon Townsend
and to
the Second Place team
Sam Herman, David Sarabowski, Howard Kaye & Stuart Shalom (not pictured)
Prizes were presented by Bhim Ruia.
(Full results are bottom right of this page)
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THE EVE LIGHTHILL CUP 2019
SWISS TEAMS COMPETITION
Congratulations to the winning team
EVE LIGHTHILL. BOB COOKE,
IAN KANE, HOWARD KAY,
DAVID SARABOWSKI & STUART SHALOM
(Full results bottom right of this page)
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It is with great sadness that we inform members of the sad psssing of Bernard Goldenfield.
His funeral was held on Thursday 6th June at Philips Park Cemetery.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time.
(A full obituary is posted on the MCBA Website)
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The 2019 Michelle Brunner Memorial
The annual Michelle Brunner Mixed Pivot Teams Event took place on Saturday 20th July. Sixteen teams took part in this charity event in aid of Christie Hospital and St Anne's Hospice which is he;d in fond memory of Michelle.
An amazing £2,060 was raised for the two charities - thankyou to everyone who so kindly donated raffle prizes. Thanks also to Kevin Comrie who spoke of his memories of Michelle and to Henry Bissell for directing and to all others who assisted with the success of the event.
Congratulations to the winners Tracy Capal, Paddy Murphy, Matt Foster and David Flacks and to the best non-expert team Nicki Decent, Ann Whitehead, Andy Green and Hilary Boydell.
Full results are bottom right of this page.
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Paddy Murphy, Tracy Capal, David Flacks, Matt Foster
Non-expert winners
Nicki Decent, Hilary Boydell, Ann Whitehead, Andy Green
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The first event of the 2019-20 season took place at Altrincham on Sunday 21st July. 26 teams took part and, winning by a small margin, were Ollie Burgess, Mark Weeks, Gillian Fawcett and Catherine Draper, the last two practicing for the Women's World Championships in China in September. .
Full results are on the Altrincham club web site.
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Blue Point Teams
Congratulations to Neil Thomas, Nicholas Greer, John Currie and Rodney Lighton who won at Preston on Sunday 13th January, just ahead of John Holland, Alan Mould, Jackie Pye and Jeff Smith. Results are on the Preston Bridge Club web site.
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Michael Clarke
With great sadness we must inform members that Michael Clarke died on 17th April. He was primarily a rubber bridge player but had been a member of the Agamemnon league team for many years, playing with Martin Braid until Martin's death then with Jeff Morris. The team always placed well in the league, winning in 2007 and finishing second this year. Michael was also on the Goldstone Trophy winning team in 2007 and won the Gazette Trophy a couple of times on Manchester Bridge Club teams. In 1982 he won the National Masters Pairs with Jeremy Wyndham. Our condolences go to his wife and family.
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AGM of MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB
Sunday 7th April 2019
Members attending participated in a brief round-up by Jeff of last years' exciting news items culminating in the move to Fallowfield. This was followed by a delicious supper prepared and served by Eylem and a duplicate from 7.30pm.
Jeff's Review of 2018 Activities, Successes and Results are now under the yellow tab top left of this page marked "2019 AGM"
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Hubert Phillips
Congratulations to John Holland, Alan Mould, Jeff Smith and Jackie Pye who have reached the final of the Hubert Phillips with a good win over Heather Dhondy's team. This team has now reached the final in two of the last three years.
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THIS SUNDAY 7th APRIL
at 6.30pm
plus SUPPER….
….followed by
£5 RELAXED DUPLICATE
at 7.30pm
“Come and join in Dave’s first (brief!) AGM news roundup ...it’s been quite a year!”
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Manchester vs Derbyshire Match
The annual match against Derbyshire took place at Cheadle Hulme Bridge Club on Sunday 14th July. Manchester were 24 IMPs down at half time but fought back to win by 16 IMPs. The team was Adam Wiseberg/Ann Thornton, Sylvia Massey/Herbert Potts, Elena & Marcelo Rosenbaum, Tricia Blum/Simon Townsend, Joan Lewis/Roy Higginbottom, Andrew Jackson/Nathan Marks. Thanks to Victor Ridding for directing.
Tricia Blum, Simon Townsend, Elena Rosenbaum, Sylvia Massey,
Joan Lewis, Adam Wiseberg, Nathan Marks, Herbert Potts,
Ann Thornton, Andrew Jackson, Roy Higginbottom, Marcelo Rosenbaum
(MBC players highlighted)
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HAVE YOU OFTEN THOUGHT...
"I'd love to learn how to play Bridge?"
........WELL NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!!
We have a new Beginners Course starting
TODAY!
on TUESDAY 7th MAY at 7.30pm
The Course is split into 2 Modules - 4 weeks on Play and 4 weeks on Bidding
(See more information under the yellow "Beginners" tab top left of this page.)
Places are limited so please get in touch as quickly
as possible to express your interest.
Contact David on 0161 445 3712 or email him at daviddebbage@hotmail.com
Members - please let David know of anyone you know who may be interested.
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Autumn Intermediate Pairs
took place on Sunday 3rd November
at Altrincham
(See MCBA website for results and photos)
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Ollie is taking part in a Charity Run on 13th October. It’s in aid of a charity for children who have disabilities/ terminal illnesses and raises money to make their short time that bit easier (and their families too).
He is aiming to raise £200 and needs help, please, to achieve this target. Just click on the justgiving link below to swell the funds for this very worthwhile charity.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/blmmanchester-tfsl
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| RESULT |
CONGRATULATIONS
to Club Members
MARTIN TAYLOR & BARBARA HACKETT
who won the
HARROGATE PAIRS
last weekend.(8th/9th June)
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| FIRST SOCIAL |
MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB FIRST SOCIAL
Saturday 8th June
What a fun evening!
....and what fabulous food!!
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TODAY!
DIDSBURY FESTIVAL
We are running a Stall at the Didsbury Festival
on Saturday 8th June from 11am to 4pm
at Didsbury Park on Wilmslow Road.
We will be encouraging people to take up Bridge as a hobby and will have leaflets for a taster lesson at the Club and free packs of cards for those who sign up.
Please come along and visit us - it's a lovely Festival all around.
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Eric Howarth Cup
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Congratulations to the team of Catherine Draper, Andrew Petrie, David Debbage and Andrew Woodcock on winning the Eric Howarth Cup held at the Deva.
(03/03/2019 Merseyside & Cheshire Bridge Association)
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TONIGHT!
♥ WEDNESDAY 6th MARCH
ECATS CHARITY CHALLENGE
in aid of the RNLI
(Open to all)
Please come and support this event to halp raise vital funds for the Lifeboats and their brave crews.
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TONIGHT!
Please come and support.
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Schapiro Spring Foursomes
The EBU's prestigious double elimination tournament took place from 3rd to 8th May. By Sunday evening, after five rounds, David Debbage and Paul Hackett playing in the Sansom team, Alan Mould and John Holland playing in the Penfold team and Michael Byrne playing in the Allerton team were still in contention, albeit each having lost one match. Play continued on Bank Holiday Monday and on the Tuesday for the final which was won by Justin and Jason Hackett playing in the Mossop team.
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EBED Teacher's Course has celebrity guests!
The students at the latest EBED Teaching Course at Stretford Bridge Club were surprised to discover two members of the popular quiz show Eggheads were at the club at the same time. Eleven students from local and far-flung places (two from Guernsey and one from Scotland) were all learning to become EBU bridge teachers under EBU tutor Mike Hickling as well as being fed and watered by Stretford BC Catering Manager Sheila Reynolds.
The two TV quizzers: Pat Gibson, currently the top quizzer in the country and the world and Dave ‘Tremendous Knowledge’ Rainford were taking part in the Quizzing Circuit monthly American Grand Prix quiz under the proctorship of Club Secretary Dave Tilley. If you are interested in quizzing and would like to come and try a British or American Grand Prix quiz (held in Warrington on the first or second Saturday), contact Dave at tilsit@btinternet.com. Entry is free for first-timers and many of the popular TV quizzers take part in the local heat from time to time.
See if you can spot Irene and Barbara!
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| EUGENE HUTTON |
We are very shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death of Eugene Hutton on Wednesday 23rd January.
This is particularly poignant as he has so recently undertaken an enormous amount of invaluable work helping to get our new venue ready.
We send heartfelt condolences to his wife Avril and family.
The funeral is to be held a St Chads Church in Cheadle on Thursday 14th February at 1.15pm.
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3 Jan 2019
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A NEW BRIDGE BEGINNERS COURSE COMMENCING
♥ TUESDAY 8th JANUARY at 7.30pm
Manchester Bridge Club, 81 Wellington Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6BN
(This is our new home from 2nd January 2019 which we will share with
Fallowfield Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club)
This Course offers the best lessons in the county,
and is run by David Debbage, one of England's leading experienced Bridge teachers.
The course consists of two four week modules
at a cost of £50 for each module.
The first four lessons concentrate on Play
and the second four lessons on Bidding
Manchester Bridge Club runs a series of Foundation Courses for those interested in learning to play Bridge in a relaxed and very sociable environment,
Lessons last for approximately 2 hours with a break for refreshments provided by the Club at half time.
Please contact Dave at the Club on 0161 445 3712 or 07717252114 or email him on daviddebbage@hotmail.co.uk for details and to secure your place.
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The Cantor Cup
The 21st Cantor Cup Competition was held on Sunday 24th February at Manchester Bridge Club.
21 pairs had an enjoyable and competitive afternoon, including afternoon tea with freshly baked scones.
Full results and photos are on the MCBA website
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Green Point Pairs
Manchester's Annual Green Point Pairs was held at Altrincham on Saturday 2nd March. Forty eight pairs competed with many MBC members taking part.
Full details and photos are on the MCBA website. Results are bottom right of this page.
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The 2019 Yeh Bros Cup (Shanghai Bridge Master Championship) started on 8th April.
28 Teams are taking part. The England team includes: Andrew Black (Captain), Gunnar Hallberg, Phil King, Andrew McIntosh, Artur Malinowski and David Bakhshi.
There are also English players in the Pharon Team (Paul Hackett, Jason Hackett, Justin Hackett, Brian Senior, Mike Bell and Alex Hydes) and the Allfrey Team (Thomas Paske, Ed Jones, and David Gold).
Live coverage of the event will be shown on Bridge Base Online. Good Luck to all involved.
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MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB
TODAY!!
SUNDAY 14th APRIL
2.30pm to 5pm
(at Fallowfield venue)
"ESTABLISHING A FORCING AUCTION AND EXPLORING THE BEST FINAL CONTRACT...
….... including Reverses, Responders Reverses & 4th Suit Forcing”
The seminar starts with a comprehensive topic discussion followed by specific practice hands which include notes on the correct bidding, leads and play.
The cost of these seminars 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.
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The Manchester Congress
5th-6th January 2019
Victoria and Albert Hotel Spinningfields
Manchester's Friendly Flagship Event
Visit www.manchesterbridge.org.uk for full details
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MONDAY AFTERNOONERS RETIRE TO THE LOCAL HOSTELRY FOR REFRESHMENTS TO RECOVER FROM THEIR HARD SUPERVISED DUPLICATE!!
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Higson Finals
The finals of the Higson Cup and Plate were held at Altrincham on Sunday 28th April. Congratulations to Agamemnon who held on to their half time lead to win by 5 VPs ahead of St Titus in the cup.
(Full details are on the MCBA and Altrincham Websites)
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The 2018 Manchester Congress
Another succesful and enjoyable congress was held at the Victoria and Albert Hotel over the weekend of 5-6th January.
Guests were welcomed from all over the UK including two teams from Norway.
David Debbage and Andrew Woodcock repeated their success of 2017 in winning the pairs
by a smidgeon ahead of Michael Byrne and Andrew Murphy (who won the Men's Pairs Trophy).
Manchester Bridge Club players were well represented and are highlighted in the honours below
presented by International Sally Brock.
PAIRS FINAL
Winners DAVID DEBBAGE & ANDREW WOODCOCK (not shown)
Pairs 2nd & Mens Pairs MICHAEL BYRNE & ANDREW MURPHY
TEAM A FINAL
Winners JOHN HASSETT, JEFFREY SMITH, JACKIE PYE & JOHN HOLLAND
2nd JUSTIN & BARBARA HACKETT, MARTIN TAYLOR & PAUL HACKETT
TEAM B FINAL
2nd KIRIL DELEV, MICHAEL BYRNE, ALEXANDRA BIRCHALL & ANDREW MURPHY (not shown)
3rd CHRISTOPHER HINE, STEPEN WARD, PAUL MORRELL & ANDY GREEN
(No photo available)
TEAM C FINAL
4th BARBARA LEWIS, ANN THORNTON, CELIA & KEVIN COMRIE
(No photo available)
INTERMEDIATE
2nd HENRY BISSELL & JOSH CLARKE
ASCENDERS
ANDY GREEN & DAVID HAMMONDS (not shown)
THE PLAYERS PROGRESS CUP
5th ANN WOOD & ANNIE CURTIS
THE KEVIN COMRIE CUP
3rd. ANNIE CURTIS & ANN WOOD
(For full results see the bottom right of this page and the MCBA website)
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Preston Blue Point Pairs
Nearly half the field were Manchester players at Preston on 14th April. Best Manchester result was achieved by John Holland with Jackie Pye who were second. Jeff Morris and John Hassett were third.
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11 Feb 2019
The Junior Camrose Trophy and the Peggy Bayer Trophy take place this weekend, 15th - 17th February.
The Junior Camrose Trophy is contested between England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland with the participants being under the age of 26. Six teams will compete with hosts Ireland providing the sixth team, named as CBAI. Each team plays 2 matches against each other team. Each match comprises 16 boards.
The Peggy Bayer Trophy will be contested between England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland with the participants being under the age of 21. Each of the 4 teams will play 3 matches against each other team. Each match comprises 16 boards.
Watch all the action on Bridge Base Online, starting from 7pm on Friday.
Full details will be available on the event website.
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| EBU ARTICLE |
31 Jan 2019
EBU Membership Campaign Officer Tim Anderson has written a new blog post looking at the how playing bridge with a novice affects your NGS grade.
In the blog, Tim addresses the worries of some players that playing with a novice will negatively impact their NGS rating and explains the options clubs have for holding novice sessions.
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NEW PREMISES IN PROGRESS!
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MCBA INTERMEDIATE SWISS PAIRS
26 pairs from various clubs in the area had a very enjoyable afternoon playing Swiss Pairs at the Club on March 24th.
Congratulations to the winners Wendy Burton and Angela Ashleigh, with Susan Bloor and Sue Ralph in second place, only just ahead of third placed Annie Curtis and Jackie Lowrie.
Full results can be found on the club websites of Manchester, Larkhill and Altrincham.
Winners Wendy Burton and Angela Ashleigh
Third Annie Curtis and Jackie Lowrie
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Lederer Trophy
The annual invitation Lederer Trophy took place on 23-24th February at the RAC club in London. There were many international stars playing in the various teams. Manchester players in the Chairman's team were John Holland, Alan Mould and Gary Hyett with Graham Kirby, Ben Norton and Alex Roberts. For the event web site click here.
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26 Feb 2019
The England team have finished fifth at the European Mixed Teams Championship in Lisbon, Portugal. It was an up-down-campaign that kept their supporters guessing until the very end. A great start, a fairly quiet couple of days in the middle that left them in danger of missing out, and a superb finish where they won seven out of the last eight matches. They have now qualified for the World Championships in Wuhan, China, in September. Congratulations to all the team!
(Full details on the EBU website)
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Tollemache
Manchester finished third in the Tollemache Final at Coventry on February 16-17th. The team was Michael Newman/John Holland, Jeff Morris/John Hassett, Catherine Draper/Andrew Woodcock, Alan Mould/Ollie Burgess. After a poor day on Saturday where they were lying seventh at the end of the day they won all three matches on Sunday to move up to third place. Best pair on the cross IMPs were John and Michael, followed by Catherine and Andrew. Full results are on the EBU web site.
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Since 2nd January 2019
we have moved to………..
MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB
81 WELLINGTON ROAD
FALLOWFIELD
MANCHESTER
M14 6BN
Tel: 0161 445 3712 (as before)
WiFi Code 3NdaGxAePWNR
The New Club is easy to get to from the main arterial roads in South Manchester
and is less than a mile from Palatine Rd.
https://goo.gl/maps/zep3LKiZkw72 (Click to see map)
From Altrincham / Hale take the M56, straight on to Princess Parkway (A5103), right on to Mauldeth Rd West.,
after just over ½ mile turn left on Wellington Rd.
The Club is about 200 yds on the right opposite Withington High School for Girls.
From Cheadle, Stockport get on to M60 exiting north towards Manchester onto Princess Parkway,
right on to Mauldeth Rd West, after just over ½ mile turn left on Wellington Rd.
The Club is about 200 yds on the right opposite Withington High School for Girls.
From Didsbury, Parrs Wood, Burnage and Heaton Moor/Mersey take the A34/ Kingsway north,
turn left on Mauldeth Rd West and 2nd right after crossing Wilmslow Rd on to Wellington Rd.
The Club is about 200 yds on the right opposite Withington High School for Girls.
From Manchester,
EITHER take the A34 south and turn right at Mauldeth Rd. West. Take second right on to Wellington Rd.
The Club is about 200 yds on the right opposite Withington High School for Girls.
OR take Princess Rd south from Mancunian Way (A5103), turn left onto Mauldeth Rd West
at Hough End Playing Fields. After just over ½ mile turn left on to Wellington Rd.
The Club is about 200 yds on the right opposite Withington High School for Girls.
Via public transport, the bus stops near the junction of Wilmslow Rd and Granville Rd
(near Shell petrol station) are the closest. Walk along Granville Rd, turn left on Wellington Rd.
The Club is on the left opposite Withington High School for Girls.
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SALLY BRAY & GEORGE LEIGH
Intermediate First Place
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GILLIAN McMULLEN & ROGER HOPTON
3rd Place
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MICHAEL FAY & CATHERINE DRAPER
2nd Place
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SANTA CLAUS PAIRS RESULTS
Twenty five pairs took part in this prestigious competition last Sunday and enjoyed a great festive occasion and fabulous buffet.
Congratulations to
ANDY BROCKLEHURST & JEFF MORRIS
First Place
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Seniors Trials
Trials for the England team to play in the Teltscher Trophy (Senior Camrose) took place from 14-15th December in Solihull.
Alan Mould, John Holland & Paul Hackett won comfortably and will represent England in the event in Ireland in May. CONGRATULATIONS!
Results are on the EBU web site.
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