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| Announcing Rules - 2024 |
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Updated 29th July 2024 – Effective 1st August 2024
Announcements:
- only apply on the first round of bidding i.e. the first (non-Pass) bid and the next three calls
- apply equally over intervention and to advancer’s bids i.e. partner of overcaller
- never apply to overcalls
- do not apply to opening bids above 2NT – transfer pre-empts are alerted not announced
- always extend with fuller description where appropriate
Please be tolerant if opponents alert when they should announce or announce when they shouldn’t.
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Opening Bid
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Description
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Announcement
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1♣ / 1♦
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Non-forcing,
may be fewer than 3 cards
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“May be X” where X is 0, 1 or 2.
Extend e.g. “May be X and may have up to 5♦ ”
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1NT
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Natural, non-forcing
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“12 to 14” (or appropriate range) and extend e.g. “may contain a low singleton”
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2 suit
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Natural, may or will have just one suit
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“Weak”, “Intermediate”, “Strong, non-forcing”,
“Strong, forcing”
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2NT/3NT
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Natural, strong, non-forcing
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No Announcement (or Alert)
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Response
to 1 suit
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Description
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Announcement
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New suit
(including jumps below game)
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Natural, forcing (not a jump bid)
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No announcement or alert
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Natural, non-forcing (not passed hand, not over 1NT overcall)
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“Natural, non-forcing”
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Natural, game forcing
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“Natural, game-forcing”
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Jump bid: natural, (game-) forcing
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“Natural, game-forcing” or “Natural, forcing”
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Artificial or natural, with support
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ALERT
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Artificial, showing another single suit
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Announce: name the suit shown
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1♣ – 1♠ : denying a major
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“No major”
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1NT
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Non-forcing, up to 10 HCP
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No announcement or alert
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Non-forcing, may be > 10 HCP
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“Up to 11”, “Up to a bad 12”, etc.
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Forcing – does not show specific suit or suits
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“Forcing”
Extend e.g. ”may have weak raise”
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Artificial, showing another suit
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Announce: name the suit shown
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Response to 1NT / 2NT
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Description
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Announcement
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2♣ / 3♣
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Asking for 4-card majors
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“Stayman” Extend e.g. “at least invitational”
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New suit
(including jumps below game)
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Natural, non-forcing
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“Natural, non-forcing”
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Natural, forcing
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“Natural, forcing”
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Artificial, showing another suit
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Announce: name the suit shown
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DOUBLES
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Bid that is doubled
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Meaning of double
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Announcement / Alert
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ONLY ON THE 1ST ROUND OF BIDDING:
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Natural 1NT opening bid
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Not penalties
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ALERT
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Penalties, but may be based on a balanced hand with less than 15HCP
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ALERT
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Suit bid showing the suit
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Penalties
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ALERT
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1NT response
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Penalties
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ALERT
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ANY
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Shows a single suit
(different from the suit bid i.e. a Proxy)
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Announce: name the suit shown
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AFTER THE 1ST ROUND OF BIDDING:
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ANY
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Takeout or Penalty
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No announcement or alert
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AT ALL STAGES OF THE AUCTION:
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ANY
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An unexpected specific message e.g. number of controls; relates to another suit; shows weakness in bid suit; Lightner
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ALERT
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REDOUBLES
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Bid that is redoubled
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Meaning of Redouble
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Announcement / Alert
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ONLY ON THE 1ST ROUND OF BIDDING:
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ANY
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Shows a single suit
(different from the suit bid i.e. a Proxy)
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Announce: name the suit shown
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AT ALL STAGES OF THE AUCTION:
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ANY
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General strength or desire to play
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No announcement or alert
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Other
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ALERT
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ALERTS
Unless mentioned above, below 3NT continue to alert artificial calls and those with a specific unexpected meaning. In addition alert:
- Natural opening bids, or responses in a new suit, that have a second suit or support for partner
- Lead-directing Passes above 3NT
© The English Bridge Union 2024.
Updated 29th July 2024 – Effective 1st August 2024
Click here to visit the EBU site for the original PDF
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| Last updated : 7th Aug 2024 08:58 BST |
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| EBU Grades |
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Premier Grand Master
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David Jones
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Martin Jones
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1* Grand Master
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Lyn Dempster
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Premier Life Master
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Diana Thorne
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Lin Birch
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Marilyn Jones
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Peter Randall
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Life Master
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Alan Patel
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Andy Baruch
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Chris Evans
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Graham Cope
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Martin Pope
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Mary Homer
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Peter Styles
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Rob Evans
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Roger Harris
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Susan Ryles
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Premier National Master
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Anne Bryant
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Dominic Connolly
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National Master
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Sarah Jones
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5* Premier Regional Master
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Dennis Greaves
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4* Premier Regional Master
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Brian Lawless
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David Stead
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Premier Regional Master
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Megan Jones
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6* + Regional Master
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Tricia Cooley
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5* Regional Master
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Mary Lee
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2* Regional Master
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Mariam Gilbert
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Tony Hudson
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1* Regional Master
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Sandy Hudson
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Regional Master
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Paul Debling
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Sue Debling
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1* Premier Tournament Master
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Hugh Simmonds
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Ray Stacey
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Premier Tournament Master
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Anne Lawless
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Ivor Francis
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Martin Winn
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Mike Gammon
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Peta Birchall
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5* Premier Master
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Dorrie Manders
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Maki Sutton
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4* Premier Master
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Mike Parle
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3* Premier Master
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Steve Pearce
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2* Premier Master
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Ruth Parle
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Sue Pearce
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Premier Master
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Jennifer Pope
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Richard Birkin
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5* Tournament Master
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Gordon Fox
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1* Tournament Master
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Robert Moore
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Tournament Master
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Judy Aiton
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Lis Raynor
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5* Master
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Roz Bachelor
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Trish West
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4* Master
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Gay Fox
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Jean Hughes
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John Grant
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Martha Sisley
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Richard West
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3* Master
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Barbara Whitehouse
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Janet Bishop
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Keith Irons
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Tom Pilling
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2* Master
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Christine Cooper
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Jayne Lawson
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John Peace
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Ron Thomas
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Sue Roberts
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1* Master
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Abbe Sturman
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Anthea Robinson
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Brian Minto
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Clive Hood
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Dave Allardyce
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Geoff Cooper
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Graham Essex
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Jane Harris
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Mary Johnson
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Mick Woolley
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Steve Clarkson
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Tzvetomira Haigh
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Advanced Master
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Diana Evans
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Geoffrey Lewis
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Jane Lee
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Ken Richardson
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Mary Cox
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Mike Pick
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Philip Gray
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Roger Blackwell
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Sandra Webb
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Master
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David Martin
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David Nicholls
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Gillian Caldwell
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Gordon Dennis
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John Winter
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Judith Horton
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Julie Weiner
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Karen Johnson
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Linda Dearnley
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Lynda Organ
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Maggie Bullingham
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Mary Killick
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Mary Taylor
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Melanie Clarkson
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Oliver Winters
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Rex Greenway
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Sandra Jones
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County Master
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Alison Rigg
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Bob Ewens
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Brad Plimmer
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Brian Taylor
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Cynthia Waters
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Dave Rigg
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David Thoms
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Diana Fitzgibbon
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Elizabeth Marx
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Gill Hocking
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Harry Scott
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Jennifer Colman
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Julie Howard
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Kerry Beioley
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Louise Cunliffe
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Lynne Ballinger
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Marilyn Rees
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Mark Beioley
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Maureen Justice
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Mavis Bostock
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Mike Caldwell
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Myra Grazier
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Pamela Ewens
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Peter Mansion
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Richard Roberts
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Richard Shimmin
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Rob Parsons
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Ronald Thomas
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Sandra Cruickshank
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Sean O'Hara
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Susan Howe
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Tom McSporran
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Tony Rozwadowski
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Tricia Mostyn
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Valerie Clark
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District Master
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Angela Rozwadowski
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Ann Harris
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Cathy Caulkin
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Claire Flaxman
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David Buxton
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Deborah Cain
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Dugald Eadie
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Elizabeth Roome
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Felicity Smith
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Graham Pemberton
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Jan Hornby
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Jan Hurst
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John Caulkin
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John Dearnley
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Juanita Case
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Judy Lambourne
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Judy Thomas
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Kevin Grumball
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Marie Hicks
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Marie Paine
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Matt Penney
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Maz Tagger
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Michael McVeigh
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Mike Genge
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Muriel Mooney
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Pete Butler
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Richard Parsons
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Ronald Solomon
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Rosemary Banner
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Rosemary Billington
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Rosemary Farmer
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Sarah Darnes
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Sonya Kimber
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Ted Paine
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Tracy Eadie
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Wallace Macmillan
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Area Master
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Alexis Harriott
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Ann Brown
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Anne Duff
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Carole-Ann Shimmin
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Caroline Johnson
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Christina Barrett
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Christine Drake
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David Greenwell
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Denise Belchambers
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Helen Saccaggi
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Helen Taverner
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Jan Phillips
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Janet McGowan
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Julie Waplington
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Keith Henesey
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Martin Young
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Pam Young
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Penny Gray
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Raymond Drury
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Rosie Jones
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Ross Tanner
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Simon Goldhill
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Steve Hurst
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Verna Taylor
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Club Master
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Andrew Cain
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Barbara Abrey
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Barbara Newman
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Brian Thackeray
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Carol Weaver
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Carole Cox
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Caroline Aspden
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Di Shoreman
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Elizabeth Davey
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Helen Williams
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Hilary Lord
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Maria Norman
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Mary Frazier
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Michael Forster
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Olwen Kelly
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Patsy Squires
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Richard Stevens
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Richard Yendall
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Rosie Hammond
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Susie Gillespie
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Tania White
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Tony Hughes
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Tony Jackson
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Tony Layton
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Vivien Long
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Vivien Walker
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Wendy Brown
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Local Master
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Alison Lorimer
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Angela Powell
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Ann Longstreeth
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Bill Gillespie
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Brian Hammond
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David Sawyer
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Gillian Curley
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Guy Belchambers
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Ileen Fisher
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June Ashfield
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Laura Wilcox
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Lyn Lewis
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Natalie Staplin
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Richard Bluck
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Rob Moorhouse
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Robert Bryan
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Tony Glaze
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Valerie Hobbs
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Wilf Fenwick
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| Last updated : 3rd Jan 2025 08:34 GMT |
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| NGS Grades |
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| March 2026 |
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Ace 
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Martin Jones
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Ace 
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Adam Hickman
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Alan Patel
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Dominic Connolly
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Martin Pope
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King
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Andy Baruch
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Dennis Greaves
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Graham Cope
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Martin Winn
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Peter Styles
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Queen
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Brian Lawless
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Graham Essex
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John Grant
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Mary Homer
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Peter Randall
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Tricia Cooley
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Jack
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Chris Evans
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David Nicholls
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David Stead
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Helen Taverner
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Jennifer Pope
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Ken Richardson
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Megan Jones
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Mike Gammon
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Nick Perrin
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Peta Birchall
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Richard Yendall
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Rob Evans
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Rob Parsons
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Sandy Hudson
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Sarah Jones
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Steve Pearce
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Tony Hudson
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Ten
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Abbe Sturman
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Anne Bryant
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Clive Hood
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Dave Allardyce
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Gay Fox
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Gordon Fox
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Ivor Francis
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Keith Irons
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Lyn Dempster
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Maki Sutton
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Mary Johnson
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Richard Birkin
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Robert Moore
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Sue Debling
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Tzvetomira Haigh
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Nine
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Brian Minto
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Dick Killick
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Geoff Cooper
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Gillian Caldwell
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Gordon Dennis
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Jane Harris
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Jane Lee
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Janet Bishop
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Jayne Lawson
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Jean Hughes
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Lin Birch
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Mark Beioley
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Mary Killick
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Matt Penney
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Mick Woolley
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Oliver Winters
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Ray Stacey
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Roger Harris
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Ronald Thomas
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Sandra Webb
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Sue Roberts
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Susan Dunnett
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Susan Ryles
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Tom Pilling
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Tracy Eadie
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Trish West
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Verna Taylor
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Eight
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Anne Lawless
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Anthea Robinson
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Bob Ewens
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Brad Plimmer
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Diana Evans
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Gillian Curley
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Heather Fairbairn
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Hugh Simmonds
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Jan Hornby
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Jennifer Colman
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John Winter
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Judy Aiton
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Julie Howard
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Julie Waplington
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Julie Weiner
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Kerry Beioley
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Linda Dearnley
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Louise Cunliffe
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Martha Sisley
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Mary Lee
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Mike Pick
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Pamela Ewens
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Paul Debling
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Richard Bluck
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Richard West
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Rosemary Billington
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Roz Bachelor
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Sarah Darnes
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Sean O'Hara
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Simon Goldhill
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Steve Clarkson
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Sue Pearce
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Tom McSporran
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Tudor Evans
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Seven
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Angela Rozwadowski
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Christine Cooper
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Judy Lambourne
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Kevin Grumball
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Lis Raynor
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Lynda Organ
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Mariam Gilbert
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Marilyn Jones
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Marilyn Rees
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Maureen Justice
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Mike Genge
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Mike Parle
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Pete Butler
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Peter Mansion
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Ronald Solomon
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Ruth Parle
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Sandra Cruickshank
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Stephanie Webb
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Susan Howe
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Tony Glaze
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Tony Rozwadowski
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Six
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Alison Rigg
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Barbara Whitehouse
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Caroline Aspden
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Caroline Johnson
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Christine Drake
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David Buxton
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David Thoms
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Deborah Cain
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Diana Thorne
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Dugald Eadie
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Judy Thomas
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Kim Binks
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Lynne Ballinger
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Marie Paine
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Mary Cox
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Mary Taylor
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Melanie Clarkson
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Michael Forster
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Nigel Binks
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Philip Gray
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Roger Blackwell
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Rosemary Farmer
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Rosie Jones
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Ross Tanner
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Sandra Jones
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Ted Paine
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Tony Jackson
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Valerie Clark
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Wilf Fenwick
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Five
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Brian Taylor
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Carol Weaver
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Dave Rigg
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David Sawyer
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Geoff Insley
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John Dearnley
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John Peace
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Judith Horton
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Karen Johnson
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Keith Henesey
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Maggie Bullingham
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Maz Tagger
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Michael McVeigh
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Mike Caldwell
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Penny Gray
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Raymond Drury
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Richard Hobbs
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Richard Roberts
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Rob Moorhouse
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Sheila Moore
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Steve Hurst
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Tony Hughes
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Wallace Macmillan
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Four
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Barbara Newman
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Bill Gillespie
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Cathy Caulkin
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David Greenwell
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David Jones
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Di Shoreman
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Elizabeth Marx
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Graham Pemberton
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Janet McGowan
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John Caulkin
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Marie Hicks
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Mavis Bostock
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Myra Grazier
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Olwen Kelly
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Richard Shimmin
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Richard Stevens
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Ron Thomas
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Sonya Kimber
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Valerie Hobbs
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Three
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Alexis Harriott
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Angela Powell
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Ann Harris
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Carole-Ann Shimmin
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David Martin
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Denise Belchambers
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Dorrie Manders
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Elizabeth Davey
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Elizabeth Roome
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Felicity Smith
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Gill Hocking
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Helen Williams
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Juanita Case
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Kathryn Hollinrake
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Lyn Lewis
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Maria Norman
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Mark Nixon
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Muriel Mooney
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Natalie Staplin
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Rosemary Banner
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Tania White
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Tony Layton
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Tricia Mostyn
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Vivien Long
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Vivien Walker
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Wendy Brown
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Two
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Alison Lorimer
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Andrew Cain
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Angela Brooks
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Ann Brown
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Anne Duff
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Anne Mills
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Barbara Abrey
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Barbara McKay
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Brian Thackeray
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Carole Cox
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Charlotte Triggs
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Christina Barrett
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Cynthia Waters
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David Triggs
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Diana Fitzgibbon
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Geraldine Raison
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Graham Ballinger
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Guy Belchambers
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Helen Saccaggi
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Ileen Fisher
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Jan Beardsley
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Jan Phillips
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Jane Lewis
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Jenny Fuller
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Joanna Painter
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John Ward
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Judith Hammond
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Judith Walker
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Julia Bayliss
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Julie Cox
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Karen Youdell
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Kevin Sumner
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Laura Wilcox
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Nick McKay
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Nina Wilson
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Pam Craney
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Pam Young
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Patsy Squires
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Richard Darnes
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Robert Bryan
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Robert Youdell
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Susie Gillespie
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Trisha Carnell
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Updated 15th March 2026 |
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| Last updated : 23rd May 2025 14:50 BST |
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| Warwickshire TD's |
Please click on the link for a list of Warwickshire TD's who have agreed to be
contacted to provide rulings in matches played privately or when a ruling
can’t be sought at the venue of the match.
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Please click on the link for a list of Warwickshire TD's who have agreed to be
contacted to provide rulings in matches played privately or when a ruling
can’t be sought at the venue of the match.
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| Last updated : 29th May 2025 08:58 BST |
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