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| Latest News (To refresh/reload - press F5 on your keyboard) European YouthTeam Championship
The 22nd event in
this series takes place in Poina, Brasov, Romania from 8th to 18th July
2009.
Manchester is well represented with Alex Morris (playing with Fiona Brown) and Mike Bell (playing with Ed Jones) in the U-26 Open. Amy Stout (playing with Emily Middleton) and Jennie Marvin & Elizabeth Roberts play for the Ladies U-26. The U-20 team has no Manchester players, but is captained by Michael Byrne. Director's Course Trafford
are following up the TD Book Rulings course with one on Judgement
Rulings on 10th September
Contact Clive Worthington for further details. European Open Sanremo The fourth European
Bridge Championships take place at Sanremo on the Italian Riviera from
12th to 27th June. John Holland and Michelle Brunner and John
Hassett and Bill Hirst did very
well to reach the finals of the Open Pairs and Senior Pairs
respectively. John and Michelle finished 20th (from a total
original entry of ~315) and John and Bill were 8th (from an original
entry of ~69).
Click here for the Sanremo web site Riviera Congress Torquay Michael Byrne with
Simon Cope, Alan Shillitoe and Tom Paske won the Swiss Teams at the EBU
Riviera Congress on 26th June.
Congratulations also to Mike Bell playing with Ed Jones who won the Swiss Pairs. Mike and Ed will be playing for the England U-25 team in Romania next month - more details on this event to follow next week. Gloucester and Hereford Swiss Pairs Congratulations to
Bill and Joyce White who won this EBU Green point event from a field of
88 pairs on Saturday June 20th.
Northern League The first matches of
this season's Northern League took place on Saturday 13th June.
Manchester are leading the A division, third in the B division and
fourth in the C division.
The A team was Denis
Robson (capt.) & Raymond Semp, Bernard & Rhona Goldenfield,
Dave Barton & Alan Jones and Dave Debbage & Mark Halliwell.
Only 5 counties took
part with the NE missing. However, Manchester performed
strongly throughout recording 71 VPs out of a possible 80, with a
creditable performance from all their pairs who finished 1st, 2nd, 4th
and 5th in the overall rankings. Pride of place goes to David Barton
and Alan Jones in 1st place. This was Manchester's best ever
score in this event.
Brierfield proved to be
an excellent venue with first class food, and the event was very
professionally directed by Jeff Smith who provided a full package
of results and rankings making the team captain's job so much easier.
In the Junior division of the Northern League, held on the same day at Bradford Bridge Club, Manchester won the junior division, heading the 3 team round robin. Ross Allen, Luke Webb, Alex Birchall and Laura Bonney finished on +21 imps, sending both of their opposing teams minus, a very creditable performance from 4 spirited youngsters, whose average age is only 16. Full results are on the Northern League web site. |
Future Events Green
Point One Day Swiss Teams
Sunday July 19th at
Altrincham Bridge Club
All places taken now, but teams may go on a waiting list. Click here for entry form and more details Click here for a calendar of this season's events Selections The selection committee has selected the following players for various inter county events this summer. Official invitations will be issued by the match secretary within six weeks of the match being played.
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Pachabo
The Manchester team
of Michael Byrne, Michael Newman, Gary Hyett, Rodney Lighton and Mike
Bell finished 8th out of 33 teams in the Inter County Teams
Championship
at Hinckley on 13-14th June. Manchester were lying 16th after a
disappointing
first day; Mike Bell played on the Sunday, replacing Rodney Lighton and
the team performed better to reach a respectable final position.
Full results are on the EBU web site.
NICKO Manchester's only
representatives left in this competition are the Manchester Bridge Club
team of Michelle Brunner, John Holland, Bill Hirst and John Hassett who
have now reached the quarter finals after beating a team from the North
East.
Corwen Trophy
The inter-county
pairs event at Hinckley on 6-7th June was attended by all four
Manchester Pairs who qualified via the Ben Franks last December.
Rodney Lighton and Gary Hyett finished fourth overall with Michelle
Brunner and John Holland tenth. Fred Bell and John Roberts and
Barbara Lewis and Alec Smalley started well, but fared less well in the
later sessions.Gerard Faulkner Seniors KO Joy and Irving Blakey, Rhona and Bernard Goldenfield won
their semi final against the strong team of Keith Stanley, Irving
Gordon, Derek Rue and Tony Sowter
and now play Derek and Celia Oram, Tony Gordon and
Roger Jackson in the final.
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Merville Goldstone Trophy (County
Cup)
Michelle Brunner's
team (John Holland, Bill Hirst, John Hassett) prevented Michael Byrne's
team (Mike Bell, Michael Newman, Gary Hyett, Rodney Lighton) from
getting a clean sweep of the major teams events this year when they
outplayed them to win by 17 IMPs in the final held at Manchester Bridge
Club on 5th June. Michelle's team are, however, playing in the
European Open, so Michael's team will represent Manchester in the
Pachabo on 13th-14th June.
 John Hassett, Kevin Comrie (MCBA Chairman), Michelle Brunner, John Holland and Bill Hirst |
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