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The minutes of the
October Council are posted (30th January).
Gazette TrophyCongratulations
to Bramhall Bridge Club who, by winning for the second time in three
years, showed that this event isn't exclusively for Manchester Bridge
Club! They go on to represent Manchester in the Garden Cities
Regional Final on May 22nd. Thanks to Pat Buxton for providing
excellent refreshments and to Jeff Smith for directing. The event
was held at Altrincham Bridge Club on Sunday 24th January. Six
teams from four clubs entered.
1 BRAMHALL 65 Jenny Morris,Jim Morris,Joyce White,Bill White Kevin Higgins,Richard Sinton,Howard Stubbings,Dhun Daji 2 MANCHESTER A 63 Gary Hyett,Michael Newman,Peter Jones,Tom Slater David Adelman,Jeff Morris,Rob Myers,Dave Debbage 3 CHEADLE 54 Royce Alexander,Mary Costagliola,David Pennington,Rod Franks Pauline Lang,Steve Mattinson,Barbara Lewis,Alec Smalley 4 MANCHESTER B 47 Karen Reissman,Irene Davies,Gillian McMullan,John Fitzgerald Dave Matthews,Ann Thornton,Eddie Thornton-Chan,Ben Beever 5 ALTRINCHAM A 45 David Olliver,Ray Semp,Geoffrey Fink,Sid Travers Ian Kane,Ken Hassell,Ann Jordan,Geoff Hull 6 ALTRINCHAM B 26 Eric Rose,Lindsey Barnes,Mike Asher,K Hughes Ann Edwards,Anna Drysdale,Mohammed Jabbar,Mariam Jabbar Director Courses Bramhall
Bridge Club is to host the series of Club Director courses as shown
below
Essentials Sunday 21 Feb £34 Book Rulings Sunday 6 March £39 Judgement Rulings Sunday 28 March £39 Assessment Sunday 25 April £44 If you wish to participate please contact Peter@ebu.co.uk or phone 01296 317203 |
Future Events Calendar
Click here for a calendar of this season's events Green Point Swiss Pairs Is on Saturday 13th
March at Altrincham.
There is a strict entry limit of 25 tables, so enter early to make sure of a place. Only 4 places left (26th Jan). Any pair
wishing to be an on the day reserve who will play for free if needed
please contact Rhona 0161 280 6939
National Pairs Heats
Note that you can only play in one heat. Other clubs may be holding heats. Trafford Bridge Club Teaching Trafford Bridge club
have a program of teaching for beginners and intermediates - see
the teaching page for more details
Manchester Bridge
Club Events in 2010
David Adelman’s new course
for beginners starts on 26th January at 7:00 pm. The
first lesson is a taster session. |
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Lady Milne and Seniors Trials
The
trials for the Lady Milne (Womens home internationals) took place in
London from 22nd-24th January. The Manchester pairs
attempting to qualify were Kath Nelson/Tracy Capal and Rhona
Goldenfield/Michelle Brunner. Unfortunately neither pair had a
good weekend, finishing in the bottom half of the field.
Meanwhile the Senior's trial play-off also took part in London. The Gold medal winning team of John Holland, Gunnar Hallberg, Colim Simpson, David Price, Paul Hackett and Ross Harper beat Denis O'Donovan, John Short, Patrick Collins and Malcolm Lewis by 235-168 IMPs. As a result this team has been selected to play in the European Championships in Ostende from 22nd to 30th June. Newcomers League After the third (of five) evenings on
January 14th the positions are:
First:
Joan Hinchliffe, Geoff Ashcroft, Denise Phythian, Anne Groome, Alan
Hinchliffe, Andrea Bell +86 IMPs
Second: Wendy Gonsalkorale, Jill Birch, Jian Pang, Faye Giorgiou +20IMPs Third: Lionel Cox, Danny Doherty, Peter Clothier, John Hurst +12 IMPs Fourth: Jo Krasner, Amy Dean, Paul Batstone, Fiona Alcock, Hans Kurer Fifth: Nick Tarrier, Christine Barrowclough, Sonia Hopkinson, Peter Hallsworth, Harry Yu, Toby Searle, Luke Webb, Steve Parr Sixth: Michael Coop, Susan Tarr, Mike Blundell, Moira Bloomfield Seventh:Anne Kerr, Jenny Rowley, Sanjit Kamath, Anthony Lawrence, Val Morgan |
Midland Counties Congress
Congratulations
to Steve
Mattinson and
Pauline Lang who won the championship pairs for the Foster Cup at the
Midlands County Diamond Jubilee Congress at Bransford on January 9th. Camrose First Weekend
The
first weekend of
the home internationals for this season took place in Edinburgh from
Friday 8th January to Sunday 10th January.
Playing for England were Manchester's John Holland and Michelle Brunner. This was John's eighth Camrose appearance and Michelle's fourth. Current record holders for Manchester are Gary Hyett and Alan Mould each with nine appearances. Paul Hackett is non-playing captain for England. England finished in second place just 1 VP behind the Republic of Ireland. The second weekend is from 5-7th March in Northern Ireland. |
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EBU
The
latest edition of
the EBU's club focus newsletter can be read by clicking here
The English Bridge Union has an Acol version of learning software originally published in the US. It is available to download on the EBU web site. |
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