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Great Northern Swiss Pairs
Nicko match
World Championships
President's Cup
One Day Swiss Teams
Cantor Cup
Portland Pairs
Green Point Event Risley
Grand Masters Pairs
Gazette Cup
Manchester Congress
Pachabo Qualifier 2001-2

Ben Franks



         1st  B Hirst A Hirst .......................   59.20 %

           2nd  M Halliwell J Smith .............  58.39 %

           3rd  A Morris M Byrne ...............  58.28 %

           4th  F Brown D Audley ................   58.22 %
           5th  J Hand P Hand ......................  56.92 %
           6th  G Rice S Bielecki ..................  56.59 %
           7th  D Barton D Whyte ................  55.99 %
           8th  E Roberts A Wilkinson .......... 55.72 %
           9th= D McDouall J Holland ........... 54.47 %
           9th= D Pennington R Franks ......... 54.47 %
           9th= JC Roberts F Bell .................. 54.47 %
          12th  G Finks S Travers .................. 54.41 %
          13th  D Stuart A Green ................... 53.92 %
          14th  K Nelson A Nelson .................53.59 %
          15th  T Capal A Kenworthy .............53.10 %
          16th  W White J White .................... 53.00 %
          17th  D Cross J Entwistle ...............  52.29 %
          18th  P Foster J Liebeschuetz ..........52.12 %
          19th  M Borley G Horton .................51.31 %
          20th  R Jones J Jones ......................51.14 %
          21st  I Blakey J Blakey .................. 50.76 %
          22nd  L Williams L Bloohn .............. 50.33 %
          23rd  D Dhaji D Hammonds .............50.27 %
          24th  A Purdy  P Hackett ..................50.00 %
          25th  E Lighthill P Lang .................   49.95 %
          26th  R Lighton B Ewart .................. 49.67 %
          27th  R Gupta S Mattinson .............. 49.51 %
          28th  R Acaster P Burrows ............... 49.46 %
          29th  C Ryall J Marray ....................  49.24 %
          30th  C Lee R Turner ......................   48.53 %
          31st  J Fitzgerald G Mcmullan .......... 47.98 %
          32nd  S Booth D Tattersall ...............  47.44 %
          33rd  G Farrington P Green ..............  46.35 %
          34th  S Blaiwais M Taylor ................. 45.86 %
          35th  AD Roberts J M Roberts ..........45.37 %
          36th  B Kaye R Waddington ...............44.28 %
          37th  I Bowers E Rose ......................  44.01 %
          38th  I Grugulis B Lewis ..................   43.36 %
          39th  O Hackett M Goldsmith ............43.25 %
          40th  A McKillop T McCauchey .........38.78 %
          41st  C Fisher A Stout ......................   34.91 %
          42nd  P Emm J Marvin ....................... 25.60 %

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EBU Road Show

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Manchester Qualify for Tolly
Manchester came second in their qualifying group of the Tollemache inter counties teams of eight on 23rd-24th November, qualifying for the final.  Congratulations to the team of Michelle Brunner, John Holland, Gary Hyett, Boris Ewart, Adrian Kenworthy, Mike Goldsmith, Mike Byrne, Alex Morris, John Hassett and Bill Hirst.  Npc was Jeff Smith.

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David Adelman is spearheading a drive to get mini bridge taught to gifted primary school pupils in Manchester.  He is currently teaching sessions in several primary schools and trying to get funds for more.  Here he is pictured with school children who were enjoying a short Autumn half  term course at Manchester Bridge Club.

Mary leaves Manchester - end of an era

A party was held for Mary Higson after the duplicate at Manchester Bridge Club on 9th October.  Mary will be leaving the Manchester area soon to live near her son in Esher.  Mary has been associated with bridge organisation in Manchester since the 1950's and during the Sixties and early Seventies she ran the league, cup, tournaments and congresses as well as being secretary.  This was practically a full time job.  She continued as tournament secretary until 1999.  All Manchester players are grateful for the huge amount of time and effort that she has put in on their behalf.  Bridge in Manchester would never have flourished so successfully without Mary.  As a player she had many successes, she won the league at least once, the Cup twice and the Ben Franks pairs once, as well as numerous congress events.  She has continued to play regularly at the Manchester and Cheadle Hulme clubs.  We shall miss her cheerful smile and friendly manner and wish her good luck with her move.

I now have a postal address for her, please e-mail me if you want it.

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Huggill Trophy

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English Trials

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Great Northern Swiss Pairs
Nicko match win for Whitefield

Manchester                                                               Aggregate Score
1    D.Barton    D.Whyte        L.Klein    J.Morris               1520
2    F.Bell        J.Roberts        M.Costagliola    D.Gray       -150   
3    J.Smith    M.Halliwell     A.Nelson    K.Nelson              -210
4    J.Hassett    B.Hirst         M.Goldsmith    A.Kenworthy 4740
5    I.Blakey    J.Blakey        S.Travers    L.Gorodkin          -590
6    H.Kay        B.Cooke        D.Debbage    E.Lighthill        450

Yorkshire
1    G.Jepson    D.Musson        R.Pike        D.Robinson
2    D.Coley    D.Waxman        T.Gisborne    S.Davies
3    R.Winter    S.Teshome        M.Marston    P.Tempest
4    R.Jepson    A.Brosgill        B.Townsend    N.Woolven
5    G.Newman    A.Golding        B.Grayson    J.O’Sullivan
6    J.Procter    D.Lewis        S.Davies    S.Galloway

Manchester led by 2420 points at half time and won by 5760 aggregate points.
The match was run in the usual format of twelve 3-board rounds with each pair playing every other pair. Manchester gained an early lead and although there was a near 3000 swing back to Yorkshire in one set, Manchester led throughout emerging as comfortable winners. Particularly outstanding was Team 4 which along with Team 1 accounted for most of the winning margin. There was no team with a big deficit, so the whole Manchester team played well .

Thanks to Jeff Smith for this report.

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European Championships

Michelle Isolates the Menace

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Commonwealth Games Trials

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Manchester Fourth in Pachabo

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Lady Milne Trophy

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Cantor Cup

The Cantor Cup took place at the Altrincham Bridge club on Sunday March 24th.  There were 13 1/2 tables.  All those who came had a most enjoyable time and the event was friendly and welcoming.

The Cantor family donated £100 for the 1st prize together with replicas of the Cantor Cup.

The first 5 pairs won prizes:  they were:

1st  Hetty Davies and Anna Thompson
2nd  Elaine Burd and Agnes Barlow
3rd  Ailsa Mack and Dorothy Fletcher
4th  Lynn and Dave Matthews
5th S Atkinson and P Stormont

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Portland  Pairs
Top placed Manchester pair in the British Mixed pairs championship were Bernard & Rhona Goldenfield who came 6th overall, playing in the Manchester heat on 16-17th March.

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Swiss Pairs
1 Bernard Goldenfield Rhona Goldenfield      87%
2 John Holland Ollie Burgess                         75%
3 Paul Williams Hilda Williams                       75%


Swiss Teams
1  Martin Cantor Bill Niccol Ted Reveley John Armstrong                         113VP
2  Michelle Brunner Rhona Goldenfield John Holland Bernard Goldenfield 103VP
3= Barry Jones Bryan Edwards Shirley Webster Steve Doubt                      92VP
3=  Sue Woodcock Nick Woodcock Andrew Woodcock Hector Barker    92VP

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Grand Masters Pairs

This National Event for England's highest ranked players held on the 2-3rd March was won by John Holland and Michelle Brunner - another National title to add to their collection.

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Gazette Cup

Held at Manchester BC Sunday Feb 3rd 2002

Jeff Smith, Royce Alexander, Pauline Lang, Malcolm Robinson, Joyce and Peter Hishmurgh, Derek Gray and Mary Costagliola

Winners: Cheadle Hulme BC

Cheadle Hulme will go forward to represent Manchester County in the Garden Cities trophy.
 

Cheadle  105
Man A      81
Man B      60
Man C      53
Man D      80
Marple      79
Altrchm     65
Stretford    37
 

Cheadle Hulme  J.Smith/R.Alexander, D.Gray/M.Costagliola, M.Robinson/P.Lang, P&J.Hishmurgh
Manchester A  B.Hirst/J.Holland,M.Goldsmith/A.Kenworthy,A&K.Nelson,M.Halliwell/M.Ardron
Manchester B  H.Kay/I.Grugulis, E.Lighthill/B.Lewis, S.Capal/C.Fisher, G.Harlem/F.McCarthy
Manchester C  D.Stuart/A.Green, S.Herman/M.Burtt, K.Sissons/B.Kaye, O.Federov/V.Chemeris
Manchester D  M.Bass/N/Marks, S.Swimer/C.Stops, F.Brown/N.Thomas, D.Tattersall/S.Booth
Marple   J.Jones/D.Ackroyd, G.Bickley/A.Farquhar, H.Potts/S.Massey, R&J.Bayley
Altrincham  I.Kane/B.Davies, M.Asher/D.Oliver, J&J.Morris, E.Rose/Lyndsay
Stretford  K.Rigby/S.Rigby, E.Humphries/J.Davis, G.Hadfield/H.Murray, C.Gray/C.Cull

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Manchester Congress 2002
 

Novice Pairs Winners

Session 1 - Vanessa James John Sayers
Session 2 - Agnes Barlow  Elaine Burd
Session 3 - Peggy Sherratt  Frank Reid
Session 4 - Stephen and  Lynn McCracken

Intermediate Pairs

Neil Thomas winner (with Ray Ashleigh) of the Intermediate Pairs

2nd Vivian Newgrosh and Juliet Rickless
3rd=  S Booth and D Tattersall, D Hammonds/O McCabe

Championship Pairs

Winners Sid Travers and Eve Lighthill

Ladies Pairs

Rhona Goldenfield and Michelle Brunner

Mens Pairs

John Holland and Bernard Goldenfield with Eve Lighthill

Mixed Pairs

John and Muriel Hassett (sorry no photo)

Championship Teams

John Holland, Michelle Brunner, Bill Hirst and John Hassett
 

CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS – SAT 5th JANUARY 2002

1 E.Lighthill S.Travers  2244 63.40
2 B.Goldenfield J.Holland  2194 62.05(Mens Pairs Winners)
3 W.Hirst  J.K.Morris 2192 61.99
4 M.Hassett J.Hassett  2154 60.92(Mixed Pairs Winners)
5 W.D.White J.White  2152 60.86
6 A.Super  M.Super  2067 58.46
7 M.Brunner R.Goldenfield 2044 57.81(Ladies Pairs Winners)
8 M.Goldsmith A.Kenworthy 2015 56.99
9 D.Barton  A.Jones  2014 56.96
10 B.Ewart  J.Luck  1978 55.94
11 C.Fisher  E.Levy  1972 55.77
12 D.Audley  P.Burrows 1966 55.60
13 M.Halliwell J.Smith  1931 54.61
14 E.Rosenbaum B.Lewis  1930 54.58
15 R.Jones  J.Jones  1926 54.47
16 I.Blakey  J.Blakey  1918 54.24
17 I.Kane  D.Olliver  1916 54.19
18 A.Nelson  K.Nelson  1906 53.90
19 A.Hirst  H.Melbourne 1899 53.70
20 T.Capal  J.Pye  1893 53.54
21 M.Ash  T.Duddle  1892 53.51
22 P.Barlow  R.Cooke  1891 53.48
23= D.Daji  H.Stubbings 1886 53.34
23= S.Capal  A.Lipson  1886 53.34
25 D.Debbage R.Paul  1865 52.74
26 B.Brelsford M.Mitchell 1858 52.55
27 R.Ashleigh N.Thomas 1855 52.46  (Top Intermediate)
28 J.Hartley  P.Jones  1837 51.95
29 P.Foster  J.Liebeschuetz 1819 51.44
30 V.Newgrosh J.Rickless 1818 51.41(2nd Intermediate)
31= D.Hammonds O.McCabe 1807 51.10(3rd= Intermediate)
31= S.Booth  D.Tattersall 1807 51.10(3rd= Intermediate)
33 Jim Morris Jenny Morris 1803 50.99
34 M.Byrne  A.Morris  1794 50.74
35 I.Bowers  W.Sutherland 1785 50.48
36 J.Hodgson W.Williams 1772 50.11
37 M.Burtt  C.Franks  1759 49.75
38 P.Bettney J.Callaghan 1757 49.69
39 P.Hatton  W.Weightman 1751 49.52
40 R.Franks  D.Pennington 1750 49.49
41 E.Hyde  L.Page  1745 49.35
42 S.Hunter  B.Keen  1741 49.24
43 C.Bloch  L.Furnival 1729 48.90
44 M.Taylor  P.Vose  1725 48.78
45 B.Wattleworth L.Wattleworth 1705 48.22
46 J.Fitzgerald R.Waddington 1694 47.91
47 D.Duddell C.Duddell 1687 47.71
48 B.Kaye  M.Kaye  1684 47.62
49 R.Allison  A.Purdy  1654 46.78
50 S.Blaiwais M.Taylor  1647 46.58
51 N.Senior  T.Smith  1646 46.55
52 F.Ashton  C.Wade  1644 46.49
53 G.Clarke  P.Clarke  1635 46.24
54 D.Dransfield N.Marks  1625 45.96
55 G.Whyte  W.Zuckerman 1621 45.84
56 V.Chemeris O.Fedorov 1619 45.79
57 B.Drewery D.Lyons  1592 45.02
58 J.Richards T.Richards 1583 44.77
59 E.Evans  I.Grugulis 1582 44.74
60 M.Donegan S.Mills  1577 44.60
61 T.Price  R.Price  1560 44.12
62 S.Kelly  S.Pearce  1516 42.87
63 M.Hirst  A.Hirst  1508 42.65
64 A.Chaudhry R.Pandey  1502 42.48
65 S.Archer  H.Boydell 1443 40.81
66 M.Richman S.Richman 1422 40.21
67 P.Morgan J.Morgan  1414 39.99
68 R.Chapman W.Tait  1398 39.54
69 S.Abbott  J.Esner  1373 38.83
70 T.Murphy P.Murphy 1345 38.04
71 R.Howard I.Kidger  1219 34.47

Teams 6th January 2002

Championship Teams Final

1 M.Brunner, J.Holland, W.Hirst, J.Hassett  163 VP
2 A.Kenworthy, M.Goldsmith, H.Melbourne,A.Hirst 151
3 M.Rich, C.Cockroft, S.Capal, D.Adelman  141
4 M.Halliwell, M.Ardron, J.Smith, R.Alexander 140
5 P.Lang, M.Robinson, A.Barnes, S.Norris  121
6 E.Lighthill, R.Semp, I.Kane, D.Olliver  119
7 M.Byrne, M.Newman, A.Morris, J.Morris  117
8 R.Franks, M.Costagliola, R.Cooke, I.Grugulis 112
9 D.Cross, J.Entwistle, P.Barnes, M.Gordon  108
10 Y.Atherton, P.Burrows, R.Bayley, J.Bayley  105
11 D.Berry, I.Bowers, D.Jacques, M.Jacques  100
12 B.Ewart, J.Luck, B.Goldenfield, R.Goldenfield 98
13 A.Murphy, P.Murphy, B.Brelsford, S.Ellis  85

Consolation Teams Final
1= D.Debbage, M.Pitts, D.Audley, R.Pitts  146 VP
1= N.Senior, T.Smith, S.Penfold, T.McNiff  146
3 P.Burton, L.Burton, J.White, B.White  136
4 T.Capal, E.Levy, M.Hirst, A.Hirst   125
5 J.Rudolf, J.Liebeschuetz, P.Foster, D.Beresford 121
6 P.Jordan, R.Jordan, P.Hishmurgh, J.Hishmurgh 120
7 B.Mendlesohn, G.Cohen, D.Tobias, B.Kaye  119
8 R.Price, A.Price, O.Fedorov, V.Chemeris  116
9 R.Waddington, S.Lewis, J.Fitzgerald, F.McCarthy 111
10 K.Nelson, A.Nelson, T.Middleton, J.Middleton 108
11= S.Mattinson, B.Hesford, T.Renshaw, P.Harrison 106
11= D.Stuart, A.Green, A.Farquhar, G.Bickley  106
13 A.Super, M.Super, E.Rosenbaum, M.Rosenbaum 100

Teams
1 A.Brown, J.Brown, G.Currie, B.Beever  103 VP
2 P.Clarke, G.Clarke, P.Booth, E.Clarke  93
3= C.Bloch, D/Pennington, J.Morris, J.Morris  82
3= A.Richards, J.Richards, J.Beddington, A.McKillop 82
3= W.Wattleworth, E.Wattleworth, C.Wade, F.Ashton 82
6 P.Barlow, P.Beckwith, G.Johnson, D.Ackroyd 81
7 R.Gupta, V.Gupta, R.Ainsbury, J.Ainsbury  73
8 N.Thomas, N.Marks, W.Williams, J.Hodgson 67
9 V.Newgrosh, B.Newgrosh, M.Perez, J.Rickless 57

MCBA Manchester Congress 5th Jan – 6th Jan 2002

Novices Session 1 – Sat 5th Jan 2002 Afternoon

1 Vanessa James John Sayers   87 63.97
2 S.McCracken  L.McCracken  85 62.50
3 B.Klein  J.Glass   81 59.56
4 A.Black  N.Black  78 57.35
5 Agnes Barlow  Elaine Burd  70 51.47
6 Joyce Breadney Robert Ward  68 50.00
7 John Smith  Angela Savage  61 44.85
8 Jerry Hopkins  Carolyn Hopkins 60 44.12
9 Jonathan Smith Ann Gee  56 41.18
10 Judith Hearson Gerald Slack  54 39.71
11 Ann Morris  Tim O’Connor  50 36.67

Novices Session 2 – Sat 5th Jan 2002 Evening

1 Agnes Barlow  Elaine Burd  84 66.67
2 John Smith  Angela Savage  69 54.76
3 Bob Ward  Victor Harari  67 53.17
4 Ann Morris  Ann Gee  66 52.38
5 Miguel Rosenbaum Daniel Rosenbaum 63 50.00
6 Jerry Hopkins  Carolyn Hopkins 57 45.24
7 Vanessa James  John Sayers  55 43.65
8 Jean Dawson  Norman Killey  43 34.13

Novices Session 3 – Sun 6th Jan 2002 Morning

1 Peggy Sherratt  Frank Reid  160 66.67
2 Agnes Barlow  Elaine Burd  150 62.50
3 S.McCracken  L.McCracken  135 56.25
4 Jean Dawson  Roger Richardson 133 55.42
5 D.Servente  L.Thomas  132 55.00
6 John Sayers  Brian Moston  127 52.92
7 Anne Gee  Betty Seed  123 51.25
8 Dave Matthews Lynn Matthews 115 47.92
9 Pauline Coleman Christine Butterworth 107 44.58
10 A.Black  N.Black  102 42.50
11 Barbara Frankl Hilary Thomas   81 33.75
12 Marie Hoctor  Monica Lyness 75 31.25

Novices Session 4 – Sun 6th Jan 2002 Afternoon

1 Stephen McCracken  Lynn McCracken  172 68.25
2= Agnes Barlow  Elaine Burd  147 58.33
2= Ramesh Gulati  Claudiu Verdes 147 58.33
4= Bruce Cannon  Pat Cannon  140 55.56
4= D.Servente  L.Thomas  140 55.56
6 Barbara Frankl Hilary Thomas   137 54.37
7= John Laughton  John Sayers  125 49.60
7= James Sheard  Kishen Shanker 125 49.60
9 A.Webster  R.Verber  115 45.63
10 Dave Matthews Lynn Matthews 112 44.44
11 Renee Sullivan Suzanne Joseph  111 44.05
12 Pauline Coleman Christine Butterworth 108 42.86
13 A.Black  N.Black  98 38.89
14 Anne Gee  Betty Seed  96 38.10
 

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Pachabo Qualifier 2001-2002
 

Round 1   Play by 1st Dec	Round 2   Play by 1st Jan	Semi Final  Play by 1st Apr	Final   Played 24th Apr
Lewis
Barton	Barton	Goldenfield
	Goldenfield
			Goldenfield
	Blakey	Blakey
	Byrne
				Capal won +3 IMP
	Capal	Capal
	Lang		Capal
	Kaye	H Kay
	Kay

Teams

D.BARTON  D.Whyte, L.Klein, J.Morris
J.BLAKEY  I.Blakey, S.Shalom, J.Mason, G.Harland
M.BYRNE    A.Morris, E.Levy, D.Debbage
T.CAPAL G Hyett, M. Goldsmith, A. Kenworthy
R.GOLDENFIELD  B.Goldenfield,  B.Hirst, J.Hassett, M.Brunner, J.Holland
H.KAY   B.Cooke, P & J Hishmurgh
B.KAYE   D.Tobias, G.Burns,T.Lipson
P.LANG   M.Robinson, E.Lighthill, J.Smith
B.LEWIS  A.Smalley, K.Comrie, C.Comrie, P.Jones, M.Ardron, S.Herman  

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