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| Latest News (To refresh/reload - press F5 on your keyboard) Camrose
Selections
Michelle Brunner and John Holland have
been selected to play for England in the Camrose match in Edinburgh on
8-10th January next year following their good performance in the
Premier League.
Learn
to Play Bridge - Acol EditionThe English Bridge
Union has an Acol version of software originally published in the
US.
It is available to download on the EBU web site. Premier League The
Premier League final weekend was in London on 13-15th November.
John
Hassett and Bill Hirst's team finished in second place having led for
most of the competition. Mike Bell and
Michael Byrne dropped to fourth place, having been in third place for a
long time. John Holland and Michelle Brunner playing in the
Hackett team jumped up to third place in the final match. This
competition qualifies for the Camrose.
Tollemache Team Alan Mould has had
to drop out of the Tollemache team for family reasons, so his place
will be taken by Rodney Lighton. The team is now John
Holland, Michelle
Brunner, Gary Hyett, Rodney Lighton, Michael Byrne, Mike Bell, Bill
Hirst
and John Hassett. The qualifying round is on 28-29th November in
Hinckley.
Autumn Intermediate Pairs The Autumn
Intermediate Pairs took place on Sunday 8th November at
Altrincham. The turnout was good with 21 pairs playing an
afternoon session. Thanks to Barbara Lewis and Pat Buxton for
organising the event and Stanley Blaiwais for directing.
Congratulations to Ross Allen and Paul Batstone from Manchester Bridge club on their fine winning score. Results are below for those pairs who scored 50%+
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Future Events Calendar
Click here for a calendar of this season's events Ben Franks
The County Pairs
Championship takes place on Sunday 6th December at 13.00. This
is a two session pairs event with the top pairs qualifying to represent
the county at the Corwen Trophy next June. It is open to MCBA
members only.
Manchester Congress 2010 Manchester's New Year
Congress takes place at the Renaissance Hotel on Deansgate on Sat 2nd
and Sunday 3rd January.
Its success depends on the support, through participation, that members give for the first event of the New Year. The Congress has always been a friendly occasion so why not book your entry now using the form on this web site? We look forward to seeing many of you in January. There are events for all standards with single session novice events taking place on Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday morning and afternoon. The two session Championship Pairs takes place on Saturday - with the Men's, Mixed, Ladies and Intermediate trophies being awarded to the highest ranked qualifying pairs. On Sunday it is multiple teams - qualifying in the morning and the finals in the evening. Session times are Saturday 13.00 to 17.00, 19.00 to 23.00, Sunday 11.00 to 15.00, 16.00 to 20.00 |
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 Winners Ross Allen and Paul
Batstone with Pat Buxton
 Fourth Marjorie Robinson & Jean Banks |
 Third Frank Wetton and Peter Horn  Fifth David and Hilary Hill |
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Premier
League in Manchester
For
the first time the Premier League was held in Manchester at
Manchester Bridge Club on Saturday 31st Oct to Sunday 1st
November. This event was one weekend of three of trials for the
England Camrose team. Most of the best players in England were
participating. A packed Manchester Bridge Club saw some
interesting deals for those who turned up to watch, many more saw
matches on BBO. John Hassett and Bill Hirst maintained a narrow
lead at the top of the Division with Chris Dixon and Victor
Silverstone, while Michael Byrne and Mike Bell were lying in third
place as part of the Rosen team. Alan
Mould and Gary Hyett
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League
Isolated
Menaces (Michelle Brunner, John Holland, Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield)
have made an excellent start in their quest to win the league this
year. Having won their first match 21-9 they then thrashed St Titus, the
winners in the previous two years, 28-2 on Thursday 29th Oct.
 David
Gold and Ian Reissman
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