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Deal of the WeekBen Franks - 7th DecemberThe next MCBA event is the Ben Franks pairs, a two session event to be held at Bramhall Village Club on Sunday 7th December. The event qualifies four pairs for the Corwen Trophy, the EBU inter county pairs event in the summer. Click here for more information and to register. Premier LeagueThe third and final weekend of the EBU's premier league takes place 22nd-23rd November. Michael Byrne, John Holland, Alan Mould and Justin Hackett are all playing in the first division and Tom Slater and Alec Smalley in the third division. Results will be on the EBU web site and there will be Vugraph coverage on BBO on the Sunday. Lancashire CongressCongratulations to Alec Smalley and Barbara Lewis who won the Lancashire Congress Pairs on 15th November at Bury. An initial field of 40 pairs played a qualifying in the afternoon with the top 14 going through to the final. There was a good turnout from Mamchester. In the consolation event Rhona Goldenfield and David Barton won. In the teams on Sunday David and Rhona were third playing with Jeff Smith and Jackie Pye of Lancashire. Manchester LeagueThe Manchester league is being played this year with two separate events - a face to face league and an online league. The former has 11 entries split into two divisions and the latter 20 entries split into three divisions. Results will be on the EBU web site leagues page. NICKO PlateThe final of the NICKO plate was played online on Saturday 8th November. The Bramhall and Cheadle team of Royce Alexander, John Currie, John Roberts and Peter Foster played against a Richmond Club team online. After a close match the Bramhall team were 8 imps up with three boards to play. However, the last boards did not go their way and they eventually lost by 13 imps. TollemacheAn unsuccessful weekend (8-9th Nov) for the Manchester team in the inter counties team of eight qualifying on RealBridge saw them finish seventh in their group with the top four qualifying. The team was Michael Byrne/Gary Hyett, David Barton/Alec Smalley, Rhona Goldenfield/Kath Nelson (who all played throughout), Gideon Harvey/Daniel Kelsall, Catherine Draper/Andrew Woodcock, Rodney Lighton/Neil Thomas/Alan Mould. Results are on the EBU web site. EBU Open TrialsCongratulations to Michael Byrne who convincingly won the trials for the 2026 European Championship playing with Kieran Dyke. The event took place from Thu 31th Oct to Sun 2nd Nov. Ten pairs participated. After a slow start Michael and Kieran moved steadily up the field and had a good lead by the finish with Glyn Liggins and Andrew Dyson second. See the EBU web site for detailed results. Higson Cup and PlatePaul Beckwith has organised the Higson Cup and Plate competitions for this year. There are six leagues of three or four teams. The winners of each league will qualify for the Higson Cup and the second placed team (and third placed in the four team league) will qualify for the Higson Plate. A link to the conditions of contest and a brief guideline can be found on the cup page, Manchester Congress 2026Our flagship event will be on 3rd-4th January at the Airport Hotel SK9 4LR. As usual Championship Pairs on the Saturday (including Mens, Womens and Mixed titles and Intermediate prizes). Sunday is Swiss Teams and also the Kevin Comrie cup for players NGS 9 and below. Cantor CupFor beginners and improving novices a single session pairs event at Bramhall Village Club on Sunday 22nd Feb 2026. Click here for more information. Last
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