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2004 News and Results
Year End Congress Blackpool John
Holland and Michelle Brunner won the Mixed Pairs at the year
end congress at Blackpool on 28th December, they then followed
this with second equal place in the Swiss Pairs.
The Swiss Teams was won by Manchester Chairman Jeff Smith playing with Jackie Pye of Lancashire, David Adelman of Manchester and Alex Hogg. Full results are on the EBU web site. David Adelman, Alex Hogg, Jackie Pye and Jeff Smith Santa Claus Pairs Alex and Tony Wilkinson with Eve Lighthill Father
and son combination Tony and Alex Wilkinson won Manchester
Bridge Club's annual festive event. Alex is only 17 years old
and has represented Scotland at under 20 level. See the
Manchester
Bridge Club site for more results.
Elizabeth Roberts in U20 International Win Rising
young star Elizabeth Roberts played for the England U20 team
with Joe Mela in their victory against Scotland in Dec 2004.
Elizabeth is the younger daughter of Cheadle Hulme
regulars Adrian and Jean Roberts. She also plays the
cello in Stockport Youth Orchestra!
Alan
Mould, Gary Hyett, Ian Monachan, David Burn and Brian
Callaghan won their semi-final match by 1 IMP against a
Scottish team, but lost by about 40 IMPs to Allfrey,
McIntosh, Robson
and Bakshi in the final.
Alex
Morris and Michael Byrne played for England in the under 25
event against The Netherlands, Belgium and France at Coventry
on 18th-19th December. Also playing were Duncan Happer,
Ben Green, Andrew Bamford and Mark Goddard. The team finished a
disappointing third, although were in contention all the way
through the competition, having a bad last set.
Tollemache Manchester
won their Tollemache qualifier group on 27-28th Nov, winning
seven matches and drawing one. The team was John
Holland/MichelleBrunner, John Hassett/Bill Hirst, Dave
Debbage/Michael Newman, Michael Byrne/Alex Morris
David Barton/Alan Jones. NPC Rhona Goldenfield, Scorer
Bernard Goldenfield.
Manchester beat
Merseyside by 43 IMPs on 28th November.The team was Jeff Smith - Berrnard Kaye (2nd half subs) Dave Audley - Frank Brown Peter and Joyce Hishmurgh Peter and Rita Jordan Dhun Daji - Howard Stubbings Rod Franks - David Pennington Howard Kay - Bob Cooke Boris Ewart - Peter Foster. October 2004 Newsletter Newsletter World Bridge Team Olympiad Turkey In the World Bridge Olympiad
in Istanbul from Oct 23rd to 6th November England did very
well to win the bronze medal, defeating China in the play
off match, after having lost their semi-final to Russia.
Especial congratulations to Michelle Brunner and
Rhona Goldenfield who were highly placed in the Butler
scoring in the round robin matches.
The Bronze Medal winning team Alan Mould (npc), Rhona Goldenfield, Michelle Brunner, Sally Brock Kitty Teltscher, Heather Dhondy, Chris Duckworth (coach), Nicola Smith Ben Franks Trophy Holders
John Holland and Alan Purdy won again on November 7th at
Manchester Bridge Club, the first pair to retain the trophy
since 1965! Other qualifiers for the Corwen Trophy were
Jeff Smith and Mark Halliwell, Frank Brown and David Audley,
Michael Byrne and Sid Travers. An excellent result was
achieved by 15 year old Amy Stout who managed to finish half
way up the field playing with Craig Fisher.
Great Northern Swiss Pairs Manchester
players Raymond Semp and Alan Nelson were 6th of 144 pairs
competing on the weekend of 2nd to 3rd October. Close
behind them were David Pennington and Rod Franks in 7th place.
Full results are on the EBU web site.
Camrose Trials After
the second weekend of trials on 2nd to 3rd Oct Gary
Hyett and Alan Mould playing with Senior and Wolfarth held
on to their first place and will be selected by right.
The junior team had a poor weekend and dropped to
12th place. Full results are on the EBU web site.
Manchester v Cumbria Cumbria
beat Manchester narrowly – by 163 points to 157 in an
exciting match on Sunday 26th September. Manchester were
down 20 at half time.
Representing Manchester were Alan Jones with Elizabeth Roberts aged 16 who played a “blinder”. They were paired with her parents Adrian and Jean Roberts; Bill and Joyce White paired with Peter Foster and John Liebeschuetz, Elize Ford and Ann Jordan paired with Rod Franks and David Pennington and Dhun Daji and Howard Stubbins paired with Anne and Maurice Super. The opposing team was captained by Ken Johnstone. His own team of 4 scored 76 out of a possible 80 – their performance made all the difference - the other 3 Cumbria teams scored 27, 28 and 32 respectively. Manchester’s results were 52,37,24 and 44. The match was played at Manchester Bridge club and Ken Johnstone thanked the club for their hospitality and the excellent lunch. Manchester v Derbyshire The
following team represented Manchester in the match against
Derbyshire on Sunday 5th September 2004:
Team A: Bernard Kaye & Dave Tobias with Jean & Peter Hand Team B: Pat Burrows & Paul Worswick with Jean & Ron Bayly Team C: Joyce & Bill White with Jenny & Jim Morris The Match Director was Don Smedley. At the interval Manchester led by 106 vps to 74 with the teams scoring 24, 46 & 36 respectively. In the final games all teams won their matches with scores of 31, 40 & 42 respectively making Manchester overall winners by 78 vps. The whole team enjoyed first class hospitality from the Derbyshire team with hot drinks available throughout, fresh salmon buffet and a nightcap from the bar on departure. Thanks to Jenny Morris for this report. Manchester winners at
the 8th Mind Sports Olympiad held at UMIST in the last
week of August were:
Senior pairs: Alan Jones and Pauline Lang Ladies Pairs: Michelle Brunner and Rhona Goldenfield Mens Pairs: Justin Hackett and Mike Alexander Mixed Pairs: Muriel and John Hassett Senior Teams: John Hassett, Bill Hirst, Jeff Morris and Patrick Jourdain(Wales) Multiple Teams: Craig Fisher playing with Malcolm Harris, Maria Budd and Fu Zhong Championship pairs: Michael Byrne and Michael Newman Swiss Teams: Paul, Jason and Justin Hackett, Geir Helgemo Click below for more results www.msoworld.com Junior European Championships The English team of
Michael Byrne and Alex Morris, Ed Levy and Andrew
Woodcock, Duncan Happer and Ben Green finished in sixth
place (out of 25), unfortunately one place too low to
qualify for the world championships. This was a
solid and encouraging performance. Their worst loss
was 9-16 and they only lost three matches significantly.
They also beat or drew with the top four teams.
Unfortunately they didn't register many big wins,
apart from against the lowest ranking teams.
President's Cup Congratulations to the
team of Rhona Goldenfield & Michelle Brunner, Eve
Lighthill & Sid Travers, Alan Jones & David
Barton, David Debbage and Michael Newman who beat eight
other counties to win this event at Chester over the
weekend of 31st July to 1st August.
Risley North West Green Point Events Winners in the Swiss
Teams on Sunday 19th July were Boris Ewart, Pete Jones,
Peter Foster and John Liebeschuetz, with Raymond Semp,
Bill Hirst, Kath and Alan Nelson one VP behind in second
equal place. Full results of this event and the
Swiss Pairs on the Saturday are on the EBU web site.
Largest penalty conceded was -2300 by a well known Manchester International (it was a phantom save). Huggill Trophy Manchester came a
disappointing third in the annual triangular between
Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire and Lancashire which
was held on Sunday 11th July. Lancashire won. The
Manchester team was Michael Byrne, Alex Morris, Irving and
Joy Blakey, David Stuart, Andy Green, Mary Costagliola,
Derek Gray, Neil Thomas, Ray Ashleigh, Kath and Alan
Nelson, Dave Audley, Frank Brown, Mark Halliwell, Mike
Ardron.
Manchester v Yorkshire The annual Manchester
v Yorkshire match took place at Manchester Bridge Club on
Saturday 10th July. One of the few events left that
uses the archaic aggregate scoring system, Manchester won
by 3810 points. The team was Denis Robson, Raymond
Semp, David Olliver, Ken Hassell, Bill Hirst, John
Hassett, Jeff Morris, Leslie Klein, David Audley,
Frank Brown, Dave Debbage, Michael Newman, Kath
Nelson, David Adelman, Fred Bell, John
Roberts, Michael Byrne, Alex Morris, Irving Blakey, Joy
Blakey, Jeff Smith, Mark Halliwell, Alec Smalley, Mike
Goldsmith.
Golf and Bridge Individual Was held at Whitefield Golf Club on Thursday June 10th. Overall winner was Mike Pomfrey of Sheffield of a total of 26 competitors Golf 1st David Matthews, 2nd Tim Matthews, 3rd Mike Pomfrey, 4th Malcolm Robinson, 5th Rhona Bursk Bridge 1st Mike Pomfrey, 2nd Irving Blakey, 3rd Bob Cooke, 4th Rhona Bursk, 5th Boris Ewart Overall 1st Mike Pomfrey, 2nd Rhona Bursk, 3rd= Bernard Kaye, Tim Matthews, David Matthews Boris Ewart, Bernard Kaye, Mike Pomfrey and (back to camera) Irving Blakey Crockford's Michelle Brunner's
team of herself, John Holland, Bill Hirst and John
Hassett came agonisingly close to winning the English
Team's Championship on 15-16th May. They just lost
out on a split tie to Sally Brock's team. Full
results on the EBU web site.
Boris
Ewart,
Tracy Capal, Jackie Pye and Jeff Smith
Congratulations to the above who won the Lancashire EBU Swiss Teams joint green point event at Risley on Sunday 16th May. Full results on the EBU web site. Juniors Reach Quarter Finals of Schapiro Spring Fours Manchester's Juniors
Michael Byrne, Alex Morris, Ed Levy playing with Andrew
Woodcock of Lancs and Duncan Happer and Ben Green from the
Midlands did extrememly well in the Spring Fours beating a
team containing Zia Mahmood, Phil King and Alan Mould by
90 IMPs before losing in the quarter finals to the Irish
team on the 1st-3rd May.
Young players in Holland Eight international
representative junior teams were invited to take part in
the Carrousel Cup in 's-Hertogenbosh,
Netherlands from 14 -16 April.
The England team won the round robin convincingly, but lost narrowly in the semi-finals to the Dutch under-20 team, who went on to win the event. England team: Michael Byrne and Alex Morris, Ben Green and Duncan Happer, Ed Levy and Andrew Woodcock Newsletter National Pairs Congratulations to
Alan Jones and David Barton who won the prestigious
National Pairs at Coventry in a field of 50 pairs on the
weekend of 17th to 18th April. Full
results are on the EBU web site.
Lady Milne Manchester's Tracy
Capal playing with Catherine Draper of Kent got her first
international representation
in the home nations Ladies International tournament at
Ballymena on 17th-18th April.
The rest of the England team was Sally Brock, Kitty
Teltscher, Heather Dhondy and Nicola Smith. England
finshed second to Scotland by a narrow margin.
School's Mini Bridge Competition St Paul's School
Withington won the primary school's mini bridge
competition on Monday 29th March at Manchester Bridge
Club. Farokh Engineer, the ex India and Lancashire
cricketer and keen bridge player, presented the prizes and
showed his appreciation of the young players' enthusiasm.
Farokh's autobiography "From the Far Pavilions" has
recently been published.
Farokh Engineer with pupils from St Paul's Withington and David Adelman organiser of mini bridge in the Manchester Area. Regional Pairs Qualifiers at the
Northern Pairs for the National Pairs final were David
McDouall and John Holland who were 2nd and Alan Jones
and David Barton who were 6th. David Adelman and
school pupil Elizabeth Roberts have also qualified.
Elizabeth will be one of the youngest players to
have qualified for the National Pairs final.
At the heat of the
National Newcomer's Pairs at Manchester Bridge Club on
Sunday 28th March best placed Manchester pair overall were
Vicci Ashleigh and Colin Skelton who were 15th. Full
results are on the EBU web site.
Cantor Cup The Cantor Cup, an
MCBA event for inexperienced and improving bridge players
was held on March 7th at Altrincham Bridge Club.
There were 12 full tables, and 24 boards were played.
The Cup was donated in 1999 by the sons and family of the late Trudy and Oliver Cantor, together with an annual first prize of £100. 9 members of the Cantor family came for the prize giving - following a family get together for lunch, and grandson Johnnie presented the prizes. 1st Pauline Bell and Marjorie Measor - 65.91% 2nd John Wooten and Kay Adamson - 61.36% 3rd Myrna Essayan and Eileen Campbell - 60.80% 4th Nigel Catterall and Phil Hayward - 58.52% 5th David McNeillie and Malcolm Lockey - 57.01% Portland Pairs Top placed Manchester
pair in the British Mixed Pairs held on the 21st March
were Joy and Irving Blakey who finished fifth overall
playing at Colwyn Bay. Full results of all 381 pairs
can be found on the EBU web site.
North West Green Point Weekend In the Swiss Pairs on
Sat 13th March Michael Byrne and Michael Newman were 2nd
with John Holland and Alan Purdy 3rd= with Lena Morrish
& Dima Nikolayenko (apologies for missing them off
originally). In the Swiss Teams on Sun 14th winners
were John Holland, John Armstrong, Michelle Brunner and
Ollie Burgess. Full results are on the EBU web site.
Tollemache Final Manchester finished a
disappointing 6th= out of 8 teams in the Tollemache Final
at Coventry on 14-15th February. The team was Bill
Hirst/John Hassett, Jeff Morris/Leslie Klein, Alex
Morris/Michael Byrne, David Debbage/Michael Newman, David
Barton/Alan Jones. Encouragingly for the future our
best pair were juniors Michael Byrne and Alex Morris.
Gazette Trophy In the county teams of
eight held on 1st February at Manchester Bridge Club, the
home teams dominated taking the top three places with
seven teams competing.
1 Manchester A 95 VPs (B&R.Goldenfield,B.Hirst/J.Hassett,M.Byrne/M.Newman,C.Fisher/M.Goldsmith) 2 Manchester C 76 VPs (D.Audley/N.Marks,N.Thomas/R.Ashleigh,M&A.Super,M.Bass/A.Brocklehurst) 3 Manchester B 62 VPs 4 Cheadle Hulme 5 Altrincham Z 6 Prestbury 7 Altrincham A The winners will represent Manchester in the Northern heat of the Garden Cities Trophy The Golf Print
Qualifier heat was played at Manchester BC 29th Jan 2004.
U25
Camrose1st Dunham Forest 'A' (Eve Lighthill, Murray Sherman, Nathan Marks, Geoffrey Fink) 2nd Whitefield (Bernard Goldenfield, Irving Abrahams, David Tobias, Gerry Cohen) These 2 teams go forward to the Northern Region Final on Sat Feb 28th at Harrogate BC Local juniors were
well represented when England comfortably won the Junior
Camrose over the weekend of 24-25th January. The
team was Ed Levy (Manchester) & Andrew Woodcock
(Lancs), Michael Byrne & Alex Morris (both
Manchester) and Leigh Chapman (Kent) & Dave Cropper
(Bristol).
Congratulations to
David Pennington. Neil Thomas, Howard Stubbings, D
Hammonds winners of the Chester Congress Teams on Jan
18th at Deva Bridge Club
Sunday 8th February 2004 1st Alan Purdy John Holland 636.4 57.85% 2nd Irving Blakey Joy Blakey 628.8 57.16 3rd Bernard Goldenfield Bill Hirst 621.6 56.51 4th David Audley Frank Brown 612.5 55.68 5th David Pennington Rod Franks 599.2 54.47 6th Michael Byrne Jeff Morris 598.9 54.45 7th Alan Jones David Barton 590.4 53.67 8th Dave Debbage Michael Newman 577.9 52.54 9th David Adelman Mike Goldsmith 576.8 52.44 10th Eve Lighthill Sid Travers 571.4 51.95 11th Denis Robson Val Robson 571.1 51.92 12th Irena Grugulis Barbara Lewis 566.6 51.51 13th Maurice Super Ann Super 561.6 51.05 14th Mark halliwell Jeff Smith 560.1 50.92 15th John Rudolf John Liebescuetz 553.2 50.29 16th Dave Staurt Andy Green 550.3 50.03 17th Paul Worswick Pat Burrows 540.2 49.11 18th Don Cross Jill Entwistle 526.3 47.85 19th David Hammonds Ed Glinnert 505.9 45.99 20th Cecil Franks Mike Burtt 503.8 45.80 21st Gillian McMullan John Fitzgerald 503.6 45.78 22nd Martin Taylor David Hurst 486.0 44.18 23rd Linda Williams Lance Bloohn 472.1 42.92 24th Anne Jeater Barbara Moore 429.5 39.05 25th Marcello Rosenbaum Elena Rosenbaum 406.7 36.97 Manchester Congress Pairs Winners Patrick Jourdain & John Holland Mixed Pairs WInners Nick and Sue Woodcock Ladies Pairs Winners Michelle Brunner & Rhona Goldenfield Congress Teams B Flight Winners Alan Jones, David Barton, Jeff Morris (Manchester Chairman Jeff Smith) and Leslie Klein Congress Teams C Flight Winners David Baskin, (Manchester Chairman Jeff Smith), Jenny Morris, Joyce and Bill White Manchester Congress Pairs Championship 3rd January 2004 1. John Holland & Patrick Jourdain 2. Sue & Nick Woodcock 3. John Liebeschuetz & John Rudolf 4. Neil Thomas & Raymond Ashleigh 5. John & Muriel Hassett 6. Peter Sinclair & Paul Hackett 7. Jeff Morris & Michael Newman 8. Boris Ewart & Paul Casselle 9. Bernard Goldenfield & Jim Luck 10. Mark Halliwell & Mike Ardron 11.= Bill & Joyce White 11.= Elena & Marcello Rosenbaum 13. Eve Lighthill & Ray Semp 14. Mark Bass & Nicki Marks 15. David Stevenson & David Adelman 16. Jeff Smith & Jackie Pye 17. Thomas Leighton & Denise Servante (I) 18. Michael Byrne & Alex Morris 19. Bill Hirst & Angela Forsyth 20. Celia Comrie & Ollie Burgess 21. John Hartley & Cliff Tayar (I) 22. Bernard Kaye & Roger Waddington 23. Roy Garthwaite & Heather Hobson 24. Alan Jones & David Barton 25. Alastair Brown & Subash Gupta (I) 26. Michael Parr & Peter Hodgson 27. Graham Jepson & Keith Cornish 28. Adrian & Jean Roberts (I) 29. Rhona Goldenfield & Michelle Brunner 30. Liz & Bill Wattleworth 31. Howard Kay & Bob Cooke 32. Gillian McMullan & John Fitzgerald(I) 33. Barbara Lewis & Alec Smalley 34. Frank Brown & David Audley 35. Don Cross & Jill Entwistle 36. David Baskin & Jenny Morris 37. Sid Travers & Geoff Fink 38. Robert & Joyce Jones 39. Roger Cowie & John Rowland (I) 40. Lance Bloohn & Gordon Rice 41. George & Phyllis Clarke 42. Zaib Shaikh & Ann Stone 43. Caryl Bloch & Jill Roe 44. Pete Foster & David Berrisford 45. Rod Franks & David Pennington 46. Stanley Blaiwais & Martin Taylor 47. Betty McNamara & Helen Montgomery 48. Iain Simpson & Bryan Baker 49. Olivia Hackett & Craig Fisher (I) 50. Ann & Maurice Super 51. Brian & Pat Harborth (I) 52. Anne Jeater & Barbara Moore 53. Eduard Adelaar & Rolf Rottenberg (I) 54. Jean & Peter Morgan(I) 55. Mike Burtt & Cecil Franks 56. Christine Benson & Richard Acaster 57. Tim & Babs Matthews 58. Sandy Davies & Bazil Caygill 59. Peter Harrison & Steven Mattinson(I) 60. Peter Brown & Linda Williams (I) 61. Graham Campbell & Lindsey Barnes (I) 62. Juliette Rickless & Matilda Perez (I) 63. Phil McAreavey & Maris Hamilford (I) 64. Elizabeth Howard & Rachel Howard 65. Raj & Val Gupta Manchester Congress Teams Sunday 4th January 2004 Championship Teams Final 1. Paul Casselle, Michelle Brunner, Bill Hirst, John Hassett 2. Peter Hodgson, Mary Costagliola, R Jones, P Jones 3. Dave Debbage, Margaret Pitts, Dave Audley, Frank Brown 4. Boris Ewart, Jim Luck, Rhona & Bernard Goldenfield 5. Howard Stubbings, Dhun Daji, Rod Franks, David Pennington 6. Barbara Lewis, Celia Comrie, Angela Forsyth, Peter Jones 7. Brian Cornelius, Paul Hackett Barbara Hackett, Ollie Burgess 8. Patrick Jourdain, John Holland, Michael Bryne, Alex Morris 9. Eve Lighthill, Ray Semp, Ian Kane, David Olliver 10. R. Price, A Price, O Federov, V Chameris 11. Tom Middleton, Craig Fisher, Alan & Kath Nelson 12. G & M McConkey, Sue & Nick Woodcock 13. C Whaley, R Gatfield , J King, G. O’Neill Consolation Teams: 1. Alan Jones, David Barton, Leslie Klein, Jeff Morris 2. Don Cross, Jill Entwistle, P Barnes, P Gordon 3. A. Wilkinson, S Chalinor, A Kirby, B Dormand 4. Stanley Baiwais, Z Harrison, Martin Taylor, D Hurst 5. Maurice & Ann Super, K. Bradley & L Brown 6. Bernard & Marlene Kaye, L Sable & Roger Waddington 7. = Pat Burrows, Yolande Atherton, R & J Bayly 7 = A. Petrie, G Smith, Jackie Pye & Tracy Capal 9. Pauline Lang, Malcolm Robinson, A Barnes & S Norris 10. Pat & Brian Harborth, Zaib Shaikh , Ann Stone 11. A Whittam, P Evans, B Ripley, C Henderson 12. Eleanor & Marcello Rosenbaum, Rolf Rottenberg & Eduard Adelaar 13. D Ackroyd, G Johnson, A Barlow, E Burd Open Teams 1. Dave Baskin, Jenny Morris , B White, J White 2. A Green, D Stuart, R Cooke, Howard Kay 3. I & V Hempstock, M & E Horonha 4. B & I Wattleworth. H Sutton & G Oliver 5. D Hodgkinson, G Barker, G Fletcher, D Kirwan 6. Stuart Mattinson, P Harrison, B Gupta, R Gupta 7. J Hartley P Jones, I Simpson, B Baker 8. P Booth, E Clarke, P Clarke, G Clarke 9. A Brown, J Brown, G Currie, B Beaver 10. Gillian McMullan John Fitzgerald, Maris Hamilford, Phil MacAreavey 11. B Hobden, J Savers D Matthews H Mellor Novices Sessions North South - Sat Afternoon 1. John Wooton & Kay Adamson 2. Sophia Casey & Yvonne Chadwick 3. David Matthews & Lynn Matthews 4. Anne Shaw & Brenda Jackson 5. Bev Pardoe & Colin Skelton 6. Diane Trotter & Sue Skinner 7. Mike Green & Ann Morris 8. = Charlotte Eva & Colin Mackie 8 = Ben Morris & Lynda Burtt 10. S Roworth & D Bull East West 1. Amy Stout & Kay Roberts 2. Sue Hazelhurst & Ian Hazelhurst 3. = Malcolm Lockey & Barry Hobden. 3. = H & M Skinner 5. Nigel Catterall & Phil Hayward 6. G Kistruck & M Davies 7. Judith Hearson & Shirley Leak 8. Eve Beck & Gill Leather 9. Bill Whiteley & Gwen Raison 10. Katherine Egan & Martina Gowland Sat Evening 1. Lynn & Dave Matthews 2. Sue & Ian Hazelhurst 3. Margaret & Heather Skinner 4. Valerie & Barry Hobden 5. Diane Trotter & Sue Skinner 6. Amy Stout & Katy Roberts North South - Sunday am 1. Edie Thornton-Chan & Nigel Matthews 2. Sue Rowarth & Graham Rowarth 3. Mike Davies & George Kistruck 4. Myrna Essayan & Eileen Campbell 5. Jean Dawson & oger Richardson 6. Joyce Shepherd & Betty Seed 7. Charlotte Evan & Amy Stout East West 1. Barbara Taylor & Juliette Rickless 2. Shirley Leak & Mike Green 3. Helen Reid & Malcolm Lockey 4. = Valerie Hobden & Marion McNeillie 4 = Tim & Richard O’Connor 6. Andrea Hoyle & Audrey Brierley 7. Di Trotter & S Skinner 8. Colin Glaister & William Whiteley Sunday pm 4th January 1. Amy Stout & Peter Dawson 2. Eddie Thornton-Chan & Nigel Matthews 3. Ann Morris & Mike Green 4. Sue Skinner & Di Trotter 5. B Taylor & J Rickless 6. Bill Whiteley & Colin Glaister 7. Barbara Dickey & Brenda Swales 8. Diane Towsley & Leslie Towsley 9. M Skinner & M Green 10. Gerald Slack & Davie Geary 11. Kathy & Chris Grazebrook Pachabo Qualifier 2003-4
D.Audley F.Brown, M.Bass, C.Fisher T.Capal B.Ewart,J.Smith,A.Jones R.Goldenfield B.Goldenfield,B.Hirst,J.Hassett,M.Brunner,J.Holland B.Cooke H.Kay B.Kaye D.Tobias, G.Cohen,B.Mendlesohn P.Lang R.Alexander, P&J.Hishmurgh B.Lewis S.Herman, K.Comrie,C.Comrie J.Morris L.Klein, M.Byrne,A.Morris P.Reed B.Fine,L.Goldstein,H.Fisher R.Semp D.Robson,I.Blakey,J.Blakey, Alan Nelson S.Travers G.Fink,E.Lighthill,I.Kane Over
the years Manchester has welcomed many foreign bridge players
visiting the city, often for extended periods, studying at the
University or working in the city. Dick Fleischman, a
historian from the US, has been over many times to research
the history of the cotton industry and has won several
competitions. Several Polish and Swedish players have
also been around for extended periods. Last year Martin
Andreson, the Norwegian footballer was playing for Blackburn
Rovers on loan for three months and played bridge occasionally
in Manchester. Another, more permanent, foreigner is
Dima Nikolayenko who moved to Manchester a year or two ago.
Dima hails from the Ukraine and is now married to Lena
Morrish, who came to this country many years ago from Russia
to work as an engineering researcher and lecturer. Dima
is a professional bridge player who teaches and plays bridge.
He was originally a chess player, who learned bridge
about 15 years ago. After winning Ukrainian
championships in the mid 1990s he then entered Russian
championships, winning the Russian pairs in 1998 and the
Russian Teams in 2001 and 2002 amongst other tournaments.
In England he has won the Swiss Pairs at the 2003 Mind
Sports Olympiad and placed in several other tournaments,
playing with Lena Morrish.
Dima playing at Manchester Bridge Club Click here for a report from Jeff Smith
after his first year in office.
At
the AGM on Thursday 27th May, Kath Nelson and Howard Kay
retired as Congress Secretary and Match secretary
respectively after 6 or 7 years service. We thank them
for their hard work over the years. They are replaced
by Steven Mattinson and Maurice Super respectively.
The meeting discussed the large deficit in budget this
year and decided on the following cost cutting measures: not
to send all three delegates to Council meetings; to publish
the newsletter by post only once per year (other issues to
go on this web site); to reduce the prize fund at the
congress. The following selectors were elected:
Michael Byrne, John Holland, Kevin Comrie, David Debbage,
Rhona Goldenfield.
Mary Higson It
is with a true sense of sadness that we have to announce that
Mary Higson died on Tuesday morning, 30th March aged 88.
Mary was a wonderful friend of Manchester Bridge; she
was involved in administration from the late fifties for 40
years and for some of the time in the sixties she virtually
ran the county single handed. Together with her late
husband, Roy, she was ever present at North West events, Mary
undertaking the administration, while Roy directed. She
was a fine player too, winning the Manchester league and cup
and many congress events as well as the Silver Plate of the
Whitelaw Cup on one occasion. For many years she was a
regular player at the Manchester Bridge Club Wednesday
duplicate partnering Henry Huggill. She provided a lot
of information and background for the history page of
this site and many interesting anecdotes. She was
awarded a Dimmie Fleming Award for services to bridge by the
EBU. She moved to Surrey a couple of years ago to be
near her son when increasing frailty meant that she was unable
to remain in the Manchester area. Our condolences to son
Nigel, daughter Chrystal and their families.
The funeral was Wednesday 7th April and at Mary's request was a Family Funeral. Henry Huggill It
is with regret that we announce the death of Henry Huggill on
25th February. He was in his late eighties. Henry
was a member of the committee which restarted competitive
bridge in Manchester in 1946. Initially he was league
and cup secretary, getting both competitions going again in
difficult circumstances. In 1952 he became Chairman of
the Manchester Area a post he was to hold for nearly forty
years, before being elected as President. Members of the
MCBA past and present will always be grateful for the time and
effort he expended on organising bridge on their behalf.
He played for many years in the top division of the
Manchester league with Mary Higson, winning at least once and
also won the Ben Franks Trophy with Mary. He was a
regular player at Manchester Bridge Club duplicates and always
a courteous and friendly partner and opponent. He
retired as President last year. He was awarded a Dimmie
Fleming Award for services to bridge by the EBU a few years
ago. He kindly donated the Huggill Trophy for an inter
county competition between Manchester, Merseyside and
Lancashire. The funeral was held on the 5th March and
attended by MCBA officers and the EBU Chairman.
The finals of both the Cup and the Plate were held at Manchester B.C. on Sunday 4th April. 1st Curry Eaters 92 Barbara & Justin Hackett, Jason Hackett & Alan Mould with Mike Alexander, Dave Baskin, Derry McCarthy in earlier rounds 2nd Scattered Values 84 Ron & Jeanne Bayly, Pat Burrows & Gil Fletcher with Paul Worswick in earlier rounds 3rd Proteus 82 Alan Jones & David Grimes, Fred Bell & John Roberts Winners Alan Mould, Barbara, Jason and Justin Hackett
1st Acolytes 91 Peter & Rita Jordan, Peter & Joyce Hishmurgh 2nd Radbroke Hall 90 John Liebeschuetz & David Beresford, Peter Foster & Mike Lees 3rd Red Bull 85 Mike Burtt & Cecil Franks, Ed Glinnert & Howard Stubbings
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