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2007 News and Results
Congratulations
to
the following winners - full results are on the EBU web site.
Swiss Pairs 1st Kath and Alan Nelson 2nd Gary Hyett and Geoffrey Wolfarth Swiss Teams 1st Dave Debbage, Ed Levy, Andrew Woodcock and Catherine Draper 2nd Tracy Capal, Kath Nelson, Alan Nelson and Jeff Morris Channel Trophy
Congratulations
to Manchester participants in the Channel Trophy at Utrecht
on the weekend of 21-23 December against The Netherlands,
Belgium and France. Jennie Marvin playing with
Elizabeth Roberts in the Under-25 Girls competition and Adam
Hickman in the under 20s team both won their events.
Michael Byrne was non-playing captain of the under 20
team.
Mike Bell and Alex Morris representing England in the Under 25 Open event came third. There is a link to results on the EBU site. Santa Claus Pairs Congratulations
to Barbara Lewis and Alec Smalley winners of Manchester Bridge
Club's Santa Claus Pairs on Sunday 16th December 2007. They
finished with 63% over the two sessions, two percent ahead of
last year's winners Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield with Bill
Hirst and John Hassett in third place.
Merseyside Cup Congratulations to Jim and Jenny Morris, Joyce and Bill White who won the Merseyside Cup on the 9th December by a good margin. Ben Franks The
Ben Franks Pairs at Manchester Bridge Club on Sunday 2nd
December was won by Michael Newman and Michael Byrne to
complete a great weekend for them. Second were Alan
and Kath Nelson with David Debbage and Jeff Morris third and
Fred Bell and John Roberts fourth. These pairs will
represent the county in the Corwen Trophy.
David Berrisford and Pat Burrows won the ascender's prize.  Michael
Byrne and Michael Newman
1 26 M
Newman & M
Byrne
301.7
329 630.7 1056 59.73%
2 1 A Nelson & K Nelson 319.7 305 624.7 1056 59.16% 3 23 D Debbage & J Morris 299.3 309 608.3 1056 57.60% 4 20 F Bell & J Roberts 321.6 275 596.6 1056 56.50% 5 25 S Travers & G Fink 286.1 293 579.1 1056 54.84% 6 6 K Higgins & B Hobden 283.4 276 559.4 1056 52.97% 7 3 R Lighton & G Hyett 247 307 554 1056 52.46% 8 17 L Barnes & G Campbell 284.1 258 542.1 1056 51.34% 9 13 D Pennington & R Franks 246.8 289 535.8 1056 50.74% 10 5 B Goldenfield & R Goldenfield 271.5 264 535.5 1056 50.71% 25 pairs competed Manchester
Bridge Club B won the National Inter Club Knock Out teams
Championship on Saturday 1st December, beating Cheltenham in
the final. Manchester was represented by Michael Byrne (capt)
and Andrew Woodcock who made their debut on the full England
team last May, David Debbage who is one of the partners in
Manchester Bridge Club, Michael Newman, one of the bridge
teachers there. European Silver Medallist Kath Nelson played
in two of the early rounds.
They took an early lead and led throughout, winning all but one of the six 8 board sets to make them winners by 66 IMPs. This makes Manchester one of the two clubs in the country to have won the competition three times, they previously won in 1990 and 1993.  David
Debbage, Michael Newman, Michael Byrne and Andrew Woodcock
The team had endured a very tricky first round match in
October 2006 against Bramhall C (Dave Pennington, Rod Franks,
Dhun Daji, Howard Stubbings) which they won by 5 imps.
In the next round they played Bradford C, winning by over 50, and in round 3 they rushed back from the Tollemache final to beat Deva C team by over 80. Round 4 saw them beat Huddersfield Seniors Hobson and Garthwaite by 42, whilst in round 5 they faced stiff opposition in the form of York A, the winners of the Yorkshire League. However the opposition played below form and conceded after 12 boards, 57 imps down. Round 6 saw a local derby in which Manchester B beat Manchester C by 30 imps, and then the quarter finals had them facing Bristol D, which was saw them recover from a half time scare to win by 23imps. The semi final was a tight affair and they won by 6imps against Cambridge A, previous winers in 2000. Tollemache Commiserations
to the Manchester team which underperformed this weekend in
the Tollemache. The team started off with a loss to Kent, and
got smashed in match 3 by Mid-Wales to leave themselves with a
mountain to climb. Overnight they were lying 5th out of 10
teams, but a disappointing 11-9 loss against Derbyshire
followed by only taking 14-6 off bottom of the table Essex was
insurmountable. A final loss to a weak depleted London team
saw them 13 VPs off 2nd place.
The two pairs who were playing for the first time performed well, but the more experienced pairs didn't enjoy the rub of the green. The team: Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield, Kath and Alan Nelson, Michael Byrne/Gary Hyett, Mike Bell/Dave Collier and Jeff Morris/David Adelman, with Jeff Smith as NPC. Simultaneous Pairs Congratulations
to Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield upon winning the EBU Autumn
simultaneous pairs.
Also to Graham Winn and Susan Triggs who came second in the David Boston Yorkshire simultaneous at Manchester Bridge Club. Their prize money was £80 (unfortunately Bernard and Rhona only received a pen from the EBU!). Congratulations
to John Hassett who won the national Cuba pairs on 10th-11th
November with Peter Czerniewski
and came second in the teams with Manchester's Irving and Joy
Blakey.
England Trials Congratulations
to John Holland who has been selected to play with John
Armstrong for England in the second Camrose weekend (8-10th
March 2008), following their third place after the round
robin stage of the trials. Team mates were Paul Hackett and
Tony Waterlow. John H and John A are also the reserve
pair for the first weekend. This will be John
Holland's seventh appearance for England in Open events only
a few behind Gary Hyett and Alan Mould.
The trials now continue with a knock out stage for the top four teams for selection for next year's European championships. Armstrong's team have reached the final with a narrow win over Liggins on 10th-11th November.  England
Trial
Finalists - Tony Waterlow, John Holland, Paul Hackett and
John Armstrong
Congratulations to Mike Bell and Alex Morris who are selected to play in the Junior Camrose to be held at Chancellor's in Manchester on Feb 15th-17th 2008. See the EBU web site for further details. Congratulations to the Manchester players who once again did us proud in the Northern League held on Saturday 27th October at York. In the A team a strong performance by Dave Barton/Alan Jones, Kath/Alan Nelson, Boris Ewart/Tracy Capal and new caps Sid Travers and Eve Lighthill saw the team narrowly finish second on the day and 1st overall by a huge amount. The rest of the players this year were: Rhona Goldenfield, Michelle Brunner, Bernard Goldenfield, Jeff Smith, Mike Bell, Dave Collier, Alex Morris, Mark Halliwell and Michael Ardron In the B team we came from behind and won by 1 VP!! Despite losing to nearest rivals Yorkshire the team never lost sight and got the results they needed, including a tremendous 19-1 victory over winners on the day the North East, which left us deserved victors. (This was despite a board being scrapped when a Manchester player's honesty at revealing that he had overheard a result from another table was greeted with a cancellation of three great results at the other tables). Well done to Robert Jones, David Pennington, Joyce Jones, Gill Griffiths, Mark Halliwell, Michael Ardron, Peter Foster, Peter Jones. The rest of the players this year were: Raymond, Eve, Ken Hassel, David Oliver, Boris Ewart, Pauline Lang, Joyce and Peter Hismurgh, Royce Alexander, Denis Robson, Sid Travers, and well known B team player Michael Byrne.  The B Team - David Pennington, Robert Jones, Joyce Jones, Gill Griffiths, Peter Foster, Peter Jones, Mike Ardron, Mark Halliwell In
the C team we finished 2nd on the day, our best performance so
far. Well done to Bernard Kaye, David Tobias, Adrian and Jean
Roberts, Elena and Marcelo Rosenbaum, Dave Matthews and Barry
Hobden, and well done to the players on previous occasions who
were Joyce Jones, Gill Griffiths, Gillian McMullan, John
Fitzgerald, Dhun Dahji, Howard Stubbings, Joyce and Bill
White, Eddie Thornton Chan, Val Hobden, Jean Bayley, Ron
Bayley, Pat Buxton, Geoff Barlow, Steve Mattinson, Rod Franks,
Anne Super, and Ray Ashleigh.
In the junior our team had a great time and enjoyed the experience a lot. They finished 3rd overall. Full results are on the Northern Bridge League site Junior Selections Congratulations
to
the whole host of Manchester juniors who have been selected to
represent England in the forthcoming Channel Trophy to be held
in the Netherlands on 21st-23rd December.
In the Under 25s Alex Morris and Mike Bell are playing, Adam Hickman is playing in the Under 20's (captained by Michael Byrne), Jennie Marvin and Liz Roberts are in the Girls Under 25s team. The Channel trophy is a double round robin between England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Junior Trials The
England
Under 25 trials on 13th-14th October were won convincingly
by Alex Morris and Mike Bell by over 30 imps, scoring +172
imps, a record performance in this event.
After a steady start they pulled away on the Sunday morning, and were deserving victors. This was the first time they had competed in the England trials together, both having represented England Juniors many times before in previous partnerships. In 2nd place were Ed Jones and Ben Paske, who will be well known to Manchester players after their appearances in Risley and the Manchester Congress. In
the
Great Northern Swiss Pairs held on 6th-7th October,
Manchester had a good showing. Michael Byrne and Andrew
Woodcock were 2nd, Mike Bell and Dave Collier were 3rd, John
Hasset and Bill Hirst were 6th, Ian Kane and Ken Hassell
were 11th out of 100 pairs.
Just as last year, many juniors were present and Manchester County members helped out by giving them lifts to and from the places they were staying - thanks to John Hassett, Dave Pennington and Steve Mattinson. Congratulations
to
Bramhall Bridge Club members Peter Greaves & Raj Gupta
who were 4th out of 80 pairs in the Derbyshire Swiss Pairs
One Day Event at Spondon on Saturday, Sept. 29th.
 Congratulations to Barbara Hackett (nee Stawowy) who won a silver medal playing for the German Ladies. The German team lost the final to a very strong USA team. Germany beat France narrowly in the semi-finals (with Barbara and partner Pony Nehmert playing 5 of the 6 sets) to reach the final against the clear round robin winners USA 1. Germany finished second in the qualifying and beat Canada in their quarter final match. Michelle
Brunner and Rhona Goldenfield provided Manchester's main
interest in the World Championships at Shanghai from 29th
September to 13th October. Representing England they
qualified last year by winning bronze medal in the
European Women's event. This was their 17th joint
appearance together representing England or Great Britain.
Michelle has had a further 21 appearances with other
partners and Rhona two with Bernard in mixed teams events.
England finished in the last qualifying spot in the round robin but were well beaten by China in their quarter final match. Rhona and Michelle played well in both the qualifying and the match against China. Northern League The following teams were selected for the Northern League match number 3 on Saturday 29th September. A team - Keighley Mike Bell/Alex Morris, Alan Jones/Dave Barton, Mark Halliwell/Mike Ardron, Tracy Capal and Boris Ewart B team - Harrogate Dave Audley/Peter Jones, Joyce and Peter Hishmurgh, David Olliver/Ken Hassell, Denis Robson/Raymond Semp C team - Manchester Anne Super/Ray Ashleigh, Pat Buxton/Geoff Barlow, Jean and Ron Bayley, Rod Franks/Steve Mattinson Junior Team Simon Mattison, Ruth Taylor, Jamie Glass, David Barrat. Results are on the Northern League web site Pendle Witch Pairs Lancashire's
annual Pendle Witch Pairs on Sunday 23rd September was won by
Manchester's Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield, with Jim and Jenny
Morris finishing a creditable 4th.
 Rhona and Bernard 1st Bernard & Rhona Goldenfield (EXP) ........... 1287.4 63.86 % 2nd Robin Atkinson & Pauline Holden ............. 1269.0 62.95 % 3rd David Briggs & Ewart Evans (EXP) ............ 1200.4 59.54 % 4th= Jenny & Jim Morris (EXP) ................... 1142.4 56.67 % 4th= Margaret Tott & Megan Taft (EXP) ........... 1142.4 56.67 % Ascenders' Prize 6th Sue Pell & June Manning (EXP) ............... 1136.6 56.38 % 7th Paul & Lynn Hepworth (EXP) .................. 1124.0 55.75 % 8th Nihar Mitra & Roy Waddington (EXP) .......... 1107.8 54.95 % 9th Barrie & Julia Newall (EXP) ................. 1096.6 54.39 % 10th Chris Pollard & Ilse Park .................. 1088.6 54.00 % NICKO Manchester
B
has reached the final of the Nicko by beating Cambridge A by
6 imps. Michael Byrne, Andrew Woodcock, Michael Newman,
David Debbage and Kath Nelson have all reached the final for
the first time.
The match was close through-out with the Manchester team leading by 4 after the first set, 16 after the second set, 6 after the 3rd set, with the last set being level at 16-16 to leave them victors by only 6imps. This was the game that sealed the match: A108643 K7 AK 8743 J KQ1093 K1054 76 For
Cambridge Chris Jagger/Julian Whitewick bid to 3D and went
one off.
Newman/Debbage played in 4S, but a 4-1 trump break and AQJ of clubs over the King should have doomed this contract. However after a heart lead and winning the Ace of diamonds the North player played another heart. Now cashing the Ace and King of spades ending in dummy Newman cashed enough diamonds to throw 4 clubs away before South could ruff in. The rest of the team was Catherine Jagger and Jonathan Mestel. In the final Manchester B face Cheltenham J (Stanley, Rue, Shields, Denning, Chamberlain, Butland) England Trials The first weekend of the England trials took place at Solihull on 15-16th September. John Holland playing with John Armstrong, Paul Hackett and Tony Waterlow were in fourth position and Michael Byrne's young team (Andrew Woodcock, Duncan Happer and Ben Green) were less well placed at eighth. After another weekend of all play all the top four teams play knock out matches for the right to represent England in the Europeans in 2008. Full results on the EBU web site. Derby Match Manchester
played
Derby at Whitefield Golf Club on Sunday 9th September.
The match was played in very good spirit and
Manchester were absolutely hammered by a better team.
Our line-up was Neil Thomas/Frank Brown, Gordon Rice/Lance Bloohn, Howard Stubbings/Dhun Daji, John Parsons/Sue Richmond, Gillian McMullan/John Fitzgerald, Judy Stelfox/Peter Green. The starring pair were John Parsons/Sue Richmond who despite one disaster in the second set had a good card highlighted by the following board. Sue is North and Dealer at Love all on the following hand:- 4 J96 AKQJ762 AK AJ86 A84 98 QJ93 Bidding (No oppo intervention) 1D 1S 3D 4N (RKCB) 5D (3 or 0) 5H (Queen ask) 6C (Yes and CK) 7NT Elsewhere the hand is played 3 times in 3NT +4 once 6D +1 once 6NT +1 Thanks to Bernard Kaye for npc duties, report and photos.
Whitelaw Cup The
National
Women's teams was won by the English Team (Michelle Brunner,
Nicola Smith, Rhona Goldenfield, Cath Jagger, Sarah Teshome,
Heather Dhondy) on 7-9th September.
They will be competing in the Venice Cup in Shangai later in the month, more information to follow. Selection Committee Following
the recent resignations (Kath Nelson, David Debbage and
Michael Byrne) and ballot, the MCBA Selection Committee has
now been reconstituted as follows:
Bob Cooke, Alan Jones, Denis Robson, Jeff Smith, Sid Travers A meeting of the new committee will be convened and held in due course to elect a Chairman, select appropiate teams for the forthcoming County Matches (Tollemache & Final NBL match) and review all selection criteria and procedures for the future. The Match Secretary, Michael Byrne, will be invited to attend all meetings of the committee in an advisory but non-voting capacity. The Selection Committee chooses pairs to represent the County from a database of partnerships maintained and updated on a regular basis. If you and your partner have not been previously selected and wish to be considered, please contact the temporary acting Chairman of Selectors Jeff Smith (jasmith@nildram.co.uk). The current selection criteria includes established reputation, performance and involvement in National, MCBA and other Regional events along with a desire to give the most deserving pairs an opportunity to represent the County at all levels. Northern League On
Saturday 25th August the teams below played in the Northern
league. The first team are now leading the league by 24
VPs, in the second division Manchester are 2nd by 1 VP, the
Juniors won 16-4 in VPs. The third team fared less well.
At Brierfield the A team was Rhona Goldenfield, Michelle Brunner, Jeff Smith (cap), Bernard Goldenfield, Kath Nelson, Alan Nelson, Boris Ewart, Tracy Capal. At Keighley the B team was Pauline Lang (cap) Dave Pennington, Royce Alexander, Peter Hishmurgh, Joyce Hishmurgh, Robert Jones, Sidney Travers, Michael Byrne At Blackburn the C team was Dave Matthews, Eddie Thornton-Chan, Barry Hobden, Valerie Hobden, Jim and Jenny Morris, and Joyce (cap) and Bill White The junior team playing at Blackburn under the leadership of Mike Bell also contained Joe Mela, Jon King, Simon Mattison. President's Cup The
President's Cup was held on 5th-6th Aug at Merseyside BC in
Birkenhead. There were 11 teams taking part and although
Manchester were leading overnight and indeed extended their
lead on the Sunday morning, they lost three matches in the
afternoon and finished second to Yorkshire. The original team
picked by the Selectors was as follows: Bernard Goldenfield
& Jeff Smith, Bill Hirst & John Hassett, Rhona
Goldenfield & Michelle Brunner, Alan Jones & David
Barton. Unfortunately Bill Hirst & John Hassett were
unavailable so Sid Travers & Eve Lighthill were drafted
into the squad. Then it turned out that the Sunday clashed
with a wedding to which four of the players were invited and
also that Eve would have to stand down due to her husband's
recent indisposition. The team that actually played on
Saturday was - Bernard Goldenfield & Jeff Smith, Rhona
Goldenfield & Michelle Brunner, Alan Jones & David
Barton and Sid Travers & Boris Ewart. On the Sunday, the
participants were Mark Halliwell & Mike Ardron, Raymond
Semp & Denis Robson, Sid Travers & Boris Ewart and
Mike Bell & David Collier. The event was run using
Bridgemates throughout and that proved to be a considerable
boon and convenience to both the players and perhaps more
important, to the able directors Dave & Liz Stevenson.
NICKO Manchester
B (Michael Byrne, Andrew Woodcock, David Debbage, Michael
Newman, Kath Nelson) reached the semi final of the National
Inter Club Teams Championship for the second year running when
they beat West of England D by 20imps on Saturday 28th July.
In the next round they face a Cambridge team containing a few Jaggers, and some other academic types. They are the only team out of last years semi finalists to reach this round again, and have beaten teams from Bradford, Chester, York, Huddersfield as well as winning two local derbys. Risley Green Point Weekend 21st-22nd July Congratulations
to
top placed Manchester pair Pat Burrows and David Berrisford
and to Dave Debbage and Edward Levy who won the teams with
Andrew Woodcock and Catherine Draper of Lancashire.
Swiss Pairs Results - Saturday (60 pairs competed) 1 John Hampson Paul Roberts 2 Richard Silcock Bill Niccol 3 John Armstrong John Holland 4 Pat Burrows David Berrisford 5 David Strawbridge Babs Matthews 6 Alan Nelson Jeff Morris 7 David Ambler Geoffrey Nixon 8= Christine Benson Richard Acaster 8= Vinay Bhusan Stuart Clarke 10 Bill Hirst Bernard Goldenfield 11 Catherine Draper Andrew Woodcock 12= Andrew Petrie Jeff Smith 12= Dale Strawn Bobbie Sissons 12= Bernard Kaye Sid Travers 15= Liz Wattleworth Bill Wattleworth 15= Craig Fisher Rodney Lighton 15= Jimmy Ledger John Sansom 18 Michelle Brunner Rhona Goldenfield 19 Alan Purdy Roger Allison 20= Max Richman Sandra Richman 20= Neil Thomas Peter Foster Swiss Teams Results - Sunday (27 teams competed) 1 Catherine Draper, Andrew Woodcock, Dave Debbage, Edward Levy 2 Barry Jones, David Stevenson, Paddy Murphy, Tim Prior 3 Bill & Joyce White, Babs Matthews, David Strawbridge 4= Joy & Irving Blakey, Kath & Alan Nelson 4= Jeff Smith, Andrew Petrie, Gareth Hyett, Raymond Semp 6 John Holland, John Armstrong, Michelle Brunner, Rhona Goldenfield 7 John Halliwell, Peter Mollart, Ann & Jeffrey Wilkins 8= Frank & Janet Springett, Philip Nuttall, David Armstrong 8= Dieter Salden, Tony Coley, Peter & Brenda Greaves 10 Pauline Lang, Steve Mattinson, Rod Franks, David Pennington Full results on the EBU web site. Northern League - Saturday July 7th At Bradford Bridge Club Manchester will be represented by: In the Northern League held on 07/07/07 Manchester had a good run, matching the opening match last year. In
the A division we are ahead very comfortably, with perennial
enemies Yorkshire in 2nd place, 16 vps behind us. ( Dave Barton/Alan Jones,
Rhona Goldenfield/Michelle Brunner, Jeff Smith/Bernard
Goldenfield, Mike Bell/David Collier)
In the B division we scraped into 1st place on the last hand, where Boris Ewart gained 2 imps for his side by getting out for one off in 6D missing two aces (3NT was two off in the other room!) Raymond Semp/Eve Lighthill, Mark Halliwell/Mike Ardron, Ken Hassell/David Olliver and Peter Jones/Boris Ewart In the C division Manchester led throughout but just slipped into 2nd place after some bad luck in the final match. (Joyce and Bill White, Gill Griffiths/Joyce Jones, Gillian Mc Mullan/John Fitzgerald, Dhun Dahji/Howard Stubbings) In the Junior division the inexperienced Manchester team lost to Yorkshire. (Jon King/Liz Roberts Ruth Taylor/Richard O' Connor) Everyone enjoyed themselves and the day was a huge success. Link to Northern League web site Gold Cup News Jeff
Smith,
Mike Clarke, Martin Braid and Alan Nelson scored a tremendous
victory to
reach the last 16 of the Gold Cup on Sunday by beating Dave Walker's team who were
seeded number 1. Going into the last set it was very close and they emerged
victors by only 7 imps. In the next round they face the winners of Jeff Morris
(Dave Debbage,
Michael Newman, David Adelman, Alex Morris) vs
Duncan Happer, being played this Sunday. The other
Manchester
team in the Gold Cup (Michael Byrne,
Andrew Woodcock, Michelle Brunner, John Holland, Bill Hirst
and John Hassett)
limped (a magnificent victory according to another member of
the team) into round 6 the previous
week where they face the winners of Hillman vs Gillis.
Yorkshire Congress A
successful weekend for John Holland who won the men's pairs
and the championship pairs at the Yorkshire congress at
Harrogate on 2nd-3rd June, and was 2nd in teams with Clive
Owen, Cedric Cockcroft and Malcolm Oliver.
3rd were Bernard Goldenfield, Bill Hirst, Rhona Goldenfield and Michelle Brunner. Open letter from Jeff Smith about Green Point Events Dear
All,
Although
it looked like the demise of our GP event at last night's
AGM, I would ask everyone to think long and hard whether
this is really what you want. I know attendances have been
falling drastically, and there is a considerable amount of
work in promoting, arranging and managing the event. Having
said all that, these events have brought in prime income in
the past and afforded much pleasure to many people who have
gained their first 'major' by winning a GP event and it
still carries much status. There is also a possibility of
greater profit, with only one county running the event - OK
the EBU gets its chunk, but maybe we can make this popular
in the same way we have promoted the Congress to near full
attendance. And we will have a greater catchment area from
the Lancs & Mersyside crowd who traditionally have
supported these events in the past. We also have all the
ready equipment & duplimate hire resources and best of
all the use of the (refurbished) Risley Centre, so in may
ways we are in a stronger organising position than in the
past.
What I believe we also have is some disillusionment from the Lancs & Mersyside drop out, but they are counties who have smaller events and specifically need to promote those events with GPs. We are in a somewhat different situation since we do not have any obvious substitute events for these GPs in the near future. A lot of the preparation is routine if tedious and the loss of some experienced personnel should not really be a reason for abandoning what for me has traditionally been a strongly supported event in the past. I feel we can turn this round with a large turnout for July by encouraging as many people to attend, and if we can get a large turnout, maybe that will inspire some new organisers to come forward and carry on the event in the future. That is the key - Steve along with the other organisers has done a sterling job for many years, and what we really need are a couple of willing volunteers to come forward and offer to take over the organisation and promotion of these events in the future. Manchester AGM at Manchester Bridge Club The
AGM was held on 31st May. Gordon Rice and Steve
Mattinson retired from the committee and were thanked for
their hard work over the years with presentations.
Michael Newman is the new secretary.
New regulations for the league will come into force next year in an attempt to avoid teams leaving the arranging of matches to the last month or two. The selection committee elected was David Debbage, Michael Byrne, Sid Travers, Kath Nelson and Bob Cooke. Eve Lighthill presented league trophies to team captains who were present.
Kim Lester MBE Kim
Lester the long time secretary of Besses bridge club died on
the 28th May.
LeagueKim
was a most hard working and influential member of several
charitable organisations in the Manchester area and in
acknowledgement was honoured by the Queen (being awarded an
MBE).
He will be greatly missed by many who relied upon his work. The
final league tables for 2006-2007 are now published
(25th May). Many thanks to Boris Ewart for his
hard work in running the league and cup - a mammoth task.
Also thanks for the regular updates for the web site
which are well received - the number of visitors to the web
site always increases significantly from March to May as the
final positions become clearer.
Congratulations to Agamemnon (Kath and Alan Nelson, Martin Braid and Michael Clarke) who won the league this year. Second were St Titus (Michael Byrne, Gary Hyett, Michael Newman, David Debbage, Rodney Lighton, Mike Bell, Duncan Happer and Ed Levy). League 2 Inverted Minors (Joy and Irving Blakey, Jeff Smith, David Barton) League 3 Whitefield Albatrosses (Bernard Kaye) League 4A Hydrangeas (Gordon Johnson) League 4B The P.R.s (Ron Steedman) Leage 5A Altrincham Z (Roy Higginbottom) League 5B Watchus (Gordon Hadfield) League 6A Icarus (Karen Reissman) League 6B Science Sagas (Bev Pardoe) League 7 Rough Discards (Tony Wilson) Newcomers Intelligent Solutions (Melanie Rankin) Killarney Manchester players were successful yet again in the annual congress at Killarney in Ireland in May. See picture captions for who won what.
County Cup Final Jeff
Smith's
team
(David Barton, Martin Braid and Michael Clarke) beat Raymond
Semp (Denis Robson, Joy and Irving Blakey) in the final of
the County Cup. They will represent Manchester in the
Pachabo final in June.
Manchester
Bridge
Club came second in the regional final of the EBUs inter
club team of eight at Bradford on 20th May, thus qualifying
for the national final.
The team was Andrew Woodcock, Catherine Draper, Michael Byrne, Craig Fisher, Mike Bell, David Collier, Michael Newman and David Debbage. Pairs 1st
Catherine Draper & Andrew Woodcock 108 VPs
2nd Cedric Cockroft & Alex Hogg 104 VPs 3rd Steve Mattinson & Kevin Higgins 96 VPs Ascenders' prize was won by Geoffrey Roberts & Margaret Worth Non-expert prize was won by Adam Hickman & Jonathan King (both Juniors). Teams 1st Catherine Draper, Andrew Woodcock, Sue Woodcock, Nick Woodcock 2nd Jenny Morris, Denny Wade, Jim Morris, Jim Wade 3rd Neil Thomas, Peter Foster, Peter Jones, Frank Brown Full results on the EBU web site Crockford's Final In
the final of the Crockfords Cup the English National Teams
Championship on 12th-13th May Michael Byrne's team (Andrew
Woodcock, John Holland, Michelle Brunner, John Hassett, Bill
Hirst) finished fourth (Andrew Woodcock and Bill Hirst did
not play in the final). The winners were Justin and Jason
Jackett playing on Janet De Botton's team.
Bonn Nation's
Cup
A
successful England debut for Michael Byrne and Andrew
Woodcock. Playing with Tom Townsend and David Gold of
London they finished in third place in this invitational
event.
The England team finished a close second in their group in the round robin. The top team in each group in the round robin played a final while the remainder carried their scores over into a Swiss event, which England won. Spring Fours Gary
Hyett playing with Geoffrey Wolfarth of Sussex and
Bulgarians Valio Isporski & Vladi Kovachev won a series
of incredibly close matches to reach the final of this
prestigious competition, played at Stratford over the May
Bank Holiday weekend. In the final they lost to
Liggins by four IMPs, but only after Liggins had
exercised his right to eight extra boards as the only
undefeated team.
Full results are on the EBU web site Congratulations
to
Bramhall Bridge Club members Pauline Lang and Steve Mattinson
who won the Madeline Berney Memorial Trophy - Lancashire
County Bridge Association Green Pointed Pairs competition,
held at Brierfield Bridge Club on Sunday 6th May 2007.
Lancashire's Hilda and Paul Williams were 2nd, Bernard
Kaye and Jeff Smith were 3rd. The ascenders' prize was won by
Rosemary and Tony Price. 32 pairs competed.
Success for Manchester players in Knockout events In the Nicko, the national knock out competition for clubs, three of the teams in the last 16 are from Manchester. Manchester A (Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield, John Hassett, Bill Hirst, John Holland, Michelle Brunner) beat Brunton A Manchester B (Michael Byrne, Andrew Woodcock, Michael Newman, David Debbage, Kathleen Nelson) beat York A Manchester C (Sidney Travers, Eve Lighthill, Raymond Semp, Denis Robson) beat Retford A In
Crockfords Michael Byrne's team (Michelle Brunner, John
Holland, Bill Hirst,
John Hassett Andrew Woodock) reached the final, forcing a concession out of David
Willis' Southampton team.
Simultaneous Pairs Congratulations
to
David Collier and Mike Bell who finished 2nd nationally in
the event on Wednesday 11th April, playing in the Manchester
Bridge Club heat .
Manchester
players
dominated in the championship pairs at Blackpool.
Andrew Woodcock won playing with Catherine Draper of
Kent, Joy and Irving Blakey were second and John Holland
playing with Greer Mackenzie was third. At London Paul
Hackett won with Ross Harper. In the Swiss Pairs at
Blackpool David Berresford and Richard Acaster were first
equal. Full results on the EBU web site.
Mike
Bell and Joe Mela finished second in the under 25 pairs held
at London during the Easter congress. Mike has recently
moved to Manchester from Reading and is a welcome addition to
the pool of strong, young Manchester players. He has
joined St Titus - Michael Byrne's first division league team.
Bramhall Salver Bramhall
bridge
club held a very successful teams of eight competition for
the Bramhall Salver (kindly donated by Steve Mattinson) on
Sunday 18th March. A full house of seven invited local
clubs provided representative teams to play in an event that
it is hoped will become an annual feature. It was played in
good spirit and, although there was a false start, nobody
minded too greatly. The event was designed to generate no
profit (entry fees funding the total costs of the
competition) and the non commercial feel of the occasion
added to the atmosphere. Quality refreshments (including hot
"help yourself" style food) were provided midway by club
members and the competition was ably directed by Fred Bell
who also became resident photographer. An extra touch
of a glass of wine whilst the scores were collated went down
well and there were opportunities for the teams to mix and
mingle socially. Ron Steedman (Chairman) introduced the
event and presented the trophy and £80 prize money at the
end to the winning team, Marple Duplicate Bridge Club.
 The
Marple Team
1st Marple 86 VPs (P Booth, J Jones, P & J Clarke,J & R Bayley, S Massey, H Potts) 2nd Prestbury 75 3rd Cheadle Hulme 66 4th Altrincham 64 5th Worth 6th Bramhall 7th Brookdale Northern Pairs The
Northern
Pairs Trophy remained in Manchester hands when John Holland
and Michelle Brunner won the regional final at Bradford Bridge
Club on 25th March. Last year Michael Byrne and John
Hassett won the event and then went on to win the National
Final. Something for John and Michelle to emulate!
Jeff Smith also qualified for the final playing with
Andrew Petrie of Lancashire; David Pennington and Rod Franks
are first reserves. Full
results
on the EBU web site.
Cumbria Congress Congratulations
to Jenny Morris and Joyce White who won the Ladies Pairs at
the Cumbria Congress held over the weekend of 17th-18th March.
Monica and Alan Wedding  Congratulations
to Monica Bolton and Alan Mould who were married on 17th
March at Manchester registry office. They have been
partners (in life not bridge, Monica doesn't play) for 20
years. We wish them a long and happy life together.
Leicester One Day and Crockfords Congratulations
to the team of Michelle Brunner, John Holland, Alan Mould and
John Armstrong who won the EBU/Leicester Swiss Teams on 11th
March.
Michelle Brunner's team (Michelle, John Holland, Michael Byrne, Andrew Woodcock, Bill Hirst, John Hassett) narrowly defeated Irving and Joy Blakey, Raymond Semp and Denis Robson to reach the last KO round of Crockford's. They now play a Hampshire team and if they win, will be in the 8 team all play all final. Cantor Cup Saddleworth triumph at novices’ Cantor Cup David
Welsh of Mosley and Martin Crowther of Failsworth won bridge’s
prestigious Cantor Cup on Sunday 25 February in Hale, Cheshire
with Maggie Crowther (Martin's wife) and Anne Lawrence as
runners up. The Cantor Cup is the premier event in
Manchester for novices and brings the winners a cash prize of
£100, as well as a plaque each and the right to hold the
Cantor Cup for one year. Mr Welsh, 60, who plays bridge at the
Saddleworth Grand Slam Bridge Club with Mr Crowther, said “We
have only been playing around five years.” Mr Crowther,
51, said “I knew I’d done reasonably well but didn’t expect to
win. Even better, my wife came second!” The
tournament attracted 46 entrants this year with people coming
from around the North West. The Cantor Cup was set up in
1998 by the Cantor family in memory of Trudy and Oliver
Cantor, who lived in Altrincham and were well known for both
playing and teaching. In attendance to present the Cup
to the winners was a party of 10 representing the Cantor
family. Mrs Alison Cantor presented the prizes.
Mr Phil Cantor commented “The Cantor Cup is unique in being open only to people with little tournament experience and was set up specifically to encourage novices to try their hand in a competitive event. We are delighted the event attracts so much interest. It is a fitting tribute to my parents, who believed passionately in opening competition Bridge to as many as possible.” 1st David Welsh & Martin Crowther (Score 66.38) 2nd Maggie Crowther & Anne Lawrence (Score 63.45) 3rd Judith & Olive Eva (Score 62.30)  David
Welsh & Martin Crowther
 The
Cantor
Cup
Competition at Altrincham Bridge Club
Junior Internationals In
the
Junior Camrose and Peggy Bayer Trophies over the weekend of
17th-18th February the England teams won both events.
Congratulations to Mark Reeve and David Collier of
Manchester who were in the Junior Camrose team.
Michael Byrne was npc of the England Peggy Bayer
winning team.
The
Manchester team finished in last place in the Tollemache
finals on February 10-11th. Manchester were missing
several of their best players with Michelle Brunner, John
Holland and Bill Hirst all being away in Australia. The
team was Rhona and Bernard Goldenfield, David Barton and Alan
Jones, Michael Byrne and Andrew Woodcock, David Debbage and
Michael Newman. David Debbage and Michael Newman were
the best of our pairs on the Butler scoring. Full
results on the EBU web site.
NPC Jeff Smith Gazette Trophy Sunday Feb 5th 2007 at Manchester BC 1st Manchester 67 VPs 2nd Cheadle Hulme 48 VPs The
Manchester team of David Debbage & Michael Newman, Andrew
Woodcock & Craig Fisher, Bill Hirst & Bernard
Goldenfield, Michelle Brunner & Rhona Goldenfield won the
2006-7 Gazette Cup competition. The Manchester Bridge Club is
thus invited to represent the County in the Garden Cities
Regional final at Bradford on 19th May 2007. The leading
Non-Expert Team (less than 3 LMs) was Cheadle Hulme (Adrian
& Jean Roberts, Steve Mattinson & Rod Franks, David
Barton & Jeff Smith, Joyce Hishmurgh & Derek
Gray). The Cheadle Hulme team thus win a guaranteed
selection for all their players in a 2007 County match for the
Manchester team.
National Swiss Teams Another
fine
result for the young(ish) team of Michael Byrne and Andrew
Woodcock (Manchester), Ben Green and Duncan Happer
(somewhere in the Midlands), who won the National Swiss
Teams at Kettering on 20th-21st January.
Full results are on the EBU web site. In the
recent events congratulations to Manchester players.
Mike Alexander & Justin Hackett scored 73.16% on the Monday 8th Jan and were second. Alec Stoll & Tracy Capal scored 70.65% on Wednesday 10th Jan and were first. EBU Online Congress Several
players
from the North West and overseas went to the online players
congress in Leicestershire this weekend (13th-14th Jan). For
the main events there were 50 pairs and over 20 teams.
In the Swiss teams two session event, Richard Acaster (teams winner three years ago) partnered Lindsey Clarke (Kent) again with new teammates Roger Steel and Ken Slyde. This was Roger and Ken's first face to face competitive bridge since retiring from the game having won the Pachabo Cup back in 1972. The team led from the start, winning every match and won by a clear margin. It was also a consistent weekend for Richard and Lindsey. They averaged a fraction under 60% in the five pairs events and were joint winners of the midnight speedball on the Friday. Camrose 1st Weekend The first of two Camrose weekends took place on 6-7th January. England are now in second place, behind the Irish leaders. John Holland of Manchester played with John Armstrong on the England team. See the EBU web site for full results. Pairs 1st Jeff Smith & Bernard Kaye 2333.3 62.32 % 2nd Eve Lighthill & Sid Travets 2303.5 61.53 % 3rd Jim Luck & Bernard Goidenfield 2287.6 61.10 % 4th Ross Harper & Paul Hackett 2189.5 58.48 % 5th Frank Brown & David Audley 2177.9 58.17 % 6th Ollie Burgess (J) & Kath Nelson 2175.2 58.10 % 7th Daniel McIntosh & Rob Myers (J) 2144.4 57.28 % 8th Catherine Draper & Andrew Woodcock 2141.5 57.20 % 9th Rhona Goldenfield & Marianne Farr 2129.0 56.86 % 10th Alan Williams & Paul Casselle 2122.9 56.70 % 11th Peter Hal]. & David Stevenson 2118.6 56.59 12th Andrew Murphy & Tom Slater (J) 2104.5 56.21 % 13th Rod Franks & Joyce Jones 2085.3 55.70 % 14th David Pennington & Pauline Lang 2083.0 55.64 % 15th Michael Byrne & Michael Newman 2077.4 55.49 % 16th Mark Reeve & David Collier (J) (I) 2073.4 55.38 % 17th Tom Dessain & Ed Jones (J) 2050.3 54.76 % 18th Neil Thomas & Ray Ashleigh 2043.2 54.57 % 19th Simon Cope & Susan Stockdale (J) 2034.1 54.33 % 20th Tony Coley & Dieter Salden (I) 2024.7 54.08 % 21st Tracy Capal & Jackie Pye 1999.3 53.40 % 22nd Peter Foster & Peter Jones 1994.9 53.28 % 23rd Bev Pardoe & Cohn Skelton (I) 1954.2 52.20 % 24th John Hassett & Bill Hirst 1952.1 52.14 % 25th Jonathan King & Benjamin Paske (J) 1946.8 52.00 % 26th Bryony Youngs & Craig Fisher 1938.1 51.77 % 27th Karen Reissmann & Irene Davies (I) 1936.8 51.73 % 28th Margaret James & Martin Nygren 1933.3 51.64 % 29th Brian Senior & Tim Smith 1928.9 51.52 % 30th Cohn Nugent & Chris Whaley (I) 1924.9 51.41 % 31st= Barry & Hazel Capal (I) 1924.8 51.41 % 31st= Iris Orr & Philomena McAreavey (I) 1924.8 51.41 % 33rd Juliette Rickless&Olivia Hackett (I)1922.0 51.34 % 34th Gordon Bickley & Ann Farquhar 1918.8 51.25 % 35th Steve Mattinson & Richard Acaster 1900.2 50.75 % 36th Barbara & Clive Henderson 1895.8 50.64 % 37th Gillian McMullan & John Fitzgerald 1893.8 50.58 % 38th Sam Herman & Anne Super 1893.7 50.58 % 39th Stuart Haring & Sinead Bird (J) 1890.9 50.50 % 40th Kevin & Celia Comrie 1869.2 49.93 % 41st Joe Mela & Adam Hickman (J) 1856.8 49.59 % 42nd Susan Triggs & Tony O’Neill (I) 1835.8 49.03 % 43rd Raj Gupta & Peter Greaves 1825.4 48.76 % 44th Bill & Joyce White 1820.4 48.62 % 45th Dave Matthews & Barry Hobden (I) 1814.5 48.46 % 46th Howard Stubbings & Dhun Daji 1804.2 48.19 % 47th Graham Campbell & Lindsey Barnes (I)1794.8 47.94 % 48th Dave Hammonds & Ed Glinert (I) 1788.7 47.78 % 49th Gordon Rice & Lance Bloohn 1786.8 47.72 % 50th James Ewington & Eve Hatfield (J)(I)1780.7 47.56 % 51st Nigel Matthews&Eddie Thornton-Chan(I)1776.3 47.44 % 52nd Don Cross & Jill Entwistle 1764.4 47.13 % 53rd John Parsons & Graham Winn (I) 1760.1 47.01 % 54th Jenny & Jim Morris 1738.6 46.44 % 55th Charles Burton & Lily Davies (I) 1733.9 46.31 % 56th Alex Wilkinson (J) & Tony Wilkinson 1732.9 46.28 % 57th Stuart Hunter & Barry Keen 1722.1 46.00 % 58th Martin Taylor & Frank McCarthy 1716.7 45.85 % 59th Irene Bowers & Wynn Sutherland 1687.4 45.07 % 60th Barbara Brewery & Di Lyons (I) 1686.9 45.06 % 61st Ben Beever & Graham Currie (I) 1681.2 44.90 % 62nd Caryl Bloch & Liza Furnival (I) 1664.4 44.46 % 63rd Linda Williams & David Tattersall (I)1636.0 43.70 % 64th Jeff Morris & Gary Waliman 1629.9 43.53 % 65th Nicki Marks & Sarah Mills (I) 1619.8 43.26 % 66th Amy Stout & Jennifer Marvin (J) (I) 1615.1 43.14 % 67th Judy Stelfox&Keiran Taylor-Thomas(I)1614.1 43.11 % 68th Di Trotter & Sue Skinner 1559.6 41.66 % 69th Tony & Rosemary Price (I) 1555.8 41.55 % 70th Val Hobden & Bob Cooke 1553.2 41.49 % 71st Peter Bailey & Frank Wetton (I) 1515.3 40.47 % 72nd Sally Archer & Hilary Boydell (I) 1506.4 40.24 % 73rd Mike Green & Mike Davies (I) 1388.7 37.09 % 74th Elena Rosenbaum & Barbara Lewis 1354.5 36.18 % Teams A TEAMS FINAL 1st Team 7 M.Byrne, D.Happer, B.Hirst & J.Hassett 141 VPs 2nd Team 12 C.Draper, A.Woodcock, D.Debbage & 0.Burgess 137 3rd Team 5 T.Capal, D.Stevenson, M.James & N.Nygren 130 4th Team 2 J.Luck, B.Ewart, R.Goldenfield & B.Goldenfield 129 5th= Team 8 S.Stockdale, B.Youngs, S.Cope & S.Raring 125 6th= Team 9 R.Franks, D.Pennington, N.Thomas & P.Foster 125 7th Team 4 M.Alexander, M.Alexander, P.Hackett & B.Harper 121 8th Team 10 J.Hishmurgh, G.Griffiths, J.Roberts & F.Bell 118 9th Team 3 E.Lighthill, R.Semp, I.Kane & D.Quiver 117 10th Team 1 H.Melbourne, G.Hyett, R.Lighton & C.Fisher 113 11th Team 13 D.Daji, H.Stubbings, E & M.Rosenbaum 110 12th Team 6 G.Currie, B.Beever, J.Marvin & A.Hickman 98 13th Team 11 J.Newall, E.Evans, B.Ripley & B.Newall 96 B TEAM FINAL 1st Team 4 A.Whittam, P.Evans, T.Wilkinson & A.Wilkinson 157 VP 2nd Team 11 S.Herman, B.Lewis, S.Travers & G.Fink 152 3rd Team 3 I.Blakey, J.Blakey, A.Williams & P.Casselle 151 4th Team 10 J.Mela, T.Dessain, B.Peske & E.Jones 147 5th Team 9 J.Pye, J.Smith, J.Morris & D.Adelman 145 6th Team 13 J.Morris, J.Morris, B.White & J.White 113 7th Team 7 C.Nugent, B.Serres, R.Allison & P.Richmond 111 8th Team 6 R.Acaster, S.Mattinson, R.Gupta & L.Hobbs 109 9th Team 5 M.Bass, P.Jones, H.Kay & R.Cooke 108 10th Team 1 D.McIntosh, R.Myers, M.Bell & S.Bird 100 11th Team 8 S.Hunter, B.Keen, J.Ewington & E.Hatfield 96 12th Team 2 V.Newgrosh, B.Newgrosh, J.Brown & A.Brown 88 13th Team 12 P.Greaves, B.Greaves, T.Coley & D.Salden 83 C TEAM FINAL 1st Team 1 B.Senior, T.Smith, B.Hackett & S.Penfold +68 IMP 2nd Team 4 D.Matthews, B.Hobden, K.Higgins & R.Sinton +17 3rd Team 3 B.Kaye, M.Kaye, B.Capal & H.Capal +14 4th Team 6 D.Cross, J.Entwistle, W.Sutherland & I.Bowers +12 5th Team 7 M.Reeve, D.Collier, A.Murphy & T.Slater +7 6th Team 8 P.Clarke, G.Clarke, P.Booth & J.Parry +1 7th Team 5 P.Beckwith, A.Marvin, G.Johnson & D.Ackroyd -10 8th Team 9 G.McMullan, J.Fitzgerald, P.McAreavey & I.Orr -51 9th Team 2 A.Mattison, B.Rosenthal, A.Taylor & P.Ross -58 Novices Event 1 Manchester Congress Sat Afternoon 06/01/2007 NS RANKINGS Rank Pair Names Total Max Score 1 Joan Hill Marjorie Blackham 236.2 396 59.65% 2 Hilary Hill Dave Hill 224.2 396 56.62% 3 Maggie Mcphillips Gillian Mcphillips 221.4 396 55.91% 4 Sophia Casey Yvonne Chadwick 220.2 396 55.61% 5 Louise Vincent Mary Giles 210.4 396 53.13% 6 Pauline Coleman Ann Gee 203.9 396 51.49% 7 Gordon Kershaw Jean Kershaw 182.7 396 46.14% 8 Fiona Goode Gerald Slack 177.4 396 44.80% 9 Chris Gibson Eliz Araj 159 396 40.15% 10 June Farrell Dorothy Wood 144.4 396 36.46% EW RANKINGS Rank Pair Names Total Max Score 1 Yvonne Barnes David Geary 271.8 360 75.50% 2 Christine Butterworth William Maude 222.6 360 61.83% 3 Duncan Ault Diane Ault 212.8 360 59.11% 4 Michael Cull Pauline Cull 200.6 360 55.72% 5 Anne Turner George Leigh 177.6 360 49.33% 6 John Quayle Gloria Quayle 166.6 360 46.28% 7 Ida Butler Dot Fairbanks 165 360 45.83% 8 Jonathan Noble Joan Hinchliffe 147 360 40.83% 9 Pam Knowles Lynda Taylor 145.8 360 40.50% 10 Julia Wood Anne Thompson 139.1 360 38.64% 11 Dorothy Kitchen Patricia Baird 131.3 360 36.47% Novices Event 2 Sat Night 06/01/2007 OVERALL RANKINGS Rank Pair Names Total Max Score 1 Duncan Ault Diane Ault 106.4 168 63.33% 2 Christine Butterworth William Maude 103.2 168 61.43% 3 Roger Taylor Caroline Taylor 92 168 54.76% 4 Yvonne Barnes David Geary 90 168 53.57% 5 Melanie Rankin Haidee Schofield 81.8 168 48.69% 6 Yvonne Smith Chris Bond 74 168 44.05% 7 Louise Vincent Mary Giles 64 168 38.10% 8 Pauline Coleman Ann Gee 60.6 168 36.07% Manchester Congress 07/01/2007 Sun Morning NS RANKINGS Rank Pair Names Total Max Score 1 Juliet Rocca Alick Rocca 169 252 67.06% 2 Maggie Mcphillip Mark Higgns 137 252 54.37% 3 Diane Ault Duncan Ault 127 252 50.40% 4 Joan Hinchliffe Jonathan Noble 125 252 49.60% 5 Louise Vincent Mary Giles 121 252 48.02% 6 Melanie Rankin Margaret Taylor 103 252 40.87% 7 David Barrett Ruth Franklin 100 252 39.68% EW RANKINGS Rank Pair Names Total Max Score 1 Stella Beswick Rita Bradburn 146 252 57.94% 2 Sue Bailey Judy Hearson 145 252 57.54% 3 Martin Crowther Dave Welsh 143 252 56.75% 4 Val Godlieb Michael Quinn 125 252 49.60% 5 John Quale Gloria Quale 119 252 47.22% 6 Angela Parkinson Haidee Schofield 107 252 42.46% 7 Denise Phytthian Andrea Bell 97 252 38.49% Manchester Congress 07/01/2007 Sun Afternoon NS RANKINGS Rank Pair Names Total Max Score 1= Maggie Mcphillips Mark Higgins 131 210 62.38% 1= Stella Beswick Rita Brabury 131 210 62.38% 3 Mervin Black Diane Black 120 210 57.14% 4 Barbara Hamburger Gwen Niemand 92 210 43.81% 5 Daniel Barrett Ruth Franklin 79 210 37.62% 6 Margaret Taylor Melanie Rankin 77 210 36.67% EW RANKINGS Rank Pair Names Total Max Score 1 Dr Ivor Rosenberg Elaine Rosenberg 105 180 58.33% 2 Phil Hayward Nigel Catterall 97 180 53.89% 3 Duncan Ault Diane Ault 90 180 50.00% 4= Val Godlieb Michael Quinn 89 180 49.44% 4= Sue Bailey Judy Hearson 89 180 49.44% 6 Haidee Schofield Juliet Rocca 84 180 46.67% 7 Martin Crowther Dave Welsh 76 180 42.22% Manchester's annual congress took place at the Renaissance Hotel on Jan 6th-7th 2007. Congratulations to the organisers who attracted the largest ever field for this congress in its 7 year history. Very encouraging was the large number of juniors playing. Many thanks to the organising committee (Kevin Comrie and many others) and director Tony Woollin for making this such a well run and enjoyable event. Special thanks to new EBU manager Barry Capal for presenting the prizes. Thanks to Jeff Smith and Kevin Comrie for photos.
County Cups 2006-7
TeamsD.AUDLEY F.Brown, M.Bass, S TraversM.BYRNE B.Hirst, J.Hassett, M.Newman R.GOLDENFIELD B.Goldenfield, M.Brunner, J.Holland B.KAYE D.Tobias, G.Cohen, B.Mendelsohn B.LEWIS S.Herman, K&C.Comrie, P.Jones J.SMITH D.Barton, M.Clarke, M.Braid R.SEMP D.Robson, J & I Blakey J MORRIS J.Morris, D Debbage, A Woodcock, D Adelman League
2006-7
Higson Cup and Plate Finals The finals of the Higson Cup and Plate were held at Manchester Bridge Club on Sunday April 29th Cup 1st Finesse Mary Costagliola & Derek Gray, Robert Jones & Royce Alexander 2nd Inverted Minors Irving & Joy Blakey, Jeff Smith & David Barton 3rd Isolated Menaces - 2 Bernard Goldenfield & Boris Ewart, Rhona Goldenfield & Marianne Farr Plate Winners: Canute B: Barry Keen, Stuart Hunter, Ian Mabon, Sue Thompson 2nd= :Prestbury Clubbers Peter & Anthea Brough, Raj Gupta & Lilian Hobbs 2nd= :Striker (Steve Mattinson, Jill Roe Richard Acaster and Geoffrey Barlow) 4th: Cheshire Pack Di Lyons, Lynn Dicken, Kay Harris, Barbara Drewery
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