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Chester BowlThis popular pairs event at Deva Bridge Club was a sell out with 36 pairs competing, nearly half of them from Manchester. After a qualifying session in the afternoon (and an excellent tea) the top 14 pairs played a single session Howell while the consolation event was a 22 pair scrambled Mitchell. Half the pairs in the final were from Manchester. Congratulations to Gillian McMullan and Roger Hopton who won with a score of just over 60%. Eddie Thronton-Chan and Tony Hodgson were third with Joy & Irving Blakey fourth. In the consolation Kath Nelson and Rhona Goldenfield won with Martin Taylor and Tracy Sherman third and Gary Hyett and Raymond Semp fourth. Results can be found here Northern Bridge LeagueThe final round of the Northern Bridge league was played on Saturday 17th October online. In the A division the Manchester team finished second on the day and second overall. The team was Robert Ferrari/David Barton, Joy & Irving Blakey, Eddie Thornton-Chan/Tony Hodgson, Rhona Goldenfield/Kath Nelson. Eddie and Tony were our best pair on cross imps. In the B division the team won on the day and won the division, congratulations to them. The team was David Sarabowski/Andy Brocklehurst, Roger Hopton/David Fussell, Raymond Semp/Espen Gisvold, Alan Tranter/Andy Burnett. Alan and Andy and David and Andy did very well on cross imps. In the C division Manchester finished third on the day while Yorkshire won to leave Manchester in second place overall. The team was Karen Jones/Barbara Eastabrook, Susan Triggs/Graham Winn, Richard Acaster/Gilbert Fletcher, Ann Thornton/Chris Hine. Richard and Gilbert and Susan and Graham scored well on cross imps. Final league tables can be found on the NBL site and detailed results on the Cumbria site. Premier League Second WeekendThis event took place from 17th-18th October. Manchester
players participating were John Holland and Alan Mould in
the Senior team and Justin Hackett in the Mossop team in the
first division, Michael Byrne in the Knottenbelt team in the
second division, Jeff Morris and John Hassett in the Morris
team and Alec Smalley and Tom Slater in the Tuus team in the
third division. The Mossop team are currently third in
the first division, the Knottenbelt team are leading the
second division and the Morris and Tuus teams are second and
third in the third division. Results
are on the EBU web site. Online GP Swiss PairsCongratulations to David Barton and Robert Ferrari who were 2nd of 52 pairs in this EBU event on Oct 10th. Ben Franks Pairs Sunday 6th DecThe Ben Franks Pairs will be held at Bramhall Bridge Club on Sunday 6th December. This event qualifies the top four Manchester affiliated pairs for the EBU's Corwen Trophy which will be held online on May 22-23rd 2027. Click here for more details. Click here to enter. Teltscher Trophy TrialsTrials for the England Seniors for the home internationals took place on 9-11th Oct at Solihull. Royce Alexander and Peter Foster were the only Manchester players entered. After a good start they slipped down to finish in the middle of the field. Results are on the EBU web site. Summer LeagueAs we drift into autumn, the summer league is nearly finished. St Titus won division one by a large margin by beating Roger Hopton's New Connections 25-5 in their final match. Congratulations to Michael Byrne, John Holland, Alan Mould, Gary Hyett, Jeff Smith and David Sargent. In the second division City Aces (Philip Reed, Barry Fine, Howard Harris, Tomi Komoly, Ivor Rosenborg, Harold Weinstock) have won, congratulations to them. Last updated 19th Oct 2026. Pages updated recently - News
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