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Deal of the WeekEuropean Seniors TrialsThe trials for the England team take place from 13-15th March in Solihull. Alan Mould and John Holland play for the Mossop team (David Mossop, Gunnar Hallberg, Paul Hackett, Brian Senior) in a four team event. Results will be on the EBU web site, matches will be broadcast on BBO. League, Higson and Goldstone Mar 12thIn the face to face league St Titus (Michael Byrne) have taken an early lead in division 1 with 5 wins so far. In division 2 Win with a 2 (Paul Beckwith) are equal top with Petersfield but Petersfield have only played one match so far. In the online league division 1 Inverted Minors (David Barton) have finished with six wins, they can only be caught by The North Star (Michael Hart) who need to win their final match by a large margin. In division 2 Howard Rosemarine's Help are leading just ahead of City Aces. In division 3 Trafford Tigers have a good lead after winning four matches. In the Newcomers league Phoenix lead in the A division and Fifty Shades of Play top the B division. Follow the links under league for more detail. In the Higson Cup New Connections and North Star have both qualified for the final. In the Goldstone Inverted Minors beat North Star and St Titus play 150 Honours in the semi-finals. Manchester GP Swiss PairsThe annual Green Point Swiss Pairs was held at Altrincham on 28th February. 34 pairs participated. Thanks to Daniel Kelsall for organising and to Jonathan Lilycrop for directing and to Joan Lewis and members of Atrincham Bridge Club for their help. Congratulations to Nick Woodcock and Sue Fjortof from Preston who won by a fair margin remaining undefeated over their seven matches. Second equal were Barbara Eastabrook and Karen Jones and David Sargent and Michael Byrne. The non-expert first place prize went to Graham Burns and Anthony Lipson with Ann Thornton and Barbara Lewis second. Detailed results can be found here. In the Player of the Year competition John Hassett still leads in the expert category, but Rhona Goldenfield and Michael Byrne are closer now in second place. In the non-expert category Ann Thornton now leads.
Ranked Master PairsCongratulations to Peter Foster who won the Premier Life Masters with John Liebeschuetz of Cambridge, played online 21-22nd February. Cantor CupThis annual event for beginners and improving novices was held at Bramhall on Sunday 22nd February. Twenty-four pairs competed and had a fun afternoon. Thanks to Rachel Hardcastle, Nita Shankar, Ann Thornton and others for organising and to Nicholas Greer for directing. Winners were Jean Grylls and Susan Syder, with Joanna Powell and Caroline Cairns second and Usha Muragan and Anne Jerrold third. Detailed results are on the Bramhall and Cheadle web site.
Gazette TrophyThe county's inter club teams of eight competition which qualifies for the EBU's Garden Cities event will be on Sunday March 15th at St. Peter's Altrincam starting at 11 am., two sessions. Entry is £80 per team, prizes for winners and best non-expert team. Entries to Irene Davies by e-mail. Payment to MCBA 01-70-20 41526708. Last
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