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ENGLAND TRIALS
After four gruelling weekends of trials to select the English team for the Europeans this summer the winners were John Holland playing with John Armstrong, Paul Hackett and Tony Waterlow.They will represent England in the European Championships in Pau, France in June.Well done to the whole team but especially to John Holland, John Armstrong and Paul Hackett who play regularly in the club. |
| CHALLENGE MATCH vs YOUNG CHELSEA - SUNDAY 9TH MARCH 2008 |
| This match to mark the respective anniversaries of Manchester Bridge Club (30th) and Young Chelsea (40th) was played on-line on Sunday. Representing Manchester were Dave Debbage,Edward Levy, John Hassett and Alan Mould. Representing Young Chelsea were Internationals David Gold,Rob Cliffe ,Heather Dhondy and club director Gordon Rainsford. Manchester won by 6imps over 18 boards after being 4imps brhind at half time. Alan Mould played from the main room at the club and gave a most fascinating and instructive running commentary on his own bidding and play in front of an audience of 30 plus players.Many thanks to Alan for his time and to David Collier for all his technical assistance. Prior to the on-line match there was a short duplicate playing the same hands as the match.The results were: |
1st Ted Cadman and Iain Mackie 66.15%
2nd Peter Jones and Jeff Morris 60.94%
3rd Graham Winn and Susan Triggs 59.52%
4thBernard and Rhona Goldenfield 58.85%
5th Dave Matthews and Ann Thornton 57.74%
6th Michael Wymer and David Butler 52.38%
7th Ray Ashleigh and Angela Parkinson 51.79%
8th Philip Mott and Kevin Bennett 51.19%
9th Linda Hitchen and Jane Jones 48.96%
10th Karen Reissmann and Irene Davies 48.21%
11th Peter Jackson and Tean Porteus 45.83%
12th Gillian Mealing amd Maggie Mcphillips 41.67%
13th Jaquie Clough and Ian Clough 39.58%
14th Barbara Heaton and Irene Bowers 36.90%
15th Louise Vincent and Sue Bailey 30.73% |
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Cantor Cup
This Manchester County Event for inexperienced players took place at Altrincham Bridge Club on Sunday 3rd February.30 pairs took part including seven pairs from the club.All gave good account of themselves with Wendy Burton and Angela Parkinson turning in the best performance finishing fourth overall and receiving a prize.Stephanie Hauser and Andrew Garrett finished 10th,Haidee Schofield and Tean Porteus were 11th. Schools players Richard O'Connor playing with Alexandre Birchall and Jack Hassan playing with David Barrett finished just above average and Ruth Franklin playing with Laura Bonney and Robert Price playing with Pete Gosling finished just below average. Well done everyone! |
| On Sundays please note we are starting a Junior Bridge Club run by Jennie Marvin from 12.30 to 2.30pm. |
| BGB SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS held on Monday 7th January 2008 - well done to Bill Atherton and Roger Cooper who finished 3rd out of nearly 2000 pairs with a massive score of 72.97% |
| Beginners Course - We are hoping to start another Beginners Course on Wednesday Evenings in February if there is sufficient interest. |
SEMI-FINAL PLACE FOR GOLDENFIELD TEAM IN HUBERT PHILLIPS BOWL
Rhona Goldenfield, Bernard Goldenfield, John Hassett and Bill Hirst have reached the semi-final of the English Bridge Union's Mixed Teams Championship by defeating Susan Stockdale's young Midlands Team. |
| NATIONAL PAIRS HEAT THIS WEEK - a reminder the club is holding a heat of the National Pairs on Thursday 24th January 2008 starting at 8.00pm.Please let Jeff know if you are intending to play. |
| GOLFPRINT QUALIFIER -on the 31st January Golf Clubs are invited to send teams of four to play in the qualifying round of this National Bridge Event for Golf Clubs.Each team can contain only one player of regional master or above.The competition starts at 7.30 pm and there will be a sandwich buffet for all participants. |
| CHEADLE ROYAL CUP - Well done to Gillian McMullen and John Fitzgerald on winning this Monday night competition for the second year in a row. |
| GEOFF NUTTALL MEMORIAL TROPHY - note that this Monday Night competition runs from 7th January 2008 to the 28th April 2008 |
| HENRY CATTAN - we are very sorry to inform members that Henry Cattan, one of our most popular duplicate players, passed away early January after a short spell in hospital. |
Blackpool Year End Congress
Well done to DAVE DEBBAGE, ANDREW WOODCOCK, CATHERINE DRAPER and EDWARD LEVY on winning the TEAMS at the Blackpool Year End and to ALAN NELSON, KATH NELSON, JEFF MORRIS and TRACY CAPAL on finishing second.
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| It was a good weekend for the Nelsons - they finished first in the Swiss Pairs on the Saturday in a field of 113 Pairsl Catherine Draper and Andrew Woodcock also won the Mixed Pairs very convincingly in a field of 61 pairs on the Friday. |
Junior International - the Channel Trophy
Jennie Marvin and Adam Hickman have just returned from Holland after being on the winning teams in the Channel Trophy competitions for Girls and Under-20s respectively. Michael Byrne was the non-playing captain who inspired his Under-20 team to a fairy tale victory. Michael Bell and Alex Morris played in the Under-25 event.
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| AFTER AN ORIGINAL ENTRY OF 355 TEAMS IN SEPTEMBER 2006 THE FINAL OF THIS NATIONAL KNOCK OUT EVENT FOR CLUB TEAMS WAS PLAYED ON SATURDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2007 AT SOLIHULL BRIDGE CLUB BETWEEN MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB(CAPTAINED BY MICHAEL BYRNE) AND CHELTENHAM BRIDGE CLUB (CAPTAINED BY KEITH STANLEY). |
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| WINNERS OF THE ENGLISH BRIDGE UNION NATIONAL INTER-CLUB KNOCKOUT (NICKO) ON SATURDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2007 . FROM LEFT TO RIGHT DAVE DEBBAGE,MICHAEL NEWMAN,MICHAEL BYRNE,ANDREW WOODCOCK |
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AT THE END OF THE 48 BOARD MATCH MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB WERE COMFORTABLE WINNERS BY 66IMPS.
DAVE, MIKE NEWMAN AND MICHAEL BYRNE DO MOST OF THE TEACHING AT MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB.DAVE DOES SUPERVISED PLAY MOST AFTERNOONS AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS AND MICHAEL BYRNE DOES TUESDAY EVENINGS SUPERVISED. BOTH DAVE DEBBAGE AND MIKE NEWMAN RUN THE THURSDAY EVENING SUPERVISED DUPLICATE SESSIONS WHICH START AT 7.30 WITH A SHORT INSTRUCTIVE TALK. |
| THIS IS THE THIRD TIME MANCHESTER BRIDGE CLUB HAVE WON THIS EVENT AND IT WOULD BE TRUE TO SAY THAT IT GETS TOUGHER EVERY YEAR! RHONA AND BERNARD GOLDENFIELD,JOHN HOLLAND,MICHELLE BRUNNER,GARY HYETT AND HOWARD MELBOURNE WERE WINNERS IN THE INAUGRAL YEAR OF THE EVENT IN 1990 AND THE SAME TEAM WITHOUT GARY AND HOWARD REPEATED THEIR SUCCESS IN 1993.SINCE THEN THE CLUB HAS ALWAYS DONE WELL IN THE EVENT BUT HAVE NOT MANAGED ANOTHER WIN UNTIL NOW. |
The GolfPrint Trophy -
2007–2008
The GolfPrint Trophy is a bridge event contested by teams of four representing their Golf Clubs. The event consists of three stages:
1) Each County Bridge Association is free to run its own qualifying event, in whatever format they choose. Most counties choose to hold a one-day round-robin event, but some, for example, hold a knockout event.
2) From each county event a proportion qualify for the Regional Finals, which are held in four bridge clubs around the country. The Regional Finals are one-day Multiple Teams events, taking place on the 23rd February 2008.
3) Depending on the sizes of the Regional Finals, either four or six teams will qualify for the National Final on 29th March 2008. This will be run as a full round-robin with head-to-head matches.
Entry is open to all bona fide Golf Clubs in England. Players are not required to be members of the EBU, but must be members of the Golf Club that they represent. Each team, at any one time, must consist of at least three players who have not yet reached the rank of Regional Master (the fourth player may be of any rank).
Entries and enquiries should initially be directed to the County Bridge Association. The County is free to set the entry fee for its own heat, but pays a fee to the EBU according to the number of teams qualifying for the Regional Final.
Your County heat is at Manchester Bridge Club on Thursday 31st January 2008 at 7.30 pm. ENTRY FEE IS £40 PER TEAM. A SANDWICH BUFFET IS PROVIDED AT THE INTERVAL. Contact JEFF MORRIS for further details. |
| Congratulations to Barbara Hackett (nee Stawowy) who won a silver medal playing for the German Ladies in the World Champonships recently held in Shanghai. The German team lost the final to a very strong USA team. |
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| 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. |
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Great Northern Swiss Pairs
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. |
