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Manchester Bridge Club
30 Palatine Road
West Didsbury
Manchester
M20 3JJ
Tel:
0161-445 3712
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December 2007 |
01.01.08 -
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. |
Five Manchester Juniors to represent England in Channel Trophy
Alex Morris and Mike Bell were convincing winners of the Under-25 trials over the weekend of the 13TH/14TH October when they finished 30 imps clear of the field.They have been selected for the Channel Trophy team representing England at Under-25 level. Also selected are Jennie Marvin and Elizabeth Roberts who will play in the Under-25 Girls team and were part of the Girls team in the Europeans in the summer. Adam Hickman has beeen selected with new partner Tom Paske for the Under 20 team. Finally Michael Byrne will also be going as Squad Manager for the Under-20 Squad. |
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. |
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| Camrose Trials
Congratulations to the Manchester Players who competed successfully in the
England Open Trials on 14th-15th October.
In first place were Manchester residents Justin and Jason Hackett, second
was their father's team Paul Hackett, with MCBA selector John Holland
partnering John Armstrong of Derbyshire. In fourth place was Michael Byrne's
young team (Andrew Woodcock, Ben Green and Duncan Happer) which rose from
second bottom after the first weekend.
The trials were held over two Weekends and will be used in selection for the
Camrose Trophy. The team will be selected in November by the England
selection committee.
Full results on the EBU web site. |
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Manchester Bridge Club runs a very popular
Beginners Class.
The next course starts on 25th June at 7:00pm.
If you know of people who have been meaning to take up bridge, but have never done so, now is the time to tell them to contact us for the date of the next course!
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