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Latest News and Upcoming Events
Deal of the WeekGoldstone Draw 2024-25Roger Hopton has done the draw for the Goldstone Trophy. Eighteen teams have entered this year with four teams in the preliminary round to be played by 17th November and the first full round to be played by 12th January. Good luck to all, winners will represent Manchester in the Pachabo next summer. Gerard Faulkner 2023-24Congratulations to John Holland and Alan Mould who won the Seniors Knockout playing for the Penfold team (Sandra Penfold, Paul Hackett, Brian Senior, Norman Selway). They beat the Gerald Soper's team from Kent (Kay Preddy, Jeremy Willans, Colin Wilson) by 25 imps in the final. This is John's fourth and Alan's first win in this event. Premier LeagueThe EBU's Premier League's first weekend was on 7-8th September. Manchester players participating were John Hassett and Andrew Woodcock in the Hackett team, Michael Byrne in the Knottenbelt team, John Holland and Alan Mould in the Penfold team. The Knottenbelt team lie second in the first division and the Penfold team second in the second division with two further weekends to go. Results are on the EBU web site. Summer LeagueCongratulations to St Titus (Michael Byrne, John Holland, Gary Hyett, Alan Mould, Rodney Lighton) who have won division 1 of the summer league with an impressive average of 26 VPs. In the final match of their season they beat Grasshoppers (Alec Smalley, Tom Slater, Stephen Ward, Daniel Kelsall, Gideon Harvey, Mike Goldsmith) 19-1. Grasshoppers finished second with a good average of 20 VPs. In division 2 Yet Another Level (Royce Alexander, Chris Bradley, Peter Foster, Colin Mills) have won the division. Follow the links on the league page to see the current standings. Northern Midweek CongressIn the EBU congress at Harrogate from 27-29th August well done to Karen Jones and Barbara Eastabrook who came second in the Jack High pairs on the Tuesday afternoon and were fifth in the Open pairs on the Tuesday evening. In the Swiss Pairs on the Wednesday Rhona Goldenfield and Raymond Semp finished fourth. In the Swiss Teams Martin Taylor and Justin Hackett were second playing with John Sansom and Clive Owen. Results are on the EBU web site. NBL Round 2The second round of the Northern Bridge League took place online on 18th August. The Manchester team in the B division finished fifth on the day and are in fifth position overall. The team was Alan Tranter/Andy Burnett, Karen Jones/Barbara Eastabrook, Stuart Shalom/Daniel Kelsall, Gordon Bickley/Ann Farquhar. Alan and Andy did well on the cross imps. Detailed results are on the Cumbria website. League tables are on the NBL site. NBL Matches 3 and 4, Goldstone, League and HigsonThe final two rounds of the Northern Bridge League will be played online on RealBridge on Saturday 14th September and Saturday 19th October between 10.30 and 16.30. Manchester has entered a team in the B division this season. The team will play seven 6-board matches against two Yorkshire teams, Scotland, Cumbria, North-East, Lancashire and Westmorland. If you and a partner are available for either date and would like to be considered by the selectors please click here and submit your details by 25th August. The entry deadline for the Goldstone Trophy has been moved forward this year to September 2nd. in order to allow time for the final to be played before the Pachabo. Please enter by clicking here. It is the county's main knockout event and is green pointed. Early matches are 24 boards with later rounds being 32 boards. Matches up to the final are online unless both captains agree face to face. The final is face to face at a Manchester club with spectators welcome. Players must have primary allegiance to the Manchester County. The deadline for League and Higson Cup entries will be mid-October. More details to follow.
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