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Events in Manchester For online entry to Manchester Events Click here	Others
Manchester Congress 8th-9th January 2022 on RealBridge Click here for more details and entry form	Gordon Bickley's Second Hand Books 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 EBU Bridge Warehouse
	Llangollen Swiss Teams RealBridge 11-12th December
	Leeds Heat of Year End Open and Mixed Pairs 29th December Yorkshire New Year Event Online 2nd-3rd January 2022
Link to Manchester Clubs Online Schedule	EBU Calendar

Deal of the Week

Nov 2021	3rd Lucky Top		17th Spades	24th Tolly Qual 1
Oct 2021	6th Two Grands	13th Misplays	20th Discarding
Sep 2021			15th MBC	22nd EBU 3NT	29th NBL Defence
Aug 2021		11th President's Cup	18th Suit Combination	25th Trump Coup
Jul 2021	7th Criss-Cross	14th BerksBucks	21st NICLF
Jun 2021			16th Lancs League	23rd Lancs League 2	30th John Armstrong Pairs
May 2001	5th Lancs League	12th Play 3NT	19th EBU Pairs	26th Bramhall Slam
Apr 2021	7th Cumbria and Norfolk	14th Bramhall & Cheadle	21st B&C Defence	28th League imps
Mar 2021	3rd Nicko	10th Overtrick	17th Tollemache	24th Espen's Endplay	31st GP Pairs
Feb 2021	3rd Congress Teams Qual	10th Poor contract	17th Chester Pairs	24th Norfolk Slam
Jan 2021	6th A double problem	13th Suit play	20th Congress Pairs	27th Congress Grand
Dec 2020	2nd TollyQual	9th League	16th Sussex Grand	23rd Teltscher Trials	30th Cheap save
Nov 2020	4th Beat 2S	11th Last Chance	18th Crockford's Plate	25th Difficult Play Hand
Oct 2020	7th Timing	14th Plan	21st Gambit	28th Defend 1NT
Sep 2020	2nd Double Double	9th Suicide Squeeze	16th Five Hearts	23rd Squeeze without Count	30th Play Problem
Aug 2020	5th Play Problem	12th A Poor Slam	19th Make Game	26th Avoidance
July 2020	1st Play Problem	8th Tens	15th Trumps	22nd Squeeze?	29th Lead Problem
June 2020	3rd Good Hand	10th Trump Coup	17th Suicide squeeze
May 2020	6th Online Overtricks	13th League Luck	20th Online IMPs	27th Online Slam
Apr 2020	1st Tollemache	8th Tollemache	15th Lockdown League	22nd Lockdown League 2	29th Online Duplicate
Mar 2020	4th Cheadle Pairs	11th Cheadle Pairs	18th Chester Pairs	25th Goldstone
Feb 2020	5th Peter Ader Memorial	12th Santa Claus Pairs	19th Santa Claus 2	26th Congress Pairs
Jan 2020	1st Another Grand	8th Middlesex Pairs	15th Middlesex Teams	22nd Middlesex Teams 2	29th Middlesex Teams 3
Dec 2019	4th Llangollen	11th YC Defence	18th Middlesex Pairs	25th Christmas Present
Nov 2019	6th Lancs Swiss Pairs	13th Premier League Defence	20th Cheadle	27th Cheadle DD
Oct 2019			16th NBL Grand	23rd Higson Game	30th No Entry
Sept 2019	4th Four-Three fit 2	11th MBC 3NT	18th Cheadle Defence
Aug 2019	7th GP Teams	14th Defence problem	21st NBL 1	28th Four-Three fit 1
July 2019	3rd Corwen 1	10th Corwen 2	17th Corwen 3	24th President's Cup 1	31st President's Cup 2
June 2019	5th Hubert Phillips 1	12th Hubert Phillips 2	19th Hubert Phillips 3	26th 20 years ago
May 2019	1st Higson Final	8th Higson Final 2		22nd NICKO lead	29th Ruia Slam
Apr 2019			17th Preston Pairs
Mar 2019	6th Cheadle Pairs	13th Trump Squeeze	20th Green Point Pairs	27th Green Point Pairs Defence
Feb 2019	6th Deva Slam 2	13th Deva Slam 3	20th Deva Slam 4	27th Double End Play
Jan 2019	2nd League Lead	9th A bad break	16th Congress Teams 1	23rd Congress Teams 2	30th Deva Slam 1
Dec 2018	5th Tolly Qual 1	12th Tolly Qual 2	19th Lancs Teams 2	18th Middlesex Pairs
Nov 2018	7th Lancs Pairs	14th Lancs Pairs Defence	21st Lancs Teams	28th Scottish Curiosity
Oct 2018	3rd Northern Bridge League	10th Northern Bridge League	17th Northop	24th Chester Defence	31st Cheadle Mixed
Sep 2018	5th GP defence			26th Teams or Pairs
Aug 2018	1st National League	8th Yorkshire Congress	15th Llandudno	22nd NBL Grand	29th Michelle Memorial
July 2018	4th Yorks Grand	11th Super Moysian	18th Pachabo	25th Defence at Cheadle
June 2018	6th John Armstrong Pairs	13th Blocked suit	20th Cheadle Grand	27th Goldstone Final
May 2018	2nd League Grand	9th 3N or 5 of a minor	16th Cheadle 3NT	23rd Ruia Cup	30th Play 5D
Apr 2018	4th Green Point Pairs 2S	11th Green Point Pairs 3N	18th More GP Pairs	25th Llangollen
Mar 2018	7th Slam play problem	14th Scissors Coup	21st Improvisation	28th Tollemache 3NT
Feb 2018	7th Devil's coup	14th End Play	21st Congress 3NT	28th 3NT Play problem
Jan 2018		10th NICKO pre-empt	17th Congress slam 1	24th Congress slam 2	31st Congress Slam 3
Dec 2017	6th A curiosity	13th Ben Franks Grand	20th Ben Franks Lead	27th A suit play
Nov 2017	1st Sacrifice	8th Deva Charity Event	15th Cheadle Mixed	22nd Lancs Pairs	29th Lancs Teams
Oct 2017	4th League Play	11th League bid	18th Both minors	25th NBL Inference
Sep 2017	6th NBL Lead	13th Bolton Defence	20th League Defence	27th Mixed results
Aug 2017	2nd Michelle Memorial	9th Trump Coup		23rd Northern Bridge League	30th More NBL
July 2017	5th Extra trick			26th Llandudno
June 2017	7th Make this slam	14th Online Bridge	21st Your lead	28th Corwen Defence
May 2017	3rd MBC Slam	10th Higson Cup 3NT	17th Higson Cup Grand	24th Slam fork	31st Bridge in Salford
Apr 2017	5th Surrogacy	12th Pairs vs Teams	19th Pseudo End Play	26th Your lead
Mar 2017	1st Goldstone Slam	8th Non-technical line	15th Freak hand	22nd Find the Lady	29th Six-six
Feb 2017	1st Lead direction	8th Compete part scores	15th The three level	22nd Defence problem
Jan 2017	4th 6C Bid and play	11th Congress Slam	18th League Game	25th Gold Cup Grand
Dec 2016	7th Slam in fourth suit	14th Beer card	21st Xmas puzzle	28th New Year puzzle
Nov 2016	2nd Direct Route	9th More suit plays	16th Don't give up	23rd Bid and play	30th Psyche
Oct 2016		12th Duplication	19th Defensive unblock	26th Endplay
Sep 2016	7th Pairs Defence	14th Psychology	21st Poor bridge	28th Unblocking
Aug 2016	3rd Trump End Play	10th Slam Lead	17th 800	24th 1100	31st 3NT with 4-4 fit
July 2016	6th Welsh Bridge	13th Llandudno	20th 6NT play	27th En passant
June 2016	1st Slam Try	8th University Bridge	15th Tuesday Bridge	22nd Pachabo overtrick	29th Slam play
May 2016	4th Long sequence	11th RKCB with void	18th More RKCB	25th IMP Pairs
Apr 2016	6th Sixteen point game	13th Easter bridge	20th Four-Three fit	27th Six-Six hand
Mar 2016	2nd Inferences and end play	9th Make the overtrick	16th A lead problem	23rd Two suit plays	30th The wrong slam
Feb 2016	3rd Simple technique	10th Six, five, come alive	17th Which small card?	24th The dark blue card
Jan 2016	6th Which game?	13th The last guess	20th Nine card suit	27th An intricate sequence
Dec 2015	2nd Precarious trumps	9th Classy sequence	16th Distribution inference	23rd Cheadle cross ruff
Nov 2015	4th Endplay choice	11th Spooky bridge	18th Third round control	25th Surprise gain
Oct 2015	7th A direct route	14th Breaking Blackwood rules	21st Crockfords slams	28th Textbook deal
Sep 2015	2nd 8410 hands	9th A suit combination	16th A critical defence	23rd Premier League in Manchester	30th Which squeeze
Aug 2015				26th Choice of slams

Fall Nationals

Micahel Byrne is playing in Austin, Texas in the American Fall Nationals with the Leslie team (Tim Leslie, Ollie Burgess, Mike Bell, Ben Norton) In the main teams event, the Soloway, they qualified from the Swiss for the knockout phase. In the round of 32 they beat the strong Moss team ( Moss/Lee, Nowosadzki/ Kalita, Lauria/Versace) by 44 imps and in the round of 16 they had a narrower, but equally impressive, win against Amoils, Hanlon, Bessis, Lorenzini, Del Monte and Kolesnik by 22 imps. Results can be found on the ACBL web site. They will play Palma in the quarter finals today (30th November).

Diana Ackerman

We are sorry to report the death of Diana Ackerman after a short illness towards the end of November. Diana appeared on the Manchester bridge scene in 1983 when she came here from Canada. She played avidly and was good enough to win the Higson (then Infirmary) Cup in 1991. Some time after that she transferred her allegiance to Lancashire and played mainly in the Bolton/Bury area. Recently, however, she started playing more including participating in the Manchester league and congress. She was featured in the deal of the week column earlier this year where she played a grand slam well to earn a joint top.

Tollemache - Manchester Qualify

The qualifying tournament for the inter county teams of eight took place on November 13-14th on RealBridge. Congratulations to the Manchester team of Michael Byrne/Alec Smalley, Alan Mould/Rodney Lighton, John Holland/Gary Hyett, Andrew Woodcock/Catherine Draper who won their group of 16 counties. After a poorish day on Saturday which left the team in equal sixth place a change of rooms for two of the pairs had a dramatic effect and the team won most of their matches by large margins to climb to just above Devon. All four pairs were well plus on the cross imps. Results are on the EBU web site.

The final will be face to face in Warwick on February 19/20th.

Goldstone Trophy

All the round of 32 matches have now been completed before the deadline, congratulations to the winning teams and to the captains for arranging in time. The top two seeds St Titus and Morris have also won their round of 16 matches.

Manchester Congress 2022

Manchester's flagship event will be held online on RealBridge on 8-9th January.

Championship Pairs (including Mixed, Mens, Ladies, non-expert) on Saturday.

Championship Teams on Sunday.

Single session Improvers events on both days.

Click here for more information and an entry form

Please e-mail information for the site to Rodney Lighton

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