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Preston Blue Point
Pairs
Congratulations to
Ann Thornton and Mary Green who finished second in the 12 table event
at Preston on Sunday 6th August.
Eastbourne
The EBU's main
congress of the year took place from 4th to 13th August.
In the Swiss Pairs played over the first weekend Alan Nelson and John
Holland were fourth and Kath Nelson and Jeff Smith were eighth.
In the Senior's pairs Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield were second with
John Holland and Alan Nelson third.
Michael Byrne won the GCH Fox pairs with Jonathan Richards.
In the Mixed Pivot Teams John Holland, Peter Jones and Raymond Semp
were second playing with Karen Harris.
Michael Byrne won the Thursday Open Pairs with Karen Harris.
Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield, Alan and Kath Nelson won the Seniors
Swiss Teams.
Michael Byrne and Rhona Goldenfield were second in the Mixed Pairs.
John Holland and Michael Byrne won the point a board teams with Mike
and Sarah Bell.
And finally Michael Byrne rounded off a very successful week by winning
the Four Star Teams with Kieran Dyke, Mike Bell, Sarah Bell and Marion
Robertson.
Senior Swiss Winners
Bernard & Rhona Goldenfield, Kath & Alan Nelson
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Four
Star Teams Winners
Michael
Byrne, Sarah Bell, Kieran Dyke, Marion Robertson, Mike Bell
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Scarborough Summer
Congress
Congratulations to
Joyce and Bill White who won the B teams with Babs Matthews and John
Farmer of Cumbria on Sunday 30th July in the EBU congress.
Full results of the congress are on the EBU web site.
Bill and
Joyce White, Babs Matthews and John Farmer
Derbyshire Match
The annual Manchester
v Derbyshire Match took place on the 30th July at Manchester Bridge
Club. The Manchester players were: Team 1: Joan Lewis & Anne
Jordan / Barbara Eastabrook & Karen Jones, Team 2 : Henry
Bissell & Josh Clarke / Kevin Higgins & Richard Sinton, Team 3
: George Leigh & John Moran / Elena & Marcelo Rosenbaum. After
losing by 54 imps in the first half, Manchester almost regained the
lead, but ended up losing a very friendly match by 5 imps.
Thanks to
Rocky Bullin for directing. Team 1 scored best overall, but
congratulations go to Henry and Josh, the only pair to bid the slam on
the following hand - even if it wasn't text book bidding!
A10xxx
KJx
QJ1098
--
KQJ987
A853
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10x
Thanks to Joan Lewis for the above report
Green Point Swiss
Teams
The Green Point Swiss
Teams was held at Altrincham on Sunday 22nd July. Well done to
winners John Holland, Gillian Whyte, Pat Burrows and Pauline
Lang. Second were Alan Mould, Michael Newman, Toby Nonnenmacher
and Raymond Semp. Thanks to organisers Rhona and Bernard
Goldenfield, directors David Stevenson and Joan Lewis and to Barbara
Eastabrook for providing the photos. The player of the year
spreadsheet has now been updated for this event.
Winners John Holland, Gillian Whyte, Pat Burrows, Pauline Lang
with MCBA Chair Irene Davies
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Second Toby Nonnenmacher, Raymond Semp, Michael Newman, Alan Mould
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Third Peter Boardman, Michael and Sally-Ann Rothwell, Glenda Lloyd
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Fourth John Roberts, John Stell
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Fifth Andy Green, Victor Ridding, Mary Green
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Intermediate winners Judith Dunkerley, Adam Wiseberg, Sally Bray,
Jonathan Engler
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Last round highest score Stephen Ward
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| Pos |
Team |
Players |
Matches |
Wins/
Draws |
Total |
Green
Points |
| 1 |
17 |
Gillian
Whyte & John Holland
Pauline
Lang & Patricia Burrows
|
4 |
13 |
8 |
17 |
19 |
18 |
13 |
5 |
88 |
3.25 |
| 2 |
9 |
Alan
Mould & Michael Newman
Toby
Nonnenmacher & Raymond Semp
|
12 |
15 |
16 |
18 |
17 |
2 |
12 |
6 |
80 |
2.39 |
| 3 |
2 |
Michael
& Sally-ann Rothwell
Peter
Boardman & Glenda Lloyd
|
12 |
14 |
13 |
19 |
3 |
9 |
16 |
5 |
74 |
1.89 |
| 4 |
5 |
Peter
Jones & John Stell
John
Roberts & Peter Foster
|
17 |
12 |
12 |
16 |
14 |
11 |
8 |
6 |
73 |
1.94 |
| 5 |
21 |
Mary
Green & Victor Ridding
Victor
Ridding & Janet Tolan
David
Sarabowski & Andy Green
|
4 |
9 |
9 |
19 |
1 |
16 |
16 |
3 |
70 |
1.00 |
| 6= |
14 |
Stephen
Ward & Christopher Hine
Mohammed
Jabbar & Peter Green
|
6 |
9 |
3 |
19 |
12 |
10 |
16 |
4 |
69 |
0.88 |
| 6= |
15 |
Nicholas
Greer & Neil Thomas
Jean
& Dave Keen
|
8 |
11 |
15 |
16 |
6 |
9 |
12 |
4 |
69 |
1.00 |
| 8 |
18 |
Bernard
& Rhona Goldenfield
Nicola
Smith & Catherine Draper
|
3 |
15 |
7 |
14 |
14 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
68 |
1.00 |
| 9 |
11 |
John
& Catherine Ashworth
Barbara
& Clive Henderson
|
1 |
3 |
9 |
18 |
11 |
15 |
11 |
4 |
67 |
1.00 |
| 10 |
20 |
Eve
Lighthill & Kenneth Hassell
Howard
Kay & Bob Cooke
|
2 |
11 |
17 |
1 |
16 |
11 |
8 |
4 |
64 |
1.00 |
| 11= |
6 |
Howard
Stubbings & Dhun Daji
Rod
Franks & Melvyn Pelham
|
19 |
8 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
11 |
15 |
5 |
63 |
1.13 |
| 11= |
16 |
Tim
& Babs Matthews
Bill
& Joyce White
|
4 |
7 |
4 |
20 |
13 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
63 |
0.63 |
| 13 |
4 |
Liz
Commins & John Hampson
Paddy
Murphy & Mark Weeks
|
16 |
18 |
15 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
12 |
4 |
62 |
1.00 |
| 14= |
7 |
Bill
& Liz Wattleworth
Roger
Allison & Peter Richmond
|
18 |
6 |
16 |
8 |
9 |
17 |
4 |
3 |
60 |
0.75 |
| 14= |
8 |
Kath
Nelson & John Currie
Alan
Nelson & Jeff Smith
|
16 |
14 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
14 |
3 |
60 |
0.75 |
| 16 |
13 |
Marianne
Farr & Mike Nicholson
Kevin
Comrie & Jim Luck
|
6 |
17 |
5 |
12 |
12 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
59 |
0.75 |
| 17 |
12 |
Roger
Hopton & David Fussell
Gillian
McMullan & Irene Davies
|
15 |
5 |
13 |
10 |
16 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
57 |
0.88 |
| 18 |
10 |
Adam
Wiseberg & Jonathan Engler
Sally
Bray & Judith Dunkerley
|
8 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
17 |
20 |
2 |
56 |
0.50 |
| 19 |
26 |
Bob
Loveridge & Nicholas Sutcliffe
Gwen
Beattie & Jeremy Stanforth
|
14 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
18 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
55 |
1.00 |
| 20 |
19 |
Veronica
Petrie & Ian Edwards
Bill
Alston & Andrew Petrie
|
1 |
5 |
14 |
1 |
15 |
3 |
13 |
3 |
51 |
0.75 |
| 21 |
24 |
Stuart
Clarke & Sue Woodcock
Sue
Fjortoft & Nick Woodcock
|
19 |
13 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
13 |
5 |
4 |
50 |
1.00 |
| 22 |
25 |
Bhim
Ruia & Ann Thornton
Kevin
Higgins & Richard Sinton
|
5 |
8 |
18 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
47 |
0.25 |
| 23 |
1 |
Helen
Nightingale & Peter Allison
Helen
Nightingale
Andrea
Mills & David Welsh
|
14 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
13 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
43 |
0.50 |
| 24= |
3 |
Karen
Jones & Barbara Eastabrook
Andrew
Jackson & John Fitzgerald
|
16 |
2 |
11 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
14 |
3 |
40 |
0.75 |
| 24= |
22 |
Gordon
Bickley & Ann Farquhar
Chris
& Jenny Rippin
|
8 |
12 |
5 |
12 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
40 |
0.50 |
| 26 |
23 |
Wynn
Sutherland & Irene Bowers
Dorothy
Mollins & Stephen Dere Molins
|
12 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
12 |
6 |
2 |
32 |
0.50 |
Michelle Brunner
Memorial
The annual charity
Mixed Pivot Teams event was held at Manchester Bridge Club on Saturday
21st July. Over £2000 was raised for Christies and the St.
Ann's Hospice. 21 teams took part with John Morrell, Jim Luck,
Peter Jones and Marianne Farr winning ahead of Kevin and Celia Comrie,
Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield. The Intermediate winners were
Graham Winn, Susan Triggs, Diana Calvert and Hazel Powell. Thanks
to all who participated and to those volunteers who gave freely of time
and effort.
Winners Peter Jones, John Morrell,
Jim Luck, Marianne Farr
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Second Kevin Comrie, Rhona Goldenfield,
Bernard Goldenfield, Celia Comrie
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Intermediate winners Diane Calvert, Hazel Powell,
Susan Triggs, Graham Winn
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Selections
NBL Round 2 19th August
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A1
at Bradford
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A2
at Bradford
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B
at Manchester
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C
at Leeds
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Michael
Byrne (c) - Michael Newman
John Holland - Gary Hyett
Alan Mould - Rodney Lighton
Alan Nelson - Kath Nelson |
David
Barton (c) - Royce Alexander
Joy Blakey - Irving Blakey
Nicholas Greer - John Parsons
Bill White - Joyce White |
Ken
Hassell (c) - Adam Wiseberg
Howard Stubbings - Dhun Daji
Jeanne Bayly - Ron Bayly
Eve Lighthill - Sam Herman |
Ann
Farquhar - Gordon Bickley (c)
Steve Mattinson - Gillian McMullan
Marcelo & Elena Rosenbaum
Irene Davies - Karen Reissmann |
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