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Deal of the Week NBL Selections
The selection
committee has met and selected the following teams for the first two
rounds of the Northern Bridge League.
MiniBridge in Schools Do you have any
contacts in local schools who may be interested in the minibridge
taster sessions, details below. For testimonials click here.
Would you like to end
the school year on a high note,
while giving both staff and pupils an opportunity to acquire a
potential lifelong skill?
If so, we are sponsored by the Manchester County Bridge Association to provide free taster sessions in the simplified version of the card game bridge known as minibridge. All you will need is a hall (or classroom) full of enthusiastic staff and pupils arranged in tables of four players sitting as individuals but playing in pairs North-South against East-West. All other materials will be provided on the day by our authorised schools officer and minibridge instructor. Sessions are roughly two hours long but have often been extended without fuss such is the general level of engagement. Year 4 is the recommended minimum age group. If you would like to take advantage of an end of term offer to bring bridge via minibridge to your school, sponsored by Manchester County bridge association, then please contact Jeff or David, details below. Jeff Morris National
Youth Bridge Consultant
Director, Manchester Bridge Club T: 0161 445 3712 David Adelman Schools
Officer, Manchester County Bridge Association
National Minibridge in Schools Instructor T: 07958 802763 Manchester Win Pachabo Congratulations to
the Manchester team of John Holland, Rodney Lighton, Michael Byrne and
Michael Newman who won the inter-counties teams of four at Bedford on
9-10th June. The team started well on the Saturday, neck and neck
with Hampshire throughout the day, ending second by about 4 VPs.
The Sunday morning session saw Manchester win all five of their matches
by good margins to lead by about 15 VPs. On the Sunday afternoon
Manchester managed to avoid snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
despite losing four of their five matches, fortunately by not too large
margins, to finish just ahead of Nottingham who had a late surge to
push Hampshire into third place. This result continues
Manchester's fine run in the last five
years; first, second,
second, first,
and second.
Full results are on the EBU web site.  John Holland, (Jeremy Dhondy EBU Chairman), Michael Byrne, Rodney Lighton, Michael Newman European Championship The European
Championships take place in Ostend from June 6th to 16th. The
Open event starts on the 6th, the Womens and Seniors Teams on the 10th,
with pairs events from 6th to 9th June. Playing for the England
Women is Catherine Draper with Gillian Fawcett, Sally Brock and Fiona
Brown, Heather Dhondy and Nevena Senior. Click
here for the event web site.
Selections The selection
committee has met and selected the following teams.
Membership Campaign Manchester and
Merseyside & Cheshire counties are working together to organise a
membership campaign starting in the Autumn. The counties are
looking for a Project Officer to lead this campaign. If you are
interested please see this job description and
contact Irene Davies.
Yorkshire Congress Well done to Irene
Davies, Karen Reissmann, Nicholas Greer and Henry Bissell who finished
second in the B final of the teams at Harrogate on 3rd June.
Corwen Congratulations to
John Holland and Alan Mould who won the inter-county pairs event at
Daventry over the weekend of 2nd-3rd
June. They lead virtually throughout to finish just ahead of a
Middlesex pair. This is John's second consecutive win, he won
with Michael Byrne last year. The other Manchester participants
who qualified via the Ben Franks
last December were Eddie Thornton-Chan
& Graham Currie, Phillip Taylor & Ross Allen, Paul Murray &
Peter Grauer. Results are on the
EBU web site.
 NICKO Two Manchester teams
have now reached the quarter finals of the National Inter Club Knock
Out. Cheadle Hulme (Alec Smalley, Tom Slater, John Currie, Rodney
Lighton, Royce Alexander) will play a team from Kent. Manchester
Bridge Club (Michael Byrne, Michael Newman, John Holland, Alan Mould,
Gary Hyett) will play a team from the South-West.
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