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Deal
of the Week Higson Cup and Plate
The
draw for round 2 of the Higson Cup has been made and is on
the Cup page. The tie of the round is Michael Byrne's
St Titus against current league leaders Justin Hackett's
Mutton Madras. The draw for the plate will be made
next week when the outstanding matches in the first round of
the cup have been played.
John Buck From
the late sixties through to the early eighties the
Manchester team of Bernard Goldenfield, Denis Robson, John
Buck and Raymond Semp were one of the finest in the
North. They reached the Gold Cup final in 1983 after
which John Buck retired from competitive bridge. We
are sorry to report that John died recently. Click here for
an obituary written by his long time partner and
friend Raymond Semp.
Tollemache Qualifier Congratulations
to the Manchester team Tom
Slater/Alec Smalley, Catherine Draper/Andrew Woodcock,
John Holland/John Hassett, Michael Byrne/Rhona
Goldenfield who qualified in the
inter county teams of eight at Daventry on 16-17th
November, winning their group comfortably.
All four pairs were positive on cross-IMPs with John and
John the best of our pairs. Results are on the EBU
web site.
Manchester
will now play in the final in February against Middlesex,
Devon, Cambs & Hunts, Kent, Surrey, Berks & Bucks
and Gloucestershire.
Online Entries for Competitions There
is now a bridgewebs web site for entering Manchester
competitions online and which will also have the detailed
results of any competitions played.
It
can be accessed at www.bridgewebs.com/manchesterevents
It has the entry forms for the Ben Franks Trophy and the Manchester Congress (Main and Jack high events). Premier League The
third and final weekend of the English Premier League took
place on 9-10th Nov in Solihull. Manchester players
involved were Ollie Burgess, Jeff Morris, John Hassett,
Catherine Draper, Andrew Woodcock in Jeff Morris's team in
division 1, Michael Byrne in Tim Leslie's team and John
Holland and Alan Mould in Sandra Penfold's team in
division 2, Peter Foster, John Roberts and Peter Jones in
Peter Foster's team in division 3 and Josh Clarke and
Henry Bissell in the Junior team in division 3.
The
Leslie and Penfold teams were first and second in division
two and are promoted for next season, the other teams with
Manchester involvement did less well, but Josh Clarke did
well on cross IMPs.
Results
are on the EBU web site.
EBU Seniors Congress In
the Seniors at Daventry over the weekend of November 1st to
3rd Rhona Goldenfield and Raymond Semp finished third in the
A Final with Gary Hyett playing with Alan Cooke
fourth. Congratulations to all, results are on the EBU
web site.
Intermediate Pairs Thirty
pairs took part in the Intermediate Pairs at Altrincham on
Sunday 3rd November. Prizes were awarded at two
levels, Intermediate and Less Experienced. Thanks to
Karen Jones for organising and to Joan Lewis for
directing. Detailed results are on the Altrincham web
site.
League and Higson Cup The
league and Higson Cup are now well under way, with matches
having been played in all but one of the league divisions
and some first round matches in the Higson Cup. Follow
the links on the league page to see league results or go to
the EBU knockout page for the Higson Cup results.
The
first division of the league has been the busiest so far,
with Justin Hackett's Mutton Madras setting the early pace
with two big wins and a draw.
Robert Jones Lancashire Congress In
the Lancashire Congress at Preston Bridge Club on 26-27th
October, John Currie and Rodney Lighton won the Swiss Pairs
by a good margin, winning all their matches. In the
Swiss Teams Paul Beckwith, Andy Green, Stephen Ward and Paul
Morrell were second. Results are on the Lancashire web site.
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