Deal of the Week
League, Goldstone and Cup Update (Jan 10th)
In division one of the league Mutton Madras (Justin Hackett
et al) have taken a good lead with five wins including a good
win against St Titus (Michael Byrne) who are in second
place. Hindsight Convention (Andy Burnett et al) lead
division two with two wins. In division three
lastminute.bid (Judith Dunkerley et al) also lead with two
wins. More matches have been played in division four
where The Randoms (Kit Butterwoth et al) have won three
matches, the table is headed by Overtrick Lunatics, who have
won their only match. The two Newcomers leagues have yet
to have any matches played.
In the Goldstone all the first round matches have been
played, with the upset of the round being Silver and Black
(Phil Taylor) beating The Griffins (Jeff Morris).
In the Higson Cup it has been a slow start with only one
match having been played. Results can be seen via the
links on the league, Goldstone and cup pages.
Teltscher Trials
The trials for the England Senior Team took place in York
from 10-12th January. John Holland played with Jackie
Pye of Lancashire. They finished fifth in a field of 12
pairs. Results are on the EBU web site.
Manchester Online Weekend
The loss of the booked venue for the Manchester Congress
meant that the event was run as an online weekend on
RealBridge on 4-5th January.
36 pairs entered the Saturday event, 10 of whom were
Manchester pairs with a handful of Manchester players also
playing with partners from outside the county.
Congratulations to the winners, Dido Coley and Lily Kearney
who play on the England U26 women's team. In second
place about three and a half percent behind were Alan Hayward
and Alan Jarvis who were the leading Men's pair. Highest
place Manchester player was Gary Hyett who was third playing
with Ros Wolfarth of Sussex. They are mixed pairs
winners. Tracy Sherman and Chris Child in sixth place
were leading Ladies pair. Highest placed pair registered
to MCBA were Eve Lighthill and Barbara Lewis in twelfth
position.
Twelve teams entered on Sunday. The event was run as
all play all with four board rounds. Winners were the
Devon team of Harry Anoyrkatis, Stefan Lindors, Jim Grant and
Jesper Rundin who were comfortably ahead of Paul Hackett,
Diego Brenner, John Sansom and David Debbage. Third
place went to the Manchester team of John Hassett, Jeff
Morris, Raymond Semp and Royce Alexander.
Detailed results can be found on Oliver Cowan's website.
The Player of the Year spreadsheet has been updated, Rodney
Lighton and Tom Dessain lead in the expert category with
Raymond Semp and John Hassett getting closer. In the
non-expert category Karen Jones and Barbara Eastabrook have a
small lead over Richard Acaster.
Thanks to Barbara Lewis and Oliver Cowan for organisation,
Ken Johnston for directing. Hoping to be back face to
face next year!
Click here for
Michael's Congress Quiz.
Click here
for Michael's quiz answers
Winners were Karen Reissmann and friends with 34/40, second
Harry Anoyrkatis and team from Devon, third Lily
Kearney. Congratulations to all.
Gazette Cup
The inter club teams of eight competition will be on Sunday
16th February at St Peter's, Altrincham starting at 11
am. This event qualifies for the EBU's Garden Cities
competition. There will be two sessions with a
refreshment break (bring your own food). Entries from
club secretaries to Irene
Davies (£80 per team).
Cantor Cup
This single session event (~18 boards) for new and
inexperienced players will be held at Manchester Bridge Club
on Sunday 23rd February. Click here for further details.
EBU Year End Congress
Well done to Michael Byrne who was second in the Mixed Pairs
at the Year End Congress, playing with Austrian international
Jovi Smederevac, who will be known to many in Manchester for
her, usually successful, appearances at the Manchester
Congress over the past few years.
Joyce White
We are sorry to report the death of Joyce White on December
25th after a short illness. Joyce was a regular player
at Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme for many years, as well as
participating in National competitions. She mainly
played with her late husband Bill and, after his death in
2018, with Babs Matthews of Cumbria. She won the Higson
Plate and Gazette Trophy a couple of times, innumerable
congress events and was a regular member of Manchester NBL
teams. She amassed a huge number of master points,
eventually reaching the rank of two star Grand Master.
As a player she had an excellent temperament and was a skilful
card player who was always a pleasure to play against.
Our condolences to her family. The funeral will be at
13.45 on Tuesday 21st January at the Rowan Chapel at Stockport
Crematorium and afterwards at the Beijing Restaurant in
Poynton. Those wishing to join the family will be very
welcome and should please let Rachel Hardcastle know, at Rachelhardcastle12@gmail.com
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Tollemache Team
The following team has been selected to play in the Inter
Counties Team of Eight final at Telford on 1st-2nd
February. Alec Smalley/Tom Slater, Tom Dessain/Rodney
Lighton, John Hassett/Alan Mould, Nicholas Greer/Phil Taylor.
