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Deal of the Week
Goldstone The draw for this
year's Goldstone Trophy is on the Goldstone page. The winning
team will represent Manchester in the Pachabo Trophy in June, where
Manchester hope to keep up their excellent run of 2nd,1st, 2nd, 2nd,
1st in the last five years.
Northern League Manchester teams
played the second round of four of the Northern league on Saturday 11th
August at Bradford, Leeds and Bradford in the A, B and C divisions
respectively. In the C Division Manchester 1 won again to
increase their lead, Manchester 2 improved
their position compared to the previous round. In the A
division Manchester 2 did well to finish second on the day ahead of
Manchester 1, Manchester 1 actually increased their lead at the top of
the table. Unfortunately in the B division Manchester had a poor
day and dropped to fourth overall.
Teams were A Division: Manchester 1 John Holland/Alan Mould, John Currie/Rodney Lighton, Irving & Joy Blakey, Alec Smalley/Michael Newman. Manchester 2 Kath & Alan Nelson, Raymond Semp/Henry Bissell, Nicholas Greer/John Parsons, John Roberts/Pete Foster. John and Alan topped the cross-IMPs with Raymond and Henry, John and Pete, Alec and Michael also doing well. B Division: Eve Lighthill/Howard Kay, Andy Green/David Sarabowski, Steve Mattinson/Rod Franks, Jeanne & Ron Bayly. Steve and Rod were our best pair on cross-IMPs. C Division: Manchester 1 Stephen Ward/Michael Wymer, Victor Ridding/Mary Green, Elena & Marcelo Rosenbaum, Phillip Taylor/Josh Clarke. Manchester 2 George Leigh/John Moran, Wei Che Tham/Daniel Kelsall, Gordon Bickley/Ann Farquhar, Sally Bray/Judith Dunkerley. Elena and Marcelo, Gordon and Ann, Phillip and Josh, Stephen and Michael, Victor and Mary were all positive on cross-IMPs. All results are on the NBL web site (may need a refresh F5 to see latest results) Preston Blue Point Pairs Several Manchester
pairs participated at Preston on Sunday 5th August.
Congratulations to Rod Franks and Ann Thornton who finished second,
also doing well were Janet Tolan and Andy Green in fourth place and
Daniel Kelsall and Wei Che Tham who were sixth. Results are on
the Preston
web site.
League 2018-19 All the leagues have
now been set up, see the league page for details. There are 69
teams entered this year, a slight increase on last year.
Scarborough Summer Congress Congratulations to
John Holland who won the teams at Scarborough on the 27th July with
Jackie Pye, Jeremy Dhondy and Bill Hirst and to Gary Hyett who was
third in the Seniors Pairs on 26th July with Alan Cooke. Gary and
Alan were also third in the Swiss Pairs on 28-29th July.
Green Point Teams There was a full
house at Altrincham for the Green Point Teams on Sunday 22nd July,
including visitors from the US and Australia. However, the
winners were the Southport team of Roger Allison, Peter Richmond, Bill
& Liz Wattleworth who won their last two matches against
illustrious opposition to finish ahead of Bernard & Rhona
Goldenfield, Joy & Irving Blakey, with Karen McCallum, Axel
Johannsson, Alan Mould and Michael Newman third.
Thanks to Rhona Goldenfield and colleagues for organising, Rob Dixon and Joan Lewis for directing. Detailed results are on the Altrincham and Manchester Bridge Club web sites.
Michelle Brunner Memorial Sixteen teams played
a mixed pivot Swiss Teams at Manchester Bridge Club in aid of Christie
Hospital and St Ann's Hospice on Saturday 21st July. Over
£1860 was raised for the charities. Winners were John
Holland, Alan Mould, Jackie Pye and Jeff Smith well ahead of Sally
Brock, Michael Newman, Rodney Lighton and Axel Johannsson. A full
report and results are on the Manchester
Bridge Club web site.
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