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Deal of the WeekWorld ChampionshipsThe World Open championships take place in Wroclaw, Poland from 19th August to 3rd September. John Holland and Alan Mould are playing in the Senior Pairs and Senior Teams (in the Penfold team), you can see results here. Some matches will be on BBO vugraph. Eastbourne EBU Summer MeetingA somewhat cut down version of the EBU summer meeting took place from 11th-14th August. In the Swiss Teams on Friday 12th Michael Byrne playing with Kieran Dyke, Tom Townsend and Ben Norton came second. In the Swiss Pairs on Saturday and Sunday Michael came fourth playing with Kieran. Nichola Greer and Phillip Taylor won the Saturday Fast Pairs. Results are on the EBU web site. Learning Bridge Click here for a spreadsheet detailing teachers and lessons in the Manchester area NICKOCongratulations to the Cheadle Hulme A team who won the much delayed final of the 2020 NICKO at Coventry against a Young Chelsea team on 1st August. The team was Michael Byrne, David Barton, Gary Hyett and John Holland with Raymond Semp and the late Michael Newman in earlier rounds. They won five of the six sets to win by over 40 IMPs and were never behind in the match. They had previously beaten teams from Chester, Basingstoke and Cheltenham and a strong Cambridge team in the semi-finals. This was the first win in this competition for David, a second for Michael and Gary and a third for John.  Michael Byrne, David Barton, Gary Hyett and John Holland Green Point Swiss TeamsThe Green Point Swiss Teams was held face to face on Sunday 31st July at Altrincham, attracting an entry of fifteen teams. Rodney Lighton and Michael Byrne played with Sally Brock and Barry Myers from London as they did last year, when they finished fourth. This year they swapped partnerships with Michael playing with Sally and Rodney playing with Barry. This worked well, they won all their matches and only conceded one major swing all day to win by a good margin. Second were Phil Taylor, Peter Grauer, Nicholas Greer and Neil Thomas a match behind. In third place were the Lancahire team of Mike Tomlinson, Bob Loveridge, David Costich and Nick Sutcliffe, with Bob Brown, Pravin Tailor, Sue McIntosh and Phil Cooper the top ranked non-experts. Thanks to Rhona Goldenfield for organising, to MCBA members who helped set and clear up and to Stuart Davies for directing ably. Results are on the Manchester Events website.
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