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Deal of the Week
Tollemache - Manchester Qualify The inter counties
teams of eight qualifying weekend took place on 17-18th Novenber at
Daventry. After a ruling involving a match between Middlesex and
Sussex Manchester finished second in their group qualifying for the
sixth year in a row. The Manchester
team was John Holland/John Hassett,
Michael Byrne/Michael Newman, Catherine Draper/Andrew Woodcock, Alan
Mould/Gary Hyett. John Holland and John
Hassett
headed the cross IMPs for their group, the other three pairs
were negative on
the cross IMPs. The final is in February.
Pendle Witch Pairs John Stell and Tracy
Capal won at Brierfield on Sunday 11th November, also doing well were
Christopher Hine and Stephen Ward who were fourth winning the B
category prize. Full results are on the Brierfield web site.
Northern League Trophies If any members of the
A or B team would like the trophies for winning the Northern League to
be displayed at their house for the coming year please contact the match secretary.
They have both been engraved.
Autumn Intermediate Pairs 19 pairs played at
Altrincham on November 4th. Players had an enjoyable afternoon,
with Angela Ashleigh and Wendy Burton winning ahead of Sally Bray and
George Leigh with Elaine Preece and Peter Butterworth in third place.
Thanks to Barbara Lewis for organising and to Joan Lewis for directing.
Detailed results are on the Altrincham Club web site. Higson Cup and Plate Adam Wiseberg has
taken over the running of the cup and plate from Kath Nelson.
Please see the cup page for details of the latest draw. Thanks to
Kath for running these events for several years.
The Manchester league
has been running for a couple of months now and, with most teams having
played at least a couple of matches, the league tables are beginning to
take shape.
In division one Michael Byrne's St Titus team are off to a good start with two big wins, Justin Hackett's Mutton Madras, Alec Smalley's Grasshoppers and Kath Nelson's Agamemnon are in second to fourth place some way behind. In division two Proteus (Frank Brown) and New Connections (Roger Hopton) are the early leaders. Ray Ashleigh's Manchester A team lead division three with two good wins. David Milne's Astrazeneca Stars lead in division four, closely followed by Bev Pardoe's Chorlton Challengers. In Division five Maggie McPhillips' Biddables lead, but have only played one match, in second place are Heather Saunders' Enigmas. Division six has only had one match played so far. In division seven Ruff Diamonds (Peter Shakespeare) have won their only match 30-0, Ashton United ( Sheila Wimbleton) have had two good wins to lie second. Lancashire Congress
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