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Deal
of the Week Seniors Trials
Trials
for the England team to play in the Teltscher Trophy (Senior
Camrose) take place from 14-15th December in Solihull.
Alan Mould and John Holland are playing in the Mossop
team. Results will be on the EBU web site and matches
will be shown on BBO.
Tollemache Final Team The
following team has been selected to represent Manchester in
the inter-counties team of eight final in February.
Andrew
Woodcock/Catherine Draper, John Holland/John Hassett, Alan
Mould/Michael Byrne, Tom Slater/Alec Smalley. NPC
Rhona Goldenfield, reserve Michael Newman.
League and Higson Cup The
leaders in each division are displayed on the league page
of this site. In division one Michael Byrne's St
Titus are winning on average VPs, but they have only
played one match, so Justin Hackett's Mutton Madras in
second place with an average of 20 VPs provide a more
realistic state of affairs. In division four Monton
Misfits have started with two maximum wins, but The Four
Dummies are not far behind with three good wins.
Ben Franks The
Ben Franks pairs took place at Manchester Bridge Club on
Sunday 1st December. This is Manchester's
qualification event for the Corwen Trophy with the top four
Manchester pairs qualifying. This year non Manchester
pairs were allowed to play, resulting in a much increased
entry of 31 pairs. Thanks to John Roberts for
organising and to Henry Bissell for directing. The
winners were David Stevenson and Paddy Murphy from
Merseyside and North Wales. Top Manchester pair were
Alan Mould and John Holland in second place with the other
Manchester Corwen qualifiers being Peter Foster and John
Roberts, Christopher Hine and Stephen Ward, Joy and Irving
Blakey. The handicap prize went to Sheila Wimbleton
and Christine Richardson.
Detailed
results can be found on the Manchester Events web site
European Open Trials The
second stage of the European Open trials took place from
22nd-24th November at Derby. Congratulations to
Michael Byrne who
played with Kieran Dyke of London. They won
the trial, leading throughout most of the weekend, only
losing two of fifteen matches. They now progress to
the third and final stage of the trial in London in January
where the seven pairs who qualified from the second weekend
will join three exempted pairs.
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