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Latest News and Upcoming Events
Deal of the WeekMCBA AGMThe annual general meeting of the MCBA will be held on Thursday 26th May at 19.00 online on zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89662701674?pwd=VUg5Sm1VZkR3eXFGaWFSK0pCMkFldz09 All welcome. Documents for the AGM can be found on the documents page. There are several vacancies most notably tournament secretary, but also schools liaison and vice chair. There will also be elections for match secretary and selection committee. League UpdateThe Manchester League has been running over the winter with most matches being played online but some face to face. In division one congratulations to Inverted Minors (David Barton, Rhona Goldenfield, Joy & Irving Blakey) who have won ahead of Kath Nelson's Agamemnon (with Jeff Morris, John Hassett and Trevor Ward). This is David's first win in the league; Irving and Joy last won the league in 1990. In division two congratulations to Proteus (David Audley, Bob Cooke, Ian Kane, Howard Kay and Neil Thomas) who have won, second place went to Roger Hopton's New Connections. Congratulations to AZ Stars who have won division three. The team is Barbara Drewery, Claire Freeman, David Milne, Nigel Morgan, Alison Morgan-Milnes and Debbie Townsend. Ted Cadman's Midland Railway team were a close second. Division four has been won by Manchester Misfits (Nigel Howarth, Hannah Hutchinson, Enid Noronha and Ron Lowe) who just pipped Allsorts in the final match. Congratulations also to Revolver (Adrian Shiers, Jeffrey Bor, Jonathan Berg and Howard Rosemarine) who have won division five. Points for the league have been entered on the Player of the Year spreadsheet. ObituariesI have added a new page to the web site which links to obituaries in the archive files. The page is accessible from the home page via the link just to the right of the 2022 archive link. Garden CitiesCongratulations to the Manchester Bridge Club team who have qualified for the National Final of the Garden Cities team of eight event by finishing fourth in the Northern regional heat on May 8th. The team was Dave Debbage/Eve Lighthill, John Hassett/Jeff Morris, Andrew Woodcock/Paul Murray, Irene Davies/Karen Reissmann. Results are on the EBU web site. Intermediate PairsA face to face return of the popular MCBA intermediate pairs events. This single session event is intended for inexperienced players, limited to below the rank of Regional Master and NGS 10 and below. EBU membership is not required (no masterpoints will be awarded). Click here for flyer. Click here for the Manchester Events site for online entry form. Ian PendleburyWe are sorry to report the death of Ian Pendlebury at the age of 72. Ian was a very active player when he was younger, reaching the rank of Grand Master and winning a couple of national competitions (the National Masters pairs with Pauline Rudolf and the Silver Plate with David Smith). He played for Staffordshire in county events at that time often with David Smith. Latterly, after playing little for a while, he returned to play mainly with Chris Barnard at Bramhall, also in Mike Hart's league team. He had no close family. Green Point Swiss TeamsThe Green Point Swiss Teams will be held face to face on Sunday 31st July at Altrincham starting at 11 am. The entry is limited to 18 teams to allow adequate spacing. Click here for more information. Enter via the Manchester Events web site. Schapiro Spring FoursomesThe Schapiro Spring Fours double elimination tournament took place from Friday 29th April to Tuesday 4th May in Warwick. Manchester players involved were John Holland and Gary Hyett in the Penfold team and Michael Byrne in the Knottenbelt team. Josh Clarke, Nicholas Greer and Phil Taylor played in the Taylor team. All the Manchester teams lost in the main competition in round 4 with the Taylor team having done exceptionally well to get that far. The Knottenbelt team won the Punchbowl, the secondary event. Results are on the EBU web site. The final stages will be on BBO vugraph. Club TD Training at Stretford Bridge ClubThe EBU is running a series of one day courses for club tournament directors at Stretford Bridge Club 66, Derbyshire Lane, M32 8BL
Price £62.50 per session for EBU members, £69 for non-EBU members To book courses call Lisa Miller on 01296 317217
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