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Deal
of the Week Northern
Bridge League Round Two
The
second round of the Northern Bridge League took
place on Saturday 17th August with two Manchester
teams in the A division at Brierfield, one in the B
division at Altrincham and two in the C division at
Bradford.
The
Manchester teams in the A division finished fifth
and sixth respectively, fortunately the Manchester 1
team did not lose much ground on the two Yorkshire
teams who are leading the division. The teams
were Rhona Goldenfield/John Holland, Rodney
Lighton/John Currie, Tom Slater/Alec Smalley, Pete
Foster/John Roberts and Eddie Thornton-Chan/Tony
Hodgson, Paul Beckwith/Andy Green, Joy & Irving
Blakey, Kath & Alan Nelson. Paul &
Andy, Pete & John and Tom & Alec all scored
well on cross IMPs.
In
the B division the Manchester team won convincingly
but remain second overall behind Yorkshire, these
two teams are way ahead of the rest. The
Manchester team was Joyce Jones/Joyce White, David
Fussell/Roger Hopton, Eve Lighthill/Howard Kay,
Howard Stubbings/Dhun Daji. Leading the cross
IMP rankings for the whole division were Joyce &
Joyce with Howard & Dhun second.
The
Manchester teams in the C division finished fifth
equal on the day. The Manchester 1 team
remains top of the league with the Manchester 2 team
now third. The teams were Rod Franks/Ann
Thornton, Gordon Bickley/Ann Farquhar, Paul
Murray/Peter Grauer, Gil Fletcher/Richard Acaster
and Phillip Hayward/Nigel Catterall, Tricia
Blum/Simon Townsend, Harold Weinstock/Pearl Epstein,
Vivienne Newgrosh/Karen Sandler. Rod &
Ann, Gordon & Ann were the best pairs on cross
IMPs.
Click here for the NBL web site
for detailed results.
 Division
B at Altrincham Bridge Club
A
new venue for the NBL
League and Cup Entries Close 20th August Entries
close for these two competitions has been extended
to midnight on Tuesday 20th August. Please go
to the league page for an entry form and more
details.
EBU Summer Congress In
the mid-week Seniors Pairs at Eastbourne on 6th
August, Alan Nelson playing with former Manchester
player Bill Hirst was second in the A final, with
Kath Nelson and Rhona Goldenfield sixth. John
Holland won the B final with Alan Cooke.
Gary
Hyett won the Mixed Pivot Teams on 7th August with
Brian Senior, Ros Wolfarth and Sue Millard; Rhona
Goldenfield, Kath and Alan Nelson were third with
David Dickson.
In
the Senior Swiss Teams on 7-8th August John
Holland's team won, Gary Hyett's team were third.
John
Holland and Rhona Goldenfield were second in the
Mixed Pairs on 8th August.
Michael
Byrne was second in the Brighton Bowl with Kieran
Dyke, Barry Myers and Sally Brock over the final
weekend.
Congratulations
to all. Results are on the EBU web site.
Preston Blue Point Swiss Pairs Several
Manchester pairs competed in this event on Sunday
4th August. Rodney Lighton and John Currie
were best placed finishing third. Full results
are on the Preston Club site.
EBU Scarborough Summer Congress In
the Senior's pairs on July 24-25th John Holland and
Jackie Pye were second, Paul Murray and Peter Grauer
were first equal in the B final.
Congratulations to both pairs. In the teams on
July 26th John and Jackie won the B final with Bill
Hirst and Jeremy Dhondy. Full results are on
the EBU web site.
The
following selections have been made for the NBL in
August.
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