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Deal of the Week
Easter Festival In the Easter
Festival at Ilkley John Holland and Jackie Pye finished third in both
the Mixed Pairs and the Swiss Pairs. Full results are on the EBU
web site.
Goldstone This year's final
will be between St Titus (Michael Byrne) and New Connections (Roger
Hopton). New Connections did well to beat Jeff Morris in a close
semi-final. The winning team will represent Manchester in the
inter county Pachabo competition in June.
League (19th Apr) Most divisions are
now completed or near completion. Congratulations to those who
won their divisions or are promoted.
In division one Michael Byrne's St Titus team have won, winning all their matches. Kath Nelson's Agamemnon are second. In division two the final match between Proteus (Frank Brown) and Manchester S (Kevin Comrie) will decide who is promoted alongside Eve Lighthill's DASH. DASH are promoted despite winning four and losing five matches. In division three Petersfield (Eddie Thornton-Chan) have won with Alan Tranter's Hindsight Convention second. In division four Astrazeneca Stars (David Milne) have won just ahead of Chorlton Challengers (Bev Pardoe). Ray Hill's Monton Misfits won division five unbeaten, Adam Wiseberg's lastminute.bid won their last match well to finish second. In division six 4 Bridgemates (Margaret Harris) need a handful of VPs in their final match against the bottom team to ensure promotion. John Berry's Double Trouble are currently second and will be promoted. In division seven there is an intriguing situation, the final match between Ruff Diamonds (Peter Shakespeare) and Ashton United (Sheila Wimbleton) will decide who is promoted along with Larkhill-1, unless it is a 15-15 draw in which case there will be a triple tie between those two teams and Larkhill-1 (Estelle Megitt). Michael Clarke We are sorry to
report that Michael Clarke died on 17th April of pancreatic
cancer. Michael was a long standing member of the MCBA. He
was primarily a rubber bridge player but had been a member of Kath
Nelson's Agamemnon league team for many years, playing with Martin
Braid until Martin's death a few years ago and then with Jeff
Morris. The team always placed well in the league, winning in
2007 and finishing second this year. Michael was also on the
Goldstone Trophy winning team in 2007 and won the Gazette Trophy a
couple of times on Manchester Bridge Club teams. In 1982 he won
the National Masters Pairs with Jeremy Wyndham. Our condolences
to his wife and family.
Preston Blue Point Pairs Nearly half the field
were Manchester players at Preston on 14th April. Best Manchester
result was achieved by John Holland with Jackie Pye who were
second. Jeff
Morris and John Hassett were third. Results are on the Preston site.
Lady Milne Catherine Draper
played for England in the women's home internationals in Ireland on the
weekend of April 12th-14th with Susanna Gross, Sally Brock, Gilly
Cardiff, Nicola Smith and Yvonne Wiseman. England won the
competition with Catherine and Susanna heading the Butler
rankings. The event web
site is here.
Teltscher Trophy John Holland played
for England Seniors on the weekend of April 5th-7th in the home
internationals in Edinburgh. The rest of the team was Norman
Selway, Paul Hackett, Gunnar Halberg and David Mossop. England
won by a large margin, with John and Norman second in the Butler
rankings. The event website
is here.
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