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Deal of the Week
Chester Bowl The annual charity
event at Deva Bridge Club on Sunday 14th October was well attended with
many Manchester participants. The qualifying section was won by
Pauline Lang and Steve Mattinson with Gary Hyett and Peter Carey-Yard
second and Mohamed and Mariam Jabber third. In the final Keith
Boulton and Nigel Pearce were second with Rodney Lighton and John
Currie third. Full results are on the Deva web site.
North Wales Swiss Pairs Manchester players
were out in force at Northop on Sunday 7th October. In second
place was John Holland playing with Jackie Pye, Gary Hyett was third
playing with Dan Crofts, Pauline Lang and Alan Barnes were fourth equal
with Josh Clarke and Paul Murray. Full results are on the North Wales site.
Northern Bridge League Manchester just
failed to win all three divisions on Saturday October 6th. They
won convincingly in the A and B divisions, but lost on a split tie to
Yorkshire NW in the C division.
At Bolton in the A
division Manchester pulled away from Yorkshire 2 with a strong
performance. The team was John Holland/Gary Hyett, Michael
Newman/Alan Mould, John Roberts/Pete Foster, Rodney Lighton/John
Currie. The Manchester 2
team of Kath & Alan Nelson. David Barton/Leslie Klein, Max
Sampson/John Stell, Richard Acaster/David Olliver finished sixth.
On the cross IMPs John and Gary headed the division with Alan and
Michael second. Leslie and David and Pete and John also did well.
At Bradford in the B division the Manchester team of Eve Lighthill/Sam Herman, Chris Hine/Stephen Ward, Nicholas Greer/John Parsons, Gillian McMullan/Neil Thomas also won convincingly. Eve and Sam headed the cross IMPs with all the pairs positive. At Leeds in the C division Manchester C1 were fourth on the day which meant that they tied overall with Yorkshire NW. Yorkshire NW however, beat them in the head to head over the four dates, so are winners. The team was Steve Mattinson/Rod Franks, Roger Hopton/David Fussell, Paul Murray/Peter Grauer, Herbert Potts/Sylvia Massey. The Manchester C2 team were sixth and finished seventh overall. The team was Harold Weinstock/Pearl Epstein, Daniel Kelsall/Wei Che Tham, Karen Jones/Barbara Eastabrook, Phillip Hayward/Nigel Caterall. Herbert and Sylvia, Daniel and Wei Che, Harold and Pearl and Steve and Rod all did well on the cross IMPs. Thanks to all players for supporting the county teams throughout the season. We hope to have a few of the events in the Manchester area next year. Results are on the NBL web site, you may need to do a refresh (F5) to see them. Lesley Johnson We are sorry to
report the death of Lesley Johnson on the first of October. Click here for an
obituary.
 Lesley Johnson Other obituaries are
on the Manchester and Cheadle Hulme Bridge Club web sites.
Lesley's funeral will be on Thursday October 18th at 15.15, the Rowan Chapel, Stockport Crematorium. Great Northern Swiss Pairs John Holland playing
with Clive Owen of the North East retained the trophy at Leeds on
29-30th September. Kath & Alan Nelson were fourth equal,
Daniel Kelsall & Wei Che Tham were 13th, winning the C category
prize and coming second in the B category. Congratulations to
all, results are on the EBU web site.
Lancashire Mixed Pairs Congratulations to
Ian Kane and Barbara Eastabrook who won the Lancashire Mixed Pairs at
Poulton on Sunday 23rd September.
Results are on the Lancashire web site. World Bridge Series The World Bridge
Series is taking place in Orlando from 21st September to 6th
October. Michael Byrne is playing with Mike Bell in the
Lilienstein team.
For results click here. Some matches will be on BBO.
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