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Deal
of the Week EBU Autumn Congress
Congratulations
to Ollie Burgess who won the Two Stars Pairs at Stratford at
Daventry with Heather Dhondy on 19th October (he also runs
half-marathons). In the teams John Hassett won playing
with Dave Debbage, Paul Hackett and John Sansom.
Full
results are on the EBU web site.
Northern Bridge League 2020 Dates
and provisional venues for the 2020 season are on the calendar
page. Please note that the start time has been brought
forward to 11.30 for 12.00 and the table money will be £13 -
an increase of 50p.
North Wales Green Point Pairs Congratulations
to Rhona Goldenfield who won at Northop on Sunday 13th October
with Jeff Smith of Lancashire. Click here for results.
NBL Manchester Win A and C Divisions Manchester
have won two of the three divisions in this year's Northern
league, congratulations to all those who played.
In
the final matches on Saturday 13th October the Manchester 1
team were first equal at Bolton with the Manchester 2 team
recording their best result of the season finishing
fourth. Manchester increased their lead over Yorkshire 1
from 1 VP to 12 VPs. The Manchester teams were Gary
Hyett/Rodney Lighton, Irving & Joy Blakey, David
Barton/Leslie Klein, John Roberts/Pete Foster and Howard
Stubbings/Dhun Daji, Royce Alexander/Tom Slater, Kath &
Alan Nelson, Rhona Goldenfield/John Stell. Irving and
Joy were our best pair on cross IMPs closely followed by Gary
and Rodney.
At Bradford
the B team finished sixth on the day, but held on to second
place overall. The team was Janet Tolan/Victor Ridding,
Eddie Thornton-Chan, Tony Hodgson, Eve Lighthill/David
Sarabowski, Gillian McMullan/Neil Thomas. Eddie and Tony
were our best pair on cross IMPs.
In the C
division at Preston we had two teams, the Manchester 2 team
finished above the Manchester 1 team in third and sixth place
respectively. However the Manchester 1 team managed to
hold onto the lead overall ahead of Yorkshire NW. The
teams were Adam Wiseberg/Jonathan Engler, Paul Murray/Peter
Grauer, Gil Fletcher/Richard Acaster, Peter Green/Michael
Wymer (1) and Pearl Epstein/Avril Mattinson, Elena &
Marcelo Rosenbaum, Karen Jones/Barbara Eastabrook, Michael
Greaney/Peter Carey-Yard (2). Michael Greaney and Peter
Carey-Yard headed the cross IMPs for the whole division with
the other Michael and Peter also doing well.
The
A and C teams will play in the National League Finals next
summer.
Thanks
to all players who have played for the Manchester teams this
season, the selectors and Michael Byrne, the match captain.
Gold Cup Finals The
finals of Britain's main knock out competition take place in
London over the weekend of 13-14th October. Manchester
participation consists of Alan Mould and John Holland playing
in the Senior team. John and Alan lost a close
semi-final match on Saturday.
Premier League The
first weekend of the English Premier League took place on
5-6th Oct in London. Manchester players involved are
Ollie Burgess, Jeff Morris, John Hassett, Catherine Draper,
Andrew Woodcock in Jeff Morris's team in division 1, Michael
Byrne in Tim Leslie's team and John Holland and Alan Mould in
Sandra Penfold's team in division 2, Peter Foster, John
Roberts and Peter Jones in Peter Foster's team in division 3.
The
Penfold and Leslie teams did well in division two, the other
teams with Manchester involvement have some catching up to do.
Results
are on the EBU web site.
Cumbria & Westmorland GP Pairs Congratulations
to Eddie Thornton-Chan and Tony Hodgson who were second in
this event on Sunday 29th September at Kendal.
Results
are on the Cumbria
web site.
World Championships Silver for Seniors, Bronze for Women The
World Championships were held in Wuhan, China from 14th-28th
September. England had a team in each of the four
events: Open, Women, Mixed and Senior. Manchester
players involved were John Holland and Alan Mould in the
Seniors and Michael Byrne playing with Fiona Brown in the
Mixed and Catherine Draper playing with Gillian Fawcett in
the Women's. Some matches will be on BBO.
Congratulations
to all the England teams who qualified for the knock out
phase. The Open team were seventh, the Women fifth, the
Seniors fourth and the Mixed team won by over a match.
In
the quarter finals, the Open team lost to USA 1 after
leading by a large margin, the Women won comfortably against
Poland, the Seniors scraped a four IMP win against China
with John and Alan playing throughout and the Mixed team won
against Latvia, having been 20 down after the fourth set.
And
then there was one. The Seniors turned their
semi-final against The Netherlands round with an amazing 79
IMP win in the fourth set and won by 77
IMPs. The Women lost heavily to Sweden
conceding with one set to go. The Mixed team have done
very well, but lost a fairly close match to the USA by
28.
In
the Seniors final England lost to Denmark, therefore getting
a silver medal. Congratulations to the team especially
John and Alan who played every board in the knock out phase
and most of the qualifying matches.
The
Women won their bronze medal match in a dramatic finish,
overtaking the Netherlands on the last board, many
congratulations to Catherine and the team.
The
Mixed Team got close to overhauling Romania in the last set
when Michael and Fiona bid and made two slams not bid by the
opponents, but our other pair pressed too hard on a couple
of boards and Romania won by 24. Congratulations to
all the team who have done very well to finish fourth in the
inaugural World Mixed Teams.
 
LCBA Mixed Pairs Congratulations
to Rhona Goldenfield and Jeff Morris who won the Lancashire
Mixed Pairs at Poulton on Sunday 22nd September.
Results
are on the LCBA
web site
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