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2003 News and Results
Michelle's 50th Michelle Brunner celebrated her 50th birthday with a wonderful party at Manchester Bridge club on New Year's Eve  Camrose and Corn Cairdis England beat Republic of Ireland 58.5 to 28 in the Camrose match and by 189 to 171 in the Corn Cairdis match in Manchester over the weekend of 6-7th December. Read
Boris
Ewart's reports of the Camrose match here
You will need Acrobat reader (free) to read these pdf files. Click here to download Acrobat First match all 30 deals First match deals with significant swings December Newsletter Newsletter Solutions Gold Cup Dave
Debbage's Manchester team (Jeff Morris, Alex Morris, Michael
Newman, Ed Levy and Mike Byrne), did extremely well to reach
the quarter finals of the Gold Cup. Unfortunately they
lost in a close quarter final match at the final weekend at
Peebles on December 12-14th.
Manchester
lost
heavily to Merseyside on 30.11.2003. Details of this
match and the score strangely seem to be a closely guarded
secret but the team selected was B. Lewis, S. Herman, G.
Hull, B. Meakin, M. Costagliola, D. Gray, J. Liebeschutz, J.
Rudolf, R. Jordan, P. Jordan C. Comrie, K. Comrie, J.
Hishmurgh, P. Hismurgh, R. Franks, D. Pennington.
Reserves R. Bowdler, R. Steedman, D. Stuart, L. Green, D. Daji, H. Stubbings, A. Super, M. Super, H. Kay, R. Cooke England Juniors win International Event in Israel Four
players from the England Under -25 squad were sent as a
representative team by the English Bridge Union to play in the
9th International Red Sea Bridge Festival in Eilat, Israel.
Nearly 80 teams took part in the main teams event including
some of Israel's strongest players. The English team of
Ben Green, Duncan Happer (from the Midlands) and Manchester's
Alex Morris and Edward Levy won the main event, winning all
their matches. This is the second major triumph for
these players as in August, together with Andy Woodcock and
Michael Byrne, they won the Manchester Bridge Club 25th
Anniversary Invitation Teams in a very strong field including
the Hacketts and the English Ladies.
Michael Byrne was to have played in Israel, but due to the loss of his passport at the last minute he was unable to travel. Fortunately Ed Levy was available to substitute and he duly caught the next available plane to join the team!  England Under 25 squad members Michael Byrne, Duncan Happer, Andrew Woodcock, Ben Green, Ed Levy and Alex Morris Tollemache Qualifying (29-30 Nov) The
Manchester team of Bill Hirst, John Hassett, Michael
Byrne, Alex Morris, Leslie Klein, Jeff Morris, Dave Debbage,
Michael Newman, David Barton, Alan Jones (npc Jeff
Smith)qualified for the inter counties team of eight final
by winning their qualifying group with 99 VPs, ahead of
Cambs and Hunts on 93 VPs. This is the second
successive year that Manchester have qualified. Last
year Manchester finished runners up, we hope that the team
will do better this year!
Fall NABC Championships The
team of Janet De Botton, Nick Sandqvist, John Holland,
Jason Hackett & Justin Hackett finished seventh in the
Reisinger Board a Match teams at the American Fall
Championships in New Orleans, playing against many of the best
teams in the world.
World Championships Monaco Nov 2003 England
finished tenth in the round robin phase of the Venice Cup, so
didn't qualify for the quarter finals. In the
trans-national teams event, John Holland, Justin and Jason
Hackett playing in Janet De Botton's team finished 8th in the
Swiss Teams phase, qualifying for the knock out stages, but
they lost their quarter final match.
October Newsletter Newsletter Camrose Trials Gary
Hyett and Alan Mould (playing with Paul Bowyer and Martin
Jones) continued their fine run of form in trials of recent
years. They finished second in stage 3 of the EBU
trials on 12th October, Camrose places will be allocated as
a result of these trials. The top four teams now go
into a knock-out phase for the right to represent England at
a European event. See the EBU web site for full
results.
Gary and Alan have been selected for the Northern Ireland match (away) and the Republic of Ireland match to be held in Manchester. Cumbria Match Manchester
lost by 54 IMPs to Cumbria at Barrow on 28th September.
The team was Rosenbaums Ron Steedman/Pat Crooks
Carol Bloch/David Pennington Peter Hodgson/Mary
Costagliola Dan Dhaji/Howard Stubbings David Stuart/A
Green John Farmer/Bob Laughton Paul Barlow/Gill
Griffiths. Peter Hodgson & Mary Costagliola were
easily best of our pairs on Butler scoring, followed by John
Farmer and Bob Laughton.
The Manchester team of D Audley/F Brown, Jenny &
Jim Morris, Ray Ashleigh/Neil Thomas, Joyce & Bill
White, Pat Burrows/Paul Worswick, Jean & Adrian Roberts
beat Derbyshire by 37 IMPs on 7th September at Manchester
Bridge Club.
Camrose Trials No
Manchester teams qualified from Stage 2 for the final
weekends. Closest were Jeff Smith's team (Jeff Smith,
David Stevenson (Mersey), Alan Jones and David Barton) who
were sixth with five qualifying. Seventh were the junior
team of Mike Byrne, Alex Morris, Ed Levy and Andrew Woodcock
(Lancs). See the EBU web site for full results.
Manchester pair Alan Mould and Gary Hyett playing with
Martin Jones and Paul Bowyer are pre-qualified to the final
weekends.
Newsletter Mind Sports Olympiad In
the Ladies' Pairs the Gold Medal was won by Michelle Brunner
and Rhona Goldenfield. David McDouall and John Holland
won the Men's Pairs by a huge margin. Jim and Jenny
Morris won a silver in the mid week open pairs. Jeff
Smith, David Whyte, Leslie Klein & David Barton won the
mid-week teams of four. Pauline and John Rudolf won
the Olympiad Pairs (along with a few backgammon medals
- see below), Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield were second and
Michelle Brunner and Howard Melbourne third. In the
Swiss Teams winners were John Holland, Michelle Brunner,
Bernard & Rhona Goldenfield. Click on the link
below for other medal places and results.
John Rudolf also won a silver medal, in the first backgammon event and followed this up winning the mid week Silver category backgammon event, while Rodney Lighton won the mid week Gold backgammon event and was second in the English open. George Hall (who used to play for the Proteus bridge team several years ago) won a Gold medal in one of the Chess events. Brighton At the EBU Summer meeting the team of Dave Debbage, Ed Levy, Michael Byrne and Alex Morris achieved the excellent result of third in the Teams, fourth were John Holland and Michelle Brunner playing with Patrick Jourdain and Tony Ratcliff of Wales. In the Swiss pairs best placed Manchester players were Alan Nelson who was fifth playing with Steve Capal and Kath Nelson, seventh with Steve Eginton. Full results are on the EBU web site. President's Cup Yorkshire won the Presidents Cup with Manchester 2nd= in a three way tie with Lancashire & N.Wales, on the weekend of 2nd-3rd August. The Manchester team was represented by Jeff Smith Mark Halliwell Alan Jones David Barton Bernard Goldenfield Rhona Goldenfield (Saturday) Peter Hishmurgh Joyce Hishmurgh (Saturday) Malcolm Robinson Pauline Lang (Sunday) Dave Debbage Michael Newman (Sunday) Ron Morrish We
are sorry to report the recent death of Ron Morrish of
cancer at the age of 54. He was based in Lancashire, but
played regularly at Manchester Bridge Club and for a long time
in the Manchester League and Cup. His final bridge
event was the Huggill Trophy where he can be seen in the
second of the two photos below playing with Denis Robson for
Lancashire. A full obituary can be read on the
Manchester Bridge Club web site (click on club news).
Huggill Trophy   In
the annual triangular match against Merseyside &Cheshire
and Lancashire at Manchester Bridge Club at 1pm on 21st June,
Manchester won with 390 VPs, second were Merseyside with 317
VPs and third were Lancashire with 253 VPs. All the
Manchester pairs were positive on Buttler scoring, with Ian
Kane and Raymond Semp the highest scoring. The team was
Joy & Irving Blakey, Joyce & Peter
Hishmurgh, David Barton & Jeff Smith, Boris
Ewart & Tracy Capal, David Pennington & Rod
Franks, Ann & Maurice Super, Ian Kane & Raymond
Semp, Dhun Daji & Howard Stubbins.
Manchester-Yorkshire Match Manchester
beat
Yorkshire by 5400 aggregate points at York on Sat 5th July in
the annual fixture between the two counties. At halftime
Yorkshire were slightly ahead, but Manchester won convincingly
in the end.
The Manchester team was David Barton/David Whyte - Fred Bell/John Roberts Bill Hirst/John Hassett - Adrian Kenworthy/Mike Goldsmith Eve Lighthill/Raymond Semp - Malcolm Robinson/Pauline Lang Irving and Joy Blakey - Rhona.Goldenfield/Michelle Brunner Mark Halliwell/Mike Ardron - Dave Debbage/Michael Newman Jeff Smith/Mary Costagliola - Peter and Joyce Hishmurgh Risley Weekend 19-20 July 2003
Manchester Chairman Jeff Smith had a very successful weekend
at Risley on 20-21 July. He was second in the Swiss
Pairs with Andrew Petrie and won the Swiss Teams with Mark
Halliwell, Peter Hodgson and Mary Costagliola.
Swiss Pairs 1 Arthur Balham Margaret Dash 2 Andrew Petrie Jeff Smith 3 Mark Halliwell Mike Ardron 3 Alan Jones David Barton 5 Jim Wade Denny Wade 6 Bob Loveridge Helen Montgomery 7 Roger New Gordon McRobert 8 Colin Lang Libby Lang 9 Paul Burton Geoffrey Barlow 10 Ron Stedman Pat Crooks 10 Jim Morris Jenny Morris 12 Ian Kane Eve Lighthill 12 Brian Irlam Nihar Mitra 12 Babs Matthews Margo Gawith 15 Max Richman Sandra Richman 16 Richard Bolton Doreen Bolton 17 Anthony Cowan Hector Barker 17 Sylvia Baty Janet Leach 17 Rod Franks Dave Pennington 20 Rob Turner Mary Whyms 21 Paul Williams Hilda Williams 21 Paul Evans David Holt 23 Ann Jeater Barbara Moore 24 Wendy Blyth Terry Potter 24 Jason Hackett Michele Alexander 24 Bill White Joyce White 24 Mike Cragg Stacy Chan 24 Pete Foster Boris Ewart 24 Angela Booth Peter Radley 30 Sam Herman Peter Jones 31 Jane Thompson George Whalley 31 Dorothy Slater Megan Taft 31 Jean Hand Peter Hand 34 Michael Alexander Justin Hackett 34 Bill Hirst John Hassett 36 Barry Brelsford Jacqui Wright 37 Jackie Lawless Melanie Nicolaides 38 Martin Craven John Jones 38 Paul Roberts David Flacks 38 Anne Cooper Eva Rhodes 38 Bill Wattleworth Liz Wattleworth 42 John Boadle Linda Boadle 42 Geoff Cowie John Rowland 42 Fred Bell John Roberts 42 Linda Glasscock Arthur Harris 46 Vinay Bhushan Alan Wilkinson 47 Philip Meadowcroft Frank McCarthy 48 Len Armstrong Jean Armstrong 49 Brian Ripley Barrie newall 49 Dmitry Nikolayento Lena Morrish 51 Paul Vose Melanie Taylor 52 Geoff Thomas Enid Taylor 53 Edgar Lawrenson Margaret Tott 53 Don Cross Jill Entwistle 53 Barbara Henderson Clive Henderson 56 John Withers Val Lupton 57 Josie Boryn Rene Eyre 58 Pauline Jones Kit Hopkins 58 Pete Lloyd Dave Edwards 58 Chris Ryall Joan Murray 61 Tony Murphy Pat Murphy 61 Paul Barlow Gill Griffiths 61 Lilian Johnson Usha Bushan 64 Olwen Brown rekha Gatfield 64 Doris Coltman Karen Lloyd 66 Stuart Barrett Jan Scott-Taggart 66 Joyce Kennedy Dorothy beach 68 David Strawbridge Tim Matthews 69 Royston Bond Susan Hawley 69 Richard Acaster Christine Benson 71 Richard Taylor Heather Harvey 72 Klaus Wasmuht John Hirst Swiss Teams 1 Jeff Smith Mark Halliwell Peter Hodgson Mary Costagliola 2 John Hassett Bill Hirst Bernard Goldenfield Boris Ewart 3 Rob Turner Mary Whyms John Edwards Rod Hose 4 Michelle Brunner Rhona Goldenfield Dick Fleischman John Holland 4 John Simm Wendy Blyth Terry Potter Mike Percik 6 David Flacks Joan Murray John Hampson Paul Roberts 6 Alan Jones David Pennington Fred Bell David Barton 8 Michael Byrne Alex Morris Celia Comrie Kevin Comrie 9 Margo Gawith Babs Matthews David Strawbridge Tim Matthews 10 Ewart Evans Alan Whittam Sue Hyman Paul Evans 10 Michael Alexander Michele Alexander Jasoin Hackett Justin Hackett 12 Eve Lighthill Barbara Lewis Marcelo Rosenbaum Elena Rosenbaum 12 Peter Richmond David Edwards Peter Lloyd Karen Lloyd 14 Ashley Rosen Pam Cox Brian Irlam Megan Taft 14 Mark Armitage Robert Eaton Gill Copeland Bridget Vickerman 16 Bill White Joyce White Paul Burton Lorna Burton 17 Chris Stuart Linda Stuart Mike Hart Jonathan Smith 18 Martin Craven John Jones Stan Bough Ian Hodges 18 Joan King Mui Fellows Lollo Murthwaite Gill O'Neill 20 Vinay Bhushan Alan Wilkinson George McConkey Maureen McConkey 20 Marianne Farr Steve Haley John Morrell Mike Nicholson 22 Bob Loveridge Betty McNamara Helen Montgomery Christine Jones 23 Joyce Kennedy Anne Harwood Denise McDowell Rose Williams 23 Royston Bond Susan Hawley Doreen Bolton Richard Bolton 25 Angela Booth Steve Hall Peter Radley Kate Hall 25 Ian Stanley Pat Crossley Olwen Brown Rekha Gatfield 27 Donald Goodyear Sheila Goodyear Maurice Cooper Shirley Hancock 28 John Ashworth Cath Hornby David Holt Brian Dawson 29 Bill Wattleworth Liz Wattleworth Lilian Johnson Usha Bhushan 30 Jenny Morris Jim Morris Jim Wade Denny Wade 31 Stuart Barrett Jan Scott-Taggart Max Richman Sandra Richman 32 George Horton Roy Wallwork Keith Perry Maureen Borley 33 Tony Murphy Pat Murphy Barry Brelsford Jacqueline Wright 34 Richard Acaster Geoffrey Barlow Bernard Kaye Marlene Kaye 35 Josie Boryn Jean Birkett Pat Bottel Bessie Ridings 35 Jean Hand Peter Hand Charles Foster Barbara Foster 35 Don Cross Jill Entwistle Irene Bowers Peggy Gordon 38 Anthony Cowan Hector Barker Johnson Hood Stuart Clarke 39 Klaus Wasmuht John Withers John Hirst Val Lupton Garden Cities The
Manchester Bridge Club team of Michael Byrne- Alex
Morris, Mike Goldsmith- Ed Levy, Leslie Klein- Jeff Morris,
Michael Newman- Dave Debbage won the EBU teams of eight
championship on 21st June at Coventry. This is a first
National win for many of the players and a great result for
the club in its 25th Anniversary year.
European Open Championships - Menton July 2003
John Holland and Michelle finished 12th in the Mixed Pairs,
Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield were 17th. England Open
Team (Mould group J) finished second in their qualifying
group, but failed to get through the Swiss Teams phase.
England Women's team (Smith) won qualifying group B and
were joined in the last 16 by Senior - a team that includes
Michelle Brunner and Rhona Goldenfield. Unfortunately
both teams lost in the last sixteen. John Holland
playing with Nick Sandqvist finished 9th in the Open Pairs,
John Hassett and Bill Hirst were 6th in the Senior pairs.
A large contingent of Manchester players travelled to Killarney for the annual nine day congress. Raymond Semp had a particularly successful congress winning both major events. He won the Championship pairs with Andrew Thompson of London. Session prize winners were Peter and Joyce Hishmurgh. Raymond Semp and Andrew Thompson teamed up with Irving and Joy Blakey to win the Championship teams. Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield, Jim Luck (Cardiff) and Alan Williams (Luton) were session winners in the Championship Teams. Boris Ewart, Bill Hirst, John Holland & Michelle Brunner won the Goldenfield Trophy for Mixed Teams. Anna Drysdale and Ann Edwards won the Intermediate Prize in the Championship Pairs. Rhona Goldenfield, Michelle Brunner, Betty McNamara (Lancs) and Mamie McCormac (Dublin) were second in the Ladies Teams Rhona Goldenfield and Paul Casselle (London) won the Mixed Pairs. Thanks to Kevin Comrie for this report and photos.
M&CBA Swiss Pairs Congratulations
to Jenny and Jim Morris, Jason Hackett and Adrian Kenworthy
who tied for first place at the Merseyside and Cheshire
Swiss Pairs on the 10th May. Third were Mark Halliwell
and Jeff Smith. In the Lancashire Swiss teams on the
11th May highest place Manchester team were Jason Hackett,
Adrian Kenworthy, Mike Byrne and David Debbage who were
second, with Eve Lighthill, Ken Hassell, Ian Kane and David
Olliver fourth. Full results are on the EBU web site.
Hubert Phillips Bowl Rhona
Goldenfield's team (Bernard Goldenfield, Bill Hirst, John
Hassett) won the Hubert Phillips Bowl on April 25th at
Solihull in a close match by the margin of 550 aggregate
points. This is their second win in four years and the
ninth win for a Manchester team in 21 years, an amazing
rate of success in a competition with aggregate scoring.
 Bill Hirst, Rhona and Bernard Goldenfield and John Hassett with the Hubert Phillips Bowl Four
Manchester Pairs qualified from the Northern Pairs at Leeds
on the 23rd March for the National Pairs final. Second
were Jeff Smith and Leslie Klein, third John Holland and
David McDouall, fifth Alan Jones and David Barton and eighth
John Hassett and Bill Hirst.
Portland Pairs The
Portland Pairs (Mixed Pairs of Great Britain) proved to be a
happy hunting ground for Manchester this year. John
Holland and Michelle Brunner won (their second win - the
first being in 1981). Second was Jeff Smith playing
with Jackie Pye of Lancashire. The total field was
over 400 pairs, both pairs played in the heat at Manchester
Bridge Club on 16th March.
Ladies Trials Congratulations
to Kath Nelson who won the Ladies Trials for the team to
represent England in the European Championships in June.
Sally Brock and Kath Nelson, Heather Dhondy and Nicola
Smith, Lizzie Godfrey and Kitty Teltscher beat
Michelle Brunner and Rhona Goldenfield, Sandra Penfold and
Nevena Senior in a match at Solihull on 8-9th March.
Cantor Trophy Manchester's
event for non-expert pairs was won on Sunday 23rd March by
John Sayers and Vanessa James with a fine score of 67.36%,
second were Phil Hayward and Nigel Catterall (65.29%) with N
Black and A Black third equal with Marlene Edmondson and
Wendy Joyce on 62.6%. Thanks to Altrincham Bridge Club
for hosting this event and to Peter Dawson for scoring and
directing.
1st John Sayers & Vanessa James 67.36% 2nd Phil Hayward & Nigel Catterall 65.29% 3rd N Black & A Black 62.60% 3rd Marlene Edmondson & Wendy Joyce 61.57% 5th Malcolm Lockey & Barry Hobden 61.57% 6th Rita Howard & June Cash 59.71% 7th Dave Matthews & Lynn Matthews 55.17% 8th M Bowers & M Edwards 53.93% 9th Roger Richardson & Jean Dawson 53.51% 10th Karen Leigh & Helen Reid 51.03% 10th Jean Heap & Jean Robinson 51.03% Masters Pairs Congratulations
to Ray Ashleigh and Neil Thomas, members of Manchester
Bridge Club, who won the Masters Pairs at Coventry on
1st-2nd March. They were Manchester's only placed pair
this year in the various ranked Masters pairs.
Risley Weekend 8-9th March Merseyside and Cheshire One Day Swiss Pairs 8th March 2003 (78 pairs competed) 1st Roderick Franks & David Pennington 2nd Michael Byrne & Alex Morris 3rd= Susan Pell & Sheila Galloway 3rd= Brian Cornelius & Justin Hackett 5th= Geoff Cowie & John Rowland 5th= John Leibeschutz & David Berresford 7th= David Flacks & John Leather 7th= David Strawbridge & Tim Matthews 7th= David Olliver & Ian Kane 7th= Tony Cordery & Iqbal Ahmed 7th= Sandra Fenton & Dan Crofts 12th Olwen Brown & Pat Crossley 13th Christine Benson & Richard Acaster 14th Judy Brearley & David Pendlebury 15th= Paul & Hilda Williams 15th= David Clarke & Neil Seargent 15th= Shelagh Flett & Shirley Carter 18th= Andrew Woodcock & Hector Barker 18th= Clive Henderson & Brian Ripley 18th= Alan Jones & David Barton 18th= Bryan Edwards & Barry Jones Swiss Teams 9th March (34 teams competed) 1 B Cornelius, S Fenton, J Hackett & M Goldsmith 2 B Pitts, P Broster, A Stephenson & S Matthews 3 M Byrne, A Morris, M Newman & D Debbage 4 J Armstrong, T Reveley, M Cantor & B Niccol 5 T Matthews, D Strawbridge, M Gawith & B Matthews 6 A Jones, D Pennington, S Shalom & B Souster 7 D Flacks, J Leather, J Hampson & J Marray 7 D Edwards, B Serres, P Lloyd & K Lloyd 9 D Adelman, A Hogg, D Williams & P Murphy 10 C Henderson, B Henderson, A Whittam & P Evans 11 D Olliver, R Semp, I Kane & K Hassell 11 S Woodcock, N Woodcock, A Barker & H Barker 13 S Norris, P Lang, A Barnes & R Greenhalgh 14 H Montgomery, C Jones, B Loveridge & B McNamara 14 J Smith, J Pye, T Capal & B Gwant 16 J Blakey, I Blakey, B Hirst & J Hassett 16 O Brown, J Griffith, I Stanley & P Crossley 18 D Cross, J Entwistle, P Gordon & P Barnes 19 A Jordan, E Ford, J Morris & J Morris 19 J Bayly, R Bayly, J Jones & R Jones Tollemache A
fine performance by the Manchester county team who finished
second in the inter county teams of eight final on the
weekend of 15-16th February. The players were John
Holland, Michelle Brunner, John Hassett, Bill Hirst, Michael
Byrne, Alex Morris, Bernard Goldenfield, Rhona Goldenfield,
Adrian Kenworthy, Mike Goldsmith. Non-playing captain
was Jeff Smith. Manchester's policy of picking
promising young players seems to have worked, well done,
especially Alex, Mike, Adrian and Mike. Manchester (94
VPs) were well behind London (118 VPs), but comfortably
ahead of Kent (85 VPs).
Gazette Trophy The
inter club teams of eight was contested at Manchester
Bridge Club on 2nd Feb. Victory and a place in the
regional finals of the Garden Cities Trophy went to
Manchester Bridge Club represented by Jeff Morris - Gary
Hyett, Dave Debbage-Michael Newman, Mike Byrne-Alex
Morris,Adrian Kenworthy Mike Goldsmith. Five teams
took part 2 each from Manchester and Cheadle Hulme and one
from Marple. Second were last year's winners Cheadle
Hulme (Jeff Smith-Malcolm Robinson, David Barton-Alan
Jones, Mary Costagliola-Derek Gray,Peter & Joyce
Hishmurgh).
Junior Training Weekends Jason
Hackett has run a series of Junior Training Weekends at
Manchester Bridge Club since September. The latest one
took place this weekend (1-2 Feb) with a team of eight match
being played between the Juniors and a Manchester team.
Manchester won, but the standard of play was high from
the Juniors and the practice and analysis sessions were of
value to them. Previous weekends have featured cross
IMP pairs sessions and system discussions etc. The
English Junior teams recently won the Junior Camrose and
Peggy Bayer trophies.Thanks to Jason for running these
events and to Manchester Bridge Club for hosting them.
Also thanks to various Manchester players for
providing overnight accommodation and participating in
events.
Manchester
Congress 4-5th January
The
Manchester Congress was held at the Renaissance Hotel.
Entries were up by 20% on last year. Thanks to
all Manchester Committee members who work so hard to make
this event so successful. Thanks also to sponsors,
Kay, Webb and Co., Michelle's School of Bridge, Manchester
Bridge Club and AS Antiques. Thanks also to Church
Street Antiques for the prize for the caption competition
(see end of congress article).
 Pairs
winners
Rhona and Bernard Goldenfield.
 The multiple teams was won by Bill Hirst , Michelle Brunner, John Hassett and Pablo Casselle.  Bill Hirst and John Armstrong with the Men's Pairs trophy.  Irene Bowers and Betty McNamara Ladies Pairs winners.  Jean and Adrian Roberts Intermediate Pairs winners.  Sue and Nick Woodcock of Lancs Mixed pairs winners.  Andrew Woodcock, Ed Levy, Sue and Nick Woodcock Consolation Teams Winners  Open Teams winners P.Barlow, P.Beckwith, D.Ackroyd, G.Johnson Caption competition The winner of the Prize Caption Competition, sponsored by Church Street Antiques, which featured Boris Ewart and Paul Hackett in conversation was: Gerry Cohen - congratulations Gerry. His captions were: "how old is that antique card table?" "same age as your bidding system". The 'honourable mentions' will be printed in the next MCBA newsletter. Pairs 1 B.Goldenfield R.Goldenfield 62.31 2 J.Armstrong B.Hirst 62.22 (Men's pairs winners) 3 J.Rudolf J.Liebeschuetz 61.58 4 N.Sandqvist J.Holland 60.72 5 N.Woodcock S.Woodcock 60.20 (Mixed pairs winners) 6 P.Hackett J.DeBotton 59.66 7 H.Melbourne A.Hirst 58.34 8 P.Casselle M.Brunner 58.00 9 J.Hassett M.Hassett 57.95 10 J.P.Hackett R.Harper 57.53 11 R.Franks D.Pennington 57.31 12 B.McNamara I.Bowers 57.28 (Ladies pairs winners) 13 J.Morris M.Hirst 56.89 14 A.Jones D.Barton 55.88 15 P.Burrows D.Audley 55.26 16 T.Capal J.Pye 55.01 17 A.Morris M.Byrne 54.91 18 M.Alexander D.Baskin 54.74 19 M.Goldsmith D.McDouall 54.70 20 G.Burns A.Lipson 54.31 21 S.Shalom J.Mason 53.89 22 P.Jones F.McCarthy 53.79 23 B.Cooke J.Smith 53.26 24 I.Blakey J.Blakey 53.24 25 M.Super A.Super 52.88 26 D.Debbage E.Levy 52.81 27 A.Nelson K.Nelson 52.58 28 G.Clarke P.Clarke 52.23 29 R.Garthwaite H.Hobson 52.20 30 D.Duddell C.Duddell 51.79 31 A.Roberts J.Roberts 51.62 (Intermediate pairs winners) 32 T.Smith N.Senior 51.53 33 B.Kaye R.Waddington 51.51 34 E.Glinnert I.Grugulis 51.42 35 D.Edwards M.Howe 51.30 36 P.Vose M.Taylor 51.25 37 G.Jepson S.Davies 50.81 38 T.Latham J.Latham 50.76 39 M.Donegan S.Mills 50.56 (Masters pairs winners) 40 B.Hackett M.Alexander 49.77 41 A.Purdy A.Kenworthy 49.21 42 B.Wattleworth E.Wattleworth 49.07 43 G.Bickley A.Farquhar 49.02 44 G.Hiscoe D.Dransfield 49.01 45 E.Rosenbaum B.Lewis 48.65 46 J.Rowland G.Cowie 48.51 47 C.Henderson B.Henderson 48.29 48 P.Hand J.Hand 48.23 49 S.Travers E.Lighthill 48.18 50 R.Steedman P.Crooks 47.90 51 D.Cross J.Entwistle 47.80 52 B.White J.White 47.67 53 N.Thomas N.Marks 47.49 54 J.Fitzgerald G.McMullan 47.15 55 L.Furnival P.Booth 47.07 56 S.Gupta Z.Shaikh 46.99 57 B.Ewart J.Luck 46.91 58 P.Greaves B.Greaves 46.34 59 S.Blaiwais P.Maclese 46.19 60 A.Barlow E.Burd 46.02 61 E.Roberts A.Wilkinson 45.88 62 O.Fedorov V.Chemeris 45.73 63 J.Browning L.Johnson 45.72 64 J.Foster I.Rhodes 45.06 65 J.Rickless O.Hackett 44.95 66 L.Barnes G.Campbell 44.43 67 S.Archer H.Boydell 44.31 68 G.Whyte W.Zuckerman 43.42 69 R.Acaster R.Cooper 43.35 70 P.Morgan J.Morgan 43.34 71 S.Hunter B.Keen 42.84 72 D.Tattersall S.Booth 42.72 73 M.Cragg S.Chan 42.43 74 J.Hodgson B.Williams 42.41 75 M.Hamilford P.McAreavey 41.12 76 L.Bloohn L.Williams 39.58 77 M.Noronha E.Noronha 39.43 78 G.Sissman D.Sissman 38.82 79 J.Berry T.Berry 38.38 80 J.Parkinson B.Parkinson 36.79 Teams Championship Teams Final 1 P.Casselle,M.Brunner,J.Hassett,B.Hirst 149 VP 2 M.Byrne,A.Morris,H.Melbourne,A.Hirst 133 3 P.Hackett,J.DeBotton,N.Sandqvist,J.Holland 132 4 B.Cornelius,A.Mould,Justin Hackett,J.Armstrong 129 5 B.Goldenfield,R.Goldenfield,J.Luck,B.Ewart 128 6 A.Jones,J.Smith,D.Barton,D,Whyte 125 7 E.Lighthill,R.Semp,I.Kane,D.Oliver 121 8 T.Smith,N.Senior,Sandra Penfold,Stephen Penfold 116 9 P.Lang,M.Robinson,A.Barnes,S.Norris 115 10 T.Wilkinson,S.Challinor,A.Kirby,B.Dormond 111 11 I.Blakey,J.Blakey,M.Hirst,A.Hirst 108 12 E.Evans,I.Grugulis,S.Shalom,J.Mason 98 13 D.Stuart,A.Green,P.Hytner,J.Holmes 95 Consolation Teams 1 N.Woodcock,S.Woodcock,A.Woodcock,E.Levy 139 VP 2 Y.Atherton,P.Burrows,R.Bayly,J.Bayly 138 3= M.Halliwell,M.Ardron,F.Bell,R.Alexander 132 3= Jason Hackett,R.Harper,M.Goldsmith,A.Kenworthy 132 3= D.Debbage,M.Pitts,D.Audley,B.Pitts 132 6 R.Franks,D.Pennington,R.Jones,J.Jones 127 7 P.Booth,E.Clarke,P.Clarke,G.Clarke 126 8 P.Hishmurgh,J.Hishmurgh,P.Jordan,R.Jordan 115 9 J.Hood,W.Wattleworth,E.Wattleworth,C.Wade 108 10 R.Garthwaite,H.Hobson,E.Latham,J,Latham 107 11 H.Montgomery,C.Jones,R.Loveridge,E.McNamara 105 12 I.Bowers,D.Berry,W.Sutherland,D.Jacques 102 13 G.McMullan,J.Fitzgerald,M.Hamilford,P.McReavey 97 Open Teams 1 P.Barlow,P.Beckwith,D.Ackroyd,G.Johnson 78 IMP 2 D.Cross,J.Entwistle,P.Barnes,P.Gordon 30 3= C.Bickerdike,S.Bickerdike,M.Cragg,S.Chan 28 3= A.Roberts,J.Roberts,A.Wilkinson,E.Roberts 28 5 T.Middleton,C.Fisher,A.Nelson,K.Nelson 25 6 K.Burton,N.Pearce,J.Morris,J.Morris 19 7 M.Super,A.Super,B.Cooke,E.Rosenbaum 14 8= S.Mattinson,M.Smith,P.Harrison,P.Kenyon 13 8= R.Waddington,S.Lewis,F.McCarthy,P.Jones 13 10 D.Edwards,M.Howe,D.Coltman,S.Stott 2 11 D.Tobias,B.Kaye,G.Cohen,B.Mendleson 1 12 R.Verber,S.Mattison,G.Sissman,D.Sissman -19 13 B.White,J.White,P.Burton,L.Burton -24 14 M.Alexander,D.Baskin,M.Alexander,B.Hackett -32 15 A.Brown,J.Brown,B.Beever,G.Currie -46 16 O.Fedorov,V.Chemeris,D.Dransfield,G.Hiscoe -61 17 D.Adelman,P.Murphy,P.Berens,P.Berens -69 NOVICES SESSION 1 NORTH-SOUTH 1 Anne Jeater Barbara Moore 63.49% 2 Steve Mcracken Lynne Mcracken 62.70 3 Fiona Goode Gerald Slack 54.37 4 John Sayers Barry Hobden 53.97 5 Tim O’Connor Richard O’Connor 52.78 6 E.Howard Rachel Howard 51.59 7 Jessica Smith Gillian Ledler 40.87 8 G.Benson B.Ardern 35.32 9 Adele Emm Pasqualle Emm 34.92 EAST-WEST 1 Lilian Syme Helen Herdman 63.10 2 Neil Black Audrey Black 54.37 3= Alec Stoll Sid Gold 51.59 3= Colin Skelton Eddie Thornton-Chan 51.59 5 Brenda Swales Barbara Dickie 50.40 6 Ann Gee Liz Neild 49.29 7 E.Campbell A.Brierley 48.81 8 Eve Carter Lewis Honny 43.25 9 Peter Cox Jean Dawson 37.70 NOVICES SESSION 3 NORTH-SOUTH 1 Dave Matthews Lynn Matthews 64.29 2 Marlene Kaye Myra Lazarus 61.11 3 Ian Simpson Bryan Baker 54.37 4 Anne Jeater Barbara Moore 53.17 5 Diane Toller Sue Skimmer 51.98 6 John Laughton John Sayers 50.79 7 Robert Price Judy Hearson 48.81 8 Amy Stout Tony Gu 37.30 9 Ann Gee Liz Neild 30.16 EAST-WEST 1 Alec Stoll Sid Gold 72.22 2 Barry Hobden Malcolm Lucky 57.94 3 B.Ainsbury J.Ainsbury 53.17 4 Jean Dawson Roger Richardson 49.21 5 Karen Leigh Helen Reid 48.41 6 Joyce Shepherd Betty Seed 47.62 7 A.Talbot F.Jacks 46.43 8 Alan Burrell David Ellis 40.87 9 Bill Whiteley Gwen Raison 36.11 NOVICES SESSION 4 NORTH-SOUTH 1 Ivor Rosenberg Howard Weinstock 62.70 2 Bryan Baker Ian Simpson 58.73 3 Dave Matthews Lynn Matthews 56.75 4 Alan Burrell David Ellis 48.81 5 Joan Butterworth Tim O’Aspelmeier 47.62 6 Marlene Kaye Myra Lazarus 46.83 7 Diane Trotter Sue Skinner 42.06 8 Eileen Amara Georgie Kirk 37.70 EAST-WEST 1 B.Ainsbury J.Ainsbury 59.26 2= Ann Gee Liz Neild 54.17 2= Margaret Skimmer Heather Skimmer 54.17 4 Malcolm Lockey Barry Hobden 51.85 5 Bill Whiteley Gwen Raison 50.46 6 John Sayers John Laughton 49.54 7 Anne Turner Judy Stelfax 48.15 8 Nigel Catterall Phil Hayward 42.59 9 Peter Gosling Robert Price 41.67 Pachabo Qualifier 2002-2003
D.AUDLEY F.Brown, M.Bass, C.Stops J.BLAKEY I.Blakey, J.Smith, S. Travers G.BURNS A.Lipson, A.N.Others T.CAPAL G.Hyett, A.Kenworthy, M.Goldsmith, B Ewart R.GOLDENFIELD B.Goldenfield, B.Hirst, J.Hassett, M.Brunner, J.Holland H.KAY B.Cooke, A.N.Others B.KAYE D.Tobias, G.Cohen,B.Mendlesohn P.LANG M.Robinson, P&J.Hishmurgh B.LEWIS A.Smalley, K.Comrie, C.Comrie, M.Ardron, S.Herman J.MORRIS L.Klein, M.Byrne, A.Morris, D.Debbage Manchester Bridge Club 25th Anniversary The
Manchester Bridge club celebrated its 25th anniversary with a
series of special events and a party on the 30th August.
The main bridge event was the invitational teams over the weekend of 30-31 August, with international teams from Denmark, Ireland, Isle of Man and Wales competing with the English Ladies team an English Junior Team and many local teams.  
Manchester Bridge Club Directors Jeff Morris and Dave Debbage   Rhona Goldenfield, Michelle Brunner, Tracy Capal, Maggie Pierce (Wales)  Olivia Hackett  Manchester's elder statesman Henry Huggill with Jim Morris  Manchester's leading Junior pair Michael Byrne and Alex Morris 
Invitation Teams in play. In the centre facing camera is Doug Dunn returning to Manchester for a first visit for 20 years.  English Ladies Internationals Heather Dhondy and Nicola Smith Roy Higson Cup and Plate Finals The finals took place at Manchester Bridge Club on Sunday 6th April.  Roy Higson Cup Final 2003 1 Sedgeley 137.00 Sid Travers, Geoff Fink, Leslie Hyman, Sid Leighton, George Balon, Len Gorodkin (for Sid Travers and Geoffrey Fink this win comes nearly 50 years after their first Manchester competition win). 2 Isolated Menaces Minus One 123.00 Isolated Menacess - Michelle Brunner, Boris Ewart Bernard and Rhona Goldenfield 3= DJ Jam 107.00 Dave
McDouall, John Holland, Mike Goldsmith, Craig Fisher
3= Manchester A 107.00 Maurice
and
Ann Super, Jeff Morris, Alex Morris
5 Dash 82.00 6= Acolytes 78.00 6= Axmen 78.00 8 Finesse 71.00 9 Morton's Spoon 70.00 10 Endplayed 47.00 Quiz question: I took pictures of all but one table in play in the final. By accident I missed who? See bottom of page for answer.  Sid Travers and Geoffrey Fink of Sedgeley in play against Mike Goldsmith and Craig Fisher  Maurice Super, Sandra Fenton, Ann Super and Brian Cornelius  David Olliver, Howard Kay, Ian Kane and Bob Cooke  Anne Edwards, Robert Jones, Anna Drysdale and Norman Southern  Alan Mould, Alex Morris, Paul Hackett and Jeff Morris  Peter Hishmurgh, Bernard Goldenfield, Joyce Hishmurgh and Rhona Goldenfield  John Holland, Len Gorodkin, Dave McDouall and George Balon  Paul Barlow, Eve Lighthill, Gill Griffiths and Raymond Semp  Mary Costaglia, ?, Derek Gray, ? Plate
Final
1 Palatine Players 121.00 Jim Johnston, Dhun Daji, John Farmer, Bob Laughton 2 Tempo 114.00 Caryl Bloch, David Pennington, Peter Hodgson, Mike Parr 3 Whitefield Albatrosses 102.00 Bernard Kaye, J Samuels, G Cohen, Boris Mendlesohn 4= Splinter Group 86.00 4= Cheadle Dummies 86.00 6 Exsalians 85.00 7 The Dp's 83.00 8 The Prs 78.00 9 Mystical Machine Gun 73.00 10 Psykes 72.00 
Roy Higson Plate Final 2003 
Quiz answer: I missed Boris Ewart, Michelle Brunner, Peter and Rita Jordan.
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