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Deal of the WeekNorthern Bridge LeagueThe Manchester Team for the NBL Division B match on Saturday 13th July on Realbridge was Irene Davies (Capt)/Karen Reissmann, David Sarabowski/Eve Lighthill, Ann Thornton/Chris Hine, Richard Acaster/Gil Fletcher. They finished seventh, with Karen and Irene our best pair on the cross imps. Manchester only entered the B division this year. Results can be found on the Cumbria web site and on the NBL web site Manchester Green Point Swiss TeamsThis event will take place on Sunday 28th July at Altrincham. Click here for details, there are now about six places left with 3 weeks to go. Junior EuropeansFresh from his performance in the European Mixed Teams in Denmark, Michael Byrne is now captaining the U26 team in the Junior European Championship in Wroclaw, Poland. The team is Daniel Winter/Liam Sanderson, Joseph Clark/Liam Fegarty, Harry Madden/Oscar Selby. England is represented in all five categories (U21s, U26s, U31s, U16s and U26 women) with the first two categories starting on Sunday 7th July and the others on Tuesday 9th July. All teams will be hoping to finish in the top eight to earn a spot at the World Championship next summer. Click here for the event website European ChampionshipThe European Championship took place in Herning, Denmark from Mon 24th June to Thurs 4th July. Alan Mould and John Holland played for England in the Seniors event, Michael Byrne in the Mixed. The Seniors finished seventh and the Mixed team sixth, so both qualified for the World championships next year, congratulations. John and Alan did well to finish top of the cross imps in the Seniors event. Manchester versus LancashireThe match against Lancashire on June 30th took place at Bolton Bridge Club. In the open event Lancashire won by 109 VPs to 71. The team was Rhona Goldenfield/Kath Nelson, Jeff Morris/John Hassett, Alec Smalley/Barbara Lewis, Phil Taylor(Capt)/Peter Grauer, Mike Hart/Pearl Fielding, Alan Tranter/Andy Burnett. In the Jack High match on the same day Lancashire won by 119 to 61 VPs. The team was Ray & Angela Ashleigh, Rachel Hardcastle/Phil Kemp, Margaret Harris/Judith Eva, Mike Kisil/Melody Slinn, Peter & Paul Berens, Mike Whiteoak/Sue Howard, Ann Taylor/Ivor Rosenberg, Suzanne & Roy Beckett, Mike Greaney/David Leigh. Results are on the Manchester results website. CorwenCongratulations to John Holland and Alan Mould who won the inter county pairs Corwen Trophy at Yarnfield on 15th-16th June. They finished just ahead of Ed Scerri and Steve Eginton of Berks and Bucks in a tight finish. They previously won this event in 2018. Three other Manchester pairs Rodney Lighton/Tom Dessain, Kath Nelson/Rhona Goldenfield and Eddie Thornton-Chan/Tony Hodgson also played with varying degrees of success. Results are on the EBU web site. ![]() John
and Alan with winners medals
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