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Deal of the WeekLeague, Higson and Goldstone Apr 1stIn the face to face league St Titus (Michael Byrne) have taken an early lead in division 1 with 5 wins so far. In division 2 Petersfield are top with 2 wins. In the online league division 1 Inverted Minors (David Barton) have finished with six wins, they can only be caught by The North Star (Michael Hart) who need to win their final match by a large margin. In division 2 Howard Rosemarine's Help are leading just ahead of City Aces. In division 3 congratulations to Trafford Tigers who have won by a large margin. In the Newcomers league The Irregulars lead in the A division and Fifty Shades of Play top the B division. Follow the links under league for more detail. In the Higson Cup New Connections and North Star have both qualified for the final which will be on 26th April at St Peter's Church Hall, Altrincham. Start at 11 finish by approx 18.00, bring your own food for a break at about 14.00. The TD will be Jeff Smith assisted by Paul Beckwith. There are expected to be 6 teams in the final and seven in the plate final. In the Goldstone Inverted Minors beat North Star and St Titus beat 150 Honours in the semi-finals. National Pairs Regional FinalsThe Northern Pairs was held online on Sunday 22nd March. Congratulations to David Sarabowski and Isabel Edelsten who finished 2nd in a field of 37 pairs (effectively the winners since the first pair were robots). David is well known in Manchester, Isabel is a student at Manchester University who has played for the England U26 women's team. In third place were Richard Acaster and Gil Fletcher. Full results are on the EBU web site. The top 50 pairs nationally will compete for the National Pairs title in April. Gazette TrophyThe county's inter club teams of eight competition which qualifies for the EBU's Garden Cities event was held on Sunday March 15th at Altrincham. There was a good entry of 12 teams from Bramhall & Cheadle, Altrincham, Manchester, Ashton, Trafford and Marple. Winners were Bramhall (Rodney Lighton, Tom Dessain, Alec Smalley, Tom Slater, Michael Byrne, Gary Hyett, Gideon Harvey and Daniel Kelsall) by a fair margin from the second Bramhall team. The non-expert prize went to the third Bramhall team (Paul Beckwith, Joyce Jones, Gilbert Fletcher, Pamela Stone, Ray Ashleigh, Fly Leung, Howard Rosemarine, Jonathan Berg). Thanks to Irene Davies and helpers for organising and to Jonathan Lillycrop for directing efficiently. Results are on the Manchester Events site. The Player of the Year spreadsheet has been updated, Michael Byrne has taken a narrow lead over John Hassett in the expert category, there is no change in the leaders of the non-expert category.
European Seniors TrialsThe trials for the England team took place from 13-15th March in Solihull. Alan Mould and John Holland played for the Mossop team (David Mossop, Gunnar Hallberg, Paul Hackett, Brian Senior) in a four team event. They finished third. Results are on the EBU web site. Last updated 1st
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