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Chester Congress
Ths annual event at Deva Bridge Club took place on 24-25th
January. The pairs was run as a Swiss Event on
Saturday. Boris Ewart, making a rare appearance, finished
second with Tracy Sherman, third were Tom Slater and Daniel
Kelsall. In the Swiss Teams on Sunday John Holland, Jackie
Pye, Alan Mould and John Hassett won by a large margin ahead of
Rhona Goldenfield, Kath Nelson, David Barton and Jeff
Smith. Paul Morrell, Stephen Ward, Tom Slater, Daniel
Kelsall shared third place with Christopher Hine, Ann Thornton,
Karen Jones and Barbara Eastabrook. Results are here.
Mixed Trials
The second stage of the Mixed Trials took place in London from
23-25th January. Catherine Draper and Andrew Woodcock
played with Ollie Burgess and Heather Dhondy as one of the four
teams. Results can be found on the EBU web site.
Cantor Cup
For beginners and improving novices a single session pairs
event at Bramhall Village Club on Sunday 22nd Feb 2026.
Click
here for more information.
Camrose
The first weekend of this year's home internationals was on Jan
9-11th in Northern Ireland.
John Holland and Alan Mould played for England with Frances
Hinden, Graham Osborne, Neil Rosen and John Atthey.
Michael Byrne was non-playing captain. England finished
second to Ireland, the second weekend is in March. John
and Alan were the best of the English pairs, finishing second
overall in the cross imp rankings.
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