UNWANTED BRIDGE TABLE
I have a 42" square mahogany
table that would make an ideal
bridge table. It's NOT
collapsible.
I can deliver if it's in the
Newcastle area. If not wanted,
it will go to the tip.
Pat Barton 0191 2673546 or
07770 607 666
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WILLOWS SUNRISE
Just to add a bit of visual
interest and colour you
understand!
If you like landscapes
photography graphics or art,
there is more on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aiston/
Just space to report that all
Bridgeweb clubs web sites were
down this morning Thurs. 12th
August.
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BRIGHTON SWISS PAIRS
Tom
Dessain (NEBA) and Tugrul Kaban
(Hertfordshire) had a successful
run in the Brighton Swiss Pairs
finishing 14th out of 352 pairs
with 182 VPs. The event was held
over 3 days and comprised of 14
eight board rounds. The majority
of the pairs we played from
round 4 onwards were very
experienced (including
international players) most of
whom we managed narrow wins
against. I think one of the most
pleasing boards was when our
agreement about how we proceed
if the opponents double a fourth
suit forcing bid helped us on
our way to bidding a making
slam. The full results can be
found at
www.ebu.co.uk/results/2010January-July/Brighton/SwissPairs_000.htm
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24 HR BRIDGEATHON
The 24 hour Bridgeathon held in
Wearside Bridge Club in May
raised £10,200.02 for Macmillan
Cancer Support.
Congratulations to Margaret
Reid, Durham Elvet Rotary Club
and Wearside Bridge Club for
organising such a successful
event
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SUCCESSES AT PEEBLES
North East players performed very
well in the Scottish Congress at
Peebles.
The main event was the Teams and
the final was won by Clive Owen,
Malcolm Oliver and Chris Owen from
the North East with Charles Outred
from Glasgow. This is is a
remarkable run of successes by North
East players as it is the third year
in a row the winners have been 50%
or more from the area. Last year it
was won by Clive Owen, Malcolm
Oliver, Charles and Vi Outred and
the year before by Chris Owen, John
Atthey, Liz Reese and Liz Muir.
Chris Owen has now won the last 3
Multiple Teams finals at Peebles in
which he has played in 3 different
teams.
No player has ever achieved this
before . Not bad for someone who is
still a junior.
The
successes did not end there.
The teams of Brian Lumsden, Kathy
Pike, Rosemary Gray & Mary Page and
Jean & Noel Bailey, Bill Brumby &
Jacqui Taylor also reached the final.
Clive Owen and Malcolm Oliver
finished second in the Consolation
Pairs Final.
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NICKO SUCCESS
Hurworth B have reached the semi final
of the NICKO Plate by beating the strong
International quartet from Manchester -
John Holland Michelle Brunner John
Hassett and Bill Hirst.
The team was David Broadhead Damien
Hassan Clive Owen and Chris Owen.
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A BUSY WEEKEND FOR NEBA PLAYERS
On Saturday 3rd July, the
following two teams are representing
NEBA in the Northern Bridge League
competition.
NEBA ‘A’ - Clare & Robin Zigmond,
Norman Gray & Fred Robinson, Gill
Gold & Ray Green, Ian Rankin & Mike
Stanbury
NEBA ‘B’ – Pauline & Nigel Durie,
David Joy & David Milner, Ted
Murdoch & Tony Wardle, Sue & Dick
Davies.
On Sunday 4th July, the
following two teams are representing
NEBA in the annual Scottish
‘friendly’ match.
NEBA ‘A’ - Steve & Georgia Ray,
Chris & Clive Owen, Janet & Frank
Springett, Brian Lumsden & Norman
McTaggart
NEBA ‘B’ - Eve Hatfield & James
Ewington, Margaret McCabe & Marion
Curran, Phil Smith & Dom Maloney,
Ian Rankin & Mike Stanbury.
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DID YOU KNOW?
If
you enter the EBU website and go
to 'Members login'
Enter your EBU number and
password (sent to you 5 years
ago!)
OK . . . so. . . . click on
'forgotten password' ( they will
quickly send you one - which you
can change to one that you can
remember) and then you can see
ALL the bridge sessions that you
have played in since P2P and how
you have done. -
Anne Hauxwell - from the
Newcastle home page
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Bishop Auckland Bridge Club
members enjoyed perfect weather
on their trip to the Farne
Islands on 21 June 2010 - the
longest day. Due to popular
demand, this was a repeat of
last year’s trip again superbly
organised by Club Chairman Fred
Aitken.
The Arctic Terns were even more
annoyed than ever and launched
many stinging attacks upon the
intrepid group. All members
survived the sortie intact,
although one or two had hats
splashed with material in the
style of a Jackson Pollock
painting.
Having run the gauntlet of the
Arctic Terns, the group was able
to enjoy the sights, sounds (and
smells) of countless numbers of
Puffins, Kittiwakes, Guillemots,
Razorbills, Fulmars, Sandwich,
Common and Arctic Terns, Shags,
Eider Ducks, Rock Pipits,
Turnstones, Oystercatchers,
Cormorants, Black Headed,
Herring and Lesser Black Backed
Gulls plus offshore views of
Gannets. Oh yes and a large
breeding colony of Grey Seals.
It was a real privilege to see
all these magnificent creatures
at exceptionally close quarters
in their own environment, intent
on raising the next generation
of their species, and all in
such crystal clear light which
showed off their spectacular
colouring in rarely seen detail.
After returning to Seahouses,
there followed the now customary
fish and chip supper when
stories of the day's events were
recounted and tales of derring
do were shared. - John
Dobson
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ENGLISH BRIDGE MAGAZINE
 The
front cover design for
the June edition of 'English
Bridge' is the 5th design by
your webmaster.
Yes they got my name wrong last
month!
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2010 YORKSHIRE CONGRESS
This proved to be a good weekend
for NEBA players particularly from
Whitley Bay and even more particularly
for Ajit Shivdasani who won the
consolation pairs (Chairman's Plate)
with Brian Marlow from Leicester
(formerly from this area).
Ajit was also runner up in the final of
the John Colley Trophy for multiple
teams playing with Brian Marlow and
Elaine Purvis and Pat Tuff.
They were only one point behind the
winners.
Runners up in the Scarborough Trophy (C
Final Multiple Teams) were the Whitley
Bay team of Laurie and Joan Monkhouse
playing with Pam Gladwin and Mary
Gilbert. Frank and Janet Springett
were 5th in the main green pointed pairs
final. Congratulations to them all! |
BGB SIMS PAIRS SUCCESS
Congratulations go to two
members of Middlesbrough Bridge
Club. Ted Murdoch and Tony
Wardle, finished 3rd in the BGB
Simultaneous Pairs competition.
1624 pairs participated from 94
clubs in 5 countries.
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2010 KEMPSON CUP
In a
close and keenly contested final the
team of Clive Owen, Malcolm
Oliver, Bill March, Damian
Hassan and Martin Kane beat Chris Owen,
John Atthey, Dominic Maloney and
Tom Dessain by 22 imps. The match could
have gone either way and indeed Chris
Owens team was leading at half time.
David Broadhead had also played in
earlier rounds for the Clive Owen team
but was unable to play in the final.
Two new records were achieved Bill March
winning the competition for the 18th
time and Clive Owen having the longest
gap between first winning the event
a period of 36 years beating Len Woods
record of 35 years. |
2010 JERSEY CONGRESS
Bob Watts
and Clive Owen won the Seniors
Pairs competition at the Jersey
Congress
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PORTLAND BOWL
1. The Durham University team of
Tom Dessain Dom Maloney and the Jones
bothers lost by the narrowest of margins
(1 imp ) to Oxford University in the
semi finals of the Portland Bowl - the
UK University knock out Championship. |
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2010 CZECH OPEN
Dear sports friends,
Let us invite you most cordially to the
21st International Chess and Games
Festival CZECH OPEN 2010. More detailed
information about our festival should be
found at
http://www.czechopen.net/index.php.
You can find regulations of bridge at
http://www.czechopen.net/bridge/index.php.
With best regards
Jan Mazuch
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SCOTTISH CUP SUCCESS
A team including Clive Owen and
John Atthey from the North East
have reached the final of the
Scottish Cup. The final over 64
boards ( 4 sets of 16 ) will be
played in Dundee on the 16th
May. Although the SBU consider
this to be their premier
knockout event it is played
under slightly different
conditions than the Gold Cup in
that although you can have a
team of 6, only 4 can play in
any particular match. The other
team members are Charles and Vi
Outred from Glasgow and John
Holland from Manchester.
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HUBERT PHILLIPS BOWL
The team of Malcolm Oliver, Clive Owen,
Val Gibson, John Atthey and Bill March
has reached the final of the Hubert
Phillips a national mixed pivot teams
event knockout event. The last 4 named
beat the London team of Richard Hillman
in the semi-final. In previous rounds
the team has beaten teams containing
Brian Senior, Paul Hackett and John
Holland. The final is against the Surrey
based team of Francis Hinden.
This is a superb achievement & we all
wish them well in the Final.
The North East has been successful once
before in this competition as a team
including Steve Ray, Georgia Ray, Liz Muir,
Ian Spoors
and Dave Roberts are amongst previous
winners.
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TOLLEMACHE FINAL 2010
The
NEBA team finished 5th in the
final of the county
championships which is probably
the best position ever achieved
by our county. We started well
and after 3 rounds were leading.
Unfortunately we were well
beaten by the 2 strong teams
Middlesex and Manchester. On the
brighter side we beat Suffolk,
East Wales and Bedfordshire and
drew with Berks and Bucks. To
move further up the list we need
to be better in the slam zone
and more accurate in competitive
bidding. - Clive Owen
The
Tollemache team to compete in
the final was Bill March, Damien
Hassan, Dave Roberts, Chris
Owen, Clive Owen, John Atthey,
Julian Gibson, Malcolm Oliver,
Martin Kane, Steve Ray and Val
Gibson.
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HUBERT PHILLIPS BOWL
The team of Malcolm Oliver, Val Gibson,
Bill March, Clive Owen and John Atthey
has reached the semi final of the Hubert
Phillips Bowl.
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JUNIOR CAMROSE SELECTION
John Atthey and Chris Owen have
been selected to represent
England in the forthcoming
Junior Camrose
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TOLLEMACHE SUCCESS
I am pleased to report that the team
of John Atthey, Julian Gibson, Val
Gibson, Damian Hassan, Martin
Kane, Bill March, Malcolm
Oliver, Chris Owen and Clive Owen
qualified for the final of the
Tollemache the inter county
championship. Those who follow the
fortunes of the North East will know
we have been far more competitive in
recent years and this is the third
time in 6 years we have reached the
final. Probably the best run ever
achieved by the North East.
We were always in contention and our
worst match was a 6 -14 defeat. We
would have done even better if two
50% ish slams had not cost us 52
imps in one match and 44 imps in
another when the switch of one card
would in both cases have meant we
gained the same number. Such are the
vagaries of the game.
Damian Hassan and Julian Gibson
played particularly well and
finished 3rd & 4th in the Butler
Scoring. -Clive Owen
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