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Westmorland

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ANOTHER successful joint congress with

Cumbria County Bridge Association was held in

Kendal in September. Some 32 teams and 70

pairs played in a well organised event seamlessly

directed by Ken Johnson. Winners of the Swiss

Teams were David & Margaret Thompson and

Jill & Roger Hancock by 1VP from Tim & Babs Matthews and

Bill & Joyce White. The Swiss Pairs was won by Bob Loveridge

& Helen Montgomery, 1VP ahead of Bill Alston & Andrew

Petrie. This has become a popular congress in an area of

natural beauty. Next year it will be held in the same venue on

24-25 September.

Northern League teams are struggling this year although

hoping to regain lost ground in the last match. Eight

Westmorland players recently attended the Cornwall County

Congress in Bude, another area worth visiting, with Jeremy

Harris and John Ellwood coming 2nd in the Swiss Pairs (see

picture below).

Wiltshire

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WILTSHIRE members supported Somerset's

Weston-super-Mare green point event in

force and Ambrose Holmes-Mackie came first

(with Niall Igoe) in the Men's Pairs with 63%, Marion

Loudon & Lesley Irvine fourth in the Ladies' Pairs with 59%

and Liz & Terry Butler third in the Mixed Pairs with 58%. Our

highest ranking pair in the Championship Pairs were Tessa

Attwater & Tony Read coming ninth with 57%.

Things didn't go so well in the Swiss teams though Pete

Webb and Anne Rogan were one half of the team that came in

twelfth.

Worcestershire

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BROMSGROVE Bridge Club organised a very

exciting charity Café Bridge Event (see photo

opposite) in Barnt Green, open to all-comers, on

6th October. It was supported by a number of

local businesses who donated prizes for the raffle.

Almost £700 was raised for Children in Need and the

participants enjoyed an entertaining day. Leading pairs were:

1st, Carrolleannea Philp & Martin Gill; 2nd, Brenda

Anderson & Sheena Aitken.

Diary dates: 12 Feb, Club Representatives Pairs. 5 Mar,

County Championship Pairs. Clubs are invited to nominate

their representatives for the former but all county members

are eligible for the latter.

Yorkshire

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CONGRATULATIONS to the following on their

recent achievements:

Three Yorkshire junior players - Emma Bentley,

Daniel Winter and Dominic Rayner - represented

England in the European Youth Pairs

Championships, played in Liepaja, Latvia.

Yorkshire players Fiona Brown, Sandra Penfold, Brian

Senior, Sarah Teshome and James Thrower represented

England at the World Bridge Games in Wroclaw, Poland.

Brian Senior and Sandra Penfold were in the third-placed

team in the EBU's Crockfords Cup.

At the EBU's Northern Midweek Congress, Graham

Jepson, David Fletcher, Frank Littlewood & David Musson

won the Swiss Teams; in the Championship Pairs, George Bak

& Stuart Davies were third. Fiona Brown, with Kent's Helen

Erichsen, won the Great Northern Swiss Pairs.

At the EBU Guernsey Congress, Janet & Ted Latham were

third in the Swiss Pairs and, with Agnes & Peter Baxter, who

won the Senior Multiple Teams.

At the Isle of Man Congress, Heather Hobson, Roy

Garthwaite, and Janet & Ted Latham were second in the Swiss

Teams.

Diary dates: 5 comps@ebu.co.ukSwiss Pairs.

Jeremy Harris and John Ellwood

come second in Cornwall

Congress Swiss Pairs

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BRIDGE OVERSEAS

LISBON CONGRESS

5* Real Palacio Hotel, Lisbon

Open Pairs; Men's, Ladies' and Mixed Pairs;

Pivot Teams

Swiss Pairs and Swiss Teams

Bridge Fees: £138

( 01296 317203 or comps@ebu.co.uk

Attendance at the congress is exclusive to

delegates booking their accommodation

with Bridge Overseas ( 0800 034 6246

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