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• EBU Bridge Shop gets a revamp
  The Bridge Shop has had a thorough overhaul; to see the story behind this, please click on the heading.
  If you would like to browse and see what's on offer, please click on the logo:-
  
  

• Garforth Swiss Teams
  17th September 2017
  Garforth Bridge Club ran their 33rd Annual Swiss Teams at Collingham Village Hall on Sunday.
  (Yes, it really has been going since 1985!) The new caterers also gave it a fillip with their winning menu.
  Congratulations to Michael & Audrey Jeal and the Garforth members for maintaining this tradition.
  Judith Biles, Sue Pell, Carole Kelly, and Geoff Kenyon were clear winners with 101 vps.
  Please click on the heading to visit their website for more details.


• Guernsey Congress
  8th - 17th September 2017
  Janet & Ted Latham, Peter & Agnes Baxter won the Pivot Teams with 46 imps
  In the Seniors Teams they were 3rd with 40 imps
  Ted & Peter also won the Mens Pairs with 60.71%
  In the Swiss Pairs Peter & Agnes were 4th with 140 vps, while Janet & Ted were close behind with 139


• Northern Bridge League
  After three fixtures, with one to go, Yorkshire's standing in the league is as follows:
  In the 'A' division, Yorkshire 1 and Yorkshire 2 are 4th and 3rd, with 164 and 167 VPs respectively.
  The joint leaders are on 170 VPs
  In the 'B' division, Yorkshire have improved their position from 8th to 6th (equal with Manchester, on 186 VPs.)
  Yorkshire teams lead the 'C' division, with Yorkshire SE on 199 and Yorkshire NW on 196 VPs.
  Please click on the heading to visit the NBL website.


• Success in National Knock-Outs
  Richard Edwards, Bob Ross, Tony McNiff, Bill Townsend, Dave Robinson & Robin Jepson beat Stan Harding's team by 78 imps to reach the final of the Gerard Faulkner National Seniors KO. Sarah Teshome, Richard Winter, Bill Townsend & Tony McNiff have reached the semi-final of the Silver Plate.
  (Please click on the name of the competition, then the round link)


• Northern Midweek Congress
  22nd - 24th August 2017
  In the Swiss Teams, four of the top five teams were from Yorkshire:-
  

  =2nd	Val Gibson, Pearl Murphy, Nichola Cockerill-Smith, Beverley Godfrey	97 vps
  =2nd	Stuart Davies, George Bak, Gill Copeland, Steve Blackburn	97 vps
  4th	Richard Pike, David Waxman, Alan Hayward, Tom Copeland	95 vps
  5th	Nick Woolven, Martin Edge, Robin Jepson, Alan Brosgill	85 vps


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