Congratulations to the winners of The Richardson Anniversary Shield' on Thursday 22nd May, Karen Jones and Sally Duncombe and Eric Clarke and Jean Banks. Well done! We hope you enjoyed sharing our personal anniversary cake too. 

Thank you so much for the support you gave to our raffle. All the children at the Michael James school who come from very deprived bachgrounds will benefit from a food parcel for their families which will be very much appreciated. A grand total of £200 was raised.

CONGRATULATIONS TO AVRIL AND JOHN KNAPPETT ON WINNING THE PAIRS TROPHY AND WELL DONE ALSO TO THE RUNNERS UP VAL AND DON WATSON.

CHRIS EMBURY AND AUDREY GREAVES WERE WINNERS OF THE £50 HOLIDAY VOUCHERS AT THE BRIDGE OVERSEAS HOLIDAY AT ALBRIGHTON HALL.

HELD AT ALTRINCHAM BRIDGE CLUB ON SUNDAY 10TH NOVEMBER.

CONGRATULATION TO THE 6 PAIRS FROM LARKHILL WHO TOOK PART AND ESPECIALLY TO THE WINNERS NORTH SOUTH SUSAN TRIGGS AND GRAHAM WINN AND RAK KAPUR AND PAUL WEST WHO WERE SECOND.

MORE INFO AND PICTURES ON COMPETITION PAGE.

CAROL MCKINNON HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND WINNING AT BURY ATHENAEUM BRIDGE CLUB AS WELL AS COMING 6TH IN THE EBU EVENT.

HELD AT ALTRINCHAM BRIDGE CLUB ON SUNDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2013, SIX PAIRS FROM LARKHILL BRIDGE CLUB TOOK PART WITH TERRIC RESULTS.

WINNERS SUSAN TRIGGS AND GRAHAM WINN ARE PICTURED ON OUR FRONT PAGE.

PAUL WEST AND RAK KAPUR PICTURED ABOVE CAME SECOND. CAROL MCKINNON AND DIANA CALVERT WERE 6TH AS WERE MAUREEN BERESFORD AND IRENE ROBINSON. THE OTHER PAIR TAKING PART WERE JOYCE WOOLLEY AND JANE CAFFREY.

THERE WERE 15 1/2  TABLES, A FULL HOUSE.CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO TOOK PART IN THIS EBU EVENT. 

Winners of the Richardson Shield pictured with Paul West, Jane Caffrey and Joyce Woolley who share it with Gloria and John Quayle.

WINNERS JANE CAFFRET, JOYCE WOOLLEY, GLORIA AND JOHN QUAYLE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE RICHARDSON ANNIVERSARY SHIELD CELEBRATING OUR 3RD BIRTHDAY,

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN.

CAROL MCKINNON CAME FIRST WITH HER PARTNER AT THIS VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO PAUL AND RAK IN COMING SECOND IN THE KEVIN COMRIE CUP AT THE MANCHESTER CONGRESS.

RAK ALSO CAME EQUAL THIRD WITH SUE.BLOOR IN THE PLAYERS' PROGRESS CUP.

HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE GRADUATED INTO THE MAIN CONGRESS EVENT PLAYING IN THE PAIRS COMPETITION, DIANA CALVERT, CAROL MCKINNON AND SUSAN TRIGGS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNER CHARLES HARDING ON HIS EXCELLENT SCORE AND TO RUNNERS UP JOHN KELSALL AND ANGELA PRIOR WHO WERE JOINT SECOND AND SUE THOMPSON WHO CAME FOURTH. 

OUR MEMBERS COPED WITH A COMPLICATED MOVEMENT IN EXEMPLARY FASHION AND WE HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THE DAY. NOT MANY CLUBS ATTEMPT A SINGLE WINNER AND WE ARE INDEBTED TO SUSAN , GRAHAM AND LINDA FOR ALL THEIR VERY HARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND TO JEFF SMITH AND HIS SCORING SYSTEM FOR HIS HELP AND ADVICE.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST BY ANY MEANS, WE THANK PAUL FOR SPONSORING THIS COMPETITION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MEMBERS HAZEL POWELL AND GEOFF DENSHAM WHO CAME 6TH IN THE PLAYERS' PROGRESS TROPHY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER JOAN SLACK.

2ND ROGER MEDHURST

3RD RICHARD JEFFRIES

AND THANKS TO SUSAN, GRAHAM AND LINDA FOR

THE SMOOTH RUNNING OF THE EVENT AND SPECIAL 

THANKS TO PAUL FOR HIS SPONSORSHIP

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS PAT AND BARRY JEFFRIES.

NORTH /SOUTH WINNERS RITA STUBBERSFIELD AND LIZ INESON

EAST/WEST WINNERS.HAZEL POWELL AND GEOFF DENSHAM

Congratulations to Larkhill members who took part and Geoff Densham and Hazel Powell who came 4th, Catherine Sheckleton and Liz Fallon 5th, Diana Calvert and Maureen Beresford 7th and Chris Embury and Anne Richrdson 9th. The Northern Counties Finals were held in 4 centres Darlington, Manchester, York and Lincolnshireand will be repeated next year.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE 2015 ANNIVERSARY SHIELD, LIZ INESON, RITA STUBBERSFIELD, GEOFF DENSHAM AND HAZEL POWELL.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SUCCESSFUL MEMBERS: PAT CORKER AND DOROTHY DAWSON WHO WERE THE OVERALL WINNERS AT THE BRIDGE OVERSEAS HOLIDAY AT ST KILDA HOTEL, LLANDUDNO WINNING A £25 VOUCHER EACH AND ALSO DIANA CALVERT AND HER PARTNER WINNING THE CHAIRMAN'S TROPHY AT SALE BRIDGE CLUB WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY PAUL WEST.

CONGRATULATIONS

TO SUSAN TRIGGS & GRAHAM WINN 3RD

KAREN JONES & BARBARA EASTABROOK 5TH

MAUREEN BERESFORD & CAROL MCKINNON 7TH

& to our other members who took part.

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS HAZEL POWELL AND GEOFF DENSHAM

A MAGNIFICENT GRAND TOTAL OF £643

WAS RAISED FOR 

PARKINSONS TRAFFORD BRANCH 

CONGRATULATIONS TO MAUREEN FOR ARRANGING THIS EVENT AND TO THE WINNERS

NORTH/SOUTH RAK KAPUR AND PAUL WEST AND EAST/WEST FIONA ROSLYN AND KEN MCCARTHY

CONGRATULATIONS

2ND HAZEL POWELL AND GEOFF DENSHAM

3RD SUZANNE BECKETT AND DIANA CALVERT

Congratulations to John Crawford and Karen Jones winners of the Rak Kapur Pairs Trophy, pictured here with today's Director Paul West and Rak Kapur. Thanks for a splendid entry today.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JOINT WINNERS OF THE ANNIVERSARY SHIELD (6TH ANNIVERSARY) TO SYLVIA AND GIDEON KLAUS, STEVE KAY AND JEAN BANKS AND JEANETTE FRAZER AND RUTH LEVY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO TOOK PART IN THIS COMPETITION

OVERALL WINNER OF THE 86 PAIRS TAKING PART WAS ONE OF OUR FRIDAY CLUB PLAYERS:

1ST PAT TURNER AND MARGARET HARRIS

LARKHILL MEMBERS DID EXTREMELY WELL

2ND GEOFF DENSHAM AND HAZEL POWELL

21ST Suzanne Beckett and Diana Calvert, 37th Paul West and Rak Kapur, 69th Pat Corker and Maureen Beresford

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

5TH KAREN JONES AND BARBARA EASTABROOK(Pictured)

7TH SUSAN TRIGGS AND GRAHAM WINN

8TH HAZEL POWELL AND GEOFF DENSHAM

12TH PAUL WEST AND RAK KAPUR

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS

RAK AND PAUL, BARBARA AND JOHN.

QUIZ WINNERS

KATE, PAT CORKER AND DAPHNE

SPECIAL PRIZES TO IRENE, JOYCE, DELLA AND JOAN

TO SUSAN TRIGGS AND GRAHAM WINN WHO CAME 2ND AT THE MANCHESTER CONGRESS IN THE THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION.

TO RAK KAPUR AND HIS PARTNER WHO CAME 3RD IN THE KEVIN COMRIE CUP IN THE NOVICE SECTION OF THE MANCHESTER CONGRESS.

BERNARD AND PAT SHEA WHO CAME 4TH IN BOTH NOVICE EVENTS, THE KEVIN COMRIE CUP AND THE PLAYERS' PROGRESS TROPHY. THANKS TO ALL OUR MEMBERS WHO TOOK PART IN THIS WELL ATTENDED CONGRESS.

Runners up Susan Triggs and Diana Calvert

Congratulations to all our members who took part

 Sunday 14th May and especially to 

Brian and Shani Wilkins who came top 

and equal 6th place to Suzanne Beckett & Adele Hodari

and Pat Taylor & Angie Shaw Davidson.

WINNERS OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS AT LAKE MAGGIORE, SALLY DUNCOMBE AND SUE BLOOR - WELL DONE!

UPDATED PICS ON HOLIDAYS PAGE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS VAL & DON WATSON AND AUDREY GREAVES & KEITH TOMLINSON.

OUR ANNIVERSARY POINTS WINNER THIS YEAR IS HAZEL POWELL.

Winners Hazel, Diana, Susan and Graham of Intermediate section of the Michelle Brunner Memorial Event at Manchester Bridge Club on 22nd July 2017.

CONGRATULATIONS TO RICHARD AND LYNNE MALLARD ON COMING 4TH IN THE PLAYERS PROGRESS CUP AND DIANA CALVERT AND CAROL MCKINNON FOR WINNING THE KEVIN COMRIE CUP AT THE MANCHESTER COUNTY BRIDGE ASSOCIATION CONGRESS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SUZANNE AND ROY BECKETT WHO CAME 5TH.

THE RAK KAPUR TROPHY

Congratulations to Geoff and Hazel and Roger and Peter.

CONGRATULATIONS TO

AUBREY ROTHBURN & MANDY COHEN AND

JOYCE BISHOP & DOROTHY FIRTH

WINNERS OF THE

ANNIVERSARY SHIELD.

THE MAUREEN BERESFORD MEMORIAL EVENT RAISED £340 FOR PARKINSON'S AND WE HAD A MAGNIFICENT ARRAY OF CAKES. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THE WINNERS WERE KAREN JONES & JOHN CRAWFORD AND MEL & ESTELLE MEGITT.

DAVE HAS THANKED US FOR KEEPING HER MEMORY ALIVE AND WOULD LIKE NEXT YEAR'S BENEFICIARY OF THE EVENT TO BE MACMILLAN.

Congratulations to Hazel Powell and Geoff Densham for coming 4th in the Players' Progress Cup at the Manchester Congress and to Suzanne and Roy Beckett for coming 4th in the Kevin Comrie Trophy.

CONGRATULAIONS TO OUR WINNERS

SHANI AND BRIAN WILKINS AND ROS ROSENBLATT AND SYBIL JAFFE AND RUNNERS UP KEITH TOMLINSON, AUDREY GREAVES, ELAINE WILKINSON, HILDA PARKINSON, CATH BARKER AND VALERIE LADDIN.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SUZANNE AND ROY BECKETT ON COMING 2ND.

Congratulations to the Larkhill team who entered the Northern League competition this year. Having won nearly every one of their matches they have have been elevated from Group 7 to Group 6.  Well done, Suzanne, Adele, Mel, Estelle, Hazel and Diana.

Congratulations to  the 2019 winners of the Richardson Anniversary Shield, Pam Hutton, Dorothy Firth, Suzanne Beckett and Adele Hodari.

Congratulations to Roger Jones our annual points winner.

The Maureen Beresford Memorial Plate was won this year by Mel and Estelle Megitt and Brian and Shani Wilkins.  Well done to you all.

Congratulations to Hazel Powell and Geoff Densham on winning the MCBA Autumn Pairs. Well done!

Our winner is: Terence Chadwick

FRIDAY 2ND APRIL 2021

Thanks for the tremendous effort made by so many of our playerse who took part

Here are some of the entries

The winner as chosen by our Director was Ricki Douglas with lots of tremendous hats from so many players. She has chosen to make her donation to 'Guide Dogs for the Blind'.

An honourable mention to Anne Richardson - full Playboy Bunny outfit including tail (!!) - and to everyone else

Here's a picture of the winner

PLEASE NOTE NEXT WEEK'S FRIDAY SESSION ON 9TH APRIL HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL 3PM TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO WATCH THE VIDEO LINK TO PAUL'S FUNERAL.

Congratulations to Daphne Hough, Anneke Broomby, Mandy Cohen and Susie Brody who each won a Stainless steel wine goblet in our Steel Anniversary competition today

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF OUR JUBILEE COMPETITION RICKI AND DAVE & NINA AND JEAN. There will be commemorative medals for all the other competitors today too!

Congratulations to the winners of the Richardson Anniversary Shield 2022: Nina Lee and Jean Lewis & Harry Isalski and Barbara Isalska.

LARKHILL 2021 POINTS WINNER

ANNE RICHARDSON

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LARKHILL BRIDGE CLUB 2022 POINTS WINNER ADAM WISEBERG 929 POINTS AND RUNNER UP TERRY DWYER 921 POINTS.

CONRATULATIONS to the following club members who have qualified for the EBU NATIONAL PAIRS REGIONAL FINALS: Judith Jury, David Harper, Adam Wiseberg, Joan Duckworth, Helen Hauser, Jackie Burns, Mary Maybank, Anne Richardson, Sue Bloor, Sue Wood, Ruth Levy, Edwina Abbott, Sally Duncombe, Su Gomez, Paul Rigby, Daphne Hough, Terry Dwyer and Anneke Broomby. You will be receiving a congratulatory email from the EBU and details of how to enter and I would encourage you to do so as it will be played on RealBridge with which you are all familiar. You can also find details of how to enter on the Manchester County Bridge Association website.

Congratulations to the winners of our 13th Anniversary Celebration: Sheila Hardiman, Elaine Wilkinson, Brenda Shepherd and Jeanette Owen.
(The wooden Richardson Anniversary Shield has been lost but will be replaced.)

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MCBA AND LARKHILL BRIDGE CLUB RAISED OVER £650 FOR THE TRUSSELL TRUST. FINAL FIGURES SHORTLY.

THE WINNERS WERE PETER GRAUER AND PHILLIP TAYLOR, CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY SUSAN TRIGGS & GRAHAM WINN AND IN THIRD PLACE IRENE DAVIES AND KAREN REISSMAN. THE RAFFLE WAS WON BY BARBARA EASTABROOK. WELL DONE TO YOU ALL.

LARKHILL CENTENARIAN MEMBER TERRY DWYER DONATED AN ANNUAL TROPHY, PRIZES AND A DONATION TO THE TRUST TOTALLING £101 TO MARK HIS 101ST BIRTHDAY THIS COMING THURSDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY TERRY.

THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT.
 

IN A CLOSELY FOUGHT COMPETITION SUSAN TRIGGS AND GRAHAM WINN WERE RUNNERS UP IN OUR GRAND CHARITY EVENT.

Winners of the Richardson Anniversary Shield held this year on 3rd May at Ringway Club: Brenda Shepherd, Jeanette Owen (and not pictured Sheila Hardiman and Elaine Wilkinson).

MANCHESTER CONGRESS 2024

Cresta Court Hotel, Altrincham, WA14 4DP, 6^th & 7^th January 2024

Non-Expert Competition for the Kevin Comrie Cup: Sunday January 7th

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR MEMBERS WHO TOOK PART SUSAN LORD, JANE CAFFREY, MARY GOMME, LINDA SANDLE AND SUSAN HOWARTH AND AMANDA COHEN WHO CAME FOURTH.

Congratulations to SUE BLOOR AND SALLY DUNCOMBE the winners of the TERRY DWYER CUP and wising him all the best for his 102nd birthday tomorrow on Saturday 15th June.