Bridge news

The Reg Corwen trophy, a matchpoint pairs event for the leading pairs from counties across England, has taken place at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham Airport, writes Julian Pottage, Bridge Correspondent, and the winners are as follows:

1st Michael Byrne and John Holland (Manchester), 61.41%; 2nd Jeffrey Allerton and Mike Scoltock (Surrey), 60.86%; 3rd Frances Hinden and Graham Osborne (Surrey), 59.17%; 4th Tim Brierley and Graham Hartley (Avon), 59.12%; 5th Mark Chawner and Paul Spencer (Essex), 58.38%; 6th Nigel Urban and Neil Watts (Sussex), 58.22%; 7th Paul Madden and John Squibb (Derbyshire), 57.79%; 8th Julian Merrill and Paul Roberts (Merseyside and Cheshire), 57.41%; 9th Anthony Golding and Francis Morton (Hertfordshire), 56.44%; and 10th Alan Mould and Alec Smalley (Manchester), 56.05%.

The Yorkshire congress has taken place at the Cairn Hotel, Harrogate, and the winners are as follows:

Men’s Pairs: Phil Godfrey and Paul Brereton, 60.00%;

Women’s Pairs: Babs Matthews and Joyce White, 56.00%; Improver’s Pairs: Sheila Dood and Ralph Thompson, 62.73%; Championship Pairs

(Moortown Cup): 1st Jason Hackett and Adrian Kenworthy, 68.91%; 2nd Sally Brock and Fiona Brown, 58.01%; and 3rd John Hayton and Mike Jackson,

56.73%; Secondary Pairs (York Mount Group Trophy): Tom Cohen and Nick Woolven, 67.66%; Consolation Pairs (Chairman’s Plate): Joy Blakey and Irving Blakey, 60.42%; Championship Teams (Fell

Vincent Cup): 1st Tom Cohen, Jason Hackett, Chris Owen and Nick Woolven, +43 IMPS; 2nd Aleksandar Lishkov, Helen Rose, Henry Rose and James Thrower, +41 IMPS; and 3rd Tom Copeland, Keith Cornish, Alan Hayward and Tom Copeland, +28 IMPS; Secondary Teams (John Colley Trophy): Roz Bavin, John Fitzgerald, Alan Jarvis and Suzy Lawson, +46 IMPS; and Consolation teams (Scarborough Trophy): Liz Commins, Stuart Matthews, David Stevenson and Matthew Weeks, + 52 IMPS.