Bridge news

Clubs across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have held heats of the Celtic Spring Pairs, writes Julian Pottage, Bridge Correspondent. Winners of the Monday and Tuesday sessions are as follows:

Monday: 1st Jim Mcdonnell and Brian Moore (Windsor, Belfast), 74.42%; 2nd Ann Hasson and Harold Curran (Windsor, Belfast), 73.56%; 3rd Mervyn Carlisle and Jean Patterson (Dromore, Down), 66.26%; 4th Iain Sime and Julia Palmer (New Melville, Edinburgh), 65.91%; and 5th Robert Roden and John Newsnap (Gwent, Newport), 65.91%. Tuesday: 1st Tony Ratcliff and Julian Pottage (Pencoed, Glamorgan), 70.58%; 2nd George Anderson and Trish Davis (Cairngorm, Aviemore), 68.55%; 3rd Jake Milne and Liam O’brien (Montrose), 66.26%; 4th Maureen Mowat and Pearl Gill (Aberdeen), 64.98%; and 5th Ricky Serafini and Mike Scully (Tryst, Falkirk), 64.80%.