Bridge news
The Northern Ireland Bridge Union Spring Congress has taken place at the La Mon Hotel at Castlereagh, near Belfast, writes Julian Pottage, Bridge Correspondent, and the results are as follows:
Congress Pairs: 1 Neil Cauwood and Michael Mcfaul, 59.34% (Belfast); 2 William Dukelow and Dean Bradley, 58.72% (Belfast); and 3 John Ferguson and Ian Hamilton, 56.32% (Belfast).
Congress Teams: 1 Diane Greenwood, Teresa Rigney, Rex Anderson, David Greenwood (Templepatrick, Dublin, Castlerock, Templepatrick), 108.13 VPS; 2. Sam Hall, Ian Hamilton, Ian Lindsay, Robin Burns (Moira, Belfast, Belfast, Belfast), 95.42 VPS; and 3 Helen Cole, Norma Irwin, Tyrone Currie, Noel Mullan (Bangor, Belfast, Portaferry, Fivemiletown), 91.35 VPS.