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06.03.10 It was a disappointingly quiet week, with little about which to get excited. The directors tried their best to liven things up by printing out masterpoints on the Tuesday that were dated February, All Fools' Day and Michaelmas, but not the actual day to which they were supposed to relate. Dental Dave was last seen sobbing uncontrollably as he attempted to make some sense of it all. It was something of a cheese and pickle on Thursday when he was in the latter as his Wensleydale loving pal decided to play the boards back to front and inside out for a bit of variety. Fortunately, Lady Di was able to take control and played every hand, including one where she bid and made 8NT with 4 voids. No wonder that she and Jacqui eclipsed the self appointed superstars earlier in the week. Stuart had the benefit of being partnered by his personal physician on Thursday as they recorded the week's best percentage. Well done. The Tuesday students took part in a national simultaneous pairs competition, the results of which will gradually be posted by competing clubs over the next month. Thanks to the self effacing, modest person responsible for putting the results on the EBU/ECats national website, Halifax was the first club in Britain to lodge its scores. Keep up to date over the next few weeks with how people are doing by clicking on http://www.simpairs.com/default.asp?session=008622 This competition was restricted to those undertaking the Bridge for All course, but an open simultaneous pairs competition will be played at Halifax Bridge Club this week, on Thursday 11 March. The results for this will also be sent to the simpairs.com site, but it will have a different reference extension to the one above. Just navigate around the site to find the relevant section. It will be a busy time for the Sunday teams over the next couple of weekends as the season is rounded off. Fortunately, we have reliable captains who ring in the scores so that members can quickly be acquainted with the results by clicking on "League" at the side of this page. People collecting paper masterpoints should note that, after the beginning of next month, these will not be issued as the information will be submitted to the EBU directly from the club. Any MPs that you have (MPs refers to masterpoints - not moat cleaning claimants) and that are not being used as shopping lists would be best sent in to Gestapo, sorry EBU, headquarters in April. After that, if, eventually, you discover that the points you think you won have not been registered, check with the Killer Driller. By the way, the club would like to thank all those who have rushed to get in touch and offer their services as extra helpers in covering various duties. We repeat, the club would like to thank all ... (and no doubt will do so when the occasion arises). A précis of the week's results will continue to appear in the Saturday edition of the Halifax Courier. If anyone has news, gossip, suggestions or recommendations to make regarding the club and its activities, just click on the link below, paste the address into your email editor and get in touch.
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