Congratulations to Caitlin Conyers and Erika Jones, winners of the Novice Pairs championship title by less than a one-board margin over second placed Ben Stone and John Thorne.  A small field led to a tight match, but thanks to the six pairs who entered to enable us to hold this competition - the last event of 2023. 

Congratulations to Misha Novakovic, the winner of the annual Individual Championship held in memory of the late Ernie Owen.   36 players took part sporting Christmas hats and fuelled by prosecco.  The game was stratified and the winner of the B strat was Sharon Shanahan, while Keri Mckittrick and John Thorne tied for the C strat.   Well done all.

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Congratulations to the team of Sarah Bowers, Stuart Clare and Rob and James Mulderig, winners of the Junior Teams Championship 2023.  A strong performance gave them a comfortable victory on the last round.   In second place was the team of Jean Schilling, John Thorne, Erika Jones and Caitlin Conyers, while the biggest single match win of the evening on the last round pulled the team of Richard Neame,  Linda Manders, Sarah-Jane Varley and Sharon Andrews up into third place.  Six teams competed in an enjoyable event.

A good time was had by all at the Christmas party with 70 people in attendance.  Congratulations to Bill Pollett for winning the Calcutta.

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