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BRIDGE
FOR ALL -Spring Simultaneous Pairs March 2000.
The winners Alan and Pat Anstey are second year students, the second
and third were first years.
Highest placed MiniBridge players were Josie Levene and Kevin Marriot
(teacher Carole Waldon, London), who came 37th with 61.66%. 317
pairs competed.
This was Andrew's
second and Zia's fifth win in the Cap
Gemini Invitation Pairs. Andrew
Robson and Zia Mahmood won this year's Cap Gemini in spectacular style
with two tremendous results on the last two boards, crushing their
main rivals Steve Weinstein and Bobby Levin who were
playing in the event for the first time. Third placed Jassem
and Tuszynski were also making their debut.
Lady
Milne Trials -The
Selection Committee will choose two pairs and a reserve pair to join
Sally Anoyrkatis and Heather Dhondy who have been pre-selected.
The Lady Milne will be played
at Eastbourne during the first weekend in June.
2000 Portland Pairs. Sandra
Landy, holder of the European Women's Teams Title and double World
Champion, wins the 2000 British Mixed Pairs Championship, playing
with John Young. Results are on-line on the ECats
Bridge Site.
Auken wins European Mixed Teams Championship,
with Maybach in second place. Sorry showing from English teams, the
highest placed being Roberts in 11th place followed by Budd in 78th
position and Latham in 84th. The Scottish Team (Steel) was slightly
better than most of the English teams, finishing in 32nd position.
Full results and bulletins at www.bridge.gr
Forbo won by Canada.
John Carruthers, Drew Cannell, George Mittleman & Eric Kokish on
134, 9 ahead of Russia on 125. Canadian's all part of the team for
Maastricht - they had just come from Iceland where they finished
third in the team event. Forbo confirmed sponsorship
for next year.
Venice
Cup - Rematch
The Netherlands vs U.S.A.
Remember the nail-biting
Venice Cup final in Bermuda where the Dutch team won the gold medal
by defeating the United States by the incredibly small margin of
half an IMP? Well, believe it or not, there's going to be a
rematch.
Tony
was an excellent teammate and captain.
There will be a bridge tournament
in memory of X-president of ROC Bridge Association, Tony Chang.
March 24-26, Tainan.
He led the Tai-Chi team and won numerours victory in international
contests. Tony passed by last year and playing bridge is no doubt
the best way to recall his image.
Venice Cup
- Rematch - The Netherlands
vs U.S.A.
A Dutch sponsor, at present anonymous,
has invited the American squad to go to The Hague and play
a return match against the Dutch champions. Jill Meyers of the American
team received official notification of the invitation only two days
ago. No one can recall when a winner of a world championship event
ever has issued a challenge to a rematch to the silver medal winner.
But of course no world championship ever has been decided by so
small a margin.
The unusual margin in Bermuda was
the result of a slow-play penalty against both teams, with the Americans
being charged with the greater penalty. Despite the unusual conditions
surrounding the defeat, the Americans reacted with such grace that
the Dutch press was unanimous in praising the demeanor of the American
team.
The invitation to the Americans
indicates that the Dutch sponsor will cover the hotel and meal expenses.
In addition the winning team will be awarded a $12,000 prize,
and the losing team will get $8,000. Plans are being made
to televise the match on the Internet.
The American team consists
of Meyers, Randi Montin, Tobi Sokolow, Janice Seamon-Molson, Shawn
Quinn and Renee Mancuso, plus Jo Morse, the non-playing captain.
The gold medal winners from
the Netherlands are Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, Marijke van
der Pas, Wietske van Zwol, Martine Verbeek and Bep Vriend, with
Ed Franken as non-playing captain and Chris Niemeijer as coach.
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