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RECENT EVENTS
The Santa Claus Pairs
Manchester Bridge Club's thirtieth Santa Claus Pairs was the biggest ever, attracting 64
pairs.
The winners received tickets to Tenerife or Malaga courtesy of Club Travel 2000.
1st David Baskin & Derry McCarthy
2nd= Andrew Thompson & Sandra Fenton
2nd= Ron Morrish & John Hassett
Sponsor Charles Wade of Club Travel 2000, playing with Sue Maxwell finished in 56th place.
Also enjoying the evening was 95 year old Hymie Zolkwer, who finished
31st.
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1999 Channel Trophy
Played at Cadzand, Netherlands 17th - 19th December
In the Channel Trophy played over
the weekend in the Netherlands, the
British Under-20's team triumphed, but the Under-25's team did not
do so
well:
| 1999 Channel
Trophy Played at Cadzand, Netherlands 17th - 19th December |
| Under 20s |
| Place |
Country |
VPs |
| 1st |
Great Britain |
115 |
| Alex Hydes, Ben
Handley-Pritchard, Andrew Woodcock, Oliver Burgess, Susan Stockdale,
Duncan Happer, NPC Phil King |
| 2nd |
France |
112 |
| 3rd |
Belgium |
89 |
| 4th |
Netherlands |
34 |
| Under 25s |
| Place |
Country |
VPs |
| 1st |
Netherlands |
114 |
| 2nd |
France |
98 |
| 3rd |
Belgium |
76 |
| 4th |
Great Britain |
72 |
| Richard Hillman,
Keith Bennett, David Gold, Richard Probst, Rachel Wade, Lior
Zivan, NPC Steve Eginton |
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EBU Under 19, Under
25 Pairs Qualifying Rounds,
14th November 1999,
The following pairs qualified to play in the Under-19 & Under-25
Pairs Final, which takes place on Easter Monday (24th April 2000)
at the Young Chelsea Bridge Club.
| Qualifiers |
| Under 25 |
Under 19 |
| London |
| Richard Probst & David Gold |
Simon Cope & Stuart Haring
|
| Matt Quinn & Richard Hillman |
Laura MacDougal & Leigh
Chapman |
| Rachel Wade & Lior Zivan |
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| Bradford |
| Rob Cook & Phil Chow |
|
| A Hardy & D Chow |
|
| Lee Openshaw & Ben Gibbons
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| Bristol |
| Dafydd Jones & Jake Dunn
|
Greg Moss & Ieuan Ward |
| Ben Handley-Pritchard &
John Athey |
|
| Bolton |
| Edward Levy & Craig Fisher
|
Michael Byrne & Daniel Callinan
|
| N Collier & D Desai |
|
| Cambridge |
| Gareth Birdsall & Dan Faber
|
Suzanna & Jon Morton |
| Sonia Zakrzewski & Ian Greig |
|
| Catherine Jagger & Alan
Shillitoe |
|
| Harold Bergson & James Pfeffer |
|
| Oxford |
| Nigel Cundy & Eugene Goh
|
Stuart Rutter & Ben Green
|
| Ben Cowling & Ian Lawrence |
|
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British Premier
League Result
The Semi-Finals of the First Division
of the Premier League were played at the weekend (Nov 13 & 14).
Collings (John Collings, Martin Jones, Alan Mould, Gary Hyett, Paul
Bowyer and Phil King), as the leading team after the double round
robin had first choice of opponents, and selected the Liggins (Glyn
Liggins, David Burn, Brian Callaghan & Joe Fawcett) for the
128 board match played over the two days. This turned out badly
for the Collings team who lost by a total of 97 IMPs.
The other Semi-Final was between Wright (Lionel Wright, David Price,
Gunnar Hallberg, Colin Simpson, Tom Townsend & Nick Sandqvist)
and Rosen (Neil Rosen, Andrew McIntosh, Gus Calderwood, Dick Shek,
Steve Lodge & Peter Crouch. Wright took the first set of 16 boards
by 52 - 0, and the Rosen team never really recovered. The final
result was a convincing win to Wright by 117 IMPs.
Wright and Liggins meet in a Final to be held at the beginning of
March 2000.
Originally the Premier League winners were guaranteed
selection for the 2000 World Teams Olympiad. This is
now in doubt, since it is possible that the World Bridge
Federation may grant devolution to England, Scotland and Wales,
in which case there will not be a British Team. It is my understanding,
however, that the English Selectors will take the results of
the Premier League into account if they have to select an English
team to compete in Maastricht.
- Anna Gudge
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The Porthcawl Congress,
11th-14th November at The Rest, Porthcawl,
The Congress is organised by the West
Wales and East Wales Bridge Associations.
| Championship
Pairs (Red Dragon Trophy) |
| (No percentages
available because of carry forward score from qualifying round) |
| Place |
Names |
Percentage |
| 1. |
C Melluish and R Mordue |
NA |
| 2. |
Jon Williams and Dave Baker |
NA |
| 3. |
Dafydd Jones and Mike Hirst |
NA |
| Consolation
Pairs (Little Dragon Trophy) |
| Place |
Names |
Percentage |
| 1. |
Jeremy Willans and Ian Draper
|
60.55% |
| 2. |
Tom Reddy and Rob Charlesworth
|
57.74% |
| 3. |
Mike Walsh and Graham Horscroft
|
56.10% |
| Championship
Teams |
| Place |
Names |
IMPs |
| 1. |
Tracy Capal, Steve Capal, Margaret
Courtney, Chris Rochelle |
69 |
| 2. |
Sandra Claridge, Brian Claridge,
Lynne Hayes, Nick Perceval Price |
54 |
| 3. |
Mike Hirst, Ann Hirst, Paul
Lamford, Stephanie Rohan |
53 |
| Margaret Courtney's
husband had to go into hospital during the weekend and she won
the championship teams playing with a last minute replacement
partner from Cardiff. |
| Consolation
Teams (Tusker Rock Trophy) |
| Place |
Names |
IMPs |
| 1. |
Eddie Lucioni, Diane Rogers,
Andrew Southwell, Matthew Hoskins |
71 |
| Consolation
Teams (Sker Trophy) |
| Place |
Names |
IMPs |
| 1. |
David Birt, Geoff Evans, Trevor
Towers, Adam Dunn |
71 |
| Pivot Teams
(Seagull Trophy) |
| Place |
Names |
IMPs |
| 1. |
S Claridge, B Claridge, N Perceval-Price,
L Hayes |
74 |
| Mixed Pairs
|
| Place |
Names |
Percentage |
| 1. |
Jeremy Willans and Gilly Clench
|
68.36% |
| Dewi Sant
Teams |
| Place |
Names |
IMPs |
| 1. |
Mark Roderick, Mike Climer,
Mary Moore, Chris Rochelle |
82 |
| 2. |
M Walsh, A Thompson, M Fletcher,
G Horscroft |
50 |
| 3. |
John Amor, Marie Horlock, Michael
Prior, Vic Brozdowski |
41 |
| Ladies'
Pairs |
| Place |
Names |
Percentage |
| 1. |
Val Kennewell and Pat Watson
|
65.71% |
| 2. |
Margaret Courtney and Tracy
Capal |
65.42% |
| Men's Pairs |
| Place |
Names |
Percentage |
| 1. |
A M G Thompson and M Walsh
|
62.49% |
| 2. |
John Hemington and Richard Currie |
NA |
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Bridge Results