Re: Bill Hughes Sim Pairs 2012

[David Stevenson]

This is an invitation to you to present to your club anywhere except
the UK to play in the Bill Hughes Sim Pairs.


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BILL HUGHES SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS 2012

Organiser DAVID STEVENSON
Tel: +44 151 677 7412 63 Slingsby Drive
Mbl: +44 7778 409 955 WIRRAL
Fax: +44 872 115 2325 CH49 0TY
Email: hug...@blakjak.org England UK
Skype: bluejak666
Web: blakjak.org 06/03/2012


Your club is invited to take part in the BILL HUGHES Simultaneous
Pairs:

DETAILS

Run any day between 25th and 29th June. Cost per head: 2.40 GB£, 2.95
Euro, 4.00 Australian$ or 3.90 US$. This Sim pairs is run primarily for
the benefit of the players, not for a Charity or as a fund-raiser, so at
least 50% of the entry fees is returned as prizes and trophies [most
English Sim Pairs give 20% or less].

Booklets are given to competitors with comments on the hands. All
heat winners receive two small prizes and a trophy to keep. Prizes are
also given for leading pairs. Clubs are invited from much of the United
Kingdom and Australia and a few from elsewhere, though any club anywhere
is welcome.

SPECIAL NOTES

** Many clubs have access to Duplimate machines. We will send files to
your eddress in DUP/DLM/BRI/LIN/PBN formats if you mark it on the form.
** Scoring is done on the internet on the ECats site. See the scores
develop over the days following the event. It adds to the interest!
** Invites are done where possible by email unless you have entered or
shown interest in the last three years. Please make sure I have your
correct email address.
** Special arrangements are in place for Australia. Payment is made to
one Australian club so there is no need to worry about international
payments.

HOW TO ENTER

** To enter please fill in and return the enclosed form.
** If your club has never held a Simultaneous Pairs why not write to me
or ring me on +44 151 677 7412 and discuss it?

Yours truly, David Stevenson

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SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS 2012

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PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM BY THE 5th OF MAY
(or e-mail ALL the details on it to hug...@blakjak.org)

Note I always acknowledge emails so if you do not receive
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[David Stevenson]

The closing date for clubs is fast approaching. Remember that, unlike
most Sim Pairs, at least 50% of the fees are returned as prizes: in
normal English events it is between 10% and 20%. This is because it is
not a fundraiser nor a Charity event, so your players in your club
benefit.

Special arrangements for Australian clubs make it easier for them to
enter without worrying about currency differences, and I shall do
something similar for any New Zealand clubs.

But the number entering this year is a bit disappointing. Everyone
gets a booklet written by Frances Hinden [who often posts here] and her
husband, Jeffrey Allerton. So why not suggest that your club, anywhere
in the world, has a go this year?

Notionally the last Tuesday in June, but in practice any day that
week. I already have two ACBL clubs entering: how about a third? As
for Europe, outside the UK, only one club has entered so far! Please
try your club!

[David Stevenson]

BILL HUGHES SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS JUNE 2012

Current list of clubs [60].

It is strongly recommended that you check with the club concerned and
do not turn up without prior contact.

It is held in the week containing Tuesday 26th June.



ENGLAND [31 clubs]

Acolites Sidmouth, Devon
Andover Hampshire/Isle of Wight
Arden Warwickshire
Arnside Westmoreland
Corsham Wiltshire

Derby Derbyshire
Deva Merseyside/Cheshire
Easingwold Yorkshire
Frodsham Merseyside/Cheshire
Grantham Leicestershire

Hayling Island Hampshire/Isle of Wight
Heathercroft Warwickshire
Hedge End Hampshire/Isle of Wight
Kenilworth Warwickshire
Leverstock Green Hertfordshire

Lingfield & Dormans Limpsfield, Surrey
Linton Dunmow, Cambs/Hunts
Liskeard Cornwall
Maidenhead Berks & Bucks
Manchester Manchester

MCC Middlesex
Old Barn Way Southwick, Sussex
Orton Northamptonshire [subject to confirmation]
Phoenix Rotherham, Yorkshire
Pickering Yorkshire

Pilgrims Canterbury, Kent
Roehampton Surrey
Thakeham Sussex
Truro Cornwall
Warminster Wiltshire

Winscombe Somerset



WALES [9]

Brecon East Wales
Camarthen West Wales
Colwyn Bay CC North Wales
Dolgellau Mid Wales
Haverfordwest West Wales

Lampeter Mid Wales
Pencoed East Wales
Swansea West Wales
Ynys Mon North Wales



SCOTLAND [4]

Cairngorm Highland District
Helensburgh West District
Lerwick North District
Rothesay West District



NORTHERN IRELAND [1]

Warrenpoint Golf C Co Down



USA [2]

DBC Winchester Arlington MA
San Jose California



EUROPE [2]

Bridgesamband Reykjavik, Iceland
La Vallée de l’Orb Herault, France



AUSTRALIA [7]

Bendigo Victoria
Eastern Melbourne, Vic
Good Sports North Tumbulgum, NSW
Paynesville Bairnsdale, Vic
Sale Victoria
Traralgon Gippsland, Vic
Yarrawonga Victoria



AFRICA [4]

Coast Mombasa, Kenya
Gaborone Ladies Botswana
Kenya Bridge Ass Nairobi, Kenya
Lusaka Zambia

[David Stevenson]

BILL HUGHES SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS JUNE 2012

Whenever I think "That's it" I always seem to get some late entrants!

Current list of clubs [62]. Additions shown ***

It is strongly recommended that you check with the club concerned and
do not turn up without prior contact.

It is held in the week containing Tuesday 26th June.

ENGLAND [32 clubs]

Acolites Sidmouth, Devon
Andover Hampshire/Isle of Wight
Arden Warwickshire
Arnside Westmoreland
Corsham Wiltshire

Derby Derbyshire
Deva Merseyside/Cheshire
Easingwold Yorkshire

Friends *** Harrow, Middlesex

Frodsham Merseyside/Cheshire

Grantham Leicestershire
Hayling Island Hampshire/Isle of Wight
Heathercroft Warwickshire
Hedge End Hampshire/Isle of Wight
Kenilworth Warwickshire

Leverstock Green Hertfordshire
Lingfield & Dormans Limpsfield, Surrey
Linton Dunmow, Cambs/Hunts
Liskeard Cornwall
Maidenhead Berks & Bucks

Manchester Manchester
MCC Middlesex
Old Barn Way Southwick, Sussex

Orton *** Northamptonshire

ISLANDS [1]

Victoria *** Jersey, CI

[David Stevenson]

BILL HUGHES SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS JUNE 2012

Don't forget to find a club and play! One more late entry marked ***

Current list of clubs [63].

It is strongly recommended that you check with the club concerned and
do not turn up without prior contact.

It is held in the week containing Tuesday 26th June.



ENGLAND [32 clubs]

Acolites Sidmouth, Devon
Andover Hampshire/Isle of Wight
Arden Warwickshire
Arnside Westmoreland
Corsham Wiltshire

Derby Derbyshire
Deva Merseyside/Cheshire
Easingwold Yorkshire

Friends Harrow, Middlesex

Frodsham Merseyside/Cheshire

Grantham Leicestershire
Hayling Island Hampshire/Isle of Wight
Heathercroft Warwickshire
Hedge End Hampshire/Isle of Wight
Kenilworth Warwickshire

Leverstock Green Hertfordshire
Lingfield & Dormans Limpsfield, Surrey
Linton Dunmow, Cambs/Hunts
Liskeard Cornwall
Maidenhead Berks & Bucks

Manchester Manchester
MCC Middlesex
Old Barn Way Southwick, Sussex

Orton Northamptonshire

Victoria Jersey, CI

USA [2]

DBC Winchester Arlington MA
San Jose California

EUROPE [3]

Akuyreri *** Iceland

[David Stevenson]

BILL HUGHES SIMULTANEOUS PAIRS JUNE 2012

Sadly we have lost a club.

AUSTRALIA [7]

Traralgon Gippsland, Vic



Traralgon BC have been flooded, the carpets are wet, and they will not
be open again until July.

[David Stevenson]

The early results are in!

Results for 134 pairs playing at 8 clubs in 6 countries. 3 Australian
clubs already, including Good Sports BC in North Tumbulgum, NSW, my
first Australian club outside Victoria. They have the early leaders.

CB Vallee de l'Orb, my French club, was first to post their results.


http://www.simpairs.com/default.asp?session=006537


%
1 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.45
2 Hanna Friðriksdóttir & Inga Lára Guðmundsdóttir
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 66.64
3 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 66.22
4 Tony Davies & Belinda Davies (Brecon, WL) 65.51
5 Jean Shaffer & William Shaffer (DBC of Winchester, US) 65.44
6 Ásgrimur Aðalsteinsson & Jörundur Þórðarson
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 65.25
7 Shahina McKelvie & Sarah Hollington
(Roehampton BC, EN) 65.17
8 Baldvin Valdimarsson - Hjálmtýr Baldursson
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 65.13
9 Corrie Van Lier & Helen Cantwell (Sale BC, AU) 64.67
10 George Campbell & Jeanne Anderson (Sale BC, AU) 62.46


Clubs Pairs
AU Australia 3 36
IC Iceland 1 28
US USA 1 23
EN England 1 21
WL Wales 1 13
FR France 1 13
SC Scotland 0 0
KN Kenya 0 0
ZM Zambia 0 0
NI Northern Ireland 0 0
CI Channel Isles 0 0
BW Botswana 0 0
CP Cyprus 0 0
IM Isle of Man 0 0

[David Stevenson]

Sadly Brecon BC have had to withdraw their results when it was found
they had played the wrong boards. These things happen!

Results for 180 pairs playing at 11 clubs in 6 countries. 3rd and 1st
have swapped places, and 7th risen to 4th.


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%
1 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 67.90

2 Hanna Friðriksdóttir & Inga Lára Guðmundsdóttir

(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 67.41
3 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.08
4 Shahina McKelvie & Sarah Hollington
(Roehampton BC, EN) 67.06
5 Lynn Shannon & Frances Dickman (San Jose Bridge Cent, US) 66.98
6 Corrie Van Lier & Helen Cantwell (Sale BC, AU) 66.48
7 Baldvin Valdimarsson - Hjálmtýr Baldursson
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 65.68
8 Jean Shaffer & William Shaffer (DBC of Winchester, US) 65.13
9 Angela John & Chris Overton (Haverfordwest BC, WL) 64.84
10 Helen McAdam & Moira Hecker (Traralgon BC, AU) 64.80


Clubs Pairs
AU Australia 4 50
US USA 2 41
EN England 2 36
IC Iceland 1 28
FR France 1 13
WL Wales 1 12

[David Stevenson]

Results for 287 pairs playing at 17 clubs in 7 countries. The French
leaders' score has improved a fair amount, and the American pair have
risen from 5th to 2nd. However there are no new pairs in the top seven,
and only one new pair at 9th in the top ten.



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%
1 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 68.66
2 Lynn Shannon & Frances Dickman (San Jose Bridge Cent, US) 67.40
3 Hanna Friðriksdóttir & Inga Lára Guðmundsdóttir
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 67.37
4 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.07
5 Shahina McKelvie & Sarah Hollington
(Roehampton BC, EN) 67.03
6 Corrie Van Lier & Helen Cantwell (Sale BC, AU) 66.63

7 Baldvin Valdimarsson - Hjálmtýr Baldursson

(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 65.56
8 Helen McAdam & Moira Hecker (Traralgon BC, AU) 64.87
9 Angela John & Chris Overton (Haverfordwest BC, WL) 64.50
10 Ásgrimur Aðalsteinsson & Jörundur Þórðarson
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 64.49


Clubs Pairs
EN England 6 119

AU Australia 4 50
US USA 2 41

WL Wales 2 26

IC Iceland 1 28
FR France 1 13

SC Scotland 1 10

[David Stevenson]

Results for 394 pairs playing at 25 clubs in 7 countries. The French
leaders' score has improved again, and is beginning to look like a
winning score with well over half the clubs still to come.

Despite another 7 clubs, there seem few good scores: the highest
newcomer is 8th. 4th and 5th have swapped.



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%
1 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 69.50
2 Lynn Shannon & Frances Dickman (San Jose Bridge Cent, US) 67.99

3 Hanna Friðriksdóttir & Inga Lára Guðmundsdóttir

(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 67.44
4 Shahina McKelvie & Sarah Hollington
(Roehampton BC, EN) 67.36
5 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.28
6 Corrie Van Lier & Helen Cantwell (Sale BC, AU) 67.22

7 Baldvin Valdimarsson - Hjálmtýr Baldursson

(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 65.25
8 Jackie Davies & John Neville (Leverstock Green BC, EN) 64.96
9 Ásgrimur Aðalsteinsson & Jörundur Þórðarson
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 64.55
10 Donald Burgess & Michael Porteous (Warminster BC, EN) 64.27


Clubs Pairs
EN England 11 197
AU Australia 4 50
WL Wales 4 39
US USA 2 41
SC Scotland 2 26

IC Iceland 1 28
FR France 1 13

[David Stevenson]

Last posting tonight. Four more clubs.

Results for 459 pairs playing at 29 clubs in 7 countries. The French
leaders' score still looks good. The top eight pairs are unchanged,
with 4th and 5th swapping again.



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%
1 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 69.15
2 Lynn Shannon & Frances Dickman (San Jose Bridge Cent, US) 67.53

3 Hanna Friðriksdóttir & Inga Lára Guðmundsdóttir

(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 67.27
4 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.03
5 Shahina McKelvie & Sarah Hollington
(Roehampton BC, EN) 66.93
6 Corrie Van Lier & Helen Cantwell (Sale BC, AU) 66.78

7 Baldvin Valdimarsson - Hjálmtýr Baldursson

(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 65.21
8 Jackie Davies & John Neville (Leverstock Green BC, EN) 64.74
9 Donald Burgess & Michael Porteous (Warminster BC, EN) 64.68
10 Jonathan Hoffman & Gail Hoffman (MCC Bridge Society, EN) 64.62


Clubs Pairs
EN England 13 241
WL Wales 5 50

AU Australia 4 50
US USA 2 41

IC Iceland 2 38
SC Scotland 2 26

[David Stevenson]

Results for 637 pairs playing at 41 clubs in 9 countries. 12 more
clubs today. Actually, the website at this moment shows an extra club
and 22 more pairs, but it has both Kenya and Kenya Blue - and they are
the same section!

The French are still in the lead, but pairs from Kenya and Australia
are hot on their tail!



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%
1 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 69.08
2 Bena Shah & Sobhag P Shah (Kenya BA - Red, KN) 68.49
3 Helen Cantwell & Dot Lawrence (Paynesville BC, AU) 68.24
4 Lynn Shannon & Frances Dickman (San Jose BCen, US) 67.96
5 Stuart Henderson & David Gilbert (Thakeham BC, EN) 67.49
6 Hanna Friðriksdóttir & Inga Lára Guðmundsdóttir
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 67.44
7 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.31
8 Hilary Hutchings & Richard Milner (Paynesville BC, AU) 67.28
9 Shahina McKelvie & Sarah Hollington
(Roehampton BC, EN) 66.96
10 Corrie Van Lier & Helen Cantwell (Sale BC, AU) 66.80


Clubs Pairs
EN England 19 323
WL Wales 6 60
AU Australia 5 72

US USA 2 41
IC Iceland 2 38

SC Scotland 3 35
FR France 1 13
KN Kenya 2 43
ZM Zambia 1 12

[David Stevenson]

Results for 679 pairs playing at 44 clubs in 9 countries. 3 more
clubs this evening. Now they will just come in ones and twos. The
duplicate club has been eliminated from the website.

Problems occur in clubs, and two clubs have failed to register a heat,
Brecon in Wales, and Frodsham in England. In fact Frodsham is my
longest serving club. One of them had a problem with the make-up of the
hands, the other it was a traffic problem and the organiser did not make
it to the club.

This event is licensed by England, and the largest number of clubs by
far are from England, and over half from England and Wales. This makes
it very interesting that there is no English or Welsh pair in the first
five, the order being France, Kenya, USA, Australia and Iceland.

3rd and 4th have swapped places, as have 5th and 6th, and 8th and 9th,
but no newcomers in the top ten this time.


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%
1 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 69.35
2 Bena Shah & Sobhag P Shah (Kenya BA - Red, KN) 68.53
3 Lynn Shannon & Frances Dickman (San Jose BCen, US) 68.12
4 Helen Cantwell & Dot Lawrence (Paynesville BC, AU) 68.07
5 Hanna Friðriksdóttir & Inga Lára Guðmundsdóttir
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 67.40
6 Stuart Henderson & David Gilbert (Thakeham BC, EN) 67.36
7 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.29
8 Shahina McKelvie & Sarah Hollington
(Roehampton BC, EN) 67.20
9 Hilary Hutchings & Richard Milner (Paynesville BC, AU) 67.17
10 Corrie Van Lier & Helen Cantwell (Sale BC, AU) 67.02


Clubs Pairs
EN England 20 333
WL Wales 8 92

[David Stevenson]

Results for 780 pairs playing at 51 clubs in 10 countries. A few more
clubs - but the big news is that a pair from the Friends Bridge Group in
Harrow [part of London UK] have come in with a leading and possibly
winning score. A pity in one way: I was quite looking forward to a
French pair winning.

Another English club, Pickering from Yorkshire, have come in with two
pairs in the top ten. 11 clubs to go.


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%
1 Latchmin Tiwarie & Harry Ashar (Friends BGp, EN) 70.28
2 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 69.31
3 Bena Shah & Sobhag P Shah (Kenya BA - Red, KN) 68.50
4 Lynn Shannon & Frances Dickman (San Jose BCen, US) 68.16
5 Helen Cantwell & Dot Lawrence (Paynesville BC, AU) 68.01
6 Alan Grace & Madge Allison (Pickering BC, EN) 67.72
7 Madeleine Webber & Sue Boag (Pickering BC, EN) 67.45
8 Hanna Friðriksdóttir & Inga Lára Guðmundsdóttir
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 67.27
9 Stuart Henderson & David Gilbert (Thakeham BC, EN) 67.27
10 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.26


Clubs Pairs
EN England 26 420

WL Wales 8 92
AU Australia 5 72
US USA 2 41
IC Iceland 2 38
SC Scotland 3 35
FR France 1 13
KN Kenya 2 43
ZM Zambia 1 12

NI Northern Ireland 1 14

[David Stevenson]

Results for 835 pairs playing at 55 clubs in 11 countries. Four more
clubs today, seven to come. No newcomers in the top ten, though some
shuffling, 4th and 5th, 8th, 9th and 10th. Of course a really big score
could still come in but ti does look all done and dusted!



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%
1 Latchmin Tiwarie & Harry Ashar (Friends BGp, EN) 70.19
2 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 69.33
3 Bena Shah & Sobhag P Shah (Kenya BA - Red, KN) 68.58
4 Helen Cantwell & Dot Lawrence (Paynesville BC, AU) 68.10
5 Lynn Shannon & Frances Dickman (San Jose BCen, US) 68.09
6 Alan Grace & Madge Allison (Pickering BC, EN) 67.62
7 Madeleine Webber & Sue Boag (Pickering BC, EN) 67.39
8 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.36
9 Hanna Friðriksdóttir & Inga Lára Guðmundsdóttir
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 67.32
10 Stuart Henderson & David Gilbert (Thakeham BC, EN) 67.22


Clubs Pairs
EN England 28 458

WL Wales 8 92
AU Australia 5 72

SC Scotland 4 43
KN Kenya 2 43

US USA 2 41
IC Iceland 2 38

FR France 1 13

ZM Zambia 1 12
NI Northern Ireland 1 14

CI Channel Isles 1 9

[David Stevenson]

Results for 869 pairs playing at 58 clubs in 12 countries. Three more
clubs today, four to come, two from England, two from Australia.

A pair from the Gaborone Ladies BC in Botswana and a pair from Linton
BC in England have made it into the lower reaches of the top ten, but no
change in order above 7th.


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%
1 Latchmin Tiwarie & Harry Ashar (Friends BGp, EN) 70.21
2 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 69.17
3 Bena Shah & Sobhag P Shah (Kenya BA - Red, KN) 68.32
4 Helen Cantwell & Dot Lawrence (Paynesville BC, AU) 68.17
5 Lynn Shannon & Frances Dickman (San Jose BCen, US) 67.93
6 Alan Grace & Madge Allison (Pickering BC, EN) 67.60
7 Margie Junner & Hazel Wrench (Gaborone ladies BC, BW) 67.57
8 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.30
9 Charles de Vries & Gay Wilkins (Linton BC, EN) 67.30
10 Madeleine Webber & Sue Boag (Pickering BC, EN) 67.28


Clubs Pairs
EN England 29 467

WL Wales 8 92
AU Australia 5 72
SC Scotland 4 43

KN Kenya 3 60

US USA 2 41
IC Iceland 2 38

NI Northern Ireland 1 14
FR France 1 13
ZM Zambia 1 12
CI Channel Isles 1 9

BW Botswana 1 8

[David Stevenson]

Results for 920 pairs playing at 61 clubs in 12 countries. Three more
clubs today, leaving only Maidenhead in England to come.

Lots of shuffling of positions from third downwards but no effective
differences.


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%
1 Latchmin Tiwarie & Harry Ashar (Friends BGp, EN) 70.15
2 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 69.20
3 Helen Cantwell & Dot Lawrence (Paynesville BC, AU) 68.32
4 Bena Shah & Sobhag P Shah (Kenya BA - Red, KN) 68.31
5 Lynn Shannon & Frances Dickman (San Jose BCen, US) 67.91
6 Alan Grace & Madge Allison (Pickering BC, EN) 67.75
7 Margie Junner & Hazel Wrench (Gaborone ladies BC, BW) 67.68
8 Madeleine Webber & Sue Boag (Pickering BC, EN) 67.43
9 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.34
10 Hanna Friðriksdóttir - Inga Lára Guðmundsdóttir
(Sumarbridge BSI 2012, IC) 67.33


Clubs Pairs
EN England 30 478
WL Wales 8 92
AU Australia 7 112

[David Stevenson]

Final results for 920 pairs playing at 61 clubs in 12 countries.
Maidenhead did not hold a heat, nor did they let me know!

After the results are in a fair amount of checking goes on, and a
major mistake was found in the uploaded scores from Traralgon BC in
Australia, as well as several minor mistakes - the most common one being
to enter an unplayed board as Passed Out! Anyway, after these were
corrected, one of the Traralgon pairs gained impressively, leaping in to
the top ten at 5th!

Despite this being a primarily English event - about half the clubs
are from England - I always am interested in foreign clubs doing well.
Additional prizes go down to 7th, and this included one French, two
Australian, one African and one American pair. For a long time I
thought the French pair would win!

My own club, Deva BC, who had the winners last year, had the largest
section with 17 tables, quite a way ahead of Kenilworth [14],
Sumarbridge in Iceland [14], and Bendigo in Australia [13.5]. But
really the most impressive was the Kenya Bridge Association in Nairobi,
who ran two sections, totalling 21.5 tables in all. The smallest heat
[as usual!] was at Dolgellau with 2.5 tables, the next smallest being 4
tables.

My thanks as always go to Anna Gudge and ECats, who do the scoring,
and Frances Hinden and Jeffrey Allerton, who write the booklet, and my
wife, Liz, who does a lot of the real work behind the scenes, like
putting the brochures in envelopes.

Wherever you are in the world I should be pleased if you might talk to
your club about entering next year. It is always held during the week
containing the last Tuesday in June, primarily on that day, but clubs
who do not hold Tuesday heats can hold it any time during that week. The
things that players like about this event are:

* Every player gets a booklet
* The prize fund is guaranteed to be at

least 50% of the entry fees

* Every heat winner gets a little package of
prizes, some money, a shield, and a pen each
* In heats with 10+ tables, second gets a little
package of prizes, some money, and a pen each



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Trophy winners: %
LATCHMIN TIWARIE & HARRY ASHAR (Friends BGp, EN) 70.21

2 Guy Bessiere & José Frayssinet (CB Vallee de l'Orb, FR) 69.25
3 Helen Cantwell & Dot Lawrence (Paynesville BC, AU) 68.45
4 Bena Shah & Sobhag P Shah (Kenya BA - Red, KN) 68.34
5 Helen McAdam & Moira Hecker (Traralgon BC, AU) 68.12
6 Lynn Shannon & Frances Dickman (San Jose BCen, US) 67.93
7 Alan Grace & Madge Allison (Pickering BC, EN) 67.73
8 Margie Junner & Hazel Wrench (Gaborone ladies BC, BW) 67.62
9 Jenny Kidd & David Kidd (Good Sports BC, AU) 67.52
10 Madeleine Webber & Sue Boag (Pickering BC, EN) 67.45