Top six finishes for two english pairs in European Youth Pairs Finals

Sadly no medals, by two of the english pairs competing in the European Youth Championships managed to finish in the top 6 of their series.

Susan Stockdale & Fiona Brown were competing in the Under 26 Girls series. They were never out if the top 10, eventually they finished 5th in their series.

Likewise James Paul & Graeme Robertson. who were in the Under 21 series. They too were never out of the top 10, and eventually they finished 6th in their series.

James Thrower & Shivam Shah were also in the final of the Under 21 series., they finished 14th.

<Ed Jones & Tom Paske finished 27th in the final of the Under 26's.

Five other pairs took part.

There is a considerable increase in English participation in this tournament and we are extremely grateful to the Educational Trust for British Bridge (donations always welcome) who have helped seven of these pairs, two from Wales and one from Scotland with considerable financial support. Well done everyone.

9th European Youth Pairs is under way

The 9th European Youth Pairs has begun with the qualifying round.

The following pairs, representing England, have qualified for their respective semi-finals:-

Robert Myers & Ben Paske (Under 21, in 2nd place)
James Thrower & Shivam Shah (Under 21, in 4th place)
James Paul & Graeme Robertson (under 21, in 11th place)
Susan Stockdale & Fiona Brown (Under 26 Girls, in 6th place)

The remaining pairs will go into a repecharge in their respective events, so still have a chance of reaching their respective final. They are
Liam Jones & David Faria (Under 21)
Thomas Rainforth & Philip Railing (Under 21)
Ed Jones & Tom Paske (Under 26)
Ian Angus & Joe Clacey (Under 26)
Sinead Bird & Jennifer Marvin (Under 26 Girls)

There is a considerable increase in English participation in this tournament and we are extremely grateful to the Educational Trust for British Bridge (donations always welcome) who have helped seven of these pairs, two from Wales and one from Scotland with considerable financial support. Good luck to all our pairs. There will be further updates on their progress as the tournament progresses.

Under 21's team for Beijing announced

In all, England will represented by five teams in the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing, China, which takes place on 3rd - 18th October.
Four of the teams are playing in events open to all nations, they are the Open, Womens, Seniors & Under 28's teams.
There are two other teams championships taking place in Beijing, They are the World Championships for Under 26's & Under 21's. Only the teams that qualified through their Zonal championships get invited to this. The England Under 21's team finished 4th in the European Under 21's in Jesolo, Italy last year, which was good enough to qualify them for the World Championship.

The second of these teams, the England team for the Under 21's World Championship has been announced by the EBU Youth Committee. The team is

Adam Hickman & Daniel McIntosh
Ed Jones & Tom Paske
Ben Paske & Rob Myers
NPC: Michael Byrne
Coach: Alan Shillitoe