With the Olympic games approaching their closing ceremony, we can look forward to World Mind Sports Games (formerly known as the World Teams Olympiad) which are also being held at the Olympic Complex in Beijing.
The Open team was announced last week, following a four day Trial at the Brighton Congress. That completes the selection process. All five teams that are going have now been announced. They are:-
Open Team
Nick Sandqvist & Artur Malinowski
Jason Hackett & Justin Hackett
David Gold & Tom Townsend
Captain : Phil King
Coach: Simon Cope
Womens Team
Heather Dhondy & Nevena Senior
Catherine Draper & Anne Rosen
Nicola Smith & Sally Brock
Captain: Martin Jones
Coach: Sandra Penfold
Seniors Team
Chris Dixon & Victor Silverstone
Colin Simpson & David Price
Ross Harper & Andrew Thompson
Captain: Peter Czerniewski
Under-28s
Fiona Brown & Susan Stockdale
Ollie Burgess & Andrew Woodcock
Ben Green & Duncan Happer
Reserves: Mike Bell & Michael Byrne
Captain: David Greenwood
Coach: Diane Greenwood
Under-21s (playing in the Under 21's World Championship)
Adam Hickman & Daniel McIntosh
Ed Jones & Tom Paske
Ben Paske & Rob Myers
Captain: Michael Byrne
Coach: Alan Shillitoe
Friday, 22 August 2008
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Sandqvist hold a big lead
After 60 boards of the 100 board final trial to pick the England team to go to the World Mind Sports in Beijing, the Sandqvist team lead the Townsend team by 178 imps to 71 imps. The final 40 boards will be played today. At the end the winning team will automatically be picked for Beijing, and a third pair will be picked by the Selection Committee from amongst all the remaining pairs that competed. Full scores here.
The Final is being shown on Bridgebase online. You can download Bridge Base Online from their website http://online.bridgebase.com or view it without downloading anything, from the BBOTV website http://www.bbotv.com/vugraph/
The Final is being shown on Bridgebase online. You can download Bridge Base Online from their website http://online.bridgebase.com or view it without downloading anything, from the BBOTV website http://www.bbotv.com/vugraph/
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
It's Townsend v Sandqvist in the Final of World Minds Sports trial
At the end of the round robin stage of the four team trial to pick the England team to go to the World Mind Sports in Beijing, the Townsend team were first with 51 Vps, and the Sandqvist team were second with 46 Vps. These two teams therefore qualify for the final stage which begins today. They will play a 100 board match. At the end of it the winning team will automatically be picked for Beijing, and a third pair will be picked by the Selection Committee from amongst all the remaining pairs that competed. Full scores here.
The Final will be shown on Bridgebase online. You can download Bridge Base Online from their website http://online.bridgebase.com or view it without downloading anything, from the BBOTV website http://www.bbotv.com/vugraph/
The Final will be shown on Bridgebase online. You can download Bridge Base Online from their website http://online.bridgebase.com or view it without downloading anything, from the BBOTV website http://www.bbotv.com/vugraph/
Monday, 11 August 2008
Open team Trials for Beijing
The Trails for the Open team that will represent England in the 2008 World Mind Sport Games (formerly known as the Olympiad) begin today.
Four teams will play a double round robin of 20 board matches On Mon 11 and Tue 12 Aug. At the end of that the top two teams will play a 100 board final on Wed 13 and Thu 14 Aug. The winning team will be selected, along with a third pair which will be chosen by the Selection Committee.
The Four teams are
HACKETT: Paul Hackett, John Holland, Tony Waterlow, Ian Panto
TOWNSEND: Tom Townsend, David Gold, Andrew McIntosh, Gunnar Hallberg
SANDQVIST: Nick Sandqvist, Artur Malinowski, Justin Hackett, Jason Hackett
LIGGINS: Glyn Liggins, Peter Crouch, Neil Rosen, Martin Jones
The trials will be shown on Bridgebase online. You can download Bridge Base Online from their website http://online.bridgebase.com or view it without downloading anything, from the BBOTV website http://www.bbotv.com/vugraph/
Four teams will play a double round robin of 20 board matches On Mon 11 and Tue 12 Aug. At the end of that the top two teams will play a 100 board final on Wed 13 and Thu 14 Aug. The winning team will be selected, along with a third pair which will be chosen by the Selection Committee.
The Four teams are
HACKETT: Paul Hackett, John Holland, Tony Waterlow, Ian Panto
TOWNSEND: Tom Townsend, David Gold, Andrew McIntosh, Gunnar Hallberg
SANDQVIST: Nick Sandqvist, Artur Malinowski, Justin Hackett, Jason Hackett
LIGGINS: Glyn Liggins, Peter Crouch, Neil Rosen, Martin Jones
The trials will be shown on Bridgebase online. You can download Bridge Base Online from their website http://online.bridgebase.com or view it without downloading anything, from the BBOTV website http://www.bbotv.com/vugraph/
Friday, 18 July 2008
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.
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.
Thursday, 17 July 2008
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.
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.
Friday, 4 July 2008
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
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 |
Monday, 30 June 2008
Pau - England Open Team finish 12th
The Open team finished their campaign, and ended in 12th position. Match 14 was against Latvia, and they lost 7 - 23. In match 15 they played Sweden and won 17 - 13. Match 16 was againsr Iceland and they won that 24 - 6. Their final match, on Saturday morning was against Poland, and the England team won 17 - 13. They finished in 12th position. Norway took the Gold medal with 299, Russia the Silver with 287, and Gemany the Bronze with 286. The other World Championship qualifiers were Bulgaria, Italy and the Netherlands.
You can view all the results on the European Bridge League website.
You can view all the results on the European Bridge League website.
Saturday, 28 June 2008
Thoughts of an NPC IX
This is Bill with the "last rites from Pau". We came, we tried we failed. We are now lying in twelfth position and short of a miracle this morning we will not meet our second objective of finishing in the top ten (European Champions Cup qualification).
Yesterday epitomises our championship- in the first match against lowly Latvia we were well beaten 23-7 then in the two difficult matches against Sweden and Iceland we won 17-13 and 24-6. Finishing on a very positive note I would make two points.
- the team performed well against the top teams.
-the two Johns', after an indifferent qualifying series, played brilliantly in the final round robin and at the time of writing this report are lying second overall in the " Butler rankings".
Yesterday epitomises our championship- in the first match against lowly Latvia we were well beaten 23-7 then in the two difficult matches against Sweden and Iceland we won 17-13 and 24-6. Finishing on a very positive note I would make two points.
- the team performed well against the top teams.
-the two Johns', after an indifferent qualifying series, played brilliantly in the final round robin and at the time of writing this report are lying second overall in the " Butler rankings".
Pau - England Women finish 8th
Womens team in Pau.
.................Click on picture to enlarge. Left to Right: Rob Cliffe (Coach), Heather Dhondy, Catherine Draper, Anne Rosen, Catherine Jagger, Sarah Teshome, Nevena Senior, Alan Mould (Captain)
The England Women's team finished their campaign in 8th place, missing out on qualifying for the World Championship for which they needed a top six finish. A total of 52 VP's from the three matches yesterday would have been enough, sadly that could only manage 43 VPs. Their final three results were 15 - 15 against Finland, 20 - 10 against Greece and 12 - 18 against Italy.
.................Click on picture to enlarge. Left to Right: Rob Cliffe (Coach), Heather Dhondy, Catherine Draper, Anne Rosen, Catherine Jagger, Sarah Teshome, Nevena Senior, Alan Mould (Captain)
The England Women's team finished their campaign in 8th place, missing out on qualifying for the World Championship for which they needed a top six finish. A total of 52 VP's from the three matches yesterday would have been enough, sadly that could only manage 43 VPs. Their final three results were 15 - 15 against Finland, 20 - 10 against Greece and 12 - 18 against Italy.
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