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The 2018
Camrose Trophy
 First Weekend

   La Mon Hotel and Country
               Club,
      Castlereagh, Belfast
      5th-7th January 2018
Camrose Trophy First Weekend - The 2018 La Mon Hotel and Country Club, Castlereagh, Belfast - BridgeWebs
2018 Camrose Trophy
                           presented by
         The Northern Ireland Bridge Union

Welcome to Northern Ireland
Bridge Great Britain and the Northern Ireland Bridge Union extend to all a
warm welcome to the 2018 Camrose Trophy.
The venue is the La Mon Hotel and Country Club, a superb family owned 4
Star Hotel located 15 minutes from Belfast city centre yet nestled away in
the countryside. There is a Vugraph theatre for spectators to watch the
action live whilst listening to expert and instructive commentary.

Officials
Match Manager                 Brian McDowell
Assistant Match Managers      Anne Hassan, Helen Hall
Director in Charge            Fearghal O’Boyle
Scorer                        Mairead Basquille
BBO Director                  Eamon Galligan

BBO OperationTeam
Liz Scott (Organiser), Ken Hammond, Joan Baird, Barbara Ewart, Sandie
Millership, Heather Hill, Ron Hall, Diane Greenwood, Colin Jeffries, Norma
Irwin, Gerry Henry, Diana Patterson

Refreshments
Refreshments for players and officials are at the following times:
Friday      17:30 Buffet Meal Ballygowan Suite
Saturday    14:30 Light Lunch Milford Suite
            20:30 Dinner Milford Suite
Sunday      14:30 Light Lunch Milford Suite
            20:30 Reception, Dinner Milford Suite
Timings
 Fri
 17.00     Captains’ meeting
 17.30     Buffet meal    Ballygowan Suite
                Table 1               Table 2        Table 3
 19.00 –
 21.10
           England v N I       Ireland v CBAI    Wales v Scotland
 21.25 –
 23.35
           England v N I       Ireland v CBAI    Wales v Scotland
 Sat
 10.00 –
 12.10
         Scotland v Ireland    Wales v England   N I v CBAI
 12.25 –
 14.35
         Scotland v Ireland    Wales v England   N I v CBAI
           Lunch      Milford Suite
 15.20 –
 17.30
           CBAI v Scotland     N I v Wales       Ireland v England
 17.45 –
 19.55
           CBAI v Scotland     N I v Wales       Ireland v England
 20.30     Dinner     Milford Suite
 Sun
 10.00 –
 12.10
           Wales v Ireland     Scotland v N I    CBAI v England
 12.25 –
 14.35
           Wales v Ireland     Scotland v N I    CBAI v England
           Lunch       Milford Suite
 15.20 –
 17.30
           N I v Ireland       CBAI v Wales      England v Scotland
 17.45 –
 19.55
           N I v Ireland       CBAI v Wales      England v Scotland
 20.30     Reception, Dinner    Milford Suite
The Camrose Trophy
Format
The Camrose Trophy comprises six teams, the sixth team being fielded,
by rotation, by the country hosting the final weekend. In 2018 Ireland
fields two teams, one as “Ireland” the other as “CBAI”.
Five head-to-head matches of 32 boards, in 16-board stanzas, the two
teams from Ireland play against each other in the first match of each
weekend.
Teams consist of a maximum of 6 players. The team printed first in the
schedule sits North-South in the Open Room and East-West in the Closed
Room throughout the match.
Seating rights alternate between the two teams. In the first stanza the
Captain of the second-named team nominates his/her pairs first; in the
second stanza the first-named Captain nominates first.
Line-ups must be submitted at least five minutes before a stanza is due to
begin.

Systems and Conventions
The Camrose Trophy is considered to be a “Category 1” event as defined
within the World Bridge Federation Systems Policy.

Public presentation
In any one session, three matches are in progress. The play in all of the
matches is broadcast live on the internet via Bridgebase Online and
selected matches are shown in the Vugraph Theatre.
The other option for spectators is to watch live in the Open Room.
Spectators are subject to the regulations set out below. Entry to the
Closed Room is prohibited.

Regulations for Open Room Spectators
You may watch the players live in the Open Room provided you observe
the following rules:
   1.     No spectator may enter the Open Room while play is in progress.
          (Please note that this applies even if a match has started before
          the advertised time).
   2.     If a spectator leaves the Open Room while play is in progress he
          may not return until the play session (i.e. the match) has been
          completed.
   3.     During play in the Open Room spectators must refrain from
          mannerisms or remarks, and must not converse with a player or
          display any reaction to bidding or play.
   4.     Spectators are permitted to observe the cards of one player only.
   5.     They should be seated behind that player and may not get up to
          walk round the table, or seek to look at the cards of any other
          player.
   6.     Spectators are not permitted to sit where they can see the
          screen of the computer operator covering the internet match.
7.    Spectators may not draw attention to any irregularity or mistake,
        nor speak on any question except by request of the Director.
  8.    The Director in Charge and/or the Match Manager is empowered
        to control the presence of spectators, individually or collectively.
  9.    Under no circumstances may a member of the audience enter
        the Closed Room.
  10.   Spectator facilities in the Open Room are limited.

Smoking and Alcohol
Please note that smoking is not permitted anywhere in the hotel. In
addition the consumption of alcohol is not permitted in the playing areas.
Mobile Phones
Please note that mobile phones, pagers or other electronic equipment
may not be brought into the playing areas. Spectators in the Vugraph
theatre are requested to ensure that mobile phones are switched off.
The Teams

                      Northern Ireland
Rex Anderson & David Greenwood; Ian Hamilton & Sam Hall; Paul
Tranmer & Wayne Somerville; NPC John Ferguson
Rex Anderson & David Greenwood
Rex and David formed their partnership 21 years ago and, after a 5-year
‘separation’, have continuously played, subject to ill health, in the
Northern Ireland team since 2001. Rex’s Camrose career commenced in
the 60’s playing with his father whilst David first played in 1980 but for
England! They have also represented Ireland on three occasions and
were reserves for the Bermuda Bowl. Rex recently retired as a solicitor in
Coleraine and is embarking on writing a history of the NIBU.
David, married to Irish International Diane (with whom he has played in
5 Camrose matches), lives just outside Belfast and is a retired financial
advisor.
Ian Hamilton & Sam Hall
Ian is a retired GP and Occupational Physician living in Belfast. One
interest is cricket, being Fixture Secretary for his club, and following
England home and abroad most years. He is trying to master French,
spends a lot of time running NIBU simultaneous pairs, and finds time to
ponder the vagaries of the Stock Market. He has several Camrose caps,
with three different partners, including his brother.
Sam played regularly in Camrose with Hastings Campbell until work
intervened in 1987. He has now retired from full-time duties as an ENT
Surgeon and Clinical Director in a Health Service Trust. This is his first
Camrose venture with Ian.

Paul Tranmer & Wayne Sommerville
Paul is a retired civil servant who has played many Camrose matches
previously, usually with the late Robert Plunkett.
Wayne has played Junior Camrose and European Juniors previously; this
is his first full international. We wish this partnership all the best for the
week-end.

John Ferguson (NPC)
John has represented Northern Ireland on 15 occasions in the Camrose
series. He would much prefer to be playing golf or watching rugby. John is
married to Hilary who has also played Lady Milne, Hilary will be keeping a
close eye on all administration duties.
England
Frances Hinden & Graham Osborne; Jeffrey Allerton & Chris Jagger;
Michael Byrne & Kieran Dyke; NPC David Burn
Frances Hinden & Graham Osborne
Frances is (still) the youngest member of the EBU Laws & Ethics
Committee. She started playing bridge seriously at Cambridge University
where she won the Portland Bowl three times, the Junior Camrose once
and gained a silver medal in the first European Universities
Championship. Far more importantly she also met Jeffrey Allerton, who
first convinced her to play a strong NT, then to play attitude leads, and
finally – a few years later – to marry him.
Since then she has won various titles, including the Camrose and Gold
Cup twice each and the Spring Foursomes. She played with Graham in the
Open team for the Mind Sports games in Wroclaw in 2016.
Frances also chairs Appeals Committees regularly and is a valued
contributor to various internet bridge fora, as well as a BBO Vugraph
commentator and occasional writer for English Bridge.
When not playing bridge, Frances works in corporate treasury for one of
the UK’s largest companies.
She and Jeffrey also enjoy skiing and walking as often as work allows.

Graham’s national successes include winning the Gold Cup, the Spring
Foursomes, the Premier League twice, the Four Stars teams at Brighton
twice, and the Hubert Phillips Bowl three times.
Playing for the England Open Team he has won the Camrose twice.
International successes include two bronze medals in the European Mixed
Teams and most recently 2nd place in the prestigious NEC tournament in
Japan. Graham is also on the coaching team for the Junior squads and
captained a team in the White House tournament in 2017.

Jeffrey Allerton & Chris Jagger
Jeffrey won the European and World Junior Championships in 1994/5,
followed by his first Camrose appearance in 1996. While half the junior
team became bridge professionals, Jeffrey qualified as an accountant and
tax advisor (and married Frances Hinden). Working in practice in south
west London, Jeffrey has found time to win various bridge trophies
including the English Premier League, the Gold Cup twice and the
Camrose twice. In 2017, Jeffrey and Chris reached the final of the
European Open Pairs, finishing in a respectable 16th place. Jeffrey enjoys
listening to classical music and skiing, and is a keen cricket fan supporting
Lancashire & England.

Chris lectured in mathematics before training as an accountant for
Deloitte, and now runs their national training programmes. He has won
the Premier League and Camrose (twice). The Gold Cup and Brighton
Teams have remained elusive (though he has won the Brighton
Cat!). Chris is also a ballroom dancer, and has won the British Formation
championships and represented England at the World Championships. He
shares these interests with his wife Cath, although the arrival of their son
Tim in 2012 has left little time for anything other than work, not sleeping,
and their third passion, travel.
Michael Byrne & Keiran Dyke
Michael was born and raised in Manchester where he lives and works full
time (well part-time really) as a bridge teacher and writer. He has
previously won the Camrose as part of the EBU team, famously beating
their England rivals to the top spot in a nail biting finish, his partner and
him bidding a grand slam and guessing the 3-0 break when the other
declarer in the other room went down.
Michael is most famous for Captaining the England Under 20 team with
whom he has won two Silver medals at the World Championships and one
Bronze medal at the European Championships.
Away from the table (though you won't find him there very often) he
enjoys cooking and doing quizzes.

Kieran is an Australian who moved to England five years ago. He works
as a part-time professional bridge player.
He has won a bunch of national events in Australia and a few in England,
but his proudest bridge achievement is a bronze medal in the European
Open Teams in Tromso.
Kieran divides his time between London and west Oxfordshire. He enjoys
most types of games and lives most of his life to a soundtrack of 1970s
progressive rock music.

David Burn (NPC)
David was born in 1956 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He was educated at
Dulwich College and Caius, Cambridge, and is an IT consultant.

David has played for England in 7 Camrose matches, 1 European
Championship and 1 World Olympiad.
He coached Britain to Bermuda Bowl silver medal (1987) and victory in
the European championships (1991), has coached the highly successful
England Women's team over recent years, picking up numerous medals,
including victory in the 2016 European Championships and silver medals
in the 2013 and 2017 Venice Cups, and aided the Senior team in their
victory in the 2014 European Championships. He has also acted as NPC
for recent Camrose teams.

David is a popular bridge journalists, writing his own columns and often
ghost writing for Zia Mahmood.
His other interests include reading, classical music, going to the theatre,
and enjoying beer and curry.
CBAI
Ciaran Coyne & Peter Goodman; Enda Glynn & David Walsh; Gay
Keaveney & Pat McDevitt; NPC Diarmuid Reddan
Ciaran Coyne & Peter Goodman
Ciaran started playing bridge a few months before his final year
university exams in Galway when there was no money left for poker. He
has played in the Camrose three times with David Walsh, once with Donal
MacAonghusa and once in the European Championships in partnership
with Donal. Additionally, he has acted as NPC for the CBAI Camrose Team
on a number of occasions.
He lives in Cork and is married with three sons. He works in software
development for an American multi-national company.
Romance has brought Peter to Irish shores and he has embraced all
things Irish. A well-travelled Welsh international, he has captained CBAI
teams recently and now offers himself to criticism from the other side of
the fence.
This is Ciaran and Peter’s first Camrose cap together.
Enda Glynn & David Walsh
Enda is a native of Lahinch, Co. Clare. Prior to taking up bridge he was a
keen golfer playing off 2 handicap for many years. In 1992 he wrote "A
Century of Golf at Lahinch” and there is a free copy for everyone if you
call to the Office. He is extremely grateful to his Bridge partners - Irish
Internationals Gay Keaveney (his tutor), Paul Scannell and Joan Kenny
who all played for Ireland.
This is Enda's third Camrose, second with David, having played with Gay
Keaveney in 2013. Prior to that he partnered Paul Scannell on three
occasions in the Senior Camrose.
David, too, hails from Galway. This is his fourth time to play in the
Camrose . David and his wife, Orla, have 4 children to watch over.
He started playing bridge a little over 20 years ago as most of his family
were very keen players. Cards as an alternative to study, well, there was
always going to be one winner.
He is self-employed with a computer shop in Galway for close to 15 years.
An avid sports fan with a particular interest in hurling, rugby and football,
he knows Connacht will provide reasons for celebration this year!.
Gay Keaveney & Pat McDevitt
Gay is a Doctor of Chemistry in GMIT and is the holder of the highest
number of Irish National Points (equivalent of Gold Points). He has played
international bridge in many European and World Events with the late
Paddy Walsh and more recently with Rory Timlin. He achieved European
Grand Master level in 1999 and was part of the CBAI Camrose winning
team in 2000. With Pat, he was part of the 2015 and 2016 Teltscher
winning team.
Pat, originally from Donegal, now living in Boston, won the Senior Pairs
for the Hiron Trophy at the World Series of Bridge in Philadelphia in 2010
– playing with Rich De Martino from New England. He is a Life Grand
Master in the ACBL with many North American Championships to his
credit.
Pat played for the Irish Senior Team with Rex Anderson in the World Mind
Sports Olympiad in Shanghai in 2008, in the 2010 European
Championships in Ostende with Michael MacDonagh and in the 2012
Dublin Europeans with Rory Timlin.
This is Pat’s first Camrose appearance.

Diarmuid Reddan NPC
Diarmuid has played Camrose before – with John Phelan and
represented Ireland at Junior level, on teams with some of the members
of the other Irish team. This is his first outing as NPC but it should be
pointed out that he is a top class Tournament Director, who knows the
rules backwards and forwards – so don’t try anything!
Wales
John Salisbury & Tim Rees; Julian Pottage & Simon Richards; Paul
Denning & Richard Plackett; NPC Alan Stephenson

John Salisbury & Tim Rees
John played his first Camrose match for Wales against Scotland in 1974
in his home town of Wrexham - Brian Short was an opponent then and
will be again this weekend. Since then John has represented Wales in the
Junior Camrose, Camrose, Seniors Camrose, European Open and Senior’s
and Commonwealth Nations, where he is the current Gold Medal holder,
as is Tim Rees. He also won a bronze medal representing Great Britain in
the Mixed Teams in the Common Market Championships. It is somewhat
unusual that in all that time and in all those events John has only had
three partners - Jessie Newton, Robert Upton and until recently Mike
Tedd. He has also undertaken some of the most thankless tasks in bridge
- Chairman of Selectors and NPC. John has also found time to have a
career in Social Services and a family.
John formed a partnership with Tim Rees to play in this year’s Welsh
Premier League which they duly won, also finishing top of the cross imps
and earning selection for the 2018 Camrose. This isn’t however John and
Tim’s debut playing for Wales as they played a few boards together at the
European Championships in Warsaw in 2006. John and Tim did hope to
play for Wales in senior events now that John’s long-time partner (since
2002) Mike Tedd has retired from International Bridge, only for their
plans to be scuppered by the change to the age restriction, Tim is now too
young!

Tim has represented Wales in over forty Camrose and a number of
European Championships in partnership with Filip Kurbalija, including
being playing Captain in 2008 in Pau. For a couple of years (2006 and
2008) Tim topped the Gold Point rankings. Tim has won the majority of
the major domestic competitions including the Gold Cup twice, Crockfords
and the Spring Fours. Tim is the Chairman of the Laws and Ethics
Committee of the EBU.

Julian Pottage & Simon Richards
Julian has lived in Porthcawl with his wife and 4 children for the last 12
years. His work background is in occupation pensions but he currently
concentrates on bridge, family, dog breeding and photography. In 2016
he became bridge correspondent for the Daily Telegraph following the
death of Patrick Jourdain. Julian has played in the WBU team in the 2014
Commonwealth bridge games in Glasgow and for Wales in the 2016
Camrose (in partnership with Simon) and in the 2016 European
Championship in Budapest. His fondest memory from the latter was
making 1NT doubled with an overtrick on a squeeze to help the team win
its match against Norway. Prior to moving to Wales, Julian finished runner
up in the Gold Cup in 1994 and won the Pachabo/Tollemache double in
1999.

Simon runs his own regulatory affairs and quality assurance company. He
learnt to play bridge at school which was a long time ago. This will be his
fifth Camrose outing with four different partners (so there is a trend
there). His last Camrose cap was four years ago for the WBU team when
Wales last had two teams involved in the Camrose. He is married with two
children aged 20 and 22. The eldest also plays bridge and has
represented Wales at Peggy Bayer and Junior Camrose level as well as in
the Junior Europeans. Both children live away from home allowing Simon
more time to play bridge, occasionally with his wife.

Paul Denning & Richard Plackett
Paul works for EDF Energy in an IT support role and has represented
Wales in many Camrose and European events over the years together
with Adrian Thomas and Patrick Shields. He formed a partnership with
Richard Plackett playing with some success in the Eastbourne Pairs in
virtually their first outing together. They played in the Welsh Premier
League and did enough to earn selection for the first Camrose weekend of
2018. Paul is married to Barbara and still plays tennis competitively in
and around his home town of Tewkesbury.

Richard is a recently retired investment manager who returned to bridge
in 2014 after a gap of more than 20 years, having been a Gold Cup
winner whilst still a junior in 1988, benefiting like others at that time from
the tremendous work put into British junior bridge by the late Raymond
Brock.. He has played regularly for Wales since 2014 in Camrose
weekends, and also in the European Championships in Opatija and
Budapest

Alan Stephenson NPC
Alan was the non-playing captain for Wales historic Camrose win which
happened on home soil in Llandrindrod Wells in 2011. Alan is married to
Krista a former Welsh Junior and Lady Milne International, they live near
Wrexham. Having taken early retirement a few years ago as well as
playing bridge and snooker, Alan spends a fair amount of time on the golf
course. Following a few years of leisure Alan was recently appointed CEO
of the Welsh Bridge Union

                              Scotland
Brian Short & Alan Goodman; Sam Punch & Stephen Peterkin; Mike Ash
& Arend Bayer; NPC Sandy Duncan

Brian Short & Alan Goodman

Brian played for Great Britain on three occasions before Scotland got
international autonomy, with long-time partner Sandy Duncan. This is his
42nd Camrose caps for Scotland, with series wins on two occasions and
two ties. He has multiple European and Olympiad appearances for
Scotland in both Open and Senior events. He won the Gold cup in 2006
and has won every major Scottish event, including the premier teams’
competition (the Scottish Cup) thirteen times. Now retired after a long
and successful career in financial services, he continues to reside in
Edinburgh. Outside bridge, his main interests are his family (who make
use of his DIY skills), and some (now rather gentle) hill-walking.
Alan has played European, Camrose and Olympiad for Scotland’s Open
and Senior teams and has also captained a number of different Scottish
teams over the past 10 years. Having retired, he is busier than ever as
captain of his local golf club in Edinburgh. His golf has got significantly
worse as a result! He is married with three grown up daughters and one
six year old grandson.

Sam Punch & Stephen Peterkin
Sam and Stephen have played four Camrose matches and were on the
winning team for the Commonwealth Nations Transnational teams in
Glasgow in 2014.
Stephen is a classically trained pianist but more recently has been
teaching English to students from across Europe.
Sam has played in the Scottish Women’s team since 2008, with four Lady
Milne wins, and narrowly losing to France in the semi-final of the World
Bridge Games in Poland in 2016. She is Dean of Graduate Studies and
Professor of Sociology at Stirling University, where she is developing a
new research field on the Sociology of Bridge, including projects on the
participation in and benefits of bridge.

Mike Ash & Arend Bayer
Mike is Chair of BGB and was SBU President 2012-14. He has captained
and played in several Camrose teams and played in 3 successive
European Championships with 3 different partners. Having lived in
England most of his life, he claims to have retired to Edinburgh, but as
well as being Chairman of Scotland’s largest bridge club he spends a lot of
his time as a non-executive director for the NHS – “someone has to do
it....!”.
This will be Arend’s second Camrose, having played on the second
weekend in 2017. He is German; he has been living in Edinburgh since
2012, but to confuse matters more he learned bridge from Americans. In
his day job, he gets to think about mathematics; and in his night job, he
runs after his three year old and one year old sons.

Sandy Duncan NPC
Sandy has represented Scotland in the 70s & 80s (with Brian Short),
the90s and 00s (with Douglas Piper) and the 10s (with Jim Hay). He also
represented Great Britain 3 times (with Brian) in 70s & 80s. In 2010, he
was a member of Gold Medal team in Commonwealth Nations event in
New Delhi (with Irving Gordon). He has been a frequent npc in Camrose,
European Championships and junior Camrose. He worked for 9 years in
USA (between 2002 and 2012). He is now retired and living in
Stonehaven with his wife, who is the minister of the historic Dunnottar
church.
Ireland
Rory Boland & Mark Moran; John Carroll & Tommy Garvey; Tom Hanlon &
Hugh McGann; NPC Grainne Barton

John Carroll & Tommy Garvey
John is a Research & Development Manager with a software house based
in Dublin. With regular partner, Tommy Garvey, he has won a number of
caps for Ireland on the European stage, and was on the Irish team that
finished in Silver Medal Position in Warsaw in 2006 and in 4th position in
the World Teams Championships in Lille in August 2012. Tom and Hugh
were also on that successful team.
If this wasn’t enough to be busy with, he and his wife Ann Marie, also an
international player, have two boys under the age of eleven!

Tommy was introduced to Bridge more than 30 years ago, by his father,
Donal. Tommy works in London as an actuary, returning home to raid for
trophies every so often.
He and John made their open team international debut in Italy at the
European Championships in Montecatini in 1997 and in doing so, achieved
a distinction shared by only one other family in Irish bridge – the
O’Connells from Cork, who until Tommy and Donal appeared, were the
only father and son to play on the Irish team together.
Tommy is married to Kit and they are also the proud parents of two small
boys.

Tom Hanlon & Hugh McGann
Born in 1967 and originally from Rochfortbridge, Co. Westmeath, Tom
(aka “Kinder”), now living in Dublin, has been playing bridge since 1981.
He will explain how he got the sobriquet “Kinder”!! In 2004 he became
Ireland’s youngest Grand Master. Kinder moved straight from the Irish
Junior Team to the Irish Open Team in 1994, following which he regularly
represented Ireland in International events. Having more than 40
National titles under his belt he has won the Camrose (7 times), and the
Lederer (twice).
When not playing bridge Tom is fond of the odd game of poker!

From Fermoy in Co. Cork , Hugh now lives in North Yorkshire and works
in Leeds as a doctor specialising in infectious diseases. He formed a
partnership with Tom Hanlon in 1991 and won a silver medal in the E.U.
Junior Pairs in 1993. He has shared Tom’s recent successes with the Irish
Open Team. Hugh reached Grand Master rank in 2008.
With Tom, Hugh was part of the European Team that took part in the first
two stagings of the Warren Buffett Cup. Europe beat USA in September
2008 in Louisville, Kentucky having lost in Dublin in 2006. He lives with
his partner Fiona Brown and together they finished fourth in the World
mixed pairs in Verona in 2006.

Rory Boland & Mark Moran
Rory yet another extremely youthful looking Irish player, begging the
question – “How do they not get stressed??” – Answer – “stay single!”
Rory over the years has played with two greats of Irish bridge -Niall
Toibin & Pat Walshe – both of whom passed away long before their time
and Rory insists he taught them all he knew.
Rory, playing then with Niall Toibin, with Tom & Hugh, was part of the
CBAI team that won the Camrose the year after the CBAI return to the
event in 1999 – 2000 and Mark was NPC that year.

Mark also was part of a Camrose winning CBAI team with Tom & Hugh,
when they won in 2005. At that time, he was playing with Peter Pigot.
Mark has recently “semi” retired and has decided that he too will listen to
the “pearls” from Rory – so far very successfully.

Grainne Barton (NPC)

Grainne, herself an international medal-winner and former Lady Milne
player, has taken to the job as NPC of this team like a duck to water! Her
first major success with the team was in Monaco in October 2013 when
they were narrowly beaten in the final of the Cavendish Teams, leaving
the greats of world bridge playing in the “Plate”!! Since then, she has
captained the team in many events across Europe – including last
season’s Camrose!
Eng   Scot   Wales   Ire   NI   CBAI   Total

England

Scotland

Wales

Ireland

NI

CBAI
International Match Point Scale

 Points difference   IMPs     Points difference   IMPs
 0       -   10      =   0    750     -   890     =   13
 20      -   40      =   1    900     -   1090    =   14
 50      -   80      =   2    1100    -   1290    =   15
 90      -   120     =   3    1300    -   1490    =   16
 130     -   160     =   4    1500    -   1740    =   17
 170     -   210     =   5    1750    -   1990    =   18
 220     -   260     =   6    2000    -   2240    =   19
 270     -   310     =   7    2250    -   2490    =   20
 320     -   360     =   8    2500    -   2990    =   21
 370     -   420     =   9    3000    -   3490    =   22
 430     -   490     =   10   3500    -   3990    =   23
 500     -   590     =   11   4000    and above =     24
 600     -   740     =   12
WBF VP Scale - 32 Boards

IMPs                   IMPs                  IMPs
0      10.00   10.00   30     15.24   4.76   60     18.37   1.63
1      10.22   9.78    31     15.37   4.63   61     18.45   1.55
2      10.44   9.56    32     15.50   4.50   62     18.53   1.47
3      10.65   9.35    33     15.63   4.37   63     18.61   1.39
4      10.86   9.14    34     15.76   4.24   64     18.69   1.31
5      11.07   8.93    35     15.88   4.12   65     18.76   1.24
6      11.27   8.73    36     16.00   4.00   66     18.83   1.17
7      11.47   8.53    37     16.12   3.88   67     18.90   1.10
8      11.67   8.33    38     16.24   3.76   68     18.97   1.03
9      11.86   8.14    39     16.35   3.65   69     19.04   0.96
10     12.05   7.95    40     16.46   3.54   70     19.11   0.89
11     12.24   7.76    41     16.57   3.43   71     19.18   0.82
12     12.42   7.58    42     16.68   3.32   72     19.25   0.75
13     12.60   7.40    43     16.79   3.21   73     19.32   0.68
14     12.78   7.22    44     16.90   3.10   74     19.38   0.62
15     12.95   7.05    45     17.01   2.99   75     19.44   0.56
16     13.12   6.88    46     17.11   2.89   76     19.50   0.50
17     13.29   6.71    47     17.21   2.79   77     19.56   0.44
18     13.46   6.54    48     17.31   2.69   78     19.62   0.38
19     13.62   6.38    49     17.41   2.59   79     19.68   0.32
20     13.78   6.22    50     17.51   2.49   80     19.74   0.26
21     13.94   6.06    51     17.60   2.40   81     19.80   0.20
22     14.09   5.91    52     17.69   2.31   82     19.85   0.15
23     14.24   5.76    53     17.78   2.22   83     19.90   0.10
24     14.39   5.61    54     17.87   2.13   84     19.95   0.05
25     14.54   5.46    55     17.96   2.04   85     20.00   0.00
26     14.68   5.32    56     18.05   1.95
27     14.82   5.18    57     18.13   1.87
28     14.96   5.04    58     18.21   1.79
29     15.10   4.90    59     18.29   1.71
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