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National Pairs Qualifying March 2024
Comgratulations to the heat winners:
Section 1 Dundee Bill Ross & Ray Gallacher
Section 2 Prestwick David Wiseman & Mike McGinley
Section 3 Melville Andrew Harborow & Tom Bagnall
Section 4 Aberdeen Marie Mitchell & Steven Pomeroy
Section 5 Glasgow (GBC) David Shenkin & Martin Diamond
Full Results Heat Results Finalists Masterpoints
The Heat Winners and the 11 next best pairs will play in the 8 table 45 board final.
The final will be held at the St Andrew Bridge Club in Glasgow on Saturday 13th April.
Thanks to the clubs and Districts that organised the heats.
Coaching for experienced players - a unique opportunity
Krzysztof Martens is possibly the leading top level bridge coach in the world at the moment. His Bridge University series of text books are challenging but invaluable for experienced players who want to improve.
He is offering two FREE on-line seminars - "Innovative dummy play training" - conducted by Krzysztof Martens
They will take place on April 25 and May 2 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. CET (6-8pm BST) via Zoom. They will be in English.
Registration – from March 25, 2024 on the website:- www.martensuniversity.com
Peebles Congress March 2024
The number participating was up on last year with 60 pairs and 31 teams in the Main Events. Of these around 18 were Juniors which considerably lowered the average age of those taking part.
Full Results Masterpoint Awards More Pictures
Sunday Congress Teams – Main Final – Paul Barden, Claire Robinson, Charlotte Bedford & Imogen La Chapelle (pictured)
Subsidiary Final – Antone Huang, Henry Rose, Paul Barton & Glen Falconer
Swiss Teams – John Cox, Alex Hannon, Kajetan Granops & Derrick Peden
Saturday Congress Pairs – Main Final – Clive Owen & Damian Hassan
Subsidiary Final –
Winter 4's Results 2024
The Winter 4’s 2024 has been won after 2.5 days of bridge play by the Gipson team of Paul Gipson, Alex Gipson, Brian Short & Alan Goodman. They remained undefeated throughout the event.
The losing finalists were Miro Dragic, Robert Ferrari, Douglas Piper & Alex Wilkinson.
The Subsidiary Final was won by Harry Smith, Roy Bennett, Ronan Valentine & Alex Adamson.
The Consolation Final, which replaced the Winter Swiss event for this year, was won by Angus Macdonald, John Dick, Andrew Symons, Kevin Strathern and Grant Harrower.