Lady Milne Trial 2011

Applications are invited for a pairs Trial to select a team to represent England in the 2011 Lady Milne Trophy, which will be held in Northern Ireland on 15th – 17th April 2011. Participation in the Trial will be subject to the Conditions of Contest which will be available on request from 15th October 2010, and the team will compete in the Lady Milne Trophy on a partially or fully self-funding basis. The leading three pairs in the Trial will be guaranteed selection for the England team.

Date(s) and venue of Trial
21st-23rd January 2011 – Young Chelsea Bridge Club, London.

Closing date for entries
Entries should be submitted to Sandra Claridge, 31 Elm Trees, Long Crendon,
Aylesbury HP18 9DG, or by email to claridge31@tiscali.co.uk to reach her by 8th November 2010.

Entry fee
The entry fee of £70 per player should be submitted to Peter Jordan at the EBU. Tel 01296 317203, email peter@ebu.co.uk.

EBU win the Camrose!

The EBU team managed to hold onto their lead from the first weekend and emerged the victors, 9 VPs ahead of England, and have won the Bridge Great Britain Camrose Trophy for the home nations. The weekend was extremely close throughout with all teams in contention but the two English teams pulled ahead towards the end and it was the EBU who did the most in the final match, beating Scotland 25-1 and winning the trophy. This win puts an end to four successive Irish wins.

The teams (from both weekends) were:

English Bridge Union:

Alexander Allfrey & Andrew Robson
Andy Bowles & John Howard
Jon Cooke & Martin Garvey
Peter Czerniewski & Ian Panto
Jeremy Dhondy & Alan Kay
Michael Byrne & Mike Bell

NPC: Chris Dixon

England:

David Gold & Tom Townsend
Espen Erichsen & Norman Selway
Michelle Brunner & John Holland
David Bakhshi & Tony Forrester
Peter Crouch & Glyn Liggins

NPC: David Price

Double win in Junior Camrose and Peggy Bayer!

The England juniors won both age groups in the annual home international series. The U20s stormed the event, coming just 2 VPs short of the maximum 200 VPs — a remarkable achievement. Congratulations to Alex Morris, Fiona Brown, Mike Bell, Ed Jones, Tom Dessain, Dom Maloney and NPC Simon Cope (under 25s) and David Faria, Liam Jones, James Paul, Daniel McIntosh, Graeme Robertson, Tom Paske and NPC Michael Byrne (under 20s).
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