A talk with the England stars!

Once we got over a few technical difficulties, we had a great time chatting with David Gold, Heather Dhondy and Sally Brock on Friday evening and the video is now available to view on Youtube.

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Seniors Camrose Trial 2010

The EBU Selection Committee plans to hold a Seniors Team Trial to select a team for the Seniors Camrose Trophy to be held in England on 27th – 29th May 2011. Applications are invited from teams of up to six players, all of whom qualify to represent England and were born in 1951 or before. Participation in the Trial will be subject to the Conditions of Contest which will be available on request from 15th October 2010, and the winning team will compete in the Seniors Camrose Trophy on a self-funding basis.

Date(s) and venue of Trial
The weekend of 17th-19th December has been reserved for the Trial. The venue and precise timings (including the use of Friday 17th December , as necessary) will be announced when the level of entries is known. The format will be a round-robin, with the winning team guaranteed selection.

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 £280 per team should be submitted to Peter Jordan at the EBU. Tel 01296 317203, email peter@ebu.co.uk.

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