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Dublin Bul 8 Bul 05.Qxd Daily Bulletinlle Editor: Mark Horton. Jos Jacobs; Patrick Jourdain; Micke Melander; Co-editors Brian Senior; Ram Soffer;e P.O. Sundelin. Layout editor Monika Kummel.mmel. Photogrhotog apapher Ron TTaacchi. Issue No. 8 Wednesday, 20th June 2012 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW THE RAIN HAS GONE The brilliant BBO staff: Verna Brownlow, Liz Scott, Tos McGee Aisling Considine, Eamon Galligan, Triain Chira, Fotis Sk- oularikis, Sandy Millership, Niamh Gormally, Harold Joel, Laura Woodruff, Steven Peterkin England consolidated its hold on the top spot in the Women’s Teams, increasing their lead over Turkey and France. Poland stay fourth by 10.00 a whisker from the Netherlands, while Sweden has moved up to Ireland - Russia BBO 1* sixth. Italy - Iceland BBO 2 In Group A of the Open series, Italy topped the table followed by Is- Netherlands - Sweden BBO 3 rael, Bulgaria, Sweden, Germany and Turkey. Ireland, Greece Poland - Turkey BBO 4 and Norway took the other three qualification spots — Hungary’s Norway - Monaco BBO 5 last gasp attempt just falling short. In Group B Monaco finished miles ahead of England, Russia, 13.30 Poland, Netherlands and Switzerland. The remaining places went Italy - Netherlands BBO 1* to France, Romania and Iceland. England-Germany BBO 2 In the Senior Teams, Denmark’s lead over Germany has been dras- Greece - Romania BBO 3 tically reduced. These two are followed by Belgium, France, Sweden Switzerland - Israel BBO 4 and Bulgaria. Bulgaria - Poland BBO 5 PRESS CONFERENCE 16.40 (Seniors) On Friday 22nd June, a Press Conference will be given by Yves Aubry, Denmark - Scotland BBO 1* President of the European Bridge League and Mary Kelly-Rogers, Presi- Belgium - Germany BBO 2 dent of the Irish Bridge Union. Wales - England BBO 3 Time & Place : 11:00 a.m. at the Vugraph — Verschoyle room — 1st floor Netherlands - Norway BBO 4 Journalists and Irish Press are invited to attend the conference and ask Sweden - Bulgaria BBO 5 their questions about this tournament and other EBL events. *BBO 1 = Vugraph Please register your name with Jan Swaan — Press Room — Convention Centre PROMOTING DUBLIN AS A WORLD CL ASS BUSINESS DESTINATION 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin, Ireland OPEN TEAMS RANKING Final Rank in Qualification Groups (17 Rounds) GROUP A GROUP B 1 ITALY 320 1 MONACO 340 2 ISRAEL 309 2 ENGLAND 297 3 BULGARIA 305 3 RUSSIA 296 4 SWEDEN 299 4 POLAND 287 5 GERMANY 292.5 5 NETHERLANDS 281 6 TURKEY 283 SWITZERLAND 281 7 IRELAND 274 7 FRANCE 269 8 GREECE 273 8 ROMANIA 268 9 NORWAY 270.5 9 ICELAND 255 10 HUNGARY 268 10 ESTONIA 249 11 LITHUANIA 247 11 WALES 242.5 12 UKRAINE 242 12 DENMARK 241 13 LATVIA 239 13 LUXEMBOURG 240 14 BELGIUM 206 14 AUSTRIA 235 15 PORTUGAL 167 15 FINLAND 216 16 SPAIN 166 16 CROATIA 208 17 SCOTLAND 165 17 CYPRUS 136 WOMEN’s TEAMS RANKING after 15 rounds 1 ENGLAND 286 11 ITALY 225 2 TURKEY 271 12 BELGIUM 222 3 FRANCE 266 13 NORWAY 220 4 POLAND 260.5 14 BULGARIA 201.5 5 NETHERLANDS 259 15 DENMARK 200 6 SWEDEN 250 16 GREECE 192 7 ISRAEL 245.5 17 SPAIN 175 8 SCOTLAND 229 18 ESTONIA 164 9 AUSTRIA 227 19 IRELAND 162 10 GERMANY 225.5 Results are subject to official confirmation 2 12 - 23 JUNE 2012 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS OPEN TEAMS FINALS PROGRAM RANKING ROUND 1 10.00 1 MONACO 156 1 ITALY ICELAND 2 ENGLAND 143 2 ROMANIA ISRAEL 3 ITALY 135 3 BULGARIA FRANCE 4 GERMANY 134.5 4 NETHERLANDS SWEDEN 5 GERMANY SWITZERLAND 5 RUSSIA 127 6 POLAND TURKEY 6 ISRAEL 122 7 IRELAND RUSSIA 7 SWEDEN 122 8 ENGLAND GREECE 8 BULGARIA 121 9 NORWAY MONACO 9 NETHERLANDS 117 ROUND 2 13.30 10 NORWAY 115.5 1 SWEDEN RUSSIA 11 POLAND 114 2 ENGLAND GERMANY 12 SWITZERLAND 114 3 TURKEY MONACO 13 FRANCE 109 4 ICELAND IRELAND 14 IRELAND 108 5 GREECE ROMANIA 15 GREECE 106 6 FRANCE NORWAY 16 TURKEY 106 7 ITALY NETHERLANDS 17 ROMANIA 103 8 SWITZERLAND ISRAEL 18 ICELAND 87 9 BULGARIA POLAND WOMEN’S RESULTS ROUND 14 ROUND 15 Match IMPs VPs Match IMPs VPs 21 GERMANY NETHERLANDS 27 - 66 7 - 23 21 IRELAND BELGIUM 62 - 57 16 - 14 22 NORWAY BELGIUM 16 - 47 9 - 21 22 GERMANY SWEDEN 52 - 51 15 - 15 23 BULGARIA SWEDEN 30 - 50 11 - 19 23 NORWAY DENMARK 27 - 32 14 - 16 24 GREECE DENMARK 41 - 61 11 - 19 24 BULGARIA ENGLAND 64 - 85 11 - 19 25 AUSTRIA ENGLAND 18 - 54 8 - 22 25 GREECE POLAND 32 - 36 14 - 16 26 TURKEY POLAND 47 - 67 11 - 19 26 AUSTRIA FRANCE 52 - 28 20 - 10 27 ESTONIA FRANCE 25 - 64 7 - 23 27 TURKEY ISRAEL 43 - 22 19 - 11 28 ITALY ISRAEL 28 - 30 15 - 15 28 ESTONIA SPAIN 54 - 46 16 - 14 29 SCOTLAND SPAIN 39 - 38 15 - 15 29 ITALY SCOTLAND 58 - 30 21 - 9 30 IRELAND BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 30 NETH.S BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 Today Day Off In The Women’s Teams 3 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin, Ireland OPEN TEAMS RESULTS GROUP A GROUP B ROUND 16 ROUND 16 Match IMPs VPs Match IMPs VPs 1 GERMANY SWEDEN 35 - 35 15 - 15 11 RUSSIA ICELAND 46 - 45 15 - 15 2 IRELAND HUNGARY 70 - 14 25 - 4 12 ENGLAND ESTONIA 38 - 29 17 - 13 3 BELGIUM SCOTLAND 42 - 49 14 - 16 13 SWITZERLANDROMANIA 69 - 20 25 - 5 4 SPAIN ITALY 25 - 79 4 - 25 14 CROATIA NETHERLANDS 8 - 59 2 - 25 5 LATVIA GREECE 52 - 59 14 - 16 15 AUSTRIA WALES 62 - 37 20 - 10 6 LITHUANIA NORWAY 35 - 71 8 - 22 16 LUXEMBOURG MONACO 51 - 34 19 - 11 7 TURKEY BULGARIA 35 - 72 7 - 23 17 DENMARK POLAND 32 - 69 7 - 23 8 ISRAEL UKRAINE 74 - 26 25 - 5 18 FRANCE CYPRUS 76 - 21 25 - 4 9 PORTUGAL BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 19 FINLAND BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 ROUND 17 ROUND 17 Match IMPs VPs Match IMPs VPs 1 PORTUGAL HUNGARY 33 - 46 12 - 18 11 FINLAND ESTONIA 36 - 65 9 - 21 2 GERMANY SCOTLAND 58 - 21 23 - 7 12 RUSSIA ROMANIA 57 - 30 21 - 9 3 IRELAND ITALY 12 - 53 7 - 23 13 ENGLAND NETHERLANDS 39 - 23 18 - 12 4 BELGIUM GREECE 46 - 89 6 - 24 14 SWITZERLANDWALES 63 - 35 21 - 9 5 SPAIN NORWAY 27 -101 1 - 25 15 CROATIA MONACO 30 - 53 10 - 20 6 LATVIA BULGARIA 31 - 48 11 - 19 16 AUSTRIA POLAND 30 - 76 6 - 24 7 LITHUANIA UKRAINE 41 - 31 17 - 13 17 LUXEMBOURG CYPRUS 45 - 41 16 - 14 8 TURKEY ISRAEL 33 - 44 13 - 17 18 DENMARK FRANCE 38 - 51 12 - 18 9 SWEDEN BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 19 ICELAND BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 SENIORS TEAMS RANKING after 9 rounds 1 DENMARK 172.5 11 NORWAY 137 2 GERMANY 172 12 IRELAND 134 3 BELGIUM 154 13 POLAND 130 4 FRANCE 152 14 NETHERLANDS 126 SWEDEN 152 15 WALES 121 6 BULGARIA 149 16 FINLAND 111 7 SCOTLAND 148 17 SPAIN 101 8 ITALY 146 18 TURKEY 97 9 ENGLAND 143 19 ESTONIA 85 10 ISRAEL 138.5 4 12 - 23 JUNE 2012 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS SENIORS SENIORS RESULTS PROGRAM ROUND 7 ROUND 10 10.00 Match IMPs VPs 31 POLAND BELGIUM 31 SWEDEN WALES 40 - 42 15 - 15 32 WALES FRANCE 32 IRELAND POLAND 56 - 16 24 - 6 33 NETHERLANDS GERMANY 33 ISRAEL DENMARK 25 - 59 6.5 -22.5 34 SWEDEN SCOTLAND 34 ESTONIA BELGIUM 23 - 48 9 - 21 35 IRELAND FINLAND 35 ITALY FRANCE 20 - 45 9 - 21 36 ISRAEL ENGLAND 36 SPAIN GERMANY 13 - 46 7 - 23 37 TURKEY SCOTLAND 17 - 50 7 - 23 37 ESTONIA NORWAY 38 BULGARIA FINLAND 25 - 26 15 - 15 38 ITALY BULGARIA 39 NORWAY ENGLAND 1 - 25 9 - 21 39 SPAIN TURKEY 40 NETH. BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 40 DENMARK BYE ROUND 8 ROUND 11 13.30 Match IMPs VPs 31 DENMARK FRANCE 31 NETH. POLAND 11 - 36 9 - 21 32 POLAND GERMANY 32 SWEDEN DENMARK 41 - 28 18 - 12 33 WALES SCOTLAND 33 IRELAND BELGIUM 41 - 45 14 - 16 34 NETHERLANDS FINLAND 34 ISRAEL FRANCE 42 - 19 20 - 10 35 SWEDEN ENGLAND 35 ESTONIA GERMANY 2 - 61 2 - 25 36 IRELAND NORWAY 36 ITALY SCOTLAND 45 - 13 23 - 7 37 SPAIN FINLAND 23 - 42 11 - 19 37 ISRAEL BULGARIA 38 TURKEY ENGLAND 23 - 52 8 - 22 38 ESTONIA TURKEY 39 BULGARIA NORWAY 32 - 53 10 - 20 39 ITALY SPAIN 40 WALES BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 40 BELGIUM BYE ROUND 9 ROUND 12 16.40 Match IMPs VPs 31 BELGIUM GERMANY 31 WALES DENMARK 33 - 27 16 - 14 32 DENMARK SCOTLAND 32 NETHERLANDSBELGIUM 32 - 53 10 - 20 33 POLAND FINLAND 33 SWEDEN FRANCE 34 - 37 14 - 16 34 WALES ENGLAND 34 IRELAND GERMANY 48 - 40 17 - 13 35 NETHERLANDS NORWAY 35 ISRAEL SCOTLAND 36 - 44 13 - 17 36 ESTONIA FINLAND 29 - 69 6 - 24 36 SWEDEN BULGARIA 37 ITALY ENGLAND 45 - 5 24 - 6 37 IRELAND TURKEY 38 SPAIN NORWAY 37 - 36 15 - 15 38 ISRAEL SPAIN 39 TURKEY BULGARIA 5 - 36 8 - 22 39 ESTONIA ITALY 40 POLAND BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 40 FRANCE BYE 5 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin, Ireland Hospitality Corner Championship Diary URGENT: Leaving the Hotel - let Hotel Reception We are reliably informed that England’s Nicola Smith know as soon as possible as bedrooms are as rare as hen’s teeth. Other teams who have qualified for the has set a new record for the number of appearances in final stages are anxious to ensure their accommodation the European Championships.
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