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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. 5 Sunday, 17th June 2012 THE PERFECT STORM The Board of Tournament Directors Although the rain is unrelenting we have the consolation that the Seniors are now underway. Two big wins consolidated undefeated England’s position at the top of the Women’s teams. Second placed France has a useful lead over Poland and these three are followed by Turkey, Scotland and Sweden. In Group A of the Open series, the first six teams, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey, Sweden, Israel, and Germany have opened up a significant gap. In Group B Monaco is well ahead of England, who in turn are clear of Wales. France, Romania and Rus- sia are tied for fourth and you can throw a blanket over the next four teams. In the Senior Teams, Belgium and England are tied for the lead, just ahead of Scotland, Israel, Bulgaria and Sweden. 13.30 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Turkey - Germany BBO 1* TODAY - 10:00 AM Bulgaria - Hungary BBO 2 Silken Thomas Suite on the third floor Wales - Netherlands BBO 3 Scotland - Neth. (W) BBO 4 of the Citywest Hotel Germany - France (S) BBO 5 *BBO 1 = Vugraph PROMOTING DUBLIN AS A WORLD CL ASS BUSINESS DESTINATION 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin, Ireland OPEN TEAMS PROGRAM GROUP A GROUP B ROUND 12 13.30 ROUND 12 13.30 1 LATVIA BELGIUM 11 AUSTRIA SWITZERLAND 2 LITHUANIA IRELAND 12 LUXEMBOURG ENGLAND 3 TURKEY GERMANY 13 DENMARK RUSSIA 4 ISRAEL PORTUGAL 14 FRANCE FINLAND 5 UKRAINE SWEDEN 15 CYPRUS ICELAND 6 BULGARIA HUNGARY 16 POLAND ESTONIA 7 NORWAY SCOTLAND 17 MONACO ROMANIA 8 GREECE ITALY 18 WALES NETHERLANDS 9 SPAIN BYE 19 CROATIA BYE SENIORS WOMEN’S PROGRAM PROGRAM ROUND 3 13.30 ROUND 10 13.30 31 ITALY ISRAEL 21 AUSTRIA BULGARIA 32 SPAIN IRELAND 22 TURKEY NORWAY 33 TURKEY SWEDEN 23 ESTONIA GERMANY 34 BULGARIA NETHERLANDS 24 ITALY IRELAND 35 NORWAY WALES 25 SCOTLAND NETHERLANDS 36 ENGLAND POLAND 26 SPAIN BELGIUM 37 FINLAND DENMARK 27 ISRAEL SWEDEN 38 SCOTLAND BELGIUM 28 FRANCE DENMARK 39 GERMANY FRANCE 29 POLAND ENGLAND 40 ESTONIA BYE 30 GREECE BYE RETURNS TO THE AIRPORT Green Isle Shuttle Service Hospitality will arrange Return Airport Bus Transfers Sunday: starting on Monday, June 18th. 12 noon from Green Isle to Citywest. Hospitality needs to know your return time. 5.p.m. Citywest to Green Isle Please Advise Hospitality in good time if you wish to Monday the Green Isle shuttle times are 9.15 a.m. avail of this service. and 7.30 p.m. Hospitality is on the 1st Floor of Convention Centre. Normal schedule Cost 10 euro. 2 12 - 23 JUNE 2012 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN’S TEAMS RESULTS ROUND 8 ROUND 9 Match IMPs VPs Match IMPs VPs 21 ESTONIA AUSTRIA 39 - 36 16 - 14 21 TURKEY GREECE 53 - 56 14 - 16 22 ITALY GREECE 34 - 27 16 - 14 22 ESTONIA BULGARIA 27 - 69 6 - 24 23 SCOTLAND BULGARIA 56 - 27 21 - 9 23 ITALY NORWAY 41 - 32 17 - 13 24 SPAIN NORWAY 38 - 80 6 - 24 24 SCOTLAND GERMANY 30 - 44 12 - 18 25 ISRAEL GERMANY 23 - 38 12 - 18 25 SPAIN IRELAND 52 - 39 18 - 12 26 FRANCE IRELAND 57 - 34 20 - 10 26 ISRAEL NETHERLANDS 76 - 9 25 - 2 27 POLAND NETHERLANDS 47 - 31 18 - 12 27 FRANCE BELGIUM 54 - 16 23 - 7 28 ENGLAND BELGIUM 56 - 16 23 - 7 28 POLAND SWEDEN 49 - 7 24 - 6 29 DENMARK SWEDEN 55 - 28 21 - 9 29 ENGLAND DENMARK 60 - 20 23 - 7 30 TURKEY BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 30 AUSTRIA BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 Distinguished Visitors to the Championships Gianarrigo Rona, the President of the World Bridge Federation and José Damiani, President of the International Mind Sports Association (Presidents Emeriti of the EBL) SENIORS TEAMS RESULTS ROUND 1 ROUND 2 Match IMPs VPs Match IMPs VPs 31 BULGARIA SPAIN 45 - 49 14 - 16 31 SPAIN ESTONIA 44 - 39 16 - 14 32 NORWAY ITALY 26 - 7 19 - 11 32 TURKEY ISRAEL 24 - 28 14 - 16 33 ENGLAND ESTONIA 34 - 11 20 - 10 33 BULGARIA IRELAND 50 - 16 23 - 7 34 FINLAND ISRAEL 18 - 52 7 - 23 34 NORWAY SWEDEN 31 - 32 15 - 15 35 SCOTLAND IRELAND 37 - 15 20 - 10 35 ENGLAND NETHERLANDS 58 - 33 21 - 9 36 GERMANY SWEDEN 14 - 39 9 - 21 36 FINLAND WALES 21 - 36 12 - 18 37 FRANCE NETHERLANDS 34 - 12 20 - 10 37 SCOTLAND POLAND 40 - 20 20 - 10 38 BELGIUM WALES 64 - 20 25 - 5 38 GERMANY DENMARK 23 - 18 16 - 14 39 DENMARK POLAND 35 - 11 21 - 9 39 FRANCE BELGIUM 38 - 41 14 - 16 40 TURKEY BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 40 ITALY BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 Results are subject to official confirmation 3 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin, Ireland OPEN TEAMS RESULTS GROUP A GROUP B ROUND 10 ROUND 10 Match IMPs VPs Match IMPs VPs 1 TURKEY LATVIA 76 - 29 24 - 6 11 DENMARK AUSTRIA 77 - 33 24 - 6 2 ISRAEL SPAIN 57 - 25 22 - 8 12 FRANCE CROATIA 46 - 21 20 - 10 3 UKRAINE BELGIUM 41 - 56 12 - 18 13 CYPRUS SWITZERLAND 8 - 87 1 - 25 4 BULGARIA IRELAND 72 - 44 21 - 9 14 POLAND ENGLAND 49 - 46 16 - 14 5 NORWAY GERMANY 13 - 58 5.5 -23.5 15 MONACO RUSSIA 54 - 60 14 - 16 6 GREECE PORTUGAL 36 - 17 19 - 11 16 WALES FINLAND 56 - 64 14 - 16 7 ITALY SWEDEN 32 - 44 13 - 17 17 NETHERLANDSICELAND 26 - 8 19 - 11 8 SCOTLAND HUNGARY 27 - 73 6 - 24 18 ROMANIA ESTONIA 23 - 22 15 - 15 9 LITHUANIA BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 19 LUXEMBOURG BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 ROUND 11 ROUND 11 Match IMPs VPs Match IMPs VPs 1 LITHUANIA SPAIN 89 - 22 25 - 2 11 LUXEMBOURG CROATIA 48 - 46 15 - 15 2 TURKEY BELGIUM 83 - 18 25 - 3 12 DENMARK SWITZERLAND 37 - 60 10 - 20 3 ISRAEL IRELAND 8 - 85 1 - 25 13 FRANCE ENGLAND 12 - 56 6 - 24 4 UKRAINE GERMANY 62 - 53 17 - 13 14 CYPRUS RUSSIA 45 - 41 16 - 14 5 BULGARIA PORTUGAL 100 - 3 25 - 0 15 POLAND FINLAND 81 - 19 25 - 3 6 NORWAY SWEDEN 59 - 33 20 - 10 16 MONACO ICELAND 81 - 11 25 - 2 7 GREECE HUNGARY 54 - 19 22 - 8 17 WALES ESTONIA 68 - 29 23 - 7 8 ITALY SCOTLAND 86 - 22 25 - 3 18 NETHERLANDSROMANIA 22 - 44 10 - 20 9 LATVIA BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 19 AUSTRIA BYE 0 - 0 18 - 0 SENIORS TEAMS RANKING after 2 rounds 1 BELGIUM 41 TURKEY 32 ENGLAND 41 12 ITALY 29 3 SCOTLAND 40 13 GERMANY 25 4 ISRAEL 39 14 ESTONIA 24 5 BULGARIA 37 15 WALES 23 6 SWEDEN 36 16 FINLAND 19 7 DENMARK 35 NETHERLANDS 19 8 FRANCE 34 POLAND 19 NORWAY 34 19 IRELAND 17 10 SPAIN 32 Results are subject to official confirmation 4 12 - 23 JUNE 2012 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS OPEN TEAMS RANKING GROUP A GROUP B after 11 rounds 1 ITALY 209 1 MONACO 218 2 BULGARIA 207 2 ENGLAND 198 3 TURKEY 202 3 WALES 184 4 SWEDEN 200 4 FRANCE 178 5 ISRAEL 195 ROMANIA 178 6 GERMANY 194.5 RUSSIA 178 7 HUNGARY 180 7 NETHERLANDS 176 8 IRELAND 172 SWITZERLAND 176 9 GREECE 163 9 DENMARK 173 10 UKRAINE 161 POLAND 173 11 LATVIA 159 11 ESTONIA 161 12 LITHUANIA 158 12 AUSTRIA 157 13 NORWAY 155.5 ICELAND 157 14 BELGIUM 118 14 FINLAND 148 15 SPAIN 113 15 LUXEMBOURG 145 16 SCOTLAND 107 16 CROATIA 126 17 PORTUGAL 93 17 CYPRUS 88 WOMEN’s TEAMS RANKING after 9 rounds 1 ENGLAND 178 11 BELGIUM 129 2 FRANCE 170 DENMARK 129 3 POLAND 160.5 13 GERMANY 128.5 4 TURKEY 160 14 AUSTRIA 128 5 SCOTLAND 153 15 ESTONIA 113 6 SWEDEN 148 16 ITALY 112 7 BULGARIA 146.5 17 GREECE 107 8 ISRAEL 143.5 18 SPAIN 98 9 NETHERLANDS 137 19 IRELAND 84 10 NORWAY 134 Results are subject to official confirmation 5 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin, Ireland In the Spotlight Favourite TV Show? Find out a little bit more about your fellow bridge play- No - prefer news and a good movie. ers Best achievement in Bridge? Bronze in the Olympiad in Rhodes and the Euro- pean Open in Tenerife with my missed friend Peter Hecht-Johansen. Lars Blakset Least favourite opponent? The old Norwegian team (Breck/Lien and others). All the ‘Norwegian slams’ - less than 5% chances - seemed to win. Biggest failing at the table? Crucial revoke in a grand slam against Sweden many years ago. Declarer could play xx to Ax for How did you take up bridge? zero losers since I had to play my penalty card Together with my brother Knut. He borrowed a (from KQxx)! bridge book from the library. One week later we Most important attribute in a partner? had 30 bridge books and played every day! Knowing the system perfectly! Biggest influence? Your favourite tournament? A friend of the house: H.C.Nielsen (playing here in the Seniors). He taught us the tough game from The Icelandair Open or the old Forbo/Hoechst the start - and won our money for the first six tournament, the Hecht Cup and the Bermuda months! Bowl (only tried that once and would like another shot!). Bridge Club? Other interests? Of course: Blaksets Bridgecenter! Biggest in the world! 2000+ members and 7 full time employees. My wine cellar, tennis, nature (burned in Norway, love the fjords).
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  • Israel White V Het Witte Huis

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    Editor: Jos Jacobs • Co-editor: Ram Soffer • Lay Out Editor: Fotis Skoularikis IssueMONACO, No. 2 RUSSIA GROUP WINNERSFriday, 16 November 2012 No language problems in many matches of this event. Here we see an example in Sweden vs. Monaco Two of the pre-tournament favourites won their groups yesterday and they both did it in style. The Russians the Angelini team made it to the final four by 1 V.P. in spite of their heavy defeat against Monaco, finishing just ahead of because they had already been leading overnight and held the Israel Blues. on easily enough and Monaco because they registered the highest score of all participants, 91 V.P. out of a maximum 125. The highest score of the day, 55 V.P., was recorded by Programme another qualifier, the holders Allegra, who had to beat Het SATURDAY November 17th Witte Huis to ensure qualification and duly did so by a margin of 24 IMPs which would have been much higher had Semifinals they not gone down in a grand missing a vital ace. 10.30-12.50 . .Segment 1 During the final round, last night, both Israel Blue in 14.00-16.20 . .Segment 2 Group A and Het Witte Huis in group B were the virtual 16.40-17.00 . .Segment 3 qualifiers at certain stages of their matches but at the post, 11th European Champions’ Cup Eilat, Israel RESULTS Group A Group B ROUND 3 ROUND 3 Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs Home Team Visiting Team IMPs VPs 1 Monaco FM Israel Blue 36 - 29 16 - 14 1 G.S.