The Patrick Jourdain Welsh Invitational Pairs
This event will be held in the Park Inn Cardiff North Hotel on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 July.
16 Pairs will compete to win the title – 8 home pairs and 8 visitors.
The Pairs
Visiting Pairs:
Samantha Punch & Stephen Peterkin - Scotland
David Kendrick & Jon Cooke – England
Norman Selway & Kay Preddy – England
Rex Anderson & Pat Barry – N Ireland / Republic of Ireland
Peter Goodman & BJ O'Brien – Republic of Ireland
Pat Quinn & Cian Holland - Republic of Ireland
Richard Winter & Sarah Teshome - England
Dilip Gidwali & Paul Lamford – India / Wales
Home Pairs:
Julian Pottage & Simon Richards
Paul Denning & Richard Plackett
Mike Tedd & John Salisbury
Filip Kurbalija & Pat Shields
Tim Rees & Gary Jones
Bob Pitts & Barry Jones
Gilly Clench & Dave Birt
Mark Roderick & Jonny Richards
The Format
Each pair will play a 6 board match against each other pair with Butler scoring (IMPs converted to VPs) with 50 Victory Points at stake in each match, i.e. a match drawn in IMPs will be scored 25-25 in VPs. For each IMP, score will improve by 1 VP; a match won by 25 IMPs or more will be scored as 50-0.
The Schedule
Session 1 Saturday, 12.50 - 16.10
Session 2 Saturday, 16.30 - 19.40
Session 3 Sunday, 11.00 - 14.20
Session 4 Sunday, 14.40 – 17.15
Viewing
One match per round will be broadcast on BBO throughout the weekend.
Spectators at the Hotel are also very welcome.
Patrick David Jourdain (1 November 1942 – 28 July 2016) was a British bridge player, teacher and journalist. Over six decades he played in more than seventy international matches for Wales, more than any other player. He was bridge correspondent of the Daily Telegraph from 1992 until his death. His World Bridge Federation obituary described him as "the bridge-journalist’s journalist". According to the English Bridge Union's death notice: "Ever the dedicated journalist, he penned his own obituary to ensure that the media would have their copy in timely fashion."
He was a past President and Honorary Life Member of the WBU. He played in the Welsh Open team at the 2016 European Championships only a month before his death. In all he played in seven World Championships and three European Championships. He was President of the British Bridge League in 1995-6 and Chairman of Bridge Great Britain in 2001.
He was principal of the Cardiff School of Bridge, and taught more than a thousand people to play the game.