DailyDaily NewsNews 44th GENERALI European Bridge Championships Saturday, 26 June 1999 Issue: 14 Jean Paul Meyer, Executive Editor Mark Horton, Editor Stefan Back, Co-Editor Stelios Hatzidakis, Layout Editor Great Britain at the last gasp! In one of the most sensational finishes in the long history of this illustrious tournament Great Britain, the defending Champions retained the Generali European Ladies Championship title on the very Ladies Teams Trophies last board of their final match. After seven years this will be the last Championship at which the wonderful tro- phy and replicas offered by Nils Jensen, President Emeritus of the European Bridge League and his wife Bibi will be awarded. This time the Generali European Ladies From the left: Bill Pencharz, President European Bridge League, Sandra Landy, Heather Dhondy, Abbey Team Champions, Great Britain, keep the Walker, Liz McGowan, Jimmy Arthur (Captain), Pat Davies, Nicola Smith & Philip King, (Coach). trophy forever. French Triple Todays Playing Time Open Teams Round 37 11.00 Airport France I: from the left Bernard Liochon, President of the French Bridge Federation, Claude Delmouly, Mau- Transfers rice Aujaleu, Patrick Sussel, Jean Marc Roudinesco, Pierre Adad and José Damiani, President of the World Bridge Federation In order to ensure a smooth transfer to the airport for your departure it is imperative that France I, the holders, secured the Gold medals in the Generali European Seniors Championship.It you complete a Bridge Malta Departure Time Form. was a clean sweep for 'La Belle France' as their teams also finished second and third. If you have not received a form in your hotel room they are available at the Hospitality Desks in the San Gorg Corinthia and SAS Radis- Italy retain the title son Hotels. Please return the completed form to one of The Azzurri have retained their Generali European Open Teams Championship with a round to spare. the Hospitality Desks thereby ensuring trans- Sweden and France have both booked a trip across the Atlantic and Bulgaria,Norway and Poland port to the airport will be available. are heavy favourites to join them later today. 2 Saturday, 26 June 1999 44th GENERALI European Bridge Championships OPEN TEAMS - RESULTS Round - 34 Round - 35 Round - 36 Country Imps Vps Country Imps Vps Country Imps Vps 1 Belgium Bye 0 0 18 0 1 Bye Denmark 0 0 0 18 1 Bye Yugoslavia 0 0 0 18 2 Germany Switzerland 31 52 11 19 2 San Marino Cyprus 47 80 8 22 2 Netherlands Gt. Britain 31 28 16 14 3 Luxembourg Czech Rep 49 58 13 17 3 Slovenia Ireland 43 55 13 17 3 Monaco Liechtenstein 40 60 11 19 4 Yugoslavia Sweden 10 82 2 25 4 Estonia Norway 55 15 23 7 4 Turkey Iceland 37 47 13 17 5 Croatia Greece 38 71 8 22 5 Israel Spain 24 69 6 24 5 Bulgaria Czech Rep. 61 19 24 6 6 Great Britain Malta 46 34 17 13 6 Greece Italy 26 59 8 22 6 Spain Germany 64 48 18 12 7 Netherlands Liechtenstein 53 31 20 10 7 Finland Poland 34 73 7 23 7 Luxembourg Lebanon 26 77 5 25 8 Norway Slovenia 32 33 15 15 8 Iceland Monaco 27 45 11 19 8 Austria Croatia 77 36 23 7 9 Ireland Italy 39 47 14 16 9 Liechtenstein Germany 14 89 1 25 9 Poland San Marino 77 10 25 2 10 Portugal Israel 22 17 16 14 10 Switzerland Bulgaria 32 54 10 20 10 Cyprus Romania 39 36 16 14 11 Iceland Finland 34 56 10 20 11 Austria Luxembourg 81 35 24 6 11 Russia Slovenia 83 11 25 2 12 Spain Turkey 21 37 12 18 12 Czech Rep Lithuania 71 66 16 14 12 Ireland Hungary 65 48 19 11 13 France Poland 54 27 21 9 13 Malta Lebanon 22 57 8 22 13 Italy Sweden 55 50 16 14 14 Russia San Marino 48 40 16 14 14 France Netherlands 59 53 16 14 14 Malta Finland 16 85 2 25 15 Cyprus Estonia 43 64 11 19 15 Great Britain Turkey 55 46 17 13 15 Greece Lithuania 40 66 10 20 16 Monaco Bulgaria 24 46 10 20 16 Croatia Romania 71 78 14 16 16 Israel Belgium 36 71 8 22 17 Lebanon Austria 24 50 10 20 17 Sweden Russia 88 51 23 7 17 Norway France 53 19 22 8 18 Romania Denmark 46 22 20 10 18 Belgium Yugoslavia 67 44 20 10 18 Denmark Estonia 50 35 18 12 19 Lithuania Hungary 52 53 15 15 19 Hungary Portugal 55 35 19 11 19 Portugal Switzerland 18 58 7 23 SENIORS TEAMS LADIES TEAMS LADIES TEAMS - RESULTS FINAL RANKING FINAL RANKING ROUND 19 1 Great Britain 384 1 Bye Denmark 0 0 0 18 1 France 1 574 2 Spain Belgium 73 82 14 16 2 P.E./France 543 ½ 2 Austria 383 ½ 3 Germany Poland 38 54 12 18 3 France 2 527 3 France 382 ½ 4 Norway Great Britain 57 48 16 14 4 Netherlands 379 ½ 5 Italy Greece 55 50 16 14 4 Poland 1 526 6 Turkey Finland 39 91 5 25 5 Sweden 1 517 5 Germany 365 7 Israel Iceland 41 65 11 19 6 Italy 1 492 6 Denmark 353 8 Sweden Croatia 76 64 17 13 7 Poland 336 ½ 9 Hungary Austria 56 82 10 20 7 Czech Rep 486 10 France Czech Rep 51 57 14 16 8 Poland 2 482 8 Norway 327 11 Russia Netherlands 33 60 10 20 9 Israel 476 9 Finland 324 10 Poland 3 472 10 Israel 323 ROUND 20 11 Czech Rep 314 ½ 11 Germany 467 1 Croatia Bye 0 0 18 0 12 Netherlands 1 460 ½ 12 Italy 306 2 Finland Norway 37 66 10 20 13 Turkey 305 3 France Turkey 51 36 18 12 13 Great Britain 3 459 4 Denmark Sweden 76 88 13 17 14 Austria 1 459 14 Belgium 303 ½ 5 Hungary Poland 18 52 9 21 15 Italy 2 457 15 Russia 289 6 Belgium Russia 72 49 19 11 16 Sweden 287 ½ 7 Greece Israel 35 69 9 21 16 Turkey 450 ½ 8 Czech Rep Netherlands 40 66 10 20 17 Iceland 279 17 Great Britain 2 427 9 Iceland Italy 44 45 15 15 18 Croatia 273 18 Sweden 2 412 10 Great Britain Spain 85 8 25 2 19 Hungary 250 11 Austria Germany 16 69 5 25 19 Netherlands 2 410 20 Spain 244 20 Pres/Swe 399 21 Greece 222 ROUND 21 21 Lith/Pol 395 1 Netherlands Bye 0 0 18 0 22 Spain 391 2 Russia Denmark 49 60 13 17 23 Belgium 389 3 Great Britain Belgium 70 18 25 5 24 Great Britain 1 358 Bridge 4 Croatia Czech Rep 41 48 14 16 5 Iceland Turkey 68 53 18 12 25 Lebanon 351 6 Norway Austria 74 55 18 12 26 Portugal 341 Rama 7 Poland Greece 84 26 25 4 27 Ireland 324 8 Spain Germany 9 92 1 25 (10.0 0OPEN ROUND 37 (11.00h) 9 Israel Hungary 121 33 25 0 28 Austria 2 319 Bulgaria - Denmark 10 Sweden Finland 35 69 9 21 29 Yugoslavia 200 11 Italy France 38 60 11 19 Malta, 1999 Saturday, 26 June 1999 3 OPEN TEAMS - RANKING GREAT BRITAIN LADIES NICOLA SMITH is married with two ABBEY WALKER, Age 23 lives in AFTER 36 ROUNDS children and lives in London. She was in the Oxford and works as a pension advisor.She British teams which won the European is single - but only just. In Cardiff she won 1 Italy 682 Ladies Teams in 1975, '79, and '81, and the a bronze medal in the European Schools 2 Sweden 654 Venice Cup in '81 and '85. She also has four Championship in 1995. silvers and one bronze, winning medals in 3 France 651 five consecutive Olympiads. In 1994 she ELIZABETH McGOWAN of Edin- 4 Bulgaria 647 won the Generali World Womens Individ- burgh is a bridge journalist. After the 5 Norway 644 ual, and the following year received the British Ladies team was eliminated at the 6 Poland 639 M.B.E (Member of the British Empire) quarter-final stage of the Rhodes Olympiad awarded by the Queen, for services to she and her partner formed a Mixed Team 7 Israel 624 bridge. For 17 years she has partnered... with members of the Icelandic Open team. 8 Spain 616 They won the World Mixed Team title with- 9 Russia 612 PAT DAVIES, who works for a com- out losing a match. Her partner is... 10 Netherlands 609 puter software company in Bath. She also has the 1981 European title and two world HEATHER DHONDY, 33, an 11 Belgium 606 titles won in partnership with Nicola, and accountant of London who is married to 12 Austria 601 the three silvers and a bronze in the another bridge-player, Jeremy. She was in 13 Great Britain 600 Olympiads. the team with Liz which won the World 14 Hungary 570 Transnational Mixed Teams in Rhodes. Her SANDRA LANDY is married and has hobbies include playing the piano and golf 15 Ireland 567 recently moved to Aylesbury from Brighton (badly). 16 Greece 564 where she was a lecturer at the University. 17 Germany 559 ½ She has now taken up a post at the English JIMMY ARTHUR, the non-playing 18 Portugal 559 Bridge Union responsible for a project captain lives in Scotland and first captained called BRIDGE FOR ALL.She has the same the team in Rhodes.