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Other News from 2001
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| In the Juniors' fight for the Channel Trophy, John
Atthey played with Ben Green representing England and was again successful.
[Dec01] |
| Paul Denning - playing with Adrian Thomas - was again selected for
the Welsh team and played in Camrose matches against Northern Ireland and
against England. One win and one loss! [Dec01,Jan02] |
| There was a considerable Gloucestershire turnout
at the Spring Fours but the only success was Paul Denning playing with
Adrian Thomas & Peter Goodman (Wales) and an Irishman, who lost one
life early but hung on to play the undefeated team in the semi-final and
beat them by 1 imp over the 32 boards; the undefeated team exercised their
choice of 8 more boards and came though in that to win (but then lost the
final to the Poles). Well done, Paul! [May01] |
| Martin Kane and Anne Swannell have produced the best
result for Gloucestershire some many years in the Portland Pairs in Mar
01, coming 5th nationally from a filed of almost 300 pairs. Eva Turner
and Brian Senior were next best from the Cheltenham heat, in 8th. [Mar01] |
| The County teams-of-8 have won the first and second
divisions of the Midlands League, retaining the Dawes Trophy and the Porter
Cup. The third team also did well in the matches it played. Well done to
Ian Constable who organises the team and to all who played in the many
matches. [Mar01] |
| Well done to Derek Rue & Keith Stanley in their
first match in the trials for the English Senior Team for the European
Championships in Tenerife in June. They partner, respectively, Bill Townsend
and Tony Sowter. If they win their next match, they are the team! |
| Three County players - Paul Denning, Derek Rue &
Keith Stanley played in the European Teams Championship in Tenerife in
June 2001. Paul played with Adrian Thomas in the Welsh OpenTeam, while
Derek (partnering Tony Sowter) and Keith (with Bill Townsend) played in
the English Seniors Team. The Welsh ended just below average (but did beat
England en route). This English Seniors team came fifth out of ~25 teams,and
just missed a place in the World Championships in Bali in the autumn. [Jun01] |
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From the year 2000
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| The County team, we are sorry to report, has failed
to qualify for the Tollemache final this year. Despite soaring into the
lead by beating Manchester 17-3 in the first round, and retaining that
lead through the penultimate match (although tied at this time), they lost
their last match by over 100 imps to come 4th in the section. |
| Well done to Derek Rue & Keith Stanley who won
the pairs at the Seniors Congress. [Nov00] Derek Rue & Keith Stanley
came third in the European Senior Pairs and won the European Senior Teams
championship at Brighton this summer. Keith then proceed to Maastricht
to play for England in the Senior Teams there and came fourth. [Sep00] |
| The County has won the Dawes Cup and Porter Cup again (Midlands League
Divisions 1 and 2) and could claim to have won amongst the third team matches
too! [Apr00] |
| Paul Denning played for the Welsh team which beat England 57-33, and
beat Scotland 56-34 and beat Northern Ireland 66-24 (and lost to the Irish
Republic) [Mar00] |
| The County Team qualified for the Tollemache final by the skin of its
teeth (and thanks to the teams which stitched up Surrey and Merseyside
in the last round) but its bid for fame was foiled when Berks & Bucks
gave it a sound thrashing in the last match in the final. [Feb00] |
| Norah Allen's team lost in the semi-final of the Hubert Phillips (English
Mixed Teams) competition, the best any county team has done for many, many
years. [Feb00] |
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Gloucestershire's Junior Contingent in 2001
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| In the National Under-19 Pairs John Atthey &
Roger Brown came second, while Greg Moss & Reignolde M-Jones came fourth
in the Flight A Swiss Teams at the Easter Festival in London, John Atthey
& Roger Brown, Andrew Kambites & Marco Alcalay came 3rd of 82 teams. |
| Greg Moss & Reignolde M-Jones played in the Oxford
University team which won the Portland Cup match against Cambridge |
| Ben Pritchard has been (jointly with Oliver Burgess
of Manchester) named Young Player of the Year. Well done. |
| Well done to the four Gloucestershire under-20 juniors
(John Atthey & Ben Pritchard, Reignolde Mahboubian-Jones & Greg
Moss) who won that division of the Channel Trophy against France and to
recent Gloucestershire import Juanita Philp who played in the under 25-team.
[Dec 00] And again to the first named pair for their contribution to England's
success in the Peggy Bayer trophy. [Jan01] |
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From the year 1999
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| Garden Cities (English inter-club team-of-8): was
won for the second year running by Cheltenham. The team was Richard Chamberlain
& Paul Denning, Tony Hill & Graham Sadie, Martin Kane & Patrick
Shields, Chris Kinloch & Derek Rue. |
| In the Midlands League, the County teams have produced
excellent results and this year won both the Dawes League and the Porter
Cup. |
| The County Team qualified for the final of the Tollemache
(inter-county team-of-8) with more than a match to spare and the highest
score of any qualifier; a slightly changed team came third in the final. |
| Beck Cup, Oxford - was won by a Gloucestershire team
- Ian & Val Constable, Dudley & Paddy George. |
| Camrose England v Wales : this match was hosted by
the GCBA and Cheltenham Bridge club in Jan 99; Wales narrowly won the first
two matches but the third was won easily by England. The event was noticeable
for the loss of the referee, Graham Cornell, mid-game when his wife chose
that weekend to deliver first baby Thomas. |
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From the year 1998
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| Paul Denning & Martin Kane played in the World Pairs at Lille,
France and came through the qualifying round and played by the semi-final
but didn't get into the final. [Sep98] |
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