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(Earlier results in older GCBA web pages)
National Knock-Outs
In
Crockfords Cup : the Welsh team with Paul Denning & Patrick
Shields have reached the final - by beating one team from Avon
and three teams from Warwickshire. In the
final they ended 5th of 8 (but with an above average score). Derek
Rue’s team lost to Patrick Jourdain from Cardiff in round
two, and Andrew Kambites’ team lost in the same round to
David Barnes of Berkshire. The Constable team which exited earlier
played in the Crockfords Plate and have started by beating opponents
from Avon but lost in round three to another Avon team.
In the
Inter Club Knock Out
: the Cheltenham-1D led by Keith Stanley beat Evesham and
Exeter
team and played Menagerie of Oxford in the last eight - but
they lost comprehensively! The next best
performance was Cheltenham-2A, led by John Rookwood, who reached round
four.
In the
Seniors KO, Keith Stanley’s team has played and
beaten Paul Hackett (one of the favourites) and are now in the last 8
teams left in the competition. John
Rookwood’s team lost in the third round to a Welsh team.
In the
2005 Hubert Philips Cup :Allan
Sanis’ team lost in round three to an Oxfordshire team, while
Norah Allen’s team went out in round two.
Other Competitions
In
the Green Point
Swiss and Ross-on-Wye, best in the pairs was 2nd= by Geoff &
Joan
Peel. The winners in the Swiss Teams were Ian & Val Constable,
Lynne Hayes, and Tom Parker; runners up by only 1 VP were
Richard
Hennell, Kanwar Rahim, Mark Rogers & Mike Wignall. [Jun06]
In
the Corwen Trophy,
Chris Kinloch & Derek Rue came 6th of the 103 pairs who took
part,
scoring nearly 57% over four sessions. The best we've had in the Corwen
for some time! [Jun06]
In
the Bank Holoday
Swiss Pairs at Cwmbran, Kanwar & Veronica Rahim came 8th of the
70
pairs playing - well done. Norah Allen & Joan Peel came 15th.
[May06]
In
the one day Swiss
teams in Warwickshire, the foursome of David Hauser, Mary Jones,
Cynthia Moore, and Alison Pritchard came 1st of 34 teams. Well done!
Other Gloucestershire teams came 6th and 11th. Full
results. [May06]
In
the Cheltenham
Congress, best local results were a win in the Ladies Pairs for Heather
Parker & Ruby Wissenden, a Mixed Pairs win for Anne
Swannell
& Peter Walker, and a win in the Consolation pairs Final for
Derek
Rue & Keith Stanley. Allan & Judy Sanis won the Swiss
teams,
playing with a pair from Oxfordshire. [May06]
In
the Portland Pairs, Pam Pearce, playing with Ron Davis who once lived
and played in Gloucestershire, came in 8th position nationally. This is the best result for
some time. Well done! [Mar06]
In
the East Wales congress at Cwmbran, well done to Ray Foulds &
Alex Selsby whose team came 7th out of 70, and
to Roger Jackson & Keith Sharp, Allan Sanis & Judy
Sanis who came 17th. [Feb06]
In
the final of the Tollemache Cup, the county team – Joe
Angseesing & Graham Sadie, John Atthey & Richard
Chamberlain, Richard Butland & Keith Stanley, Paul Denning
& Patrick Shields, John Rookwood & Derek Rue
– captained by Judy Sanis, managed an excellent 2nd
place, just 2 VPs behind the London team. A single vulnerable
under-trick saved in the last match would have been enough to win the
competition. [Feb06]
In
the Cardiff League the Gloucestershire team spearheaded by Paul Denning
& Patrick Shields are now lying in first position, a match
clear of second with two matches to go. [Feb06]
In
the EBU Congress at Luxor, Pam Pearce & Leslie Harrison came 18th
out of 90 pairs in the Swiss Pairs and 7th out
of 29 in the Ladies Pairs; and with help from Clemency Schofield
& Malcolm Lewis they won their section of the Pivot Teams, and
with Lynne Hayes & Sandra Landy came 14th
out of 44 in the Swiss Teams. [Feb06]
In
the English Ladies Pairs, Pam Pearce & Lindsay Geddes came 8th
out of 62., despite turning up 20 minutes late for the start after
losing their way. The
prize money has been put towards an atlas. [Jan06]
In
the Llangollen Swiss Teams, the foursome of
Lindsay Geddes, Rob Proctor, Allan &
Judy Sanis – came 14th out of the 61
teams attending. [Nov05]
In
the Seniors Congress, best result in the Pairs was Colin Wadsworth who
came 9th with Mary Ann Sheehy, and Andrew
Kambites with Marco Alcalay who came 11th in the
A-final. Best result in the Swiss Pairs was Geoff & Joan Peel
who came 13th out of 148 pairs, just 1 VP ahead
of Allan & Judy Sanis. Best results in the Swiss teams was
Richard Hennell & Kanwar Rahim, Tony Barker & Robert
Bruty who were 7th out of 105 teams. [Nov05]
In
the invitation Healey Cup in Worcester, the winners were from
Gloucestershire – Lesley Harrison & Cynthia Moore, KA
Rahim & Mike Wignall. [Sep 05]
In
the Crockfords’ Plate competition, a team with Paul Denning
& Patrick Shields has now reached the final, in which they will
play a team with four Davids, from Norfolk. [Aug05]
In
the Cwmbran Swiss Pairs, Leslie Harrison & Pam Pearce ended 6th
In the final of the Ace of
Clubs, the winners were Malcolm Lay and John Prosser, but exactly one
match point behind came M Appelmelk &
J Pritchard.
Third place went to George Barrett &
Kanwar Rahim. Full
ranking and board
scores.
The No Fear Pairs this year had
20 pairs enter and the winners were Brian Forster & Ann
McCulloch, followed closely by Jean Dobell & Ann Christie. The
remainder of the field were a further 6% behind! Full
results.
The County Pairs Final took
place on 14 January when only 17 pairs turned up for the semi-final.
Subject to the usual checks the provisional result [NOW AMENDED] is a
win by half a top by Chris Kinloch & Derek Rue, ahead of Ranwar
& Veronica Rahim and Patrick Shields & Jeff Watson. Full
results.
The County Individual took place
on 2nd January. The winner was Alan Lamb with
62.01%, followed by George Barrett and then Vanessa Allinson and
Francis Otway.
of
the 116 pairs. Alex Selsby & Colin
Wadsworth were actually higher up the lsit with one match to go, but
lost their last match. [Aug05]
In
the Seniors Knock Out Championship, the team with Derek Rue &
Keith Stanley has reached the national final (after beating a
Gloucestershire team in the semi-final). [Aug05
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