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38 pairs cooled down from the 2022 tournament with the Cool-Down Pairs.  Congratulations to winners Pierre Carbonnier and Eva-Lotta Freiner of Sweden.  

1st Pierre Carbonnier (Sweden) – Eva-Lotta Freiner (Sweden) 63.46%
2nd Adrians Imsa (Latvia) – Allie Hoenstok (Netherlands) 61.75%
3rd Stefan Jonsson (Iceland) – Kristinn Olafsson (Iceland) 61.22%

Full results HERE

The 2022 Open Teams drew to an exciting close as Ponks’s slender advantage at the end of the third session was wiped out:  not only did their nearest rivals, Stonecutters, overtake them, but to add insult to injury Don Julio scored three victories to edge Ponks out of second place by 2 VPs.

Congratulations to the winners and to all the teams who took part.  We look forward to seeing you all in 2023.

1st Stonecutters (Anne Gladiator, Andrea Reim, Matthias Schueller, Ralph Retzlaff) 177.49
2nd Don Julio ((Magnus Eidur Magnusson, Julius Sigurjonsson, Sveinn R. Eiriksson, Simon Hult) 159.79
3rd Ponks (Torbjorn Arfmann, Martin Mellgren, Sven-Bertil Odelmark, Peter Bertheau) 157.72

Full results HERE

After 9 matches, Ponks (Arffman – Mellgren – Odelmark – Bertheau) are still leading on 128.47 VPs.

The chasing pack is close behind, led by Stonecutters (Gladiator – Reim – Schueller – Retzlaff) on 127.07.

3rd Juniors Plus (Donati – Rubenis – Molino – Imsa) 119.41
4th Swened (Burmania – Flisijn – Eriksson – Westman) 119.09
5th Portalia (Moraes – Arraiano – Iaricoli – Lorenzo) 115.32
6th Nuno Matos (Luiz – Paz – Teixeira – Brenner) 112.56

Full results HERE

Sunday start time 14.30

With 85 teams competing, after three matches the usual suspects are there or thereabouts at the top, with Ponks (Arffman – Mellgren – Odelmark – Bertheau, 54.54 VPs) leading Nuno Matos (Luiz – Paz – Teixeira – Brenner, 48.95 VPs) from Mads Eyde (Berg – Blakset – Eyde – Rohrberg, 48.29 VPs).

Play on Saturday starts at 11 a.m., with two matches before a break for buffet lunch at 13.15 and restart at 14.30 for a further four matches.

Full results HERE

After a shaky start in Session 1 and a climb of 48 places in Session 2, perennial winners Carlos Luiz (Madeira) and Nuno Paz (Azores) retained their title of OPEN PAIRS CHAMPIONS at the 25th Madeira International Bridge Open, with a score of 62.47%.

Runners-up were Ralph Retzlaff & Matthias Schueller (Germany) on 60.15%, with Andreas Babsch (Austria) & Michael Gromoeller (Germany) in 3rd on 59.59%.

Top Madeiran pair were João Machado and José Macedo in 105th place.

Full results HERE

Nice video of the traditional dinner and folk dancing.  There are also photos in the Gallery – click HERE

A stonking second session saw perennial local winners Nuno Paz and Carlos Luiz climb from 45th to 3rd, just behind Jerzy Skwark & Marek Blat of Poland and Olav Ellestad & Frederic Wilt of Norway.

Full results HERE

With 194 pairs competing, after the first session Luís Castaño and Pedro Morbey of Portugal are leading the field with 67.83%.

Lying second with 65.56% are Olav Ellestad and Frederic Wilt (Norway), and in third place Magnus Asgrimsson and Thorsteinn Bergsson (Iceland) on 64.86%.

Full results HERE

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There was a tremendous turn-out of 105 pairs for the Warm-Up, pipping the 2018 record by one.  With the able assistance of our full complement of directors, the event ran smoothly and (almost) without incident.

North-South the transnational pair of Julius Sigurjonsson (Iceland) and Simon Hult (Sweden) triumphed with a score of 65.24%, beating second-placed pair Robert Boeddeker and Flora Zarkesch of Germany by 2.35%.  In third place were Lisbeth Smed and Ingrid Ledertoug of Denmark on 60.05%.

East-West winners were Even Morken and Olav Ellestad of Norway on 68.93%, with Mark Kaptein and Mariken Schoenmakers (Netherlands) in 2nd place on 65.88% and Helga Alisch and Karl-Heinz Heine  (Germany) in 3rd on 62.26%.

Full results HERE

The third Inter-Nations Challenge charity event took place on Sunday 6th November.  52 pairs took part, raising €1750 for local charity the Associação dos Amigos de Pessoas com Necessidades Especiais da Madeira (Madeira Association of Friends of People with Special Needs).

We are still totting up which nation scored the most IMPs overall, but here are the individual results:

NORTH-SOUTH
1st Carlos Luiz (Madeira) & Mark Horton (England) +46.2
2nd Frederic Boldt & Nick Nautilus (Germany) +42.1
3rd Allie Hoenstok & Mike Reuser (Netherlands) +39.8

EAST-WEST
1st Haakan Tjarnemo & Bengt Emanuelsson (Sweden) +53.5
2nd Stefan Skorchev (England) & Jacob Duschek (Denmark) +46.6
3rd Hannes Sigurdsson & Pétur Sigurdsson (Iceland) +40.4

Full results HERE

The second of our two IMP Pairs events was won by local players Eduardo Fernandes and Pedro Morgado, with a 13-IMP lead over second-placed Harald Nordby and Ellen Vigmostad of Norway.  Third were Stefan Jonsson and Soffia Danielsdottir of Iceland.

1st Pedro Morgado & Eduardo Fernandes +58.29
2nd Harald Nordby & Ellen Vigmostad +44.93
3rd Stefan Jonsson & Soffia Danielsdottir +44.86

Full results HERE

The first of the two IMP Pairs events was won by Bernódus Kristinsson & Omar Oskarsson (NS) and Jannes van’t Oever & Antony Lee (EW).  

NORTH-SOUTH
1st Bernódus Kristinsson & Omar Oskarsson (Iceland) +40.7
2nd Marja Tulonen & Lasse Utter (Finland) +33.1
3rd Harald Nordby & Ellen Vigmostad (Norway) +32.8

EAST-WEST
1st Jannes van’t Oever & Antony Lee (Netherlands/France) +62.5
2nd Hans Metselaar & Jan de Winter (Netherlands) +56.8
3rd Svein Markussen & Roennaug Asla (Norway) +36.2

Top local pair were Pedro Nunes & Eduardo Fernandes (7th EW, -6.2)

Full results HERE

Results updated after adjusted score on one board.

After the results were published, the ‘winning’ pair noticed that a result had been entered incorrectly in their favour.  They nobly alerted the Director, as a result of which they hadn’t in fact won at all.

First place was taken by Hans Kreuning and Rob van den Bergh of the Netherlands, with 61.95%.

1st Hans Kreuning & Rob van den Bergh (Netherlands) 61.95%
2nd Adalsteinn Jörgensen & Svala Pálsdóttir (Iceland) 61.16%
3rd Frederic Boldt & Nick Nautilus (Germany) 58.56%

Top local pair were José Macedo and João Machado, who took 7th place with 53.03%

Full results HERE

For the tournament’s 25th birthday we have been able to secure POLO SHIRTS at an excellent price for those who would like a souvenir. If you would like to order one, please complete the information requested in the confirmation email which you will receive after booking: size, colour (burgundy or black) and with or without your name.

Standard: €22.50
Personalised with your name €25.00

We have added three new directors to the Madeira team

Jacob Duschek (Denmark)

Diarmuid Reddan (Ireland)

Sarah Amos (Wales)

to join our existing team

José Júlio Curado (Portugal

Marc van Beijsterveldt (Netherlands)

Hans van Staveren (Netherlands)