HOME 2024

A complete list of prize-winners for 2024 may be found HERE

The final event of the tournament, the Cool-Down Pairs, was won by Peter Bertheau of Sweden and Jorge Cruzeiro of Portugal.

Runners-up were Pieternella Boone and Kees Bakker of the Netherlands.  In third place were Sigurdur Ingimarsson and Svanhildur Hall of Iceland.

Full results HERE (but no photos, sadly, because our photographer was playing).

The 2024 Open Teams was won in convincing style, with a match to spare, by team de Botton (Janet de Botton, Thomas Charlsen, Thor-Erik Hoftaniska, Christian Bakke).

They lost only one match – to their nearest rivals and runners-up Miniter (Gillian Miniter, Joe Grue, Agustin Madala, Mikael Rimstedt).

O Samba (Andrei Kavalenka, Miroslaw Milaszewski, Andrzej Jeleniewski, Serguei Poletaev, Boguslaw Nidecki) finished third.

Full results HERE

We have been able to increase the prize fund for this year on account of the number of participants.

You can see the new prize values HERE

Many apologies to the winners who were omitted the first time:  the website editor hadn’t noticed that there were separate ranking lists for each direction.

A record 152 pairs took part in the 2024 Warm-Up Pairs.  It was a noisy occasion, perhaps on account of the cocktail party just beforehand, but played in good humour.

Congratulations to the winners,Wim van Luijk and Anneke van der Meer of the Netherlands (NS) and Marius Bartnes and Frederic Wilt of Norway (EW).

The top Madeiran pairs were Eduardo Fernandes and Pedro Macedo (NS) and Bruno and Pedro Macedo (EW).

Full results HERE

De Botton (de Botton – Hoftaniska – Charlsen – Bakke [UK/NO]) still holds top spot on 145.80, but the second and third teams have swapped places to leave Miniter (Miniter – Grue – Madala – Mikael Rimstedt [US/AR/SE]) on 132.71, ahead of Baldursson (Einarsson – Thorvaldsson – Jonsson – Erlingsson [IS]) on 123.54. 

Full results HERE

Janet de Botton’s team (de Botton – Hoftaniska – Charlsen – Bakke) is leading after the first three matches, with a score of 56.95 IMPs.

In second are Baldursson (Einarsson – Thorvaldsson – Jonsson – Erlingsson) on 53.99, with Miniter (Miniter – Grue – Madala – Rimstedt) lying third.

Full results HERE

Their astonishing performance came to the expected conclusion for Ola Rimstedt and António Palma, who won by a final margin of just over 5%.  Congratulations on both the performance and the victory.

Thor-Erik Hoftaniska and Christian Bakke of Norway climbed ten places with a huge session score of 71.45% to finish second.  Bronze medallists were Pim Coppens and Sibrand van Oosten of the Netherlands, maintaining their second-session position.

FULL RESULTS HERE

Another stonking [that’s a technical term] session from Ola Rimstedt and António Palma saw them stretch their lead to 9.4%.  Rob Lawy and Harry Anoyrkatis (UK) maintained their top-5 performance, rising to second, just ahead of Pim Coppens and Sibrand van Oosten (NL).

1^st Ola Rimsted – António Campos Palma (SE/PT) 72.86%
2^nd Rob Lawy – Harry Anoyrkatis (UK) 63.46%
3^rd Pim Coppens – Sibrand van Oosten (NL) 63.22%
4^th Alfonso Chamorro – José Miguel Gonçalves (ES) 62.34%
5^th Sveinn R Eiriksson – Magnus Eidur Magnusson (IS) 61.99%

6^th Justin van der Kam – Betty Speelman (NL) 60.97%
7^th Peer Koester – Silvia Klasberg-Brawanski (DE) 60.71%
8^th Arild Aarmot – Finn Brentebråten (NO) 60.61%
9^th Ireneusz Jagielski – Jan Stanczak (PL) 60.28%
10^th Gudmundur Halldorsson – Jon Ingthorsson (IS) 59.82%

Full results HERE

With a record 292 pairs taking part despite the best efforts of weather in Barcelona, local(ish) talent featured prominently on the leader board after the first day of the Open Pairs.  Ola Rimstedt and António Palma racked up a huge lead of almost 7% over João Paes de Carvalho and Jorge Cruzeiro, while only 0.25% separates 3rd, 4th and 5th places.  Still, there are two more sessions to play, so it’s not over yet.

1^st  Ola Rimstedt – António Campos Palma (SE/PT) 71.28%
2^nd João Paes de Carvalho – Jorge Cruzeiro (PT) 64.50%
3^rd Tim van den Bos – Berend van den Bos (NL) 63.83%
4^th Robin de Kater – Arjen Salari (NL) 63.64 %
5^th Rob Lawy – Harry Anoyrkatis (UK) 63.58%

6^th Renée Verdegaal – Marc Thiele (NL) 63.00%
7^th Justin van der Kam – Betty Speelman (NL) 62.91%
8^th Ingrid Huijben – Jos van Wel (NL) 62.77%
9^th Stefan Lindfors – Simon Hult (SE) 62.04%
10^th Alfonso Chamorro – José Miguel Gonçalves (ES) 61.90%

Full results HERE

This year’s Charity Challenge was won convincingly by Mike Theelke and Paul Hooker of the UK, almost 4% ahead of the runners-up, Christine Winckel and Hans Metselaar (Netherlands).  In 3rd place were Lasse Utter and Maria Tulonen (Finland).

80 pairs took part.  Thank you all for your support.  The amount raised for One Day for Life will be announced at the Prize-giving next Sunday.

1^st Mike Theelke – Paul Hooker (England) 64.83%
2^nd Christine Winckel – Hans Metselaar (NL) 60.90%
3^rd Lasse Utter – Maria Tulonen (FI) 60.42%
4^th João do Amaral – Ziza Jovic (PT/SE) 60.20%
5^th Willem van Eijck – Inez van Eijck (NL) 59.01%

6^th Jeppe Juhl – Szczepan Smoczynski (DK/PL) 58.56%
7^th Eeva Parvianinen – Olli Jalonen (FI) 57.67%
8^th Sophie Cunningham – Paul Cunningham (Wales) 57.25%
9^th Nick Nautilus – Frederic Boldt (DE) 56.83%
10^th João Machado – José Macedo (PT – Madeira) 56.73%

Full results HERE

A very international flavour to the top placings in today’s event.  The winners were Franz Roettger & Kerstin Sosnowski of Germany (NS) and Harry Burmania & Dennis Ottevanger of the Netherlands (EW) but quite a lot of countries were represented in the top three places.  Congratulations to the two victorious pairs.

North-South
1st Franz Roettger – Kerstin Sosnowski (DE) +53.8
2nd Sarko Kassabian – Marie Therese Hambrick (CA) +52.9
3rd Gitte Hecht-Johansen – Szczepan Smoczynski (DK/PL) +36.6

East-West
1st Harry Burmania – Dennis Ottevanger (NL) +51.8
2nd Bengt Emanuelsson – Haakan Tjärnemo (SE) +48.5
3rd Pierre Fougerouse – Jane Marland (FR/CH) +43.3

Full results HERE

It’s been a good tournament so far for Hans Kreuning and Saha Ouda of the Netherlands – having won yesterday’s Matchpoint Pairs, they triumphed in the first our our two IMP Pairs as North-South winners.  East-West proved equally successful for the Dutch, with Harry Burmania and Dennis Ottevanger taking top spot.

North-South

1st Hans Kreuning – Saha Ouda (NL) +39.38
2nd Fred Kreek – Helene Thygesen (DK) +27.52
3rd Ingibjorg Johannesdottir – Thordur Sigurdsson (IS) +24.10

East-West

1st Harry Burmania – Dennis Ottevanger (NL) +55.69
2nd Frederico Teixeira – Ricardo Fernandes (PT) +49.28
3rd Alejandro Gaytan de Ayala – Patrice Fincias (ES/FR) +44.76

Full results HERE

The first event of Madeira 2024 was won by Petur Orn Gudjonsson & Aevar Armansson of Iceland (North-South) and Hans Kreuning & Saha Ouda of the Netherlands (East-West). Congratulations to our first winners of the year.

NORTH-SOUTH
1st Petur Orn Gudjonsson – Aevar Armansson (IS) 69.14%
2nd Nuno Martins – Laura Woodruff (PT) 59.83%
3rd Lasse Utter – Maria Tulonen (FI) 58.47%

EAST-WEST
1st Hans Kreuning – Saha Ouda (NL) 64.10%
2nd Frederic Boldt – Nick Nautilus (DE) 60.76%
3rd Svein Markussen – Roennaug Asla (NO) 60.62%

44 pairs took part. Full results HERE

This year we have a new gadget: we’ll all be connected via a WhatsApp group. This group will allow you to keep up to date with everything that’s going on: results, session rankings, bulletins, photos and videos. You’ll be the first to know. All you need to do is join our WhatsApp group, and from Day One of the tournament we will share the daily links.

Join by clicking on the link below:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/JQwZeWY3fmQ5k66ANaoabN

Our usual expert, Mark Horton, is unavailable this year to go through the previous day’s hands in his daily ‘Mark Your Card’ sessions.

Luckily we have a super-sub in the form of David Burn, English international and bridge journalist, who will review the hands with you.  A different style, but just as much expertise (and at least as much wit).

Join David every day from Tuesday to Friday in Selvagens Room 1.