BRIDGE NEWS FROM THE LMBA 2004 London win back the 'Daily Telegraph' - Sunday 5th December Team:Rob Cliffe & Mike Hill, David Ould & Ian Payn Table of Results London Qualify for the 2005 Tolle Final! London actually led their group throughout the weekend until they went into the last stanza, when they were overtaken by Leicestershire. London then played them and lost a little, so they were first and, when the final scores had been agreed, London found they were equal second with Sussex. The tie was split on the result of the match between London and Sussex, but that was a 10-all draw in VPs! So it was split on the IMP totals and London's turned out to be a winning draw, as London had 2 more IMPs than Sussex in that match. Phew! Team: Rob Cliffe & Ian Payn, Brian Callaghan & Chris Duckworth, Gordon Rainsford & Paul Martin, Peter Czerniewski & Marc Smith At The Olympiad 2004 Congtatulations to our national teams for their recent performance in the Olympiad. London Members Christine Duckworth and David Burn coached the ladies and Men's teams respectively. Our Ladies won the Bronze Medal beating Italy and then France in the Round of 16 and the quarter finals repectively. In the semi finals they met and fell to Russia, who went on to beat USA in the final. They beat China in the play-off between the two losing semi-finallists for the bronze Team: Nicola Smith & Heather Dhondy (Middx), Rhona Goldenfield & Michelle Brunner (Manchester), Sally Brock (Berks & Bucks) & Kitty Teltscher (Surrey, wife of our LMBA President), Alan Mould, NPC (Manchester) and Christine Duckworth, Coach (London) Our men were unbeaten in the 'all play all qualifiers', a tremendous achievement, but fell at the quarter final stage to Pakistan. Team: Jason & Justin Hackett (Manchester), Andrew Robson and David Bakhshi (Middx), Tom Townsend & David Gold (London) with Raymond Brock, NPC (Berks & Bucks) and David Burn, Coach (London) More detail on the WBF site.. The Lederer 2004 - 16th 17th October - Ireland triumph despite losing last match! Results Final Placings and 'Play with the Stars' Results Pictures - Players - Tables in Play - Prizewinners - Round and About - Roger's Hand Awards - Best Played - Best Bid - Best Defended Viewgraph Hand Records, if you have downloaded free Bridge Base Software Programme Extract - Team Biographies - History - Past Winners Publicity Pre Tournament Details Richard and Sandra’s wedding Click for enlargement. Chris writes in the Newsletter "In late September a large crowd of London members went to Zagreb for the wedding of Richard (Dickie) Probst and his beautiful Croatian bride, Sandra. Richard, who has recently graduated from being a junior to a full member of London, is one of the well known Probst clan, headed by TD father John. The pair met a couple of years ago when playing in the Junior European Championships in Torquay and continued their romance at long distance and also while travelling all over Europe and Africa. They married in Sandra’s home town where the many visitors from England enjoyed a great weekend, planned to the last impeccable detail by Sandra. The picture shows the happy couple outside the church immediately after the marriage service," The European Championships Congratulations to the England team on their 5th place in the championships earning a place in the Bermuda Bowl. Coached by London stalwart David Burn, the team contained four of our members, Tom Townsend, David Gold, David Price and Colin Simpson Mixed Pairs - 12th Sept Well played Nigel Freake and Anne Catchpole Full Results London Trophy Final 23rd May Congratulations to RAC who beat Royal Wimbledon by 1140 aggregate points. Team: A Bowman, T Scouller, B Heilbern, C Freeman (with Tournament Organizer Cecil Leighton and Mike Hill) Click for results or Match Report Garden Cities. Essex win the Regional Semi 22nd May 2004 Click for results Swiss Weekend Results, 13th 14th March 2004 Click for Pairs results and Teams results and an interesting hand from the teams Pairs Winners Brian Senior and Nigel Bird Teams Winners Tony Forrester, Jack Mizel Victor Silverstone Gerald Haase London win the Tolle! The London team of David Burn, Ian Payn, Nick Sandqvist, Artur Malinowski, David Price, Colin Simpson, Tom Townsend & David Gold won the 2004 Tollemache Final with 110 VP; Surrey were second with 107 VP and Cambs & Hunts 3rd with 94. We are very sad to report the recent death of two well known London players. Nina Harrison of Chiswick (at the age of 86) and Dave Maeer. We offer our condolences to their families.