Simon Gottschalk

WHERE: GWENT BRIDGE ACADEMY, NEWPORT, GWENT

WHEN: TWO WEEKENDS 28-29 SEPTEMBER & 19-20 OCTOBER 2024

WHO: TEAMS OF 4, 5 OR 6 PLAYERS

HOW: PLAYING APPROXIMATELY 90+ BOARDS EACH WEEKEND WITH SCREENS .

COST: £440 PER TEAM

WHY: THIS IS THE BEST TEAMS BRIDGE EVENT HELD IN WALES. THE SELECTORS WILL USE THE RESULTS TO SELECT A TEAM FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST WEEKEND OF THE CAMROSE FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SELECTION.

CAMROSE WEEKEND 1: 3-5 JANUARY 2025 IN SCOTLAND

CAMROSE WEEKEND 2: 7-9 MARCH 2025 IN NORTHERN IRELAND

WELSH TEAM CAMROSE SELECTION CRITERIA: THE WINNING PAIR ON X-IMPS WILL BE GUARANTEED A PLACE ON THE TEAM FOR AT LEAST ONE CAMROSE WEEKEND. THE OTHER TWO PAIRS WILL BE SELECTED BY THE SELECTORS.

WEALTH WARNING: THERE IS NO FUNDING THIS YEAR FOR CAMROSE PLAYERS WHO WILL BE EXPECTED TO PAY AROUND £400 EACH FOR ACCOMMODATION PLUS ALL TRAVEL COSTS.

HEALTH WARNING: A LIGHT BUFFET LUNCH WILL BE SERVED EACH SUNDAY. COFFEE, TEA AND BISCUITS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON BOTH DAYS. YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR OWN REFRESHMENTS ON SATURDAYS.

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER 29th AUGUST 2024 MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED.

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: COLIN SIMCOX

TOURNAMENT ORGANISOR: SIMON GOTTSCHALK

WHAT NEXT: USE THIS LINK TO ENTER

Good luck to our junior teams playing this coming weekend.

The venue is: Le Mon Hotel and Country Club – Castlereagh, Belfast.

Programme Booklet is:

https://nibu1.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Booklet-for-JC-and-PB-Website.pdf

Welsh Team Players:  Sophie Akers, Lolo Williams, Joseph Bentley, James Brindle, Emilia Cadden, Milan Malecki (NPC: Soozy Nesom)

How to kibitz 

Click https://kibitz.realbridge.online  to join.

The first match on Friday actually starts at 7pm; you can follow the play from 7:05pm onwards. (a minor detail).

SO NO DELAY FOR THIS EVENT.

Bridge Great Britain link here: https://www.bridgewebs.com/bgb

NIBU link (the organisers) here:  https://nibu1.co.uk/junior-camrose-and-peggy-bayer-trophies-2024

 

Thank you for playing in the Teltscher Trial last weekend.

After reviewing the results and performance of the players in some detail, the selectors have selected the following team:

Alan Stephenson and Peter Kaufmann

Tim Rees and John Salisbury

Paul Denning and Diane Kurbalija

Playing Captains Paul Denning / Tim Rees

The team selected to represent Wales in the forthcoming Lady Milne event is:-

Ceri Pierce & Mia Deschepper

Jo Copping & Joan Marray

Gilly Clench & Suzy Lawson

NPC Maggie Pierce

Ceri Pierce is the Welsh Camrose Team captain for the 2nd weekend.

https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoq/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20240301_1&wd=1&club=bgb

The following pairs will represent Wales in the second weekend of the CAMROSE.

Julian Pottage & Tony Ratclif

Tim Rees & John Salisbury

Richard Plackett & Mia Deschepper

Bridge Calendar – Event Details (ebu.co.uk)

Open Team

Julian Pottage and Tony Ratclif
Alan Stephenson and Peter Kaufman
Paul Lamford and Gary Jones

Mixed Team

Paul Denning and Diane Kurbalija
Richard Plackett and Mia Deschepper
Tim Rees and Ceri Pierce

http://db.eurobridge.org/repository/competitions/24Herning/microsite/Information.htm

The 56^th European Team Championships are to be played under the auspices of the European Bridge League in the MCH Herning Kongrescenter, Herning, Denmark from Monday 24^th of June 2024 to Thursday 4^th of July 2024.

http://db.eurobridge.org/repository/competitions/24Herning/microsite/Participants.asp   

The event will comprise the 56^th European Team Championships and these Championships will consist of four categories: Open Teams, Women’s Teams, Seniors’ Teams and Mixed Teams. All events will end on Thursday 4th of July 2024.

All four Championships will be played as a single complete round robin. The number of boards played in each match will be determined and published when the number of participants is known. The Open Championship will be played over 11 days, and the Women’s, Seniors’, and Mixed Championships will be played over 7 days.

The Championships will also include the 12^th European Women’s Pairs Championship and the 10^th European Seniors’ Pairs Championship as National Pairs competitions. It is anticipated that these Pairs Championship will consist of two stages: a Qualifying Stage, and a Final Stage (Final A and Final B). However, should the number of participants permit, there will be a one stage all-play-all competition. Details of the competition format may be changed according to the final registration of participants.

Would any pairs interested in representing Wales at any of these events contact the Chief Executive or the WBU Selectors by the 12^th January 2024. Players must be deemed to be “in good standing” by the WBU and EBL.

The WBU Management Committee have indicated that there will be no central funding available to support any of the teams playing in the National Teams Championships.

The Welsh team selected to play in the first weekend of the 2024 Camrose is:-

Julian Pottage + Tony Ratclif

Tim Rees + John Salisbury

Dafydd Jones + Adam Dunn

NPC: Paul Denning

 

The Teltscher Trial will be held at Cardiff Bridge Club over the weekend of 3 & 4th February 2024.

Entry form and full details are on the following link:-

https://www.msg.uk.com/bess/?eventcode=WBUTT24