gordontd Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Congratulations to Frances Hinden's team (Jeffrey Allerton, Jon Cooke, Graham Osborne) who yesterday won the Schapiro Spring Foursomes, one of the toughest events in the EBU bridge calendar, playing four-handed throughout the five-day event. As the only un-defeated team at the start of the final day, they could have insisted on an extra eight boards if they had been losing either the semi-final or final after 32 boards, but they didn't need this extra chance as they won both matches within the 32 boards. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardv Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Congratulations, well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Congrats Frances! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomSac Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Winning a double elmination event without ever losing seems extra baller. WD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Winning a double elmination event without ever losing seems extra baller. WD. We're quite smug about it :D But being undefeated after the first 6 rounds gives you 3 huge advantages:- you get a match off while 6 other teams play the quarterfinals- you can choose your opponents in the semi-final - you get an extra 8 boards in the semi or final if you need them (or, not and) It's only the last of these that we didn't need/use. Playing as a team of 4, getting the evening off after 192 boards in 72 hours, with two more matches due the next day, is a huge relief. Last year we were the undefeated team after 6 rounds as well, and our semi-final options were (i) the UK Bermuda Bowl team, (ii) the Lavazza team of world-class Italians, (iii) a team containing Auken, Welland, Zia etc. This year there was one (very slightly) softer team available whom we rapidly selected and let the English & Israelis fight it out between them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 More congratulations to Frances' team (with Peter Lee instead of Jon Cooke) who yesterday won the Four Stars Teams at Brighton. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomSac Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Sick... congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Congrats again Frances! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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