The Welsh Invitation Pairs 2009
The Welsh Invitation Pairs was
held at St Mellons golf club on 19-20
September. This prestigious event must be the best pairs event in the UK calendar.
The visiting pairs were high quality with many current World or European medallists.
Read about them here.
Many thanks to all the organisers, especially Patrick, Maggie and Ken. One table
was broadcast on BBO.
For the second year running a Welsh pair came out top. Many congratulations to Gary and Dafydd Jones!
The winners with Alan Screen (WBU President) and Patrick Jourdain (organiser)
Gary and Dafydd with the beautiful trophy donated by Janet de Botton
The runners-up Nick Sandqvist & Andrew McIntosh (England)
Third placed David Mossop & Gojko Zivkovic (Switzerland)
The results:
Victory Points
|
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Pair No.
|
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 |
Total VPs
|
Rank
|
|
7
|
Dafydd Jones & Gary Jones |
30
|
38
|
20
|
33
|
32
|
33
|
30
|
42
|
39
|
5
|
30
|
16
|
36
|
44
|
25
|
453
|
1
|
4
|
Nick Sandqvist & Andrew McIntosh |
10
|
36
|
40
|
44
|
16
|
34
|
24
|
42
|
50
|
23
|
26
|
33
|
14
|
32
|
19
|
443
|
2
|
8
|
David Mossop & Gojko Zivkovic |
36
|
46
|
20
|
23
|
41
|
20
|
36
|
30
|
0
|
50
|
20
|
25
|
25
|
31
|
16
|
419
|
3
|
13
|
Patrick Shields & Dan McIntosh |
31
|
43
|
30
|
34
|
27
|
30
|
20
|
0
|
11
|
25
|
34
|
23
|
32
|
41
|
31
|
412
|
4
|
1
|
David Liggat & Roy Bennett |
25
|
50
|
30
|
37
|
21
|
12
|
30
|
16
|
19
|
27
|
23
|
26
|
38
|
20
|
34
|
408
|
5
|
9
|
Tim Rees & Filip Kurbalija |
39
|
14
|
31
|
17
|
22
|
28
|
26
|
34
|
15
|
29
|
49
|
25
|
34
|
9
|
29
|
401
|
6
|
6
|
Artur Malinowski & Tony Forrester |
40
|
21
|
30
|
28
|
23
|
16
|
33
|
10
|
25
|
45
|
19
|
33
|
20
|
30
|
21
|
394
|
7
|
5
|
Pierre Franceschetti & Christophe Grossart |
25
|
12
|
38
|
36
|
26
|
38
|
34
|
8
|
25
|
21
|
43
|
27
|
4
|
19
|
31
|
387
|
8
|
11
|
Espen Erichsen & Norman Selway |
30
|
4
|
10
|
22
|
23
|
22
|
16
|
50
|
31
|
21
|
26
|
34
|
42
|
27
|
22
|
380
|
9
|
2
|
Paul Gagne & Diana Harris |
11
|
45
|
20
|
27
|
29
|
28
|
17
|
31
|
37
|
31
|
7
|
27
|
8
|
18
|
25
|
361
|
10
|
16
|
Mike Best & Mark Roderick |
25
|
5
|
20
|
6
|
24
|
34
|
20
|
20
|
35
|
19
|
24
|
32
|
18
|
35
|
43
|
360
|
11
|
10
|
Patrick Jourdain & Mike Hirst |
20
|
25
|
12
|
16
|
9
|
16
|
40
|
25
|
13
|
31
|
31
|
24
|
16
|
23
|
40
|
341
|
12
|
3
|
David Greenwood & Rex Anderson |
14
|
25
|
30
|
19
|
28
|
22
|
26
|
8
|
39
|
29
|
16
|
17
|
12
|
35
|
19
|
339
|
13
|
15
|
Mike Baker & Roger Penton |
20
|
29
|
17
|
13
|
34
|
48
|
14
|
25
|
11
|
25
|
1
|
23
|
46
|
6
|
7
|
319
|
14
|
14
|
Peter Goodman & Gay Keaveney |
25
|
7
|
33
|
31
|
27
|
17
|
24
|
19
|
24
|
0
|
27
|
17
|
30
|
15
|
10
|
306
|
15
|
12
|
Mike Tedd & John Salisbury |
19
|
0
|
19
|
14
|
18
|
2
|
10
|
40
|
26
|
19
|
24
|
18
|
25
|
15
|
28
|
277
|
16
|
Detailed scoresheets, hands and travellers can be found for the next week or two on the Cardiff Bridge Club site. Thank you, Ken!