WBU Open Trials 2009

The two weekends of the WBU Open Trials are 26-27 September and 17-18 October.

The field is made up of five exempted pairs, and five who qualified from the Pre-Trial; Steve Webb and Tim Barsby qualified, but are unable to play. So the ten pairs are:

Dafydd Jones & Gary Jones, Jill Casey & Diane Kurbalija, Patrick Shields & Paul Denning,
Tim Rees & Filip Kurbalija, Mike Tedd & John Salisbury, Trevor Towers & Simon Richards,
Chris Rochelle & Liz Atkinson, Laura Woodruff & Mike Close, Sue Ingham & Gwynn Davis,
and Adrian Thomas & Mike Pownall

The first weekend of 26-27 September will be held at Gwent Bridge Academy. Play will start at 12 noon on Saturday playing four ten-board rounds, followed by five ten-board rounds on Sunday starting at 11am. The second weekend was expected to be at Cardiff bridge club, but may have to be moved.

The Selectors will use Butler scoring and a 60-0 VP Scale. Thus 30-30 is a tie, and the score moves by 1 VP for each IMP with a maximum win of 60-0.