Seniors Trials 2009

The selectors held a Seniors Trial on the weekend of 21-22 February 2009. This was to select the Welsh team for the Seniors Camrose,which will be held in Oxford on 29-31 May 2009. All players in the trials must meet the general eligibility criteria for representing Wales, and also the age requirement of being born in 1950 or earlier. Council has decided that players will have to meet their own expenses for the Seniors Camrose as well as for the trials. Players were asked to enter as pairs by informing Neville not later than 7th January 2009.

The trials venue was the New Inn at Newbridge-on-Wye (tel 01597 860211). There were five tables, all-play-all pairs scored by Butler (middle 3 scores) with each match capped at 25 IMPs.Play started at 12 noon on Saturday 21st February (5 x 10 board matches with a short interval :finishing 7.00 pm approx) and 11am on Sunday 22nd (4 x 10 board matches with a short interval finishing 4.30 pm approx).

The overall positions were as follows:

Rank Pair   Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Capping Adjustment Butler
1 1 Mike Hirst & Jim Luck
32
-8
25
20
69
2 9 David Birt & Mike Best
4
25
21
3
53
3 10 Mike Tedd & John Salisbury
-25
20
14
15
24
4 5 Mike Baker & Roger Penton
-1
-2
0
21
18
5 6 Peter Hand & Jean Hand
5
-12
3
15
11
6 3 Sheila Shea & Wyn Williams
30
-22
-5
-6
-3
7 4 Barry Wennell & Beth Wennell
14
3
4
-27
-6
8 7 Keith Shuttleworth & Roger Bowles
-44
2
-14
25
5
-26
9 2 Gary Jones & Patrick Jourdain
-20
4
-14
-20
-50
10 8 Gwyneth Dew & Liam Sheridan
5
-10
-34
-46
-5
-90

You can also access the hands, the frequencies, the travellers and the scorecards.

The selectors have announced that the team for the Seniors Camrose will be

Mike Hirst & Jim Luck
Mike Best & David Birt
Mike Tedd & John Salisbury
NPC Peter Hand
Reserve Pair: Mike Baker & Roger Penton