WBU Trials 2010 and Teams for 2011
Training Day
The selectors arranged a training day for all Welsh international players and trialists on Saturday 4 December 2010 at Cardiff Bridge club. More details.
Selectors
A new selection committee has been announced. They are Mike Close, Paul Denning, Linda Greenland, Julian Pottage and Alan Stephenson. There is now a Selectors' Blog here, where you can read about their activities and decisions.
Open Trials
The selection process for next year's Welsh Open teams is underway. There will be two Welsh teams in the Camrose next year, because we host the second weekend, so at least six pairs will be representing Wales.
There was a Pre-Trial at Llanddewi Community Hall on 21-22 August from which a number of pairs qualified for the final . The results of this trial are here.
Those pairs exempted last year were offered exemption to the final trials. Not all took up the offer. They were:
Filip Kurbalija and Tim Rees
Gary and Dafydd Jones
Paul Denning and Pat Shields
Jill Casey and Diane Kurbalija
Peter Goodman and either Mike Pownall or Adrian Thomas
Mike Tedd and John Salisbury
The following pairs were thus been invited to attend the Open Trials at Cardiff Bridge Club on 25-26 September and 16-17 October, starting at 12:00 on Saturdays & 10:00 on Sundays
Alex Hogg & Alex Maddocks
Mark Roderick & Mike Best
Simon Gottschalk & Gordon Roxburgh
Geoff Evans & David Birt
Gwynn Davis & Susan Ingham
Liz Commins & David Stevenson
Liz Atkinson & Chris Rochelle
Simon Richards & Trevor Towers
Paul Denning & Patrick Shields
Tim Rees & Filip Kurbalija
Gary Jones & Dafydd Jones
Peter Goodman & Adrian Thomas
Mike Tedd & John Salisbury
Here are the results and other information for the two weekends of trials.
The selectors then announced that the following pairs have been selected for the first Camrose weekend:
Wales:
Paul Denning & Patrick Shields,
Dafydd Jones & Gary Jones,
Peter Goodman & Adrian Thomas,
with NPC Alan Stephenson and reserves John Salisbury & Mike Tedd.
WBU:
John Salisbury & Mike Tedd,
Alex Hogg & Alex Maddocks,
Mike Best & Mark Roderick, with NPC Gwynn Davis and reserves Gwynn Davis & Sue Ingham.
Simon Richards & Trevor Towers have been pre-selected for one of the teams for the 2nd Camrose weekend in Llandrindod Wells on March 4-6. Website for the second weekend.
Following the first weekend, the selectors have announced that the following pairs have been selected for the second Camrose weekend in Llandrindod Wells on March 4-6, 2011.
Wales:
Paul Denning & Patrick Shields
Dafydd Jones & Gary Jones
Peter Goodman & Adrian Thomas
NPC: Alan Stephenson
Reserves: Simon Richards & Trevor Towers
WBU:
John Salisbury & Mike Tedd
Alex Hogg & Alex Maddocks
Simon Richards & Trevor Towers
NPC: Mike Close
Reserves: Mike Best & Mark Roderick
Ladies Trials
This year the Lady Milne takes place in Belfast on 15-17 April 2011.
The trials for the Welsh Ladies team was planned to be held on 11-12 December. They were postponed because of the weather and subsequently held on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 January 2011. The arrangements are detailed here. The trials results are here.
The selectors have now announced the Welsh Lady Milne team:
Susan Ingham & Laura Woodruff
Val Kennewell & Margaret Lane
Sheila Shea & Beth Wennell
Reserves Gilly Clench & Lee Collier
NPC Adrian Thomas
Seniors Trials
The selectors moved the Seniors Trials to Friday 18 & Saturday 19 March 2011 to avoid the clash with the Tollemache heats and to avoid a clash with the Executive meeting on Sunday 20 March.
The selectors have now announced the Welsh team for the Seniors Camrose in Oxford 27-29 May
Liam Sheridan & Gwyneth Dew
Tony Disley & Roger Penton
Mike Hirst & Jim Luck
Reserves: Gary Jones & Patrick Jourdain
NPC : Mike Tedd
Junior Camrose
The Welsh team for the Junior Camrose in Ayr on 18-20 February will be:
Chris Owen & James Boulton,
Becky Watkins & Horia Maior,
James Harris & Jonathan Richards,
with NPC Alan Jones.
The WBU received an invitation to the Chairman's Cup in Örebro, Sweden from July 30th to August 4th. The organisers offer free entry and some accommodation for the week for the WBU team; the WBU will not be offering further support. Pairs who wished to be considered for a WBU team were asked to contact Neville by 19th March. More information.
The selectors have announced that the team representing the Welsh Bridge Union in the Chairman's Cup in Orebro will be:Diana Harris and Paul Gagne
Liz Hutchinson and Alan Screen
Read Paul's report on the Chairman's Cup