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2016–17 EBU Player Of The Year Championship
The 2016–17 EBU Player of the Year Championship was the competition's third season. Points were accumulated over the EBU's ten most prestigious events from 1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017. Alexander Allfrey and Andrew Robson Andrew Michael Robson OBE (born 1964) is an English professional bridge player, writer and teacher. He is a British and English international. Robson is the bridge columnist for ''The Times'' and '' Country Life''. He was a member of the Gre ... won for the second successive year, becoming the first players to win the title more than once. List of Competitions Summary of Results This list displays the top ten players (including ties); 126 players received points. Winners of each event are highlighted in bold. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 EBU Player of the Year Championship Contract bridge competitions Contract bridge in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Bridge Union
The English Bridge Union or EBU is a player-funded organisation that promotes and organises the card game of duplicate bridge in England. It is based at offices in Aylesbury. The EBU is a member of the European Bridge League and thus affiliated with the World Bridge Federation, which promulgates the laws of the game.What is the EBU? English Bridge Union. Confirmed 2 July 2011. The EBU is owned by 39 county associations whose shareholdings are determined by the numbers of EBU member residents. The county associations elect annually a board of eight directors, including a chairman and vice-chairman, and meet with the board once a year to assist in determining policy. The shareholders also elect an honorary treasurer and three standing co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contract Bridge
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most popular card games, particularly among seniors. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the governing body for international competitive bridge, with numerous other bodies governing it at the regional level. The game consists of a number of , each progressing through four phases. The cards are dealt to the players; then the players ''call'' (or ''bid'') in an auction seeking to take the , specifying how many tricks the partnership receiving the contract (the declaring side) needs to take to receive points for the deal. During the auction, partners use their bids to also exchange information about their hands, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Robson
Andrew Michael Robson OBE (born 1964) is an English professional bridge player, writer and teacher. He is a British and English international. Robson is the bridge columnist for ''The Times'' and '' Country Life''. He was a member of the Great Britain Juniors team which won the World Youth Team Championship in 1989 and of the Great Britain Open team which won the European Open Teams Championship in 1991. He is from London. Personal life Robson attended Abingdon School as a dayboy in Randolph House from 1977 to 1982. He obtained a BSc at the University of Bristol in 1985, and a Cert Ed the following year. In 2001 he suffered serious injuries when he slipped on ice when hill-walking in the Lake District and fell thirty feet. He broke many bones, spent two months in hospital and was in a wheelchair for much longer. Robson was able to return to the bridge table five months after the accident, the speed of his recovery astonishing his doctors. As a result, he received the Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 EBU Player Of The Year Championship
The 2015–16 EBU Player of the Year Championship was the competition's second season. Points were accumulated over the EBU's ten most prestigious events from 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2016. Alexander Allfrey and Andrew Robson Andrew Michael Robson Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 1964) is an English professional Contract bridge, bridge player, writer and teacher. He is a British and English international. Robson is the bridge columnist for ''The Times'' and ... became the first pair to share the title. List of Competitions Summary of Results This list displays the top ten players; 143 players received points. Winners of each event are highlighted in bold. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 EBU Player of the Year Championship Contract bridge competitions Contract bridge in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 EBU Player Of The Year Championship
The 2017–18 EBU The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Co ... Player of the Year Championship was the competition's fourth season. Points were accumulated over the EBU's ten most prestigious events from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018. Mike Bell won his first title, becoming the fourth player to win the championship. List of Competitions Summary of Results This list displays the top ten players (including ties); 130 players received points. Winners of each event are highlighted in bold. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 EBU Player of the Year Championship Contract bridge competitions Contract bridge in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Cup (bridge)
The Gold Cup is the premier open British contract bridge competition for teams of four. (Teams may comprise up to six players but only four take part at any one time.) It was first contested in the 1931/32 season, making it one of the oldest contract bridge tournaments anywhere. The event was run by the British Bridge League through 1999 and subsequently by Bridge Great Britain, a newly formed not-for-profit organisation. Except for 1933/34 the format has always been single-elimination (knock-out). The 2019 Gold Cup was the 82nd. There were eight annual competitions before 1940 and 74 more have been completed since its resumption in 1946.Archives: Gold Cup Roll of Honor Bridge Great Britain. Retrieved 2013-12-17. Currently there are eight rounds to handle as many as 256 entries, with at least ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Bell (bridge)
Mike Bell (born 1984) is an English bridge player. Bridge accomplishments * EBU Player of the Year, 2017-2018 Wins * English Bridge Union Schapiro Spring Foursomes (3) 2016, 2017, 2018 * Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2017 Runners-up Personal life Mike is married to Sarah Bell Sarah Jayne Bell is the City of Melbourne Chair in Urban Resilience and Innovation at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Honorary Professor of Environmental Engineering at The Bartlett School in University College London ( UCL). She w .... Notes External links {{WPCBIndex 1984 births Living people English contract bridge players Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bakhshi
David Bakhshi is an English bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * Gold Cup (5) 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2014 * North American Bridge Championships (1) ** Silodor Open Pairs The Silodor Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Silodor Open Pairs is a four session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying ... (1) 2013 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships (1) ** Vanderbilt (1) 2011 Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Bakhshi, David Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English contract bridge players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Forrester
Anthony R. (Tony) Forrester (born 1953) is an English bridge player and writer. He is a British and English international and a World Bridge Federation World International Master. Forrester was a bridge columnist for ''The Daily Telegraph'' from 1993 until 2019 and for ''The Sunday Telegraph'' from 1996 until 2019. Personal life Forrester was brought up in West Yorkshire. He is married to Diana, and they live in Gloucestershire. International honours Forrester won the European Youth Team Championship in 1978 and the European Team Championship in 1991. The European Team Championship win was in partnership with Andrew Robson, with whom he played for seven years. The pair also won the Cap Gemini and the Sunday Times-Macallan. Since that time he was regarded, by the English Bridge Union, as England's number one player. Playing for Rita Shugart's team, in 1998 he was the first Briton, with teammate Robson, to win a prestigious US Major, the Reisinger, and the same squad won the eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gold (bridge)
David Gold is an English bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ... player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * Gold Cup (4) 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019 *Premier League Winner (8) 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 *Spring Fours Winner (3) 2016, 2017, 2018 *Crockfords Winner 2012 International Medals * BronzEuropean Pairs Tenerife2005 *Silver World Olympiad Teams Championship (1) 2008 *SilveEuropean Teams ChampionshipsOpatija 2014 *Bronze World Transnationals Lyon 2017 *Bronz2018 Eilat *SilveBucharest 2019 North American Bridge Championships * Winner of 2017 Board-A-Match *Runner Up of 2016 Board-A-Match *Runner Up of 2017 Vanderbilt *3rd 2017 Spingold *Runner up LM pairs 2015 & 2018 *3rd Reisinger 2010 Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Gold, David Year of birth mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zia Mahmood
Mir Zia Mahmood (born 7 January 1946) is a Pakistani-American professional bridge player. He is a World Bridge Federation and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. As of April 2011 he was the 10th-ranked World Grand Master. Biography Zia was born in Karachi, British India, now Pakistan. Zia was educated in England from the age of six to twenty-one. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of England and Wales and spent three years running a family business in Pakistan. He also spent eighteen months in Abu Dhabi developing business interests. Mahmood is married to Lady Emma, his wife since February 2001. She is the daughter of Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery. They have two sons: Zain and Rafi. Bridge Mahmood achieved international bridge fame, almost overnight, during one fortnight in 1981 when he led Pakistan to a second-place finish in the Bermuda Bowl tournament. The Bermuda Bowl is the most important open world championship, and that was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boye Brogeland
Boye Brogeland (born 1973) is a Norwegian professional bridge player. After a successful junior career, he won three Bermuda Bowl medals with the Norwegian team, including the gold in Shanghai 2007, and several North American Bridge Championships. He came into public focus in 2015 when he led a campaign against cheating in bridge, exposing wrongdoing of several top pairs, for which he received public recognition. Biography Brogeland was born in 1973 in Moi, a small town 100 km south of Stavanger in southern Norway. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a butcher. He learned to play bridge from his grandparents at the age of 8, and started playing regularly in the local club when he was 12. His mother committed suicide when Boye was eleven, and the tragedy had a "decisive influence on his character", as he put it. He graduated economics from the Norwegian School of Economics. At the age of 19, Brogeland turned fully to bridge and achieved a successful career as a j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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