Commonwealth Games 2002
In the final matches Patron (Tony Forrester, John Armstrong,
Paul, Jason and Justin Hackett) beat Canada (Judith and Nick Gartaganis,
Gordon Campbell and Keith Balcombe) by 27 IMPs and Wales (Gary and Dafydd
Jones, Peter Goodman and Adam Dunn, Tim Rees and Filip Kurbalija) beat
Maple (Bernard Goldenfield and John Holland, Gary Hyett and Boris Ewart,
John Hassett and Bill Hirst) by 6 IMPs. Bronze medal went to India
(C R Bandrinath, K R Venkataraman, P Sridharen, R Krishnan, Sunit Chokshi
and S Sundarraman) the winners of the consolation event. Second in
the consolation were the Manchester CBA team of Jeff Smith, Sid Travers,
Joy and Irving Blakey, an excellent result, ahead of Northern Ireland,
Singapore, Merseyside CBA, Evans and England.
Sid Travers (facing camera) and Jeff Smith in play in the consolation event
Irving and Joy Blakey playing against David and Jean Keen of Liverpool
The consolation event in the Whitworth Hall
Roman Smolski once of Yorkshire and England now playing for Bermuda
The Welsh Silver medal winning team
Peter Goodman, Adam Dunn, Filip Kurbalija, Dafydd Jones, Tim Rees, Jim Luck (NPC), Gareth Jones
Bill Fung Chairman of Maple Financial Services - main sponsors of event
Bill was resident and played bridge in Manchester in the seventies
Ed Levy and Tracy Capal in the consolation event
Brian Callaghan (facing camera) and David Burn of the England Team
David Barton (in white jumper!) and Leslie Klein
Friday - Canada beat Wales by 7 IMPs over 48 boards (this is the match for Gold and Silver medals). Patron 1 (Hacketts, Forrester, Armstrong) beat Maple (Patron 2 Boris Ewart's Manchester team) by 92 IMPs.
Final Group tables at end of play on Thursday, Wales made
a late rally, winning their last match well while Australia lost heavily
to Pakistan. Wales will play Canada in one semi-final, while the
two patron's teams will play in the other semi-final on Friday. The
Final is on Saturday. The remaining teams play a consolation event.
Group A
1 Canada 315
2 Patron 2 297
3 India 284
4 England 246
5 Scotland 228
6 Zimbabwe 226
7 Trinidad & Tobago 220
8 Singapore 217
9 Kenya 207
10 Sri Lanka 205
11 Jamaica 204
12 Isle of Man 203
13 Jersey 189
14 Mauritius 175
15 Antigua & Barbuda 168
Group B
1 Patron 1 277
2 Wales 274
3 Australia 266
4 Pakistan 258
5 Northern Ireland 257
6 South Africa 240
7 Bermuda 230
8 Malaysia 220
9 Guyana 210
10 Guernsey 208
11 Uganda 203
11 Malta 203
13 St Lucia 197
14 Barbados 184
15 Tanzania 165
Gary Hyett and Boris Ewart in play against Jamaica (watching is MCBA Treasurer Bernard Kaye)
Tony Forrester and John Armstrong concentrating deeply
John Hassett playing the contract while Bill Hirst counts the tricks
David Price (facing camera) and David Mossop of the England Team
The VuGraph room at the Commonwealth games
The VuGraph showing Thursday's Board 25
This swingy deal caused trouble in many matches
Malaysia managed to play this in 4H -4 E-W and 5D doubled -3 N-S
in the VuGraph match against Bermuda
Erik Kokish of Canada - Chief VuGraph commentator
Group A
1 Canada 315
2 Patron 2 297
3 India 284
4 England 246
5 Scotland 228
6 Zimbabwe 226
7 Trinidad & Tobago 220
8 Singapore 217
9 Kenya 207
10 Sri Lanka 205
11 Jamaica 204
12 Isle of Man 203
13 Jersey 189
14 Mauritius 175
15 Antigua & Barbuda 168
Group B
1 Patron 1 277
2 Wales 274
3 Australia 266
4 Pakistan 258
5 Northern Ireland 257
6 South Africa 240
7 Bermuda 230
8 Malaysia 220
9 Guyana 210
10 Guernsey 208
11 Uganda 203
11 Malta 203
13 St Lucia 197
14 Barbados 184
15 Tanzania 165
Gary Hyett and Boris Ewart in play against Jamaica (watching is MCBA Treasurer Bernard Kaye)
Tony Forrester and John Armstrong concentrating deeply
John Hassett playing the contract while Bill Hirst counts the tricks
David Price (facing camera) and David Mossop of the England Team
The VuGraph room at the Commonwealth games
The VuGraph showing Thursday's Board 25
This swingy deal caused trouble in many matches
Malaysia managed to play this in 4H -4 E-W and 5D doubled -3 N-S
in the VuGraph match against Bermuda
Erik Kokish of Canada - Chief VuGraph commentator
A vast army of Manchester volunteers was in place at
the Whitworth Hall to ensure that the Commonwealth Games started running
smoothly on a beautiful Manchester day.
Play in progress at the Whitworth Hall
and some of the star players below
Play in progress at the Whitworth Hall
and some of the star players below
Tony Forrester |
Michelle Brunner and Rhona Goldenfield |
Paul and Justin Hackett |