England Under 20s win Channel Trophy
The U20s team won every match, and led from
start to finish in a tremendous display of quality
and aggression. The December event was held at
the headquarters of the Dutch Bridge Federation
in Utrecht. The team beat France in the first match
before demolishing the Netherlands. Two solid
wins against Belgium and another crushing of the
Dutch meant a small cushion over France. In the
final match England narrowly beat the French to
win the Trophy.
This was an England U20 debut for Kripa
Panchagnula and Jonathan Clark. Ben Norton and
Sam Behrens have been capped many times while
Liam Sanderson and Daniel Winter previously
played in Tromso for the U15 team. This was a first
win for all six players.
Good results all round
In the U25s England had a chance going into the
final match but couldn't maintain their early lead
against France, and finished third.
In the U25 Women's event England fielded three
young players, Jasmine Bakhshi, Megan Jones and
Liz Gahan who were the youngest ever to represent
their country along with two older, and more
experienced players, Laura Covill and Katy Lee,
and Helen Holmes, who was making her debut.
Although they started very slowly they gained in
momentum as the event went on and in the final
matched destroyed the Belgium team to finish in
third place.
More details and pictures can be found on the
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February 2016 English Bridge
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Camrose victory
Congratulations to the English team which
raced into the lead on the irst weekend of the
Camrose Trophy held in Ireland in mid-January.
The team won all ive matches, only once by
less than 18 VPs. It starts the next leg some 37
VPs ahead. The players were Alexander Allfrey &
Andrew Robson, Mike Bell & David Gold, David
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