Medal kaleidoscope in poznan
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Artur Guła & Mikołaj Taczewski - Poland
Open Pairs Gold Medallists |
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MAHAFFEY: Gary Cohler, Sam Lev, Jim Mahaffey,
Jeff Meckstroth,
Jacek Pszczola, Eric Rodwell - USA
Open Teams Gold Medallists |
Hardly anybody left the historic and dynamic city of Poznan in West Poland disatissfied! For the over a thousand people who gathered there for the 5th edition of the European Open Championships, the city of Poznan offered its natural beauty and a very warm hospitality. The Polish Bridge Union provided a spacious venue and very good playing conditions and a modern electronic organization. And the Gods of Bridge ruled that the 91 medals at stake would go to no less than 73 different players, 41 or which had not medalled before!
The competition programme was rich, with team and pairs tournaments held in each of the four categories: open, women, seniors and mixed. Diversity also reigned in the various countries which ascended to the podium. The lion's share went to the host country as Polish players were by far the largest group to participate in all events. However, Europe's two largest NBOs, France and The Netherlands saw their stars taking many medals. The United States won the most important team event, in the open category. But other countries were happy too, most notably Turkey whose team KAPADOKYA won the Women's Teams, and Israel which took the silver medal in the Open Pairs.
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Carla Arnolds & Bep Vriend - The Netherlands
Women Pairs Gold Medallists |
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Aleksander Jezioro & Jerzy Russyan - Poland
Senior Pairs Gold Medallists |
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Catherine D'Ovidio & Philippe Cronier - France
Mixed Pairs Gold Medallists |
The Roll of Honour reads as follows:
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Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
| Open Teams |
MAHAFFEY
Gary Cohler, Sam Lev, Jim Mahaffey,
Jeff Meckstroth, Jacek Pszczola, Eric Rodwell
(USA) |
BESSIS
Michel Bessis, Thomas Bessis (France),
Josef Piekarek, Alexander Smirnov (Germany) |
MONACO A
Jean Charles Allavena, Marco
Catellani, Henri Fissore, Nathalie Frey (Monaco), Marc
Bompis, Jean-Christophe Quantin (France) |
| Women Teams |
KAPADOKYA
Mine Babaç, Lale Gümrükçüoglu,
Serap Kuranoglu, Dilek Yavas (Turkey) |
NETHERLANDS WOMEN 1
Carla Arnolds,
Laura Dekkers, Marion Michielsen, Jet Pasman, Anneke
Simons, Bep Vriend (The Netherlands) |
CRONIER
Véronique Bessis, Bénédicte
Cronier, Catherine D'Ovidio, Sylvie Willard (France),
Jovanka Smederevac (Austria), Nikica Sver (Croatia) |
| Senior Teams |
GRENTHE
Patrick Grenthe, Guy Lasserre,
François Leenhardt, Patrice Piganeau, Philippe Poizat,
Philippe Vanhoutte (France) |
PHARON
Paul Hackett, Gunnar Hallberg, David Price, Colin Simpson, Tony Waterlow (England),
Hans Göthe (Sweden) |
KUTNER
Roger Kutner (Switzerland)
Marek Borewicz, Jacek Stasica, Włodzimierz Wala
(Poland) |
| Mixed Teams |
ZIMMERMANN
Bénédicte Cronier, Philippe
Cronier, Catherine D'Ovidio, Franck Multon, Sylvie
Willard, Pierre Zimmermann (France) |
VRIEND
Carla Arnolds, Ton Bakkeren, Huub
Bertens, Anton Maas, Martine Verbeek, Bep Vriend (The Netherlands) |
MAHAFFEY
Sam Lev, Irina Levitina, Jim Mahaffey,
Jacek Pszczola, Judi Radin, Janice Seamon-Molson
(USA)
BADGER
Jeffrey Allerton, Frances Hinden, Graham Osborne (England), Paula Leslie (Scotland) |
| Open Pairs |
Artur GULA
Mikołaj TACZEWSKI
(Poland) |
Eldad GINOSSA
Ron PACHTMAN
(Israel) |
Krzysztof BURAS
Grzegorz NARKIEWICZ
(Poland) |
| Women Pairs |
Carla ARNOLDS
Bep VRIEND
(The Netherlands) |
Rosaline BARENDREGT
Martine VERBEEK
(The
Netherlands) |
Bénédicte CRONIER
Sylvie WILLARD
(France) |
| Senior Pairs |
Aleksander JEZIORO
Jerzy RUSSYAN
(Poland) |
Irena CHODOROWSKA
Jan CHODOROWSKI
(Poland) |
François LEENHARD
Fabrice PIGANEAU
(France) |
| Mixed Pairs |
Catherine d'OVIDIO
Philippe CRONIER
(France) |
Anna Zack EINARSSON
Bengt-Erik EFRAIMSSON
(Sweden) |
Magdalena TICHA
Richard RITMEIJER
(The Netherlands) |
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KAPADOKYA
Women Teams Gold Medallists - Turkey |
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GRENTHE
Senior Teams Gold Medallists - France |
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ZIMMERMANN
Mixed Teams Gold Medallists - France |
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