Table of Contents Page Parioli-Angelini keep the European Champions’ Cup at home in Rome 1 Round Robin, final round 2 Final 2: Parioli v. Computerland AZS 3a Final – Session 3 3b Final Session: Parioli v. Computerland AZS 4 EBL President’s Farewell 5

With another display of virtuosity, Lorenzo LAURIA and Alfredo VERSACE have been the anchor pair for their team, TENNIS CLUB PARIOLI-ANGELINI ROMA. They won the Butler classification of all the pairs playing in the Round Robin by a big margin, and they again won the Butler scoring for the pairs playing in the semifinals and the final. So first of all, our sincere congratulations on this wonderful performance should go to them. Of course, congratulations also go to the other two pairs of the winning team: Francesco ANGELINI-Antonio SEMENTA and Claudio NUNES-Fulvio FANTONI. Well done again, all of you, like a year ago when you had the advantage of playing at home (if that exists at all in bridge).

The final was a close match until the last segment started. The eventual winners led their Polish opponents: Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski, Wojciech Olanski, Wlodzimeirz Starkowski, Stanislaw Golebiowski and Mariusz Kwiecinski by 8 IMPs after 12 boards, by 18 IMPs after 24 boards and by 19 IMPs only with 12 boards to play. It turned out, however, that what might have developed into a tense final session became sort of a formality after the blow the Poles suffered on the first board of it, the final margin rising to no less than 55 IMPs! Still, our congratulations also go to the afore-mentioned Polish team from Wroclaw for winning the silver medal.

The play-off for the bronze was a more one-sided affair, Allegra winning the first two of the allotted three segments 45-7 and 37-15 to lead by 60 with 12 boards to play. The Dutch recovered well, bringing down their deficit to 35, but the bronze medal goes to Allegra Torino:
Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Andrea Buratti, Massimo Lanzarotti, Mario D’Avossa, Guido Ferraro, with Maria Teresa Lavazza n.p.c.