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Medal kaleidoscope in poznan

OpenPiatsWinners   OpenTeamsWinners
Artur Guła & Mikołaj Taczewski - Poland
Open Pairs Gold Medallists
  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.

 

WomenPairsWinners   SeniorPairsWinners   MixedPairsWinners
Carla Arnolds & Bep Vriend - The Netherlands
Women Pairs Gold Medallists
  Aleksander Jezioro & Jerzy Russyan - Poland
Senior Pairs Gold Medallists
  Catherine D'Ovidio & Philippe Cronier - France
Mixed Pairs Gold Medallists

The Roll of Honour reads as follows:

  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)

WomenTeamsWinners   SeniorTeamsWinners   MixedTeamsWinners
KAPADOKYA
Women Teams Gold Medallists - Turkey
  GRENTHE
Senior Teams Gold Medallists - France
  ZIMMERMANN
Mixed Teams Gold Medallists - France

The fifth edition of the European Open Bridge Championships was held in Poznan, Poland, from 17 June to 2 July 2011. This followed the successful format of the previous editions, where competitions were provided for pairs and teams in all categories (open, women, seniors and mixed).

The first four editions of the new event were very well received by the players thanks to the many innovations introduced. In the European Open, European medals and distinctions are possible for all players, irrespective of level. Everybody is able to take part in the various tournaments without advance qualification. There are competitions for every taste: Pairs and Teams, open to all players or restricted to Women, Seniors and Mixed - and one may choose which to contest.

The European Open welcomes players not only from Europe, but from all over the world. In addition, all events are transnational - that is to say, everybody may play with anybody, without any onationality restrictions.

For the competition results of the 4th European Open Championship (Sanremo, Italy, 2009), click here.
For a complete list of the previous events, their venues and winners, click here.


Local organization championship website:  www.poznan2011.pl