Photo: Jaime Carrera-Alejandro Hoyos-Luis Miguel Ramirez-John Maduro-Alberto Calvo Centroamerican Festival Teams winners
From 15 to 18 November 2012 was played in Panama the 2012 Festival Centroamericano de Bridge , at the “Valle del Rio” Hotel in the city of Boquete, Chiriqui Province, Panama, 500 km from the capital. The event was sponsored by:
Panama Blue, Telemetro Canal 13 and Veuve du Vernay.
The tournament director was John MacGregor from Costa Rica.
This Festival is part of the Zone 5 (CACBF – Central American and Caribbean Bridge Federation) Regional events.
Panama will soon be the organizer of the official trials to select the WBF Zone 5 representatives for the World Bridge Championships in Bali during 2013. The dates will be: from 17 to 28 May 2013. For more information please contact:
The results were:
Pairs:
1. John Maduro-Alberto Calvo Panama 58.31%
2. Angel VillaReal-Juan Carlos Vega Panama 57.78%
3. Steve Allen-Glynford Hatfield Costa Rica 57.74%
4. Norma Ogryzlo-Pat Miranda Costa Rica 56.03%
5. Isabelle Chaplet-John MacGregor Costa Rica 55.74%
Festival de Equipos:
1. Jaime Carrera-Alejandro Hoyos-Luis Miguel Ramirez-John Maduro-Alberto Calvo
Campeonato Centroamericano de Equipos:
1. Costa Rica (John MacGregor-Isabelle Chaplet-Steve Allen-Glynford Hatfield)
2. Panamá (Claudio Varela-Roberto Bendaud-Angel VillaReal-Juan Carlos Vega)
Festival Suizo de Equipos:
1. Sergio Spinola-Coralia Spinola-Gloria Vergara-Leonor Vergara-Ricardo Hill (Guatemala-Colombia-Panama)