2012 Panama Central American Festival

Photo: Jaime Carrera-Alejandro Hoyos-Luis Miguel Ramirez-John Maduro-Alberto Calvo  Centroamerican Festival Teams winners

Claudio Varela
Claudio Varela

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:

www.bridgepanama.com

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)

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