Tuesday, February 9, 2016
1st European Winter Games: Results and Bulletins
Lavazza will face Black, who defeated the much favoured team ERA in a convincing manner, while Zimmermann will play against Assael who took the best in a till the wire, hard fought match against Ventin. Will the final be the one on which everyone puts its money, or will the outsiders have something to say? 24 teams – including the losing teams from the quarter final of the main event – play final A of the BAM, while 14 teams try to find some consolation in FINAL B.
Semifinals:
Lavazza vs Black Zimmermann-Assael
Lavazza: Alejandro BIANCHEDI (Argentina); Dennis BILDE (Denmark); Norberto BOCCHI (Italy); Giorgio DUBOIN (Italy); Maria Teresa LAVAZZA (Italy); Agustin MADALA (Italy) (Maria Teresa LAVAZZA (Italy), playing captain)
Black: Peter BERTHEAU (Sweden); Andrew BLACK (England); Gunnar HALLBERG (England); Philip (Phil) KING (England); Andrew McINTOSH (England); Willie WHITTAKER (England); (Andrew BLACK (England), playing captain)
Zimmermann: Dominik FILIPOWICZ (Poland); Geir HELGEMO (Monaco); Tor HELNESS (Monaco); Krzysztof MARTENS (Poland); Franck MULTON (Monaco); Pierre ZIMMERMANN (Monaco)
Assael: Nezih KUBAC (Turkey); Antonio SEMENTA (Italy); Mustafa Cem TOKAY (Turkey); Nafiz ZORLU (Turkey)
QF Results
FMB BAM TROPHY Standings
The last EBL video is an interview to Juan Carlos Ventin, a member of the Ventin team, who left the tournament in the quarter-finals after giving a tough fight to Assael team that won the match by only few IMPs. In the video, JCV tells us the pleasure everybody feels playing this tournament, because of: the quality of the field, the organization, the facilities, and all this in Monaco…cant be better….
Near the end of the interview JCV, Phampa as he is known in the world of bridge, takes a minute to invite all Southamerican bridge players (world) to participate in the upcoming South American Festival: Medellin 2016. He explains how the devotion with which Londoño is preparing the event….assures it will be memorable …
The interview is just 5 minutes … worth listening to …