May Day Swiss Pairs

Tuesday, 07 May 2024 by Barrie Partridge

Congratulations to Julie and Ian Grant on winning the Flo Dornan Swiss Pairs on the May Day Bank Holiday, just 1 VP ahead of Bill Barraclough and David Duckworth in second place. 28 pairs entered and the full results are on this web site. It was a day when many of our less experienced members triumphed over our more experienced members. Handicap prizes go to the three pairs that out-performed the most compared to their National Grades. The figures below the % scores by which they out-performed NGS expectations.

 

Handicap prizes:

1. Tony Ashwell and Eric McClennan    +13.2%

2. Vari Ainsworth and Liz Fisher  +12.07%

3.  Sandra Moody and Anne Camm +11.15%

Honourable mentions:

4. Bill Barraclough and Dave Duckworth +10.02%

5. Judy and Melvyn Ballin  +9.19%

Julie and Ian Grant +7.89%

Our thanks to those who cotributed cakes and biscuits for the afternoon.