The National Pairs - The History

The first (1932) winners of the National Pairs were in fact Capt Ewart Kempson and Lt Col Walter Buller, who finished about 2,000 (aggregate) points clear of the runners-up. However, since Buller was playing as a substitute for T Selby Wraith, the second pair were awarded the trophy.

At the time, this hand got a lot of attention

 

Buller

 

Kempson

K8 A1072
Q AK4
AQJ10862 K7
QJ7 A984
       
The bidding was :
  2   4NT
  6   7
All the bids were natural and non-forcing (even 4NT could have been passed, though it hardly ever was) and they were the only pair to bid the grand.

 

The Roll of Honour

1932

Mrs Stephenson Mrs Watson

1933

S R Lewis A J Hornielow

1934

Mrs Robt. Walker Mrs Lloyd-Evans

1935

Richard Lederer John Grew

1936

G S Digby R S Smith

1937

Jack Marx D H Haslam

1938

E Reeve A D Locke

1939

Maurice Harrison-Gray S ("Skid") J Simon 1940

1941

 

1942

 

1943

 

1944

 

1945

Mrs Fritzi Gordon Eric Leigh Howard

1946

Maurice Harrison-Gray Boris Shapiro

1947

Joe Moskal Michael Wolach

1948

Adam Meredith Boris Shapiro

1949

Geoffrey Fell Harold Franklin

1950

Terence Reese Adam Meredith

1951

Nico Gardener Louis Tarlo

1952

C Hunt Freddie North

1953

James Sharples Joel Tarlo

1954

Mrs Marjorie Van Reese Norman Hughes

1955

Maurice Harrison-Gray Miss Dorothy Shanahan

1956

Reuben Myers Danny Myers

1957

Ben Franks Joe Lazarus

1958

 

1959

Melvin Rockfelt Ralph Swimer

1960

Raymond Brock Roy Higson

1961

Raymond Brock Roy Higson

1962

Paul Gordon Melvin Rockfelt

1963

Douglas Smerdon John Langiert

1964

Jonathan Cansino Robert Sheehan

1965

Michael Allen F Dlugajczyk

1966

Martin Hoffman Joe Moskal

1967

Maurice Porter Harry Cooke

1968

Maurice Esterson Graham Cooke

1969

D Valley C S Moffat

1970

Stan Zychlinski, John Meizis

1971

Gerard Faulkner Keith Stanley

1972

Ken Littler Gerry Maloney

1973

Ian Handley Roger Bryant

1974

Miss Sally Eggett Mrs Alison Rycroft

1975

Tony Black Alan Kay

1976

Tony Philpott Bob Rowlands

1977

Graham Jepson Peter Littlewood

1978

Mike Nardin Steve Lodge

1979

Tony Odams Derek Griffiths

1980

Dr Tony Sowter Steve Lodge

1981

Gerry Stanford G C Chamberlin

1982

Peter Caro Roddy Knapp

1983

D Mills R Watts

1984

Jeremy Dhondy Jerry Cope

1985

Alan Mould Anil Ruia

1986

Willy Crook A Kitson

1987

Steve Whittleton Roy Dempster

1988

Steve Preston Andy Hughes

1989

Paul Bowyer P Harvey

1990

Paul Bowyer Jim Mason

1991

John Holland Robert Ferrari

1992

Martyn Hill-Jones J L Pepin

1993

Graham Moore John Cuthbert

1994

Andrew Macnair Alan Kay

1995

Chris Dixon Pat Davies

1996

Martin Jones John Collings

1997

Graham Jepson Peter Littlewood

1998

Paul Bowyer P A Harvey

1999

Jerry Harouni Peter Tobias

2000

Don McFarlane Alastair Brodie

2001

Peter Lindon Mrs Dee Lindon

2002

Chris Dixon Pat Davies

2003

Peter Lee Bob Rowlands

2004

Alan Jones David Barton

2005 Jerry Harouni & Waseem Naqvi click here for results
2006 Michael Byrne & John Hassett - click here for results
2007 Peter Lee & Bob Rowlands - click here for results

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