2007 World Championships, Shanghai

The English Women's Team competed in the 2007 Venice Cup in Shanghai.

They qualified from the European Women's Teams Championships held in Warsaw in 2006

Click the image for a larger picture, showing (from the left) Nicola, Rhona, Martin, Catherine, Sarah, Heather, Michelle)

The team was:

Michelle Brunner & Rhona Goldenfield
Nicola Smith & Heather Dhondy
Sarah Teshome & Catherine Jagger
NPC: Martin Jones
Coach: David Burn

The team reached the quarter finals, losing there to China Global Times.

Medal Table:

Bermuda Bowl (22 Teams)

Gold — Norway: Boye Brogeland, Glenn Groetheim,
Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Erik Saelendsminde,,
Ulf Tundal. Non-playing captain: Sten Bjertnes. Coach: Vegard Brekke.
Silver — USA 1: Steve Garner, George Jacobs,
Ralph Katz, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg,
Howard Weinstein. Non-playing captain: Jan Martel.
Coach: Chip Martel.
Bronze — The Netherlands: Ton Bakkeren, Huub Bertens, Sjoert Brink, Bas Drijver, Bauke Muller, Simon de Wijs. Non-playing captain: Eric Laurant. Coach: Anton Maas.

Venice Cup (22 Teams)

Gold — USA I: Jill Levin, Irina Levitina, Jill Meyers,
Hansa Narasimhan, Debbie Rosenberg, JoAnna Stansby. Non-playing captain: Gail Greenberg.
Silver — Germany: Anja Alberti, Daniela von Arnim,
Sabine Auken, Barbara Hackett, Pony Beate
Nehmert, Mirja Schraverus-Meuer. Non-playing captain: Bernard Ludewig. Coach: Michael Yuen.
Bronze — China Global Times: Ling Gu, Yi Qian, Ming Sun, Honli Wang, Wenfei Wang, Yalan Zhang.

Senior Bowl (22 Teams)

Gold — USA II: Roger Bates, Grant Baze, Bart Bramley, Rose Meltzer, Alan Sontag, Lew Stansby. Non-playing captain: Kyle Larsen. Coach: Patty Magnus.
Silver — Indonesia: Henky Lasut, Anindara Lubis, Eddy Manoppo, Denny Sacul, Munawar Sawiruddin, Ferdinand Waluyan.
Bronze — USA I: Dan Gerstman, Gaylor Kasle, Dan Morse, Ron Smith, John Sutherlin, Bobby Wolff. Non-playing captain: Donna Compton.

Generali World Transnational Open Teams (148 Teams)

Gold — Michel Bessis, Thomas Bessis, Fulvio Fantoni, Franck Multon, Claudio Nunes, Pierre Zimmermann.
Silver — Cezary Balicki, Alexander Dubinin, Andrei Gromov, Victoria Gromova, Tatiana Ponomareva, Adam Zmudzinski.
Bronze — Tomasz Gotard, Jacek Lesniczak, Josef Piekarek, Alexander Smirnov.

Very few English players competed in the Transnational Open Teams on this occasion : Paul & Justin Hackett were members of Team Mahaffey, finishing in 18th place in the Qualifying Swiss Teams; Brian Callaghan played in team CSO, finishing 92nd and Nevena Senior played as a member of Team Fireworks, finishing 110th

The Venice Cup was first established in 1974 – this is the 16th competition. The team will be competing against twenty one other national teams. The England women’s team won the bronze medal in the prestigious European Women’s Team Championships, held in Warsaw in 2006, meaning they automatically qualified for the World Bridge Championships.