Open Trials Final

 In Semi-final A John Armstrong (Danny Davies; David Gold; Tom Townsend) beat Alan Mould (Garry Hyett, Martin Jones, Paul Bowyer) by 81 IMPs [match conceded after 7 of the 8 sets]. The final match score was 274 IMPS - 193 IMPS, including a 24 IMP carry-over from the round-robin stage in favour of Armstrong.

In Semi-final B Colin Simpson (David Price; Andrew McIntosh; Phil King) beat Janet de Botton [non-playing captain] (Nick Sandqvist; Gunnar Hallberg; Jason Hackett; Justin Hackett) by 42 IMPs. The Final match score was 334 IMPs - 292 IMPS, including a 3 IMP carry-over from the round-robin stage in favour of Simpson.

A 160-board final will be played in London between Armstrong and Simpson on February 27th -29th. The winning team of four will then go on to represent England in both the forthcoming European Championships (Sweden) and World Olympiad (Turkey) later this year, with a 3rd pair, non-playing captain and coach being added into the team.


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