Premier League

 

The Premier League has been reintroduced from autumn 2008 to select Open teams for representation for the 2009 Camrose Trophy, and other international events.

The League will be played over the weekends of:

 

6th - 7th September 2008

Royal National Hotel, London

 

24th - 26th October 2008

West Midlands Bridge Club, Solihull

 

14th - 16th November 2008

Royal National Hotel, London

 

At the conclusion of the third weekend the leading two English teams in Division 1 will be guaranteed a Camrose match, and the leading English team will represent England in the Champions Cup, from 2009 onwards.  The venues for the three weekends will be confirmed shortly.

Entry fee: £500 per team

 

2009 Camrose matches:

9th - 11th January, Wales

6th - 8th March, England

The bottom team in Division 1 will be relegated to division 2 for the 2009 season, and the top team in Division 2 promoted. 

1	Hackett	Paul Hackett, John Holland, Tony Waterlow & Michelle Brunner
2	Rosen	Neil Rosen, Martin Jones, David Price & Colin Simpson
3	Irens	Nick Irens, Espen Erichsen, Tom Townsend, David Gold & Norman Selway
4	Small	Cameron Small, Graham Osborne, Frances Hinden, Jeffery Allerton, Jon Cooke & Martin Garvey
5	Allfrey	Alexander Allfrey, Andrew Robson, Tony Forrester, David Bakhshi, Glyn Liggins & Peter Crouch
6	Dhondy	Jeremy Dhondy, Alan Kay, Heather Dhondy & Rob Cliffe
7	Senior	Brian Senior, Sandra Penfold, Geoffrey Wolfarth, Alan Mould & Gary Hyett
8	de Botton	Janet de Botton, David Burn, Artur Malinowski, Nick Sandqvist, Jason & Justin Hackett
9	Silverstone	Victor Silverstone, Chris Dixon, Ben Green & Duncan Happer
10	Muller	David Muller, Malcolm Pryor, Richard Butland & John Atthey
11	Byrne	Michael Byrne, Ben Paske, Tom Paske, Ed Jones, Mike Bell & Simon Cope
12	Hassett	John Hassett, Bill Hirst, Ian Panto, Peter Czerniewski & Howard Melbourne
13	Howard	John Howard, Andy Bowles, Brian Callaghan, Michael Ranis, Mike Perkins & Ian Reissmann
14	Hasenson	Peter Hasenson, Jerry Harouni, Richard Bowdery, Nick Boss, Richard Johnson & David Sherman
15	Gillis	Simon Gillis, Gunnar Hallberg, Andrew McIntosh, Robert Sheehan, Phil King & Les Steel
16	Cooper	Chris Cooper, Bryony Youngs, Andrew Murphy, Luke Porter, Michael Clark