Success in the Beijing Hua Yuan Cup

The team of Sally Brock, Fiona Brown, Heather Dhondy, Nevena Senior, Nicola Smith and Susan Stockdale have finished second in the Beijing Hua Yuan Cup, just behind hosts China.

In the pairs competition which followed Sally & Nicola claimed further success with third place, finishing only 0.23% behind second.

The women were invited to represent England following their recent international successes and recorded victories over teams from Poland, Indonesia, the Netherlands, USA and Sweden.

Fiona & Susan finished top of the Butler, continuing their run of good form having also finished top of the Butler for the round-robin phase of the Venice Cup. Fiona also won the prize for the best declarer play in the competition. You can read about the hand on page 5 of the bulletin

October 16, 2013