The team of Jack Ronayne, Dylan Dissanayake, Jonathan Clark and Kripa Panchagnula (pictured) from Haberdashers' Aske school have won the School's Cup, defending the title the school won in 2013.
They beat the Loughborough Grammar School team of Ben Norton, Sam Parry, Surendran Harendra, Ben Palmer by 15 imps in the final. A Loughborough Grammar School team and a team from Manchester Grammar School were the beaten semi-finalists, with LGS winning the 3rd place play-off.
The event was part of the Young Bridge Challenge, held in Loughborough on 15th March, which saw a number of competitions take place. The Harry Scully Trophy was won by Harry Madden, Bethany Madden, Gideon Harvey and Daniel Winter. The Plate competition was won by the St Paul's School team of Theo Heymann, Nicholas Heymann, Meng Chen Li and Joe Benton. The minibridge competition was won by Jack Bratley and James Ruxton.
The next junior competition is the Under-19 pairs, held in London as part of the Easter Festival of Bridge.
March 17, 2014