English Open Trials 2007/08

The 2007/08 Open Trials, featuring nine teams, consisted of two weekends of round robins followed by a semi-final and final. The Camrose teams will be selected after the round robin stage and the team which wins the final will represent England in the 2008 European Championships next June.

Round Robins

After two weekends of Round Robins, the Liggins team won and therefore get selected for one Camrose weekend. They also get to choose their semi-final opponents who will be the Armstrong team. In the other semi-final, Townsend play Sandqvist.

Semi Finals

The first semi-final was held at the West Midlands Bridge Club on 10th/11th November 2007. Liggins versus Armstrong. After 77 of the 80 boards, the match was all square but 2 IMPs went to the Armstrong team on board 78 and the Liggins team couldn't turn it around.

 
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
TOTAL
Armstrong
31
13
38
24
106
Liggins
14
40
17
33
104

The second semi-final was held at TGR's in London. Townsend had a very good second set and, despite dropping some IMPs in the third and fourth sets, ended up fairly comfortable winners.

 
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
TOTAL
Townsend
46
85
19
34
184
Sandqvist
39
45
23
43
150