Venue
The event is being held at the Doubletree Hilton, Bristol City Centre - (google maps).
Kibitz
Spectators are very welcome to attend, please see the Event programme for details. There will be a vugraph on RealBridge for kibitzing online.
Results
The results for the event can be found here.
Event Programme
Teams
Wales
Ceri Pierce
Mia Deschepper
Diane Kurbalija
Liz Commins
Gilly Clench
Suzy Lawson
NPC Sophie Cunningham
Northern Ireland
Anne Fitzpatrick
Mary Kelly-Rogers
Helen Hall
Heather Hill
Sandie Millership
Anne Hassan
NPC Harold Curran
England
Dido Coley
Lily Kearney
Helen Erichsen
Fiona Brown
Jasmine Bakhshi
Heather Bakhshi
NPC David Burn
Scotland
Julia Palmer
Fiona Greenwood
Liz McGowan
Fiona McQuaker
Sheila Adamson
Abi Milne
NPC Brian Short
EBU
Sally Anoyrkatis
Venetia Anoyrkatis
Clare Robinson
Hanna Tuus
Anne Rosen
Nevena Senior
NPC Sally Brock
Ireland
Joan Kenny
Jeannie Fitzgerald
Teresa Rigney
Siobhan Part
Louise Mitchell
Lucy Phelan
NPC Paul Porteous
Schedule
Friday 11th April 7:00pm - 9:10pm & 9:25pm - 11:35pm
Scotland v Ireland England v EBU N. Ireland v Wales
Vugraph Coverage: N.Ireland v Wales
Saturday 12th April 10:00am - 12:10pm & 12:25pm - 2:35pm
Wales v England N. Ireland v Scotland Ireland v EBU
Vugraph Coverage: Ireland v EBU
Saturday 12th April 3:20pm - 5:30pm & 5:45pm - 7:55pm
EBU v Wales Ireland v N. Ireland England v Scotland
Vugraph Coverage: England v Scotland
Sunday 13th April 10:00am - 12:10pm & 12:25pm - 2:35pm
N. Ireland v England Wales v Ireland EBU v Scotland
Vugraph Coverage: TBC
Sunday 13th April 3:20pm - 5:30pm & 5:45pm - 7:55pm
Ireland v England EBU v N. Ireland Scotland v Wales
Vugraph Coverage: TBC
Officials
Match Manager Stuart King
Director in Charge Sarah Amos
Assistant Directors Christine MacFarlane
Vugraph Team
Match Manager Stuart King
VuGraph Operators Roland Bourne and Stewart MacFarlane
Acknowledgements
The English Bridge Union is very grateful to everyone who has assisted in the staging of the event.
Regulations
The full regulations are available on the Bridge Great Britain website.
Event history
From the BGB website In 1934 the Lady Milne started as the Ladies Team championship of the National Bridge Association run by Hubert Phillips. Then in 1950 it became the trophy for the Ladies Home Internationals with one team eligible from each country. In 1949 entry was still open to many teams. In 1950 the winner is recorded as “Scotland”. It is assumed that in 1950 it became the Home Internationals with only one team from each country. In the early years England fielded the winner of the Whitelaw Cup, its Womens teams championship.
The event is now played over one weekend for Womens teams from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Since 2009 the host fields a sixth team called by the name of the Federation. This team can also win the trophy for the country and did so for England in 2010. Teams play a head-to-head match of 32 boards against each of the other five, each being victory-pointed.
In 2011 for the first time in 62 years the series ended in a tie, the trophy being shared between Scotland and England. The regulations for a tie were subsequently changed making one a lot less likely
England has won outright on 53 occasions (one being its second team in 2010). Scotland has won outright 15 times: in 1950, 1956, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 & 2022; Wales won in 1967, 1968, 1988 and 2015 Northern Ireland won in 1981 and 1985; the Republic of Ireland, joining the series in 1998, has yet to win.