Kendrick & Lamford, and Dhondy team win at Summer Seniors Congress

David Kendrick & Paul Lamford (pictured centre and left) were winners of the Championship Pairs at the Summer Seniors Congress in Eastbourne. After a strong performance in the qualifying round they won the final with a score of 56.25%. Janet Smith & Alan Wilson were second with 55.15%, and Bogdan Drobny & Maureen Kimbley were third with 54.78%.

The 'B' final was won by Berry Hedley & Graham Hedley (picture). They were nearly 2% ahead of Nigel Marlow & Nigel Lancaster, who themselves were around 3% clear of the rest of the field.

Vida Bingham and Nigel Osmer (picture) won all seven matches in the one-day Swiss Pairs event to take victory with 107 VPs. Malcolm Lewis & Nicky Adamson were second on 99 VPs, and Graham Foster & Steve Cade-Bowyer were third on 98 VPs.

On Sunday, the Swiss Teams was won by the team of Jeremy Dhondy, Alan Kay, Patrick Collins & Peter Law (picture). They were the only team to win all seven matches, and finished 5 VPs ahead of the team of Paul Hackett, Roger O'Shea, Colin Simpson & David Price. There was a tie for third between the team of Phil Thornton, Bob Holder, Robert Procter & Michael Robinson, and the team of Malcolm Harris, Maria Budd, Celia Oram & Derek Oram.

July 7, 2014