The 2018 Really Easy Congress has taken place just outside Warwick, with an almost unprecedented number of different winners across the five competitions.
The event was aimed at those with less experience of 'congress bridge', and the honours were well spread with sixteen different players finishing in first place at some point during the weekend. The main competition, a seven match Swiss Pairs, was won by Kate Webb & Neil Smith (pictured), with 106 VPs, just ahead of Kate Pledger & Steve Beckley who scored 102.
The leading players in each competition were:
Friday afternoon Welcome Pairs | N/S - Helen Smithson & Denver Gorman | E/W - Paul Winstone & Roger Harris |
Friday evening Pairs | N/S - Maju Sethia & Sampat Sethia | E/W - Giles Thompson & Chiho Thompson |
Saturday afternoon Pairs | N/S - Ruth Wethey & Clare Tingle | E/W - Helen Cameron & Louise Wilson |
Saturday evening Teams | Maju Sethia, Sampat Sethia, Shirley Kayne, Wendy Trayhern | |
Sunday Swiss Pairs | 1st - Kate Webb & Neil Smith 2nd - Kate Pledger & Steve Beckley |
3rd - Ian Sidgwick & Paul Spencer 4th - Giles Thompson & Chiho Thompson |
August 13, 2018