Gold Cup - a history | English Bridge Union

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List of most victories

1931/32	Edward Mayer (Capt), Col H M Beasley, Horace Renshaw, P V Tabbush bt T E Morel, W C Robinson, W P Nicholls, R Washington-Gray
1932/33	Richard Lederer (Capt), C H Collingwood, Herbert Newmark, W Rose bt H St J Ingram, Stanley Hughes, W E T Cole, J K Mannooch
1933/34	Richard Lederer (Capt), W Rose, CH Collingwood, N Kosky *
1934/35	A Wolfers (Capt), Lionel Wolfers, Pat Cotter, Edmund Loftus Tottenham bt H St J Ingram, L Ritte, Stanley Hughes, Leslie Dodds
1935/36	Harry St. J Ingram (Capt), Stanley Hughes, Herbert Newmark, T Simmons bt Richard Lederer, Leslie W Dodds, N Kosky, W Rose
1936/37	Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt), S J Simon, Jack Marx, Ian Macleod, Colin Harding bt H Frost, E Gordon, Major Dewhurst, Mrs Bayley
1937/38	N Mudie Bach (Capt), Leslie W Dodds, Pat Cotter, Edmund Loftus Tottenham, L Ritte bt Mrs T Crisford, Mrs F M Chatterley, Mrs E LeCouteur, Mrs A N Carr
1938/39	Richard Lederer (Capt), Joel Tarlo, Louis Tarlo, J Janes bt N Mudie Bach (Capt) Leslie W Dodds, Pat C Cotter, Edmund Loftus Tottenham, L Ritte
1940-45	No competition
1946	Leo Baron (Capt), Nico Goldinger (Gardener), Dr H Leist, Pedro Juan, Boris Schapiro, Norman Squire bt Rixi Markus
1947	Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt), Boris Schapiro, Jack Marx, S J Simon, EN Furse bt Leo Baron, Nico Goldinger, Dr H Leist, Albert Rose, Adam Meredith
1948	Terence Reese (Capt), Boris Schapiro, Adam Meredith, Dr H Leist, Sidney Lee, Pedro Juan bt Ben Franks, S Blaser, Joe Lazarus, I M Morris
1949	GF Mathieson (Capt), Maurice Harrison-Gray, Kenneth Konstam, Jordanis Pavlides, Leslie Dodds, Edward Rayne bt Len Shenkin, Louis Shenkin, S Stein, L Rose, H Cohen, A Winetrobe
1950	Terence Reese (Capt), Boris Schapiro, Adam Meredith, Dr H Leist, Sidney Lee, Dimmie Fleming bt Mrs H R Evans, H R Evans, M Dale, Victor Mollo
1951	Louis Tarlo (Capt), Nico Gardener, Leo Baron, Albert Rose bt Terence Reese, Boris Shapiro, Adam Meredith, Dr H Leist
1952	Terence Reese (Capt), Boris Schapiro, Adam Meredith, Dr H Leist, Sidney Lee, Standish Booker bt Louis Tarlo, Harold Franklin, Albert Rose, Melvyn Rockfelt
1953	Terence Reese (Capt), Boris Schapiro, Adam Meredith, Dr H Leist, Sidney Lee, Standish Booker bt Joel Tarlo, Norman Squire, Kenneth Konstam, Leslie W Dodds
1954	Louis Tarlo (Capt), H Franklin, Nico Gardener, Albert Rose, Norman Squire bt Ewart Kempson, Phyllis Williams, Jordanis Pavlides, Graham Mathieson, Pat Cotter, Joe Pearlstone
1955	Richard Preston (Capt), Ralph Swimer, Jack Nunes, Phil Topley bt Joel Tarlo, Melvyn Rockfelt, Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples, Alan Truscott, J R A Beale
1956	Terence Reese (Capt), Boris Schapiro, Adam Meredith, Leslie Dodds, Kenneth Konstam, Pedro Juan bt Louis Tarlo, Harold Franklin, Joel Tarlo, Melvyn Rockfelt, Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples
1957	Sidney Lee (Capt), Fritzi Gordon, Standish Booker, Claude Rodrigue, Louis Tarlo bt Dorothy Shanahan, Maurice Harrison-Gray, Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples
1958	Nico Gardener (Capt), Albert Rose, Jack Nunes, Norman Squire, Albert Dormer, Derek Rimington bt Joe Lazarus, Ben Franks, S Blaser, I M Morris
1959	Joe Lazarus (Capt), S Blaser, Frank Farrington, Ben Franks, I M Morris bt Terence Reese, Boris Shapiro, Jeremy Flint, Claude Rodrigue, John Collings, Pedro Juan
1960	Louis Tarlo (Capt), Leslie W Dodds, Harold Franklin, Kenneth W Konstam, Boris Schapiro, Terence Reese bt Maurice Harrison-Gray, Jeremy Flint, Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples, Richard Preston, Ralph Swimer
1961	Rixi Markus (Capt), Fritzi Gordon, Leslie W Dodds, Harold Lever MP, Joel Tarlo, Michael Wolach bt Louis Tarlo, Harold Franklin, Claude Rodrigue, Kenneth Konstam, Terence Reese, Boris Shapiro
1962	Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt) Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples, Melvyn Rockfelt, Freddie North, John Pugh bt Rixi Markus, M Wolach, Joel Tarlo, Tony Priday, Alan Truscott
1963	Albert Dormer (Capt), Alan Hiron, Jack Nunes, Albert Rose, Ken Barbour, Peter Swinnerton-Dyer bt Rixi Markus, Michael Wolach, Kenneth Konstam, Tony Priday, Terence Reese, Boris Shapiro
1964	Terence Reese (Capt), Boris Schapiro, Kenneth W Konstam, Jeremy Flint, Claude Rodrigue, Tony Priday bt Maurice Harrison-Gray, Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples, Melvyn Rockfelt, Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, Dorothy Shanahan
1965	Terence Reese (Capt), Boris Schapiro, Jeremy Flint, Kenneth Konstam, John Collings, Jonathan Cansino bt Richard Preston, Ralph Swimer, Tony Priday, Claude Rodrigue, Melvyn Rockfelt
1966	Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt), Albert Rose, Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples, bt Richard Preston, Ralph Swimer, Louis Tarlo, Claude Rodrigue, Melvyn Rockfelt
1967	Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt) Tony Priday, Nico Gardener, Albert Rose, Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples bt Rita Oldroyd, Alf Finlay, J Bloomberg, Raymond Brock, J Manning
1968	Maurice Harrison-Gray (Capt) Tony Priday, Nico Gardener, Albert Rose, Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples bt Terence Reese, Jeremy Flint, Jonathan Cansino, Anthony Milford, Freddie North, John Pugh
1969	S Leckie (Capt), V Goldberg, W Coyle, Victor Silverstone, T N Culbertson, Hugh Kelsey bt Tony Priday, Nico Gardener, Melvyn Rockfelt, Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples,
1970	Tony Priday (Capt), Nico Gardener, Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples, Joe Amsbury, Melvyn Rockfelt bt Barry Posner, Geoffrey Breskal, Jack Nunes, Joel Tarlo, Ralph Swimer
1971	K E Stanley (Capt), Jack Marx, J G Faulkner, Douglas Romain, Eric Crowhurst, Alan Wardman bt Terence Reese, Jeremy Flint, Jonathan Cansino, Irving Rose, Claude Rodrigue, Anthony Milford
1972	Robert Sheehan (Capt), Chris Dixon, Tony Priday, Jane Priday, M Esterson, D Edwin bt Victor Silverstone, W Coyle, V Goldberg, S Leckie, B J Shenkin
1973	Victor Silverstone (Capt) W Coyle V Goldberg Dr J A Matheson S Leckie B J Shenkin bt J Bloomberg, Rita Oldroyd, A Finlay, I Manning, E Newman, Dr A P Sowter
1974	Tony Priday (Capt), Claude Rodrigue, Louis Tarlo, Chris Dixon, D A Edwin, M I Esterson bt W J Pencharz, Ian M Panto, Alan Hiron, C P Lester, R J Rowlands, D C Rimington
1975	K E Stanley (Capt), M E Dilks, Nicola Gardener, I P Gordon, D J Greenwood, K Loveys bt B Posner, John Collings, D J Smerdon, Jack Nunes, Geoffrey Breskal, John Sadler
1976	Tony Priday (Capt), Claude Rodrigue, M Rosenberg, B J Shenkin, V Goldberg, P Jourdain bt B Posner, John Collings, D J Smerdon, Jack Nunes, Geoffrey Breskal, Joe Amsbury
1977	B Posner (Capt), Geoffrey Breskal, John Collings, G Haase, Jack Nunes, D Smerdon bt R D Bretherton, Eric Crowhurst, M R Pomfrey, D F Huggett, R Morrish
1978	Dr A P Sowter (Capt), Joe Amsbury, M Nardin, S Lodge, A Woo, T Cope bt AMG Thompson, ME Dilks, JL Reardon, RJA Butland, C Bishop, Patrick Collins
1979	W Pencharz (Capt), Raymond Brock, Jim Sharples, Bob Sharples, bt Mrs M-L Dixon, Chris Dixon, Peter Czerniewski, Brian Mervis, AI Calderwood
1980	W Mitchell (Capt), Dr J R Bennett, Hugh Kelsey, M J McMonagle, K Baxter, J E Paterson bt Dr AP Sowter, Sally Sowter, Sandra Landy, Joe Amsbury, A Woo, SJ Lodge
1981	I M Morrison (Capt), A H Bishop, Mrs S C Bruce, David Liggat, Jim Patrick, M White bt Michael Airey, Graham Link, Dave Collins, Phil Topley. Mike Allen, Roger Bryant
1982	Dr G Haase (Capt), W Coyle, G Cuthbertson, V Goldberg, B Shenkin bt Robert Sheehan , Jeremy Flint, Irving Rose, Zia Mahmood, Chris Dixon, Victor Silverstone
1983	Geoffrey Breskal (Capt), Gus Calderwood, Tony Forrester, Raymond S Brock, Graham Cooke, bt Denis Robson, Bernard Goldenfield John Buck, Raymond Semp, Rhona Goldenfield
1984	Sandra Landy (Capt), Sally Horton, Raymond S Brock, Nicola Smith, Tony Sowter, Steve Lodge bt Michael Airey, Graham Link, Dave Collins, Phil Topley. Mike Allen and Roger Bryant
1985	Chris Dixon (Capt), Victor Silverstone, Jeremy Flint, Irving Rose, Robert Sheehan bt G Ruia, B Ruia, A Ruia, Alan Mould, D Whyte, S Ball
1986	Raymond S Brock (Capt), Tony Forrester, Graham Kirby, John Armstrong, Tony Sowter, Steve Lodge bt Barnet Shenkin, Daivd Greenwood, Steve Fishpool, Dick Shek
1987	Jeff Morris (Capt), John Hassett, Ralph Churney, Ted Reveley, Roy Dempster, Steve Whittleton bt Richard Fleet, John Pottage, Peter Czerniewski, Barry Rigal, Peter Jackson, Jim Niblett
1988	Richard Plackett (Capt), Julian Bacon, Peter Crouch, Andrew Dyson, John Hobson bt Geoffrey Breskal, John Collings, Richard Sampson, David Edwin, Graham Cooke, Ian M Panto
1989	Graham Kirby (Capt), John Armstrong, Raymond S Brock, Tony Forrester, Sally Horton, Steve Lodge bt Bill Niccol, David Stevenson, David Barton, Leslie Klein
1990	Tony Forrester (Capt), Raymond S Brock, Graham Kirby, John Armstrong, Sally Horton, Steve Lodge bt Brian Callaghan, Rob Cliffe, Jim Niblett, Peter Jackson
1991	Barry Rigal (Capt), Peter Czerniewski, Gus Calderwood, Dick Shek, Nicola Smith, Pat Davies bt Tony Forrester, Andrew Robson, Willie Coyle, Robert Sheehan , Sally Horton, Steve Lodge
1992	Tony Forrester (Capt), Raymond S Brock, Graham Kirby, John Armstrong, Robert Sheehan , Willie Coyle bt Les Steel, Barnet Shenkin, Malcolm Cuthbertson, Andrew McIntosh
1993	Graham Kirby (Capt), John Armstrong, Robert Sheehan, Willie Coyle, Tony Forrester, Brian Senior bt Les Steel, Barnet Shenkin, Victor Goldberg, Graham Matheson, Malcolm Cuthbertson, Andrew McIntosh
1994	Derek Patterson (Capt), Gerald Tredinnick, Stuart Tredinnick, Neil Rosen, Phil King, Patrick Collins bt Sandra Landy, John Elliott, Graham Allan, Julian Pottage, Ian Lancaster, John Frostzega
1995	Derek Patterson (Capt) Gerald Tredinnick, Stuart Tredinnick, Neil Rosen, Phil King, Patrick Collins bt Alan Mould, Gary Hyett, John Helme, Paul Bowyer, Rick Bentley, Jim Mason
1996	Andrew Dyson (Capt), Glyn Liggins, Peter Crouch, Steve Lodge, John Armstrong, Graham Kirby bt Tim Rees, Andrew MacNair, Jerry Cope, Alan Kay, Roger Gibbons, Graham Horsley
1997	Alan Mould (Capt), Gary Hyett, John Helme, Paul Bowyer , John Collings, Martin Jones bt Sally Brock, Raymond Brock, Steve Eginton, Mike Perkins, Ian Reissmann, Su Burn
1998	Howard Cohen (Capt), Robert Sheehan , Boris Schapiro, Irving Gordon, Nick Sandqvist, Frederic Wrang bt Gerald Soper, Terry Goldsmith, Rod Oakford, John Short
1999	Alan Mould (Capt), Gary Hyett, Jim Mason, Howard Melbourne, John Collings, Martin Jones bt Unal Durmus, Ian Monachan, Espen Erichsen, Brian Senior, Glyn Liggins, Joe Fawcett
2000	David Mossop (Capt), Tim Rees, Tony Forrester, Andrew McIntosh, Justin Hackett, Jason Hackettbt Tony Waterlow, Ian Panto, Victor Silverstone, Gerald Haase, Roger Gibbons, David Kendrick
2001	David Mossop (Capt), Tim Rees, Tony Forrester, Andrew McIntosh, Justin Hackett, Jason Hackett bt Willie Crook, Rob Sharpe, Graham Kirby, Tony Sowter, Tony McNiff
2002	Phil King (Capt), David Bakhshi, Andrew Robson, Andrew McIntosh bt Ian Monachan, Unal Durmus, Espen Erichsen, Lionel Wright, Gunnar Hallberg
2003	Peter Lee (Capt), Sean O'Neill, Bob Rowlands, Jeffrey Allerton, Frances Hinden and John Frosztega bt Janet de Botton, Nick Sandqvist, Gunnar Halberg, Paul Hackett, Justin Hackett, Jason Hackett, **
2004	Alexander Allfrey (Capt), Andrew Robson, David Bakhshi, Andrew McIntosh bt Ian Monachan, David Burn, Brian Callaghan, Gary Hyett, Alan Mould
2005	Janet de Botton (Capt), Nick Sandqvist, Justin Hackett, Jason Hackett, Gunnar Hallberg , Artur Malinowski bt Patrick Collins,Derek Patterson, Gerald Tredinnick, Stuart Tredinnick, Neil Rosen, Peter Crouch,
2006	David Walker (Capt), Malcolm Cuthbertson, Brian Short, John Matheson, John Murdoch, Douglas Piper bt Michael Byrne, John Hassett, Alex Morris, Bill Hirst, Michelle Brunner, John Holland
2007	Alexander Allfrey (Capt), David Bakhshi, Tony Forrester, Andrew Robson bt Nick Stevens, Paul Bowyer , Jim Mason, Duncan Happer, Ben Green, Dick Pathan
2008	Janet de Botton (Capt), Nick Sandqvist, Justin Hackett, Jason Hackett, David Burn and Artur Malinowski bt Patrick Collins, Derek Patterson, Gerald Tredinnick, Stuart Tredinnick
2009	Alexander Allfrey (Capt), Tony Forrester, Andrew Robson, Peter Crouch, David Bakhshi bt Patrick Collins, Derek Patterson, Gerald Tredinnick, Stuart Tredinnick
2010	Simon Gillis (Capt), Gunnar Hallberg , Robert Sheehan , Zia Mahmood, David Burn & Fredrik Bjornlund (picture) bt Nick Stevens, Paul Bowyer , Duncan Happer, Garry Watson, David Jones (picture)
2011	Peter Lee(Capt), Jeffrey Allerton, Frances Hinden, Graham Osborne, Andy Bowles, John Howard (picture) bt Alexander Allfrey, Andrew Robson, Tony Forrester, David Gold, Peter Crouch, Derek Patterson
2012	Alexander Allfrey (Capt), Andrew Robson, Tony Forrester, David Gold, Peter Crouch, Derek Patterson bt Janet de Botton, Nick Sandqvist, Thor-Erik Hoftaniska, Artur Malinowski, David Burn
2013	Alexander Allfrey (Capt), Andrew Robson, Tony Forrester, David Gold, Peter Crouch, Oliver Segal (picture) bt Brian Senior, Nevena Senior, Sandra Penfold, Ed Jones, Glyn Liggins, Joe Fawcett
2014	Alexander Allfrey (Capt), Andrew Robson, Tony Forrester, David Gold, David Bakhshi (picture) bt Andrew McIntosh, Stefan Skorchev, Dror Padon, Lee Rosenthal, Phil King and Cameron Small (picture)
2015	Simon Cope (Capt), Nicola Smith, Peter Crouch, John Holland, Ben Green (picture) bt Sally Brock, Barry Myers, Taf Anthias & Chris Dixon (picture)
2016	Simon Gillis (Capt), Boye Brogeland, Espen Lindqvist, Tom Hanlon Zia Mahmood, & Espen Erichsen (picture) bt Sally Brock, Barry Myers, Martin Jones, Neil Rosen & Robert Sheehan
2017	Derek Patterson (Capt), Andrew Black, Gunnar Hallberg , Phil King, Andrew McIntosh, Willie Whittaker, (picture) bt Sally Brock, Barry Myers, Martin Jones, Neil Rosen, Norman Selway & Kay Preddy (picture)
2018	Peter Crouch (Capt), Simon Cope, Anita Sinclair , Glyn Liggins, Zia Mahmood, Marion Michielsen, (picture) bt Jeremy Dhondy, Ian Pagan, Heather Dhondy, Brian Callaghan (picture)
2019	Alexander Allfrey (Capt), Andrew Robson, David Gold, Mike Bell, Tony Forrester & Graham Osborne (picture) bt Simon Gillis, Odin Svendsen, Hugh McGann, Tom Hanlon, Glyn Liggins & Espen Erichsen (picture)
2020	John Carroll, Nick Fitzgibbon, Tommy Garvey, Adam Mesbur, Mark Moran & Fredrick Nystrom bt Janet de Botton, Artur Malinowski, Thor Erik Hoftaniska, Tom Townsend, David Bakhshi & Dror Padon
2021	Thor Erik Hoftaniska, Janet de Botton, Dror Padon, Artur Malinowski, David Bakhshi & Tom Townsend (picture) bt Michael Bell, Tim Leslie, Michael Byrne, Kieran Dyke & Ben Norton
2022	Andrew Black, Andrew McIntosh, Gunnar Hallberg, David Gold, Tom Paske & Simon Hult (picture) bt Brian Senior, Rumen Trendafilov, Sandra Penfold, Alan Mould, John Holland & Vladislav Isporski

* In 1934 the final was held as an 8 team event ** In 2003 Tony Lunn died shortly before the quarter final and John Frostzega played as a substitute