Leicestershire Contract Bridge Association

 

The Butterworth Trophy 2008 - 2009

Ford [Janine Ford, Brian and Stockdale, Bill Whalley] beat Gibson [Ben and Joan Gibson, Chris Heames, Michael Osborne] by 58 IMPS and thus have won the Butterworth Trophy. (13 May 2009)

The history of the 2008-09 knockout is tabulated here and team membership is also recorded. Some teams reached the Quarter Finals following their elimination from the Josephs Bowl (Round of 16). Other teams joined the Butterworth competition directly from the Josephs Bowl Preliminary Round. These teams played a Round One match to reach the Quarter Finals.

In Round One:
Thakrar proceeded by default
Gibson beat Lightfoot by 17 IMPs
Bee beat Beasley by 1 IMP
Ford beat Arnold by 17 IMPs

Quarter Finals
11 Feb 2009
at Blaby Bridge Club
or homeplay previously

Semi Finals
homeplay
by 26 March 2009
 

The Final
homeplay
by 7 May 2009
 

Thakrar

lost by 30 IMPs vs

Bee

Bee

lost by 12 IMPs vs

Gibson

Gibson

vs

Ford

Sollofe

lost by 10 IMPs vs

Gibson

Nuttall

won by 64 IMPs vs

Anderson

Nuttall

lost by 26 IMPs vs

Ford

Ford

won by 12 IMPs vs

Pollard

 

Roger Westerman, Lawrence Thirlaway, Jenny Hand, Phil Dalloway
Ben Gibson, Joan Gibson, Chris Heames, Christina Brewster, Michael Osborne
John Bee, David Pettit, Linda Stone, Anne Wright
John Arnold, Doreen Arnold, Chris Saunders, John Parry
Janine Ford, Brian Stockdale, Sheila Stockdale, Bill Whalley
Neil Beasley, Pat Beasley, George Brown, Mary Brown
Graham Lightfoot, Richard Smith, Chris Malthouse, Marion Dixon
Bharat Thakrar, Jenny Grant, Bob Parker, Gerry Bucciero, David Potter, David Twells
Dave Pollard, Chris Bancroft, Anne Blackwell, Roger Cook
Peter Nuttall, Stan Williams, Sylvia Horn, Terry Hyde
Graham Anderson, Paul Webb, John Hardman, Gill Hardman
Malcolm Sollofe, Angela Sollofe, Ian Leaver, Steve Clark, Peter Riley

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