The Top Bidders for Set 2021-10

After three consecutive wins, our reigning champion is relegated to second place. This month’s winner, producing and excellent tally of 78/80 with his first competition entry of the year, is:

Pär Ol-Mårs (BBO: olmar) from Stockholm, Sweden

Pär is 65 and has been retired for five years after working the last 12 years as senior design engineer in civil works and as project manager in Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan. He has played bridge since he was 15, but little during his years as an expat. He is now living in Stockholm and, with live play having restarted in Sweden, he is playing 2-3 times a week at Bk St: Erik’s bridge club, where he regularly plays against some of the best players in the world. For the past two years, Pär has been the captain of the Swedish national mixed team, but due to the pandemic he is still waiting to take his team to their first championship.     

Congratulations to him, he win 50 BB$ and a 1 month subscription to Prime!

But remember, we also randomly drew a winner from among the participants and…. tadaaaaa the winner is:

Maciek (1cola)

Congratulations to Maciek who wins a 3 month subscription to Prime!

Also on the October ‘Roll of Honor’:

with a score of 77/80, are:

Dave Williams (BBO: dave251164) from Wales

and, with a score of 76/80

Stephen Cooper (BBO: scoop) from Toronton ONT, Canada

Luwen Koh (BBO: XReborned) from Singapore and

Peter Law (BBO: PETELAW) from Broadstairs, Kent, England

Honourable mentions also go to those who score at least 60/80:

74/80	Patti Hartley (BBO: pattih) from Everett WA, USA
73/80	Ian Findlay (BBO: findles) from Canada
	Barbara Giesbrecht (BBO: BabsG) from Qualicum Beach BC, Canada
	Douglas Schimkcrath (BBO: P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco CA
	Dave Williams (BBO: dave251164) from Wales
	Jarek Langer (BBO: jarek444) from Haifa, Israel
72/80	Givo Tikvica (BBO: KhazadDoom) from Dubrovnik, Croatia
71/80	Borislav Simov from Bulgaria
	Ahmet Rifat Sahin (BBO: ahmetrifat) from Samsun, Turkey
	Levent Dincel (BBO: twixxx) from Turkey and
	Milko Slavov (BBO: milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria
70/80	Patrick Shields (BBO: patricks) from Cheltenham, England
69/80	Alex Green (bbo: galexy) from Australia
68/80	Earle Ferguson (BBO: Fergus) from Halifax NS, Canada
	Michael (BBO: easyone74) from Wuhu, Chi
67/80	Anne-Sybil Bragadir (BBO: asb10) from Lausanne, Switzerland
	Rishabh Singh (BBO: rishabh) from San Jose CA, USA
	Thibault Wolf (BBO: thwolf) from Paris, France
66/80	Larry Malone (BBO: LarryMal) from Montreal PQ, Canada
	Judy Morissette (BBO: juju4) from Saint Colomban PQ, Canada
	Bradley Johnston (BBO: Nohk) from Dunedin, New Zealand
	Denis Fovet (BBO: dfovet) from France
	Judy Hyde (BBO: judyquake) from Northampton MA, USA
	Mike DuBois (BBO: duboismj) from Arlington Heights IL, USA
	Adrian Pang (BBO: MP7601) from Hong Kong, China
64/80	Dorin Costin (BBO: Tudicool) from Vancouver BC, Canada
63/80	Laura Mancini (BBO: 801dna) from Paris, France
62/80	Jorge Scharo (BBO: cronopio14) from Israel
	Joseph P Newhouse (BBO: jpn2) from Cambridge MA
	Leslie Hajdo (BBO: Leslie) from TheWoodlands TX, USA
	Karle Joys (BBO: KJOY) from Dartmouth NS, Canad
	Deb Petersen from Lincoln NE, USA
	Thomas Gardner (BBO: thomasg_16) from England
	Raj Agarwal (BBO: badesh) from Cambridge MA, USA
	Cristiano Valsega (BBO: crivals) from Italy
60/80	Maciek Macieszczak (BBO: 1cola) from Raszyn, Poland

A bumper entry this month, with more than 140 players taking part in the October competition. Congratulations to all who made it onto the honors’ board

Remember, if you top the Annual Leaderboard this year, you will win 200 BB$! So come on down to this month’s hands to participate!

Annual competition leaders (after 10 months)

It is tightening at the top as players start to drop their poorest scores. Luwen (66.78 average) has opened an 8-point gap on Hanoi, with Dave Williams just a further 8 points back. Fergus (67.6 average), although currently 60 behind, has one fewer score than the leaders, so his full total will count next month. For the leaders, it is only the difference between the new score and their lowest total (shown in parenthesis after each player), that will be added to their tally. Is this now a four-horse race for the title, or can one of the chasing pack force their way into contention in the final two months?

The leaderboard includes all players with at least eight scores who are averaging more than 50/80.

Luwen Koh (BBO: XReborned) from Singapore	601 (54)
Hanoi Rondon (BBO: hanoi5) from Santiago, Chile	593 (52)
Dave Williams (BBO: dave251164) from Wales	585 (54)
Ian Findlay (BBO: findles) from Canada	576 (59)
Douglas Schmickrath (BBO: P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco CA	574 (51)
Thomas Gardner (BBO: thomasg_16) from England	560 (54)
Anne-Sybil Bragadir (BBO: asb10) from Lausanne, Switzerland	538 (46)
Milko Slavov (BBO: milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria	557 (52)
Kresten Sandager Kristensen (BBO: kesse) from Copenhagen, Denmark	556 (54)
Barbara Giesbrecht (BBO: BabsG) from Qualicum Beach BC, Canada	544 (51)
Earle Ferguson (BBO: Fergus) from Halifax NS, Canada	541*
Bradley Johnston (BBO: Nohk) from Dunedin, New Zealand	541 (50)
GjivoTikvica(BBO: KhazadDoom) from Dubrovnik, Croatia	540 (50)
TCsaba Daday (BBO: gwnn) from Gottingen, Germany	538 (46)
Harry Gordon (BBO: hflsh) from Lexington KY, USA	533 (44)
Stephen Kwan (BBO: sk1958) from Canada	515 (49)
Peter Hudson (BBO: p_t_red) from Coppell TX, USA	512 (51)
Tony Burt (BBO: Tone999) from Vancouver BC, Canada	508 (52)
Paul Dubois (BBO: Pottsca) from El Cajon CA, USA	491 (40)
Raj Agarwal (BBO: badesh) from Cambridge MA, USA Judy Morissette (BBO: juju4) from Saint Colomban PQ, Canada	487 (48) 480 (31)
Kathrine Loh (BBO: nicnat) from Walnut Creek CA, USA	472 (47)
Karle Joys (BBO: KJOY) from Dartmouth NS, Canada	469 (40)
Patrick Shields (BBO: patricks) from Cheltenham, England	453**
Peter Law (BBO: PETELAW) from Broadstairs, Kent, England	449***

Remember that only your best nine results during the year count towards the annual competition, so entering every month will allow you to drop your lowest scores. Players with an asterisk (*) have only eight counting scores so far, and with ** have only seven counting scores.

Compare your results with the panel

And Panels’ results are there!

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TOTAL
Jill MEYERS	4	4	4	3	4	5NT	3	4	79
David BIRD	4	4	4	4	4	5NT	Dbl	4	77
Hanoi RONDON	4	4	4	3	Pass	6	3	4	77
Larry COHEN	4	4	4	3	4	5NT	3	4NT	76
Daniel LAVEE	4	4	4	3	4	5NT	3	4	76
Janice MOLSON	4	4	4	3	4	5NT	3	4NT	76
Wen Fei WANG	4	4	4	3	4	5NT	Dbl	4	76
Zia MAHMOOD	4	4	6	4	4	5NT	4	4	75
Andrew ROBSON	4	4	4	3	Pass	5NT	Dbl	4	75
Barnet SHENKIN	4	4	4	4	4	6	3	4	74
P.O. SUNDELIN	4	4	4	3	4	6	3	4	73
Sally BROCK	4	4	6	3	4	5NT	4	4	70
Tim COPE	Dbl	4	4	3	4	5NT	3	4	69
Paul MARSTON	4	4	6	4	4	Dbl	3	4	62
Gabriel CHAGAS	4	Pass	6	3	3NT	5NT	Dbl	4	57
TOP SCORES	4	4	4	3	4	5NT	3	4

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