The EBL @EuropeanBridge 8th Open Championships are under way in Montecatini. Links to the event microsite can be found at Event Microsite | Results | Championship bulletins

Results

Open Pairs

• Roy Bennett & Harry Smith 145/246 in Qual., 107/128 in Semi Final, 111/123 in MP Pairs
• Sam Punch & Stephen Peterkin 192/246 in Qual., 15/128 in Semi Final, 54/123 in MP Pairs

Senior Pairs

• Irving Gordon & Sandy Duncan 21/63 in Qual., 16/32 in Semi Final, 18/18 in final

Senior Teams

• SCOTLAND: Roy Bennett, John Murdoch, Liz McGowan and Harry Smith - 22/28
• SHORT: Brian Short, Alan Goodman, Irving Gordon and Sandy Duncan - 27/28

EBL Cup

• Brian Short & Alan Goodman 43/140
• Sam Punch & Stephen Peterkin 88/140

Mixed Pairs

• Sandy Duncan & Liz McGowan - 86/104 in Semi Final A
• Stephen Peterkin & Sam Punch - 108/162 in SF B.

Mixed Teams:

• Stephen Peterkin, Sam Punch, Sarah Teshome and James Thrower (both from England) finished 63/114 in qualifying.
• Paula Leslie playing in a predominantly English "Badger" team with Jeffrey Allerton, Frances Hinden and Graham Osborne, 18/114 in qualifying, just missing out on the Phase of 16..