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Two English county associations have hosted one day Swiss Teams events in England, writes Julian Pottage, Bridge Correspondent.

Each event had seven matches with the usual maximum of 20 victory points for each match and the winners are as follows:

Berkshire and Buckinghamshire held in

Windsor: 1st Alan Bailey, Jette Bailey, Eric Cummings and Ceri Pierce, 104 VPS; 2nd Paul Dolphin, Steve Lynch, Colin Johns and Robert Wilkinson, 103 VPS; 3rd= Pat Dowdeswell, Mike Ribbins, James Chapman and Jonny Richards, 91 VPS; and 3rd= Anil Bhandari, Graham Cunningham, Steve Mai and Lewis Pirnie, 91 VPS.

Dorset held in Wimborne: 1st Krzysztof Ginda, Mark Hooper, Rod Marks and Steve Tomlinson, 100 VPS; 2nd Sheena Lanham, Andy Ridgers, Glyn Meredith and Andy Miller, 99 VPS; and 3rd Helen Ackroyd and Tim Dunsby, James and Shirley Dutton, 93 VPS.