Bridge news

The Scotland White team of Iain Sime, John Murdoch, Gerald Haase, Victor Silverstone, Derek Diamond, Barnet Shenkin and Andrew Symons as NPC has won the Bronze medal at the Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship held at the Gold Coast Convention Centre, Queensland, Australia, writes

Julian Pottage. In their quarter final they beat England A 91-81 before losing to Australia Gold 49-99 in the semi final.

Gold medal winners are India A, who beat Leibowitz 112-75 in the quarter final, the President’s team 157-62 in the semi final and Australia Gold, who take the Silver medal, by 38 in the final. Because only National representative teams were eligible to win medals, there was no need for a play-off to determine which losing semi finalist took the bronze medal.