Senior Bowl (bridge)
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Senior Bowl, also known as the d'Orsi Senior Bowl, is a bridge
competition held at the same venue as Bermuda Bowl
and Venice Cup
. This event first started in 2000 as an exhibition contest before growing into a World Seniors Championship in 2001. It is contested every odd-numbered year. In 2009 in Brazil, the contest was renamed when Ernesto d'Orsi of Brazil, former WBF president and chairman of the WBF competitions committee, donated a trophy for the event.
Prior to 2005 all members of each team had to be at least 55 years of age. The World Bridge Federation
(WBF) has decided that, as from 2005, the minimum age for a player to be recognized as Senior will be increasing one year per year, until it reaches 60 years in 2010. The decision ensures that no one who has played in the WBF senior category ever becomes ineligible.
The 2011 Senior Bowl was held in Veldhoven
, Netherlands, at which France won its first title.
There were 22 national teams in the field, who represent the eight WBF zones as follows. The quota for Europe is six teams, but seven in 2011 because the host Netherlands is in Europe and qualifies automatically.
The first stage is a single round-robin (21 rounds at three per day) that has been scheduled in advance.Schedule of Play / d'Orsi Seniors Bowl. 2011. WBF.
Given the single round-robin structure, the particular schedule should make little difference to the outcome of the first stage.
The zonal quotas and tournament structures are now identical for the Open, Women, and Seniors flights, and they play simultaneously. The World Transnational Open Teams Championship begins after most teams are eliminated from the three major events, and their players are welcome to enter the WTOTC.
Six senior teams played a double round-robin (ten matches each) during the first five days of the main events. Poland defeated France by 229 to 73 IMPs in a two-day final while China beat North America and "World Champions" beat Australia in one-day playoffs for third and fifth places. All participants were able to play in the World Transnational Open Teams Championship scheduled during the second week of the main events.
North America placed fourth in the field of six, followed by "World Champions" and Australia. Standings in the first stage round-robin were identical except at the top where France led Poland.
United States teams won the first four Senior Bowls while Roger Bates, Grant Baze, and Garey Hayden in different combinations one three apiece. The other United States team twice finished third. European teams have placed eight times, with two wins, and Indonesia three times.
2005 to 2009
Lasut and Manoppo have represented Indonesia in world team championships almost "perennially" from 1973 and 1974, Sacul and Sawiruddin as early as 1976 and 1980. Lasut, Manoppo, Sacul, and Franky Karwur won the third Grand Prix, a 6-team exhibition at International Olympic Committee
headquarters, November 2000.
Contract bridge
Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...
competition held at the same venue as Bermuda Bowl
Bermuda Bowl
The Bermuda Bowl is a trophy awarded to the winners of the Open series in the World Team Championship in contract bridge and is named for the site of the inaugural tournament held in 1950...
and Venice Cup
Venice Cup
The World Teams Championship in contract bridge for women players only is also known as the Venice Cup, because the first edition was held in Venice, Italy in 1974.It is held every two years, in parallel to the Open World Teams Championship, the Bermuda Bowl....
. This event first started in 2000 as an exhibition contest before growing into a World Seniors Championship in 2001. It is contested every odd-numbered year. In 2009 in Brazil, the contest was renamed when Ernesto d'Orsi of Brazil, former WBF president and chairman of the WBF competitions committee, donated a trophy for the event.
Prior to 2005 all members of each team had to be at least 55 years of age. The World Bridge Federation
World Bridge Federation
The World Bridge Federation is the world governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competition, most of which is conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle...
(WBF) has decided that, as from 2005, the minimum age for a player to be recognized as Senior will be increasing one year per year, until it reaches 60 years in 2010. The decision ensures that no one who has played in the WBF senior category ever becomes ineligible.
The 2011 Senior Bowl was held in Veldhoven
Veldhoven
Veldhoven is a municipality and a town on the Gender stream in the southern Netherlands, located just south-west of Eindhoven.- Population centres :...
, Netherlands, at which France won its first title.
There were 22 national teams in the field, who represent the eight WBF zones as follows. The quota for Europe is six teams, but seven in 2011 because the host Netherlands is in Europe and qualifies automatically.
- Europe: Poland, Denmark, Italy, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Netherlands —1st to 6th and 12th in the European championship
- North America: Canada, USA 1, USA 2
- South America: Argentina, Brazil
- Asia & Middle East: India, Pakistan
- C. America & Carib.: Guadeloupe
- Pacific Asia: China Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan
- South Pacific: Australia, New Zealand
- Africa: Egypt, Reunion
The first stage is a single round-robin (21 rounds at three per day) that has been scheduled in advance.Schedule of Play / d'Orsi Seniors Bowl. 2011. WBF.
Given the single round-robin structure, the particular schedule should make little difference to the outcome of the first stage.
The zonal quotas and tournament structures are now identical for the Open, Women, and Seniors flights, and they play simultaneously. The World Transnational Open Teams Championship begins after most teams are eliminated from the three major events, and their players are welcome to enter the WTOTC.
2000
A tournament for senior teams was added to the program as a side event when the World Team Championships returned to Bermuda on the 50th anniversary of the Bermuda Bowl in January 2000. (The World Computer Bridge Championships also debuted in Bermuda.)Six senior teams played a double round-robin (ten matches each) during the first five days of the main events. Poland defeated France by 229 to 73 IMPs in a two-day final while China beat North America and "World Champions" beat Australia in one-day playoffs for third and fifth places. All participants were able to play in the World Transnational Open Teams Championship scheduled during the second week of the main events.
| Year, Site, Entries | Medalists |
|---|
| 1. |  Poland Aleksander Jezioro, Julian Klukowski, Janusz Nowak, Stefan Szenberg, Andrzej Wilkosz |
 France Pierre Adad, Maurice Aujaleu, Claude Delmouly, Jean-Marc Roudinesco |
 China Gu Xue Hai, Hsu Chen Ting, Li Jin, Lu Yulin, Tang Hou Zou The team members are not linked to the Results. |
North America placed fourth in the field of six, followed by "World Champions" and Australia. Standings in the first stage round-robin were identical except at the top where France led Poland.
Results
The Senior Bowl trophy debuted in 2001 and the eponymous tournament for senior teams joined the official "World Team Championships" program beside the Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup for open and women teams. The Senior Bowl field quickly expanded to match the other flights in size with 22 teams each by 2005.United States teams won the first four Senior Bowls while Roger Bates, Grant Baze, and Garey Hayden in different combinations one three apiece. The other United States team twice finished third. European teams have placed eight times, with two wins, and Indonesia three times.
| Year, Site, Entries | Medalists |
|---|
| 1. |  USA 2Annual rankings published by the WBF show double representation for the US in all Senior Bowl tournaments. Select "Venue" links at "World Team Championships to Date". Confirmed 2011-08-17. Grant Baze, Gene Freed, Garey Hayden, Joe Kivel, Chris Larsen, John Onstott |
| Poland Wit Klapper, Jerzy Russyan, Stefan Szenberg, Włodzimierz Wala, Andrzej Wilkosz |
| France Pierre Adad, Maurice Aujaleu, Claude Delmouly, François Leenhardt, Christian Mari, Marc Schneider |
| 1. | USA 1 Roger Bates, Grant Baze, Garey Hayden, Gaylor Kasle, Steve Robinson, Kit Woolsey Kit Woolsey Kit Woolsey is an American bridge and backgammon player. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1964. He earned a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1965.... |
| France Pierre Adad, Maurice Aujaleu, Guy Lasserre, François Leenhardt, Christian Mari, Philippe Poizat |
| USA 2 Dennis Dawson, Arnold Fisher, Zeke Jabbour, Clement Jackson, John Mohan, John Sutherlin |
| 1. | USA 1 Roger Bates, Garey Hayden, Rose Meltzer, Alan Sontag Alan Sontag Alan M. Sontag is a world champion American bridge player and author of bridge books.-Bridge career:Although he is a six-time world champion in contract bridge, winning the prestige Bermuda Bowl twice, Sontag is best known as the author of The Bridge Bum, a book "on everybody's list of the top ten... , Lew Stansby, Peter Weichsel |
 IndonesiaArwin Budirahardja, Henky Lasut, Eddy Manoppo, Denny Sacul, Munawar Sawiruddin, Amiruddin Yusuf |
 DenmarkJens Auken, Flemming Dahl, Peter Lund, Kirsten Steen Møller, Steen Møller, Georg Norris |
| 1. | USA 2 Roger Bates, Grant Baze, Bart Bramley, Rose Meltzer, Alan Sontag Alan Sontag Alan M. Sontag is a world champion American bridge player and author of bridge books.-Bridge career:Although he is a six-time world champion in contract bridge, winning the prestige Bermuda Bowl twice, Sontag is best known as the author of The Bridge Bum, a book "on everybody's list of the top ten... , Lew Stansby |
| Indonesia Henky Lasut, Anindara Lubis, Eddy Manoppo, Denny Sacul, Munawar Sawiruddin, Ferdinand Robert Waluyan |
| USA 1 Dan Gerstman, Gaylor Kasle, Dan Morse, Ron Smith, John Sutherlin, Bobby Wolff Bobby Wolff Robert S. Wolff is an American bridge player and an original member of the Dallas Aces team, which was formed in 1968 to compete against the Italian Blue Team which was dominant at the time. The Aces were successful and won their first world championship in 1970... |
| 1. |  EnglandPaul D Hackett, Gunnar Hallberg, Ross Harper, John Holland, David Price, Colin Simpson |
| Poland Julian Klukowski, Apolinary Kowalski, Krzysztof Lasocki, Victor Markowicz, Jacek Romanski, Jerzy Russyan |
| Indonesia Arianto Karna DJAJANEGARA, Michael Bambang HARTONO, Henky LASUT, Eddy MANOPPO, Denny SACUL, Munawar SAWIRUDDIN |
| 1. |  France Patrick Grenthe, Guy Lasserre, François Leenhardt, Patrice Piganeau, Philippe Poizat, Philippe Vanhoutte |
| USA 2 Peter Boyd, Neil Chambers, Gaylor Kasle, Larry Kozlove, Steve Robinson, John Schermer |
| Poland Julian Klukowski, Apolinary Kowalski, Krzysztof Lasocki, Victor Markowicz, Jacek Romanski, Jerzy Russyan |
2005 to 2009
Lasut and Manoppo have represented Indonesia in world team championships almost "perennially" from 1973 and 1974, Sacul and Sawiruddin as early as 1976 and 1980. Lasut, Manoppo, Sacul, and Franky Karwur won the third Grand Prix, a 6-team exhibition at International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
headquarters, November 2000.
External links
- Senior Bridge program overview at the World Bridge FederationWorld Bridge FederationThe World Bridge Federation is the world governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competition, most of which is conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle...
- World Team Championships at the World Bridge Federation
- 40th World Team Championships contemporary coverage, 2011 (October)