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DAVID Price has been selected to represent the England senior team in the World Mind Sports Games being staged in Beijing this October.

            The bridge ‘Olympics’ happens once every four years and Clare’s top player will partner Colin Simpson with whom he finished sixth in the European championships held in Pau during June.

            “Fortunately I will be spending most of my time indoors so the smog should not get me,” he joked.

            David is due to spend up to a fortnight in China, depending on the success of the six man seniors team. So far 40 teams have been entered for the senior event by national bridge federations around the globe.

            “I have been to various places around the world which I would probably have never gone to if it were not for bridge. When I played in New Zealand’s national championships I managed to also take a week’s holiday there. Likewise, a trip to Alberquerque enabled me to spend a week driving through Arizona which was an amazing experience.”

SUMMER PARTY CHAMPIONS

CLASS invariably prevails - and so it proved during the popular summer party held at Jenny Morley's home on July 6.

This year's renewal co-incided with the latest exchange visit by members of Huy bridge club to Clare and ten Belgian players added an international flavour to the team event.

The winners were England player David Price, Marie Francoise Stas, Jenny Price and Jean Jamar. Jean is a multiple former Belgian champion and, together with Marie Francoise, they are the current mixed champions in the LBF, the French speaking area of Belgium. A close second were Andrew Moore, Jean Pierre Dumont and Tony and Sue Aldous.

FULL RESULTS:

1 Jean, Marie Francoise, David & Jenny Price                               +67
2 Jean-Pierre, Tony & Sue Aldous, Andrew Moore                         +62
3 Freddie, Jean, Adele Wayman, Jan Havard-Davies                      +29
4 Jenny Morley, Elizabeth Tora, Marion Dorey, George Moody        +1
5 Quentin, Bernadette, David Newman, Alison Head                       -23
6 Basil Ambrose, Verna Gray, Ruth Allison, John Wadsworth          -24
7 Marie, Valerie, John Wells, Erna Palmer                                     -25
8 Liselotte, Josee, Richard & Mary Evans                                      -29
9 Paul Flavell, Ron Hartley, Mel Thompson, Joy Morrison                -58