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This is a bridge event, which began in the year 1932 as a contest conducted by the English Bridge Union. The event starts with a qualifying round, organised locally, with many heats. Players need not be EBU-members in order to play in the club qualifying events, but must become members of the English Bridge Union in order to qualify to the Regional Finals or any events conducted thereafter.
The first winners of the National Pairs in the year 1932 were in fact Capt. Ewart Kempson and Lt. Col. Walter Buller, who finished about 2,000 (with so-called aggregate) points clear of the runners-up. However, since Lt. Col. Walter Buller was playing as a substitute for T. Selby Wraith, the second pair, Mrs. Stephenson and Mrs. Watson, were awarded the trophy based on the fact that Lt. Col Walter Buller was actually a non-qualified player.
Previous winners and runners-up are listed below:
Year Winners 1932 Mrs. Stephenson, Mrs. Watson 1933 S. R. Lewis, A. J. Hornielow 1934 Mrs. Robert Walker, Mrs. Lloyd-Evans 1935 Richard Lederer, John Grew 1936 G. S. Digby, R. S. Smith 1937 Jack Marx, D. H. Haslam 1938 E. Reeve, A. D. Locke 1939 Maurice Harrison-Gray, S. J. Simon (aka Skid) 1940 Owing to the war the event was suspended until 1945. 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Mrs. Fritzi Gordon, Eric Leigh Howard 1946 Maurice Harrison-Gray, Boris Shapiro 1947 Joe Moskal, Michael Wolach 1948 Adam Meredith, Boris Shapiro 1949 Geoffrey Fell, Harold Franklin 1950 Terence Reese, Adam Meredith 1951 Nico Gardener, Louis Tarlo 1952 C. Hunt Freddie North 1953 James Sharples, Joel Tarlo 1954 Mrs. Marjorie Van Reese, Norman Hughes 1955 Maurice Harrison-Gray, Miss Dorothy Shanahan 1956 Reuben Myers, Danny Myers 1957 Ben Franks, Joe Lazarus 1958 No Competition 1959 Melvin Rockfelt, Ralph Swimer 1960 Raymond Brock, Roy Higson 1961 Raymond Brock, Roy Higson 1962 Paul Gordon, Melvin Rockfelt 1963 Douglas Smerdon, John Langiert 1964 Jonathan Cansino, Robert Sheehan 1965 Michael Allen, F. Dlugajczyk 1966 Martin Hoffman, Joe Moskal 1967 Maurice Porter, Harry Cooke 1968 Maurice Esterson, Graham Cooke 1969 D. Valley, C. S. Moffat 1970 Stan Zychlinski, John Meizis 1971 Gerard Faulkner, Keith Stanley 1972 Ken Littler, Gerry Maloney 1973 Ian Handley, Roger Bryant 1974 Miss Sally Eggett, Mrs. Alison Rycroft 1975 Tony Black, Alan Kay 1976 Tony Philpott, Bob Rowlands 1977 Graham Jepson, Peter Littlewood 1978 Mike Nardin, Steve Lodge 1979 Tony Odams, Derek Griffiths 1980 Dr. Tony Sowter, Steve Lodge 1981 Gerry Stanford, G. C. Chamberlin 1982 Peter Caro, Roddy Knapp 1983 D. Mills, R. Watts 1984 Jeremy Dhondy, Jerry Cope 1985 Alan Mould, Anil Ruia 1986 Willy Crook, A. Kitson 1987 Steve Whittleton, Roy Dempster 1988 Steve Preston, Andy Hughes 1989 Paul Bowyer, P. Harvey 1990 Paul Bowyer, Jim Mason 1991 John Holland, Robert Ferrari 1992 Martyn Hill-Jones, J. L. Pepin 1993 Graham Moore, John Cuthbert 1994 Andrew Macnair, Alan Kay 1995 Chris Dixon, Pat Davies 1996 Martin Jones, John Collings 1997 Graham Jepson, Peter Littlewood 1998 Paul Bowyer, P. A. Harvey 1999 Jerry Harouni, Peter Tobias 2000 Don McFarlane, Alastair Brodie 2001 Peter Lindon, Mrs Dee Lindon 2002 Chris Dixon, Pat Davies 2003 Peter Lee, Bob Rowlands 2004 Alan Jones, David Barton 2005 Jerry Harouni, Waseem Naqvi 2006 Michael Byrne, John Hassett 2007 Peter Lee, Bob Rowlands 2008 Miles Cowling, Chirs Kinloch
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