Results and Winners Bidders Challenge 2022-8

The Top Bidders for Set 2022-08

This is the highest-scoring set of the year so far, with competitors averaging 50.1/80. It is thus fitting that someone should produce a perfect 80/80 to win this month, and that person is:

Peter Law (petelaw) from Broadstairs, Kent, England

This is the third time that Peter has led the field, having done so in both May and June last year. In June 2021, he also became the first contestant to score a perfect 80/80. One other competitor has since matched that achievement (Hanoi Rondon), but this is only the third perfect score, and Peter has two of them. He will be a guest on the panel in October, and it is worth noting that no panelist has yet scored more than 79/80.

Peter has played bridge for over 50 years in congresses and national knockouts, also representing his county (Kent) regularly. He discovered online bridge during lockdown. He is the co-pioneer of the strong club system that he plays with Patrick Collins, where opening one diamond promises a four-card major.

Also on the August 'Roll of Honour':

With a score 78/80:

Douglas Schmickrath (P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco CA, USA

and, with score of 77/80:

Luwen Koh (XReborned) from Singapore,
Rong Yu (yurong6) from China, and
Dave Williams (dave251164) from Wales

With so many high scores this month, you need to score 68/80 or more to make the August leader-board, and honourable mentions go to all of those who managed that:

PlayersPoints
Peter Law (Petelaw) from United Kingdom80
Douglas Schmickrath (P0stm0rtem) from San Francisco CA, USA78
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) from Singapore77
Rong Yu (Yurong6) from China77
Dave Williams (Dave251164) from Wales77
John Di Domenico (Giodio) from Canada76
John Leonard (Jl07702) from United States76
Laura Lipman (Laural) from United States76
Anders Stromberg (Coltla) from Sweden75
Ian Findlay (Findles) from Canada75
Michael Ranis (Doublemm) from United States75
Alexander Cook (Spade7) from Australia75
David Cole (David Old) from Germany74
Jason Patton (Strongarm) from United States74
Bronia Nosnik (Mom_Swe) from Mexico74
João Paes De Carvalho (Xarman) from Portugal74
Feron Jef (Jff) from French Southern Territories74
Alain Devigne (Adev) from Belgium74
François Duffour (Toutmo) from France74
Warren Stanley (Dons73) from Kenya74
Venkatesh Ramaratnam (Rv) from India74
Rajeev Gupta (Rajeev1) from United States74
Mani Gupta (Manig) from United States74
Chow Chun Kit, Stanley (Stanley Ch) from Hong Kong73
Durmus Caliskan (Efe_) from Turkey73
Pim Bussink (Pimbus) from Denmark73
Jakub Wojcieszek (K_U_B_A) from Poland73
James Walangitan (Roit) from Indonesia73
Robb Gordon (Robbg) from United States73
Niklas Carlsson (19Niklas69) from Sweden73
George Mattos (George Mat) from United States73
Nicolae Radu (Nicus) from Romania73
Shahar Zack (Shaharz) from Israel73
Va Ena (fachiru) from United States73
Varghese George (Kwerty) from India72
Mari Michele (977Michele) from France72
Donald Rose (Donaldrose) from United States72
Bill Nutting (Billnutting) from United States72
Michal Iglewski (Swing45) from Canada72
Md Alauddin (Alo107) from Bangladesh72
Vincent Lui (Paehcpaehc) from Hong Kong72
Fabio Sampaio (Gszes) from Brazil72
Jale Özen (Jjhhh) from Turkey72
Michael Van Gulik (Bananatree) from Canada72
Allan Simon (Voldenuit) from Canada72
Paul Dubois (Pottsca) from United States72
Lakatos Peter (Nyul11) from Hungary72
Hervé Allix (Ha78) from France72
Peter Hudson (P_T_Red) from United States72
Jordan Cohen (Jordymc) from Canada72
Kuijun Wu (Patrick Ku) from China71
Rp Narain (Rpnn) from India71
Corona Tsuei (Thecrown) from Hong Kong71
Adam Pawlowski (Adameba) from Poland71
Robert Gerstle (Rgerstle) from United States71
Matt Smith (Doctor038) from United Kingdom71
Derek Maggs (Robbroy) from Singapore71
Hans Van Der Heijde (001Hans) from Netherlands71
Ugurcan Suzer (Fulhouse) from Turkey71
Arif Ozer Orhan (Ovirtue) from Turkey71
Peter Jeffery (Peter0000) from Australia71
Carlo Romani (Alextf45) from Italy71
Michael Camp (Therudy) from United States71
Jacob Freeman (Jacob04) from Canada71
Emil Atanasov (Emo58) from Bulgaria70
Zoran Sostaric (Kizo130_Te) from Croatia70
Irene Wilson (Tonyyxgd) from United Kingdom70
Mina Milad (Sphere) from Egypt70
Kepecs Gabor (51954Gabor) from Hungary70
Gillian Paty (Caldeius) from France70
David Peters (Pdavid2) from Israel70
Mukund Jags (Plasurgen) from India70
Emil Kończak (Emilkon) from Poland70
Sharanan Chaudhuri (Allo_St) from India70
Surendra Garg (Gargsk) from India70
Vanni Nozzoli (Gelindos6) from Italy70
John Gracie (Hadtodoit2) from Canada70
Stelios Touchtidis (Stelios_T) from United States70
Claude Candillier (Capri13) from France70
Juliano Barbosa (Jbarbosa) from Portugal70
Sinegre Jean Louis (Jls34) from France70
Edwin De Ruiter (Eruit) from Netherlands69
Paul Boudreau (Pons_) from United States69
Mrysteve ( Steve Rubin) from United States69
Jonathan Fry (Jonfry@Yahoo.Com) from United States69
Andreas Meister (Andreasw) from Denmark69
Babs (Babsg) from Canada69
James Bond (Alfredj) from United Kingdom69
Barry Fortune (Bfortune) from United States69
Robert Lavin (Bridgboy1) from United States69
Anil Arora (Wakanari) from Australia69
Taavi Toomere (Taavi) from Estonia69
Linda Green (Lpgaug8) from United States69
Ivars Ilzins (Ivars_I) from Latvia69
Prem Chander (Thehog1954) from India69
Wendy Gibson (Tricks2011) from Australia69
Timothy Prior (Brimstone) from United Kingdom69
John Hoffman (Hoffmanj) from United States68
Julia Palmer (Jules101) from United Kingdom68
Charlie Shanes (Cshanes) from United States68
Pranob Roy (Pkroy) from India68
Sofia Manolesou (Ofisofi) from Greece68
Guy Gecht (Gg500) from United States68
Stuart M Sugden (Stuartmalc) from United States68
John Shaw (Rammie) from United Kingdom68
Howard Stern (Mrcharisma) from United States68
Steffen Brauner (Deffe) from Denmark68
Kris Liu (Chiccco) from United States68
Karel De Raeymaeker (Ewion) from Ireland68
Christopher Howard (Chriscq1) from United Kingdom68
Antonio Cristiani (Wpeori) from Argentina68
Bernie Comiskey (Bern68) from United States68
Alex Athanasiadis (Alati) from Greece68
Mats Börjesson (Mats_Swe) from Sweden68
George Wang (Ggnaw) from United States68
Martin Alexandru Balint (Soni13) from Romania68
Bob Simkins (Bobsimkins) from United States68
Michael Aslett (Mjaslett) from United Kingdom68
Iain Cundy (Icundy) from United Kingdom68
Wendel Archer (Fergus) from United States68
Dima Myedvyedyev (Quarky) from United States68
Martin Zonca (Zoncami) from Argentina68
Madhusudan Suchak (Bridge219) from United States68
Mete Cüce (Izbomb) from Turkey68

The 2022 Annual Competition Leaders (after 8 months)

You need a running total of 420 to make the annual competition leader-board with eight months played, which means that about 70 players make the list. Excellent scores this month from most of those at the top of the annual competition.

Francois returns to form with 74/80 this month to retain his place at the top of the leader-board. Dave’s 77/80 pulls him closer to the lead and widens the gap behind him. Ian and Alexander both score 75/80 and move up one place into joint third. The gold and silver medalists from last year share fifth place, just 6 points further back. Ventakesh completes the top seven, who are all averaging over 70/80 for the year, and they have opened a gap of almost 20 points between them and the rest of the field. The only other player averaging over 70/80 is Douglas, who is currently languishing near the bottom of the leaderboard, but so far has only six counting scores, so he can gain ground quickly as the year comes to a close.

PlayersPoints
Francois Duffour (toutmo) from Paris, France573
David Williams (dave251164) from Wales570
Ian Thomas Findlay (findles) from Canada564
Alexander Cook (spade7) from Sydney, Australia564
Hanoi A Rondon (hanoi5) from Santiago, Chile558
Luwen Koh (Xreborned) from Singapore558
Venkatesh Ramaratnam (rv) from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India557
Milko Slavov (milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria538
Peter Law (petelaw) from Broadstairs, UK530
Babs Giesbrecht (bABsG) from Qualicum Beach, Canada522
Laura Mancini (801dna) from Paris, France521
Paul Dubois (pottsca) from United States520
Shahar Zack (shaharz) from Israel520
Dan Gheorghiu (DanG4503) from Victoria, BC, Canada516
Claude Candillier (capri13) from France515
Antonio Juliano Pinho Barbosa (JBarbosa) from Portugal511
Brad Theurer (batmanbrad) from United States509
Patrick Shields (patr1cks) from Cheltenham, UK507
Adam Magyar (Sundiszno) from Budapest, Hungary505
Tobias Bern (xtober) from Sweden505
Josh Sinnett (oshoj) from Bellingham, WA, USA503
Va Ena (fachiru) from United States502
Gianni Hsieh (wakanari) from United States488
Alex Athanasiadis (alati) from Greece479
Alex Green (Galexy) from Sydney, Australia478
Enhao Du (diandian23) from Newbury Park, USA475
David Johnson (davidmj) from Calgary, Canada474
Cecilia Billiet (cbilliet) from Amsterdam, Netherlands474
John C Osher (J5280) from Denver, USA472
Pär Ol-Mårs (olmar) from Stockholm, Sweden471
Dmitriy Myedvyedyev (Quarky) from Idaho, USA470
Peter Lakatos (nyul11) from Budapest, Hungary469
Andreas Persson (Rosengatan) from Sweden465
Mani Gupta (Manig) from Bridgewater, USA464
John R Mayne (JRMayne) from Modesto, CA, USA464
Raj Agraval (badesh) from United States 462
Adrian Pang (MP7601) from Hong Kong, China460
Charles Nudelman (soxguy) from Northbrook, Illinois, USA459
Stephen Kwan (sk1958) from Toronto, Canada459
Rishabh Singh (rishabh) from San Jose, USA458
John Macgregor (johnmacg) from Halifax, NS, Canada457
Benjamin Bomber (soccertoo) from Portland, United States457
Peter Hudson (p_t_red) from Coppell, TX, USA456
Stephen Merriman (smerriman) from Auckland, New Zealand456
Capri Bucci (atp13) from Rome, Italy454
Manuel Vasques De Oliveira (m oliveira) from Estoril, Portugal454
Jon Cooke (mugsmate) from Cambridge, UK452
Arnaud Jean-Marie (jmarnaud51) from Paris, France448
Michael Van Gulik (Bananatree) from Belleville, Canada445
Mark Bennett (upstate) from Honolulu, Hawaii, USA440
Jarek Langer (jarek444) from Austin, TX, USA440
Borislav Dobroykov (b_dobroyko) from Drogheda, Ireland438
Bruce Ballard (2milo) from Katikati, New Zealand438
Robert Goldbloom (DrG81) from Hastings On Hudson, NY, USA437
Thanassis Akylas (aakylas) from Greece436
Karen B. Barrett (karenbbarr) from Norwalk, CT, USA436
Marian Tomov (Marit) from Bulgaria433
Philip Grella (yawker) from Rockville Centre, USA433
Andy Hsiao (andyhsiao) from Marvin, Nc, USA432
Judith Morissette (juju4) from St. Colomban, Canada432
Dave Bugay (hikerdave1) from Parker, CO, USA431
Niklas CArlsson (19niklas69) from Grums, Sweden430
Jean Galtier (eyquem) from Aix En Provence, France427
Rasmus Maide (dst463) from Espoo, Finland425
Karle Joys (kjoys) from Dartmouth, NS, Canada424
James Sampson (jtsamp1) from Lake Worth, Florida, USA424
Douglas Schmickrath (P0STM0RTEM) from San Francisco, CA, USA424
John Stell (johnworf1) from United Kingdom422
Yongjun Lu (ottawa2008) from Canada420
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