Bulletin number 2

Bulletin Nr. 2
Sunday - May 15, 2016
On Saturday morning more and more guests
arrived at Hohenpark Hohenroda and exact at noon
Michael Gromoeller gave all players a warm
welcome. Then he started the traditional auction
together with Joerg Fritsche – same procedure as
every year! Some people had followed the advices
to fill their pockets with Euros and during the
auctions there was a lot of laughter and we all
enjoyed ourselves. Not surprisingly, the highest
bids came in for last year’s winners David Gold &
Kevin Castner and Vytautas Vainikonis & Wojtek
Olanski (each 720 €). Some bidders followed their
own logic; other bidders trusted their personal
instinct or certain suggestions. After the official
auction there were active “private deals” to buy
and sell some shares of the favourites.
After a quick lunch there were 2 sessions of each
18 boards. Many prominent names appeared on
the top places, but at the end of the day the
Austrian pair which won the first 18 boards
defended their lead: Doris Fischer and Bernd
Saurer scored close to 1,000 IMPs and were
followed by David Cole & David Kendrick and
Andrej Arlovich & Erikas Vainikonis. We are all
looking for another exciting 45 boards before all 3
finals (A, B and C) will start and we hope that we
will all have fun!
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Player 1
Gold
Vogt
Haidorfer
Kozyczkowski
Schoolmann
E. Weber
Pabst
V. Vainikonis
Boldt
Kendrick
Nilsland
Schlotmann
Cappeller
Fischer
Stumm
Guenther
Wartlick
Stahl
Gromoeller
R. Voigt
Kasimir
Wuest
Marx
Alter
Macura
E. Vainikonis
Zimmermann
Fritsche
Player 2
Castner
Fresen
Nikolenkov
Grzelczak
Schoolmann
F. Weber
van Oosten
Olanski
Horacek
Cole
Eyde
Trepnau
Schinze
Saurer
Cmiel
Schlicker
Staber
Wrobel
Silva
U. Voigt
Jokisch
Khanukov
Zepelin
Streck
Schoollardt
Arlovich
Meuer
Reps
Bid
720 €
320 €
180 €
370 €
190 €
260 €
210 €
720 €
180 €
350 €
400 €
210 €
190 €
460 €
220 €
500 €
190 €
350 €
350 €
340 €
500 €
270 €
220 €
250 €
560 €
450 €
420 €
500 €
Owner
V. Vainikonis
Zimmermann
R. Voigt
Cole
Schoolmann
V. Vainikonis
E. Vainikonis
V. Vainikonis
Boldt
Schlotmann
Stahl
Trepnau
Cappeller
Castner
Stumm
Kasimir
Wartlick
Schlotmann
V. Vainikonis
Gromoeller
Saurer
Schlicker
Zepelin
Castner
Grzelczak
E. Vainikonis
Zimmermann
Gromoeller
Total money in player’s pool EUR 4,752
Total money in owner’s pool EUR 8,628
First appearance at Gro’s Supercup: Marten Schoollaardt (NL) and Milan Macura (CZ)
First Round (18 boards)
Place names
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Doris Fischer - Bernd Saurer (Austria)
Erikas Vainikonis - Andrey Arlovich (Lithuania)
Vitas Vainikonis - Wojtek Olanski (Lithuania)
Waltraud Vogt – Loek Fresen (Germany)
David Kendrick - David Cole (Great Britain)
Maarten Schoollardt – Milan Macura (NL - CZ)
Elke Weber – Fried Weber (Germany)
Jerzy Kozyczkowski – Jacek Grzelczak (Poland)
Mats Nilsland – Mats Eyde (Sweden - Denmark)
Kevin Castner – David Gold (USA – England)
Udo Kasimir – Peter Jokisch (Germany)
Michael Gromoeller – Ludger Silva (Germany)
Joachim Cappeller - Joerg Schinze (Germany)
Martin Wuest – Vitaliy Khanukov (Germany)
Karl Wartlick – Uli Staber (Germany)
Felix Zimmermann – Axel Meuer (Germany)
Uschi Stumm – Thorsten Cmiel (Germany)
Anniki Schoolmann – Uwe Schoolmann (Germany)
Dima Nikolenkov – Andrea Haidorfer (Switzerland)
Roland Voigt - Ulrich Voigt (Germany)
Sibrand van Oosten – Philipp Pabst (Germany)
Florian Alter – Lauritz Streck (Germany)
Christian Schlicker – Claus Günther (Germany)
Wolf Stahl – Fred Wrobel (Germany)
Frederic Boldt – Helmut Horacek (Germany)
Joerg Fritsche – Klaus Reps (Germany)
Ralf Schlotmann – Uli Trepnau (Germany)
Rainer Handel – Christoph Kemmer (Germany)
Total IMPs
657,0
370,0
335,0
315,0
308,0
304,0
283,0
253,0
245,0
197,0
196,0
94,0
51,0
28,0
21,0
2,0
-61,0
-92,0
-182,0
-204,0
-239,0
-286,0
-335,0
-337,0
-344,0
-470,0
-492,0
-617,0
IMPs/board
2,106
1,186
1,074
1,010
0,987
0,974
0,907
0,811
0,785
0,631
0,628
0,301
0,163
0,090
0,067
0,006
-0,196
-0,295
-0,583
-0,654
-0,766
-0,917
-1,074
-1,080
-1,103
-1,506
-1,577
-1,978
InTalk:KevinCastner
When he came to Hohenroda last year, only very few people knew him: Kevin Castner is more or less a
real “greenhorn” in the bridge world. He was just 5 years old when he learned bridge from his mother,
and probably his enthusiasm for this most fascinating card game was her heritage. Kevin lived near San
Francisco and he re-started playing bridge when he was 15 years old. By pure coincidence, he got to
know Mike Lawrence and came in as second, when they played a high level Pairs tournament in the late
seventieth. But in these years, his job and his family were much more important for Kevin than playing
bridge. But when he retired, about six years ago, Kevin decided to try his talents. The bridge scene in his
home country is dominated by sponsors, who are ready to invest big money in professional players.
When Kevin went to England, he first focussed on playing rubber-bridge for several years. But about 18
months ago, he got to know David Gold. When they played one of the most prominent Pairs
tournaments in England, they were successful. And since that day, they are playing together regularly
when they find the time. Kevin is really fascinated by David’s excellent bridge skills and learned already a
lot from him. Their bidding system is mostly natural, but it’s a “living” system and so they are adding
some useful conventions from time to time. Kevin absolutely loves playing bridge and he although he
has ambitious plans, he is enjoying having fun at the bridge table and meeting nice people. One nice guy
is sitting right to him here and invited him to the 6th edition of “Gro’s Supercup” last year. And when the
German Open Team was desperately looking for a new Non-Playing-Captain, it was Gro’s idea that Kevin
has all needed skills for this challenging job. It will be a completely new experience for Kevin, but all
members of the German Open Team will need his support at the upcoming event in Wroclaw and
Budapest. Fortunately Kevin speaks fluently German - his wife Anja is from Marburg. The story of Kevin’s
bridge career is another excellent example that bridge is definitely a fascinating and very international
sports. Talking with Kevin was a real pleasure and I will keep my fingers crossed that his bridge career
will go on for many years – with lots of fun and lots of success! (pb)
First appearance at Gro’s Supercup: Uschi Stumm and Thorsten Cmiel (Germany)
Second Round (18 boards)
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
names
Joachim Cappeller - Joerg Schinze (Germany)
David Kendrick - David Cole (Great Britain)
Doris Fischer - Bernd Saurer (Austria)
Waltraud Vogt – Loek Fresen (Germany)
Erikas Vainikonis - Andrey Arlovich (Lithuania)
Wolf Stahl – Fred Wrobel (Germany)
Dima Nikolenkov – Andrea Haidorfer (Switzerland)
Florian Alter – Lauritz Streck (Germany)
Kevin Castner – David Gold (USA – England)
Felix Zimmermann – Axel Meuer (Germany)
Elke Weber – Fried Weber (Germany)
Rainer Handel – Christoph Kemmer (Germany)
Joerg Fritsche – Klaus Reps (Germany)
Ralf Schlotmann – Uli Trepnau (Germany)
Maarten Schoollardt – Milan Macura (NL - CZ)
Michael Gromoeller – Ludger Silva (Germany)
Jerzy Kozyczkowski – Jacek Grzelczak (Poland)
Udo Kasimir – Peter Jokisch (Germany)
Vitas Vainikonis - Wojtek Olanski (Lithuania)
Martin Wuest – Vitaliy Khanukov (Germany)
Roland Voigt - Ulrich Voigt (Germany)
Christian Schlicker – Claus Günther (Germany)
Sibrand van Oosten – Philipp Pabst (Germany)
Karl Wartlick – Uli Staber (Germany)
Uschi Stumm – Thorsten Cmiel (Germany)
Frederic Boldt – Helmut Horacek (Germany)
Mats Nilsland – Mats Eyde (Sweden - Denmark)
Anniki Schoolmann – Uwe Schoolmann (Germany)
Total IMPs
IMPs/board
434,0
2,782
386,3
2,476
293,8
1,883
245,0
1,571
226,2
1,450
207,0
1,327
197,0
1,263
167,8
1,076
147,0
0,942
144,7
0,928
116,0
0,744
114,0
0,731
106,0
0,679
25,0
0,160
-6,5
-0,042
-21,0
-0,135
-76,2
-0,488
-100,8
-0,646
-110,0
-0,705
-119,5
-0,766
-137,0
-0,878
-201,0
-1,288
-203,0
-1,301
-240,0
-1,538
-320,8
-2,056
-330,0
-2,115
-405,0
-2,596
-539,0
-3,455
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Ranking after 36 boards
names
Doris Fischer - Bernd Saurer (Austria)
David Kendrick - David Cole (Great Britain)
Erikas Vainikonis - Andrey Arlovich (Lithuania)
Waltraud Vogt – Loek Fresen (Germany)
Joachim Cappeller - Joerg Schinze (Germany)
Elke Weber – Fried Weber (Germany)
Kevin Castner – David Gold (USA – England)
Maarten Schoollardt – Milan Macura (NL - CZ)
Vitas Vainikonis - Wojtek Olanski (Lithuania)
Jerzy Kozyczkowski – Jacek Grzelczak (Poland)
Felix Zimmermann – Axel Meuer (Germany)
Udo Kasimir – Peter Jokisch (Germany)
Michael Gromoeller – Ludger Silva (Germany)
Dima Nikolenkov – Andrea Haidorfer (Switzerland)
Martin Wuest – Vitaliy Khanukov (Germany)
Florian Alter – Lauritz Streck (Germany)
Wolf Stahl – Fred Wrobel (Germany)
Mats Nilsland – Mats Eyde (Sweden - Denmark)
Karl Wartlick – Uli Staber (Germany)
Roland Voigt - Ulrich Voigt (Germany)
Joerg Fritsche – Klaus Reps (Germany)
Uschi Stumm – Thorsten Cmiel (Germany)
Sibrand van Oosten – Philipp Pabst (Germany)
Ralf Schlotmann – Uli Trepnau (Germany)
Rainer Handel – Christoph Kemmer (Germany)
Christian Schlicker – Claus Günther (Germany)
Anniki Schoolmann – Uwe Schoolmann (Germany)
Frederic Boldt – Helmut Horacek (Germany)
Total IMPs
IMPs/board
950,8
2,032
694,3
1,484
596,2
1,274
560,0
1,197
485,0
1,036
399,0
0,853
344,0
0,735
297,5
0,636
225,0
0,481
176,8
0,378
146,7
0,313
95,2
0,203
73,0
0,156
15,0
0,032
-91,5
-0,196
-118,2
-0,253
-130,0
-0,278
-160,0
-0,342
-219,0
-0,468
-341,0
-0,729
-364,0
-0,778
-381,8
-0,816
-442,0
-0,944
-467,0
-0,998
-503,0
-1,075
-536,0
-1,145
-631,0
-1,348
-674,0
-1,440
SPECIAL PRIZE FOR THE WINNER !
The Fed Bridge Monaco offers the entry fee (1,500 €) for the next Cavendish
Invitational in Monaco (September 3-5, 2014). No guarantee for the 5,000 € auction
fee - but good chances Mr. Zimmermann will buy you!
www.cavendishmonaco.com
Schedule
Sunday, May 15
11:30 – 13:10
Qualification – session 5 (12 boards)
13:20 – 15:00
Qualification – session 5 (12 boards)
15:10 – 16:50
Qualification – session 5 (12 boards)
17:00 – 18:10
Qualification – session 5 (9 boards)
19:45 – Dinner
Schedule
Monday, May 16
11:30 – 15:30
Finals A / B / C (28 boards)
16:00
Price giving ceremony
Who will become
a millionaire?
Imprint
Editor: Peter Bode
v.i.S.d.P.: Michael
Gromoeller, Am Sonnenhang
38, D-51381 Leverkusen

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