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USA WIN THE INAUGURAL WARREN BUFFETT TROPHY

Despite the European team entering the last day of the match narrowly ahead, an impressive performance by the Americans in the final rounds of the individual contest swept them to a convincing victory in the inaugural Warren Buffett Challenge Match, held in Dublin from September 18th-21st 2006. They finished ahead by 23 championship points, equivalent to nearly six matches, having won all five of the final five rounds, including two clean sweeps in Rounds 8 and 9. A rematch of the "Ryder Cup of bridge" will take place in Kentucky in September 2008.

All the daily bulletins that appeared during the four days of play are archived on the site. So too are the newsletters that have kept bridge followers informed of the event. A final newsletter will be e-mailed in early October. To receive news about future developments in this exciting new event in the bridge calendar, simply register your details. The newsletter is for information only. No commercial use will be made of the subscriber list. All the scores and hands from this week's exciting TransAtlantic Challenge Match are posted on this site, along with numerous pictures of the players and organisers.  For a blow-by-blow account of the final rounds,  read Countdown to Victory.

 

    

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THE RYDER CUP OF BRIDGE IS UNDERWAY

HHBuffett_edited-1.jpgIt is Europe's top twelve players against the USA's top twelve; it is head-to-head matchplay; and it has just finished in Ireland this week! This is not the Ryder Cup of golf but an inaugural transatlantic challenge match at bridge, named the Warren Buffett Cup after the legendary American investor and bridge enthusiast Warren Buffett (pictured).

Trophy_edited-1.jpg There has not been a bridge challenge match like this for many years. You can find out  more about who was playing, how the event came about and all the final scores on this site. The return match will take place in September 2008.

Don't forget either to log in and read the online diaries that the captains of the two rival teams have kept since the tournament was first announced in June 2006. As in the golfing equivalent, there were plenty of twists and turns in the lead up to this event, with both sides boasting a string of strong performances at other recent tournaments.

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