Although 77/80 led the panel on this set, around 15% of competition entrants returned scores in the 70s, making this one of the higher scoring months. A few competitors did manage to outscore the panel, including this month’s co-winners, with a score of 79/80:
Olivier Metzdorff from France, and
Artemis Christaki from Greece
Olivier started playing in a Paris bridge club at the age of 21, and competitively a year later. He says, “My job as a computer scientist didn't leave me enough time to play like a professional, but I have been lucky enough to play often against the best players, and beat them some of the time!”
Artemis is a freelance conference interpreter based in Athens, Greece, mainly working for the European Commission, Parliament and Court of Justice. She is also married with a 16-year old son. She says “I have been playing this wonderful game since 2018. My favourite tournaments are the French summer festivals and the one-day marathon tournament hosted by my club in Athens between Christmas and New Year. I am always looking to work with motivated partners.”
Also on the September Honour Roll, with a score of 78/80, are:
Dror Axelrod from Israel,
Dave Williams from Wales,
Gabrielle Kamil from USA, and
Xavier Dantan from France
And, with a score of 77/80:
Thijs Veugen from Netherlands,
Alexandre Quaresma from Portugal,
Graham Hazel from UK,
Mark Chen from USA, and
Prahalad Rajkumar from India
Emphasizing the international flavour of this competition, France and Greece become the tenth and eleventh countries to produce a monthly winner in the 2025 competition. There are two each from UK, France and USA plus five other countries represented on this month’s honour roll.
Congratulations to all who broke the 70/80 barrier this month.
