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Bridge draws a blank in Vienna

July 13, 2011 09:57

By

Danny Caro,

Danny Caro

1 min read

There was heartbreak for GB in the Bridge event as they missed out on a medal.

Captained by Andrew Kaye, GB led the 15-team competition until the last day but, having beaten eventual winners Austria, they had to settle for fifth position and were the only British team to finish without a medal.

In Bernard Teltscher, aged 89, they had the oldest participant at the European Maccabi Games.

GB Bridge player Malcolm Harris said: "It's the first time in 12th time in 12 Maccabi Games that GB have not won a medal, so we are quite upset.

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