The World Senior Pairs Championship is one of the competitions held as part of the quadrennial World Bridge Championships (formerly World Pairs Olympiad), inaugurated at the 8th rendition of the meet in 1990.
Prior to 2005 both members of each pair had to be at least 55 years of age. In 2005, the World Bridge Federation (WBF) decided that the minimum age for a player to be recognized as Senior would be increasing one year per year, until it reached 60 years in 2010. The decision ensured that 55-year-olds who participated in a senior event in 2003 would never become ex-Seniors.
Results
World meets commonly run for 15 days on a schedule whose details vary.
In 2006 the Senior Pairs played Tuesday to Friday, the 11th to 14th days of the meet, after completion of all teams competition for seniors. There were eight sessions with 103 pairs on the first two days, 98 on the third, and 88 on the fourth.Results (linked schedule), 12th World Bridge Championships, 2006. WBF.
In seven renditions of the Senior Pairs through 2014, no player has won more than one medal.
Year Entries Medalists1990Results & Participants, 1st Transnational Senior Pairs, 1990. WBF.
1. Albert Dormer Alan Hiron 2. Kees Kaiser Jaap Kokkes 3. Franz Baratta Karl Rohan1994Results & Participants, 2nd Transnational Senior Pairs, 1994. WBF. 1. Hamish Bennett Fred Hamilton 2. Simon Kantor Murray Melton 3. Duncan Phillips Bill Solomon1998Results & Participants , 3rd Transnational Senior Pairs, 1998. WBF. 1. Irving Gordon Boris Schapiro 2. Lea Dupont Benito Garozzo 3. Burghard von Alvensleben Walter Höger2002Results & Participants , 4th Transnational Senior Pairs, 2002. WBF. 71
1. Christo Drumev Ivan Tanev 2. Bruce Gowdy Arno Hobart 3. Sangarapil Mohan Claude Vogel2006Results & Participants , Senior Pairs, 2006. WBF. 103 1. Nico Klaver Roald Ramer 2. Aleksander Jezioro Julian Klukowski 3. Reiner Marsal Entscho Wladow2010Results & Participants, World Senior Pairs, 2010. World Bridge Federation. 66 1. Rich DeMartino Pat McDevitt 2. Kyoko Ohno Akihiko Yamada 3. Farid Assemi Edward Wojewoda2014 "The results from the Red Bull World Bridge Series" . WBF. October 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-12. 33 1. Henky Lasut Eddy Manoppo 2. Hemant Lall Reese Milner 3. Apolinary Kowalski Jacek Romanski
The 2014 silver and bronze medalists Lall–Milner and Kowalski–Romanski were two of three pairs that won the World Senior Teams Championship in the same meet, along with Michel Bessis–Philippe Cronier.
See also World Open Pairs Championship
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References
External links Senior Bridge program overview at the World Bridge Federation World Senior Pairs Championship 1990–present (table) at the World Bridge Federation