2025 WINNERS
2026 Open Pairs Champions:
Michael Gromoeller & Helmut Haeusler (Germany)
2026 Open Teams Champions
SELENA: Bartosz Chmurski (Poland), Tim van de Paverd (Netherlands), Selena Pepic (Serbia), Piotr Tuczynski (Poland)
LATEST NEWS
Huge congratulations to Selena who has won for the second year running, after leading or almost leading the field throughout the event.
Going in to the last round Selena had a healthy lead with 162.97 VP. Several teams were vying for the remaining places. Villa Encosta do Sol started round 12 on 145.13, MAKE on 145.11, Salonen on 145.01 and DON JULIO on 143.10.
When the dust settled the final rankings were:
1st Selena – 173.41
2nd FLY AND DUCK – 160.69
3rd Villa Encosta do Sol – 155.57.
We hope that you have enjoyed our 29th Bridge Festival as much as we have, and we very much hope you will return next year for our 30th anniversary.
Full results HERE
On Saturday afternoon the same four teams slogged it out in rounds 6 and 7 – Rodeo Totale, Villa encosta do sol, Selena (last year’s winner) and JOÃO FERREIRA. In round 8, Selena and Villa encosta do sol were joined by Salonen and DON JULIO in the top four; and in round 9, Villa encosta do sol were replaced by FLY AND DUCK, which left the overnight standings thus:
1st Selena (Selena Pepic – Tim van de Paverd – Bartosz Chmurski – Piotr Tuczynski) 129.91 VP
2nd Vicuña (Mikael Rimstedt – Luis Lantarón – António Palma – Maria Sainz de Vicuña) 123.46 VP
3rd DON JULIO (Sveinn R Eiriksson – David Wrang – Frederik Wrang – Julius Sigurjonsson) 122.75 VP
4th Salonen (Jari Salonen – Kauko Koistinen – Jouni Juuri-Oja – Vesa Fagerlund) 122.20 VP
All to play for on the final day – don’t forget the 11:00 start.
Full results HERE
Early leaders are Ronnie and friends (Lucaciu – Etlin – Zack – BarrBenin – Zapadinsky – Rybnikov) with 55.64 VPs from a possible 60.
In second place are Selena (Pepic – van de Paverd – Chmurski – Tuczynski) on 50.84 VPs, and in third New Friends (van den Bergh – van den Bergh – Nautilus – Boldt) on 50.74 VPs.
Full results HERE
The 29th MIBO Open Pairs has drawn to a close with the narrowest of margins at the top.
The winners are Michael Gromoeller and Helmut Haeusler of Germany, with 60.82%, just 0.2% ahead of António Palma (Portugal) and Mikael Rimstedt (Sweden). In third place were Judith and Vincent Nab of the Netherlands, on 60.29%.
Many congratulations to the winners, and our thanks to all who took part.
Full results HERE
The leaders after the second session are António Palma and Mikael Rimstedt on 61.76%, up four places. In second are Judith Nab and Vincent Nab on 61.09%, 24 places above their first session ranking. Lying third are Michael Gromoeller and Helmut Haeusler on 63.66%, an even more impressive rise from 33rd. Local heroes Eduardo Fernandes (our logistics man) and Pedro Morgado (connoisseur of Jura whisky) won the second session and shot up from 59th to 4th.
Full results HERE
The first session of the Open Pairs produced a good spread of nationalities at the top, with 5 Poles, 4 Danes, 3 Swedes, 2 each from Finland and Norway, a Portuguese and a Lithuanian in the top ten places.
Leading the board are Ralph Retzlaff and Matthias Schueller on 64.67%, with the chasing pack as follows:
Thor-Erik Hoftaniska and Christian Bakke 64.38%
Christina Lund Madsen and Henning Ostergaard 64.17%
Gregers Bjarnarson and Henrik Frydenlund 63.39%
António Palma and Mikael Rimstedt 63.11%
Leszek Sztyrak and Andrzej Twardowski 62.76%
Antti Elsinen and Tiina Elsinen 62.68%
Andrei Kavalenka and Tomasz Modrzejewski 62.6%
Sabina Grzejdziak and Igor Grzejdziak 62.34%
Anna Zack Efraimsson and Bengt-Erik Efraimsson 62.29%
With 324 pairs taking part there’s plenty of scope for climbers and fallers.
Full results HERE
The main tournaments of MIBO 2026 launched with 174 pairs playing in the Warm-Up.
NS TOP FIVE
1 João Vide Barbosa – Andrea Nilsson 69.61%
2 Yaniv Zack – Ronni Barr-Benin 64.74%
3 Eythor Jónsson – Anna Sigridur Karlsdottir 63.83%
4 Jan Jansma – Aida Jansma 62.49%
5 Eeva Parvianinen – Olli Jalonen 61.68%
EW TOP FIVE
1 Christian Lahrmann – Mads Eyde 62.87%
2 Wubbo de Boer – Agnes Snellers 62.84%
3 Jon Ingthorsson – Kristinn Olafsson 61.94%
4 Jozef Malysz – Piotr Zawislak 61.55%
5 Goran Hammarstrom – Simon Bech 61.26%
Full results HERE
This year’s Charity Pairs was held in aid of ALVD Madeira, a volunteer association which supports communities in need in the developing world, with projects in Luau and Luanda (Angola) and in São Tomé and Príncipe. In Madeira itself the association runs charity campaigns and encourages the community to get involved in volunteering.
104 pairs took part. The winners were Christian Bakke and Christian Lahrmann (NS) and António Palma and Andrea Nilsson (EW). Congratulations to the winners.
Runners-up were George Schipper and Allie Hoenstok (NS) and René Stienen and Elly Schippers (EW).
Full results HERE
Runners-up were Matt Brown and Magnus Spence-Jones (NS) and Liliana Suflida and Jacek Radomski (EW)
Full results HERE
Our second pre-tournament event was won by Gerwin Middelkoop and Allie Hoenstok (NS) and by Anna Lasocka and Bogdan Szulejewski (EW). Congratulations to the winners.
Full results HERE
MIBO 2026: off we go.
The first event of this year’s tournament, the Matchpoint Pairs, was won by Pedro Macedo and Laura Woodruff (NS) and John Hassett and Raymond Semp (EW).
Full results HERE
2026 BULLETINS
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WELCOME TO MADEIRA 2026
For this year’s edition we have improved everything we can think of to provide you with a relaxed and friendly tournament, with some small changes to format and arrangements.
If we haven’t got your contact details and you’d like to receive information about the event, please contact:
Miguel Teixeira
WELCOME TO MADEIRA 2026
Para a edição deste ano tentamos melhorar tudo o que achamos ser possível para vós proporcionar um torneio descontraído e amigável com pequenas alterações face aos anos anteriores.
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