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THE WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL BRIDGE PLAYING FAMILY |
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Paul Hackett and twin sons, Jason
and
Justin, together with Justin’s wife Barbara are members of a remarkable
family.
Between them they have won, or been in the medals, in most of the World
Championships. Their major successes include
silver medals in the European
Pairs and Teams, the Junior World Championship and, recently, silver in
the Mind Sports in Beijing. Also Paul won the world senior's
championship in 2009. Add to that Barbara’s two gold, three
silver and two bronze
medals in European and World Championships and you can get a taste of
their many achievements. Their tally of over 100 wins include major tournaments in such diverse venues as Japan, China, Trinidad, Argentina, Peru, Barbados, Australia, Morocco, virtually all of Europe and many other countries. They are the Bridge correspondents for the Express Newspapers with a weekly column on line. Their gruelling schedule continues with tournaments in Juan-Les-Pins, Ostende, Deauville, Philadelphia, New Delhi all scheduled for the coming months.
Silver Medal Winners at Beijing Mind Sports October 2008 Justin (front left) and Jason (front right)
The London Congress teams 1st= Jason, Justin, Paul and Roger O'Shea The Easter Festival Pairs, London 1st Jason and Alex Hydes Warwickshire 1st division winners Justin, Paul, Margaret Wort, Darren Evetts and Brian Senior Staffs Cup winners Barbara, Justin, Paul, Dan Crofts, Edward Levy and John Parsons The same team finished second in the league Manchester 1st Division and Roy Higson Cup. 2nd in both events were Justin, Paul, Martin Taylor and Darren Evetts. English Senior trials winners. Pual, John Holland, Gunnar Hallberg, Tony Waterlow, David Price and Colin Simpson. They will represent England in the Senior Europeans and also the Mind Sports Olympiad.
![]() England Seniors - Camrose winners at Glasgow 2010 John Holland, Malcolm Lewis, Gunnar Hallberg, Patrick Collins, Ross Harper, Paul Hackett Any
or all members of the family are often available as partners and/or
team mates.
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