Table of Contents Page Meckstroth & Rogers have the Midas Touch 1 Gates Too Good for Software 2 In the lead 3 Hand Stories... 4 Mixed Pairs Final Session Two 5

By capturing the World Mixed Pairs Championship with Becky Rogers, Jeff Meckstroth has created a new record. Already a winner of the Bermuda Bowl, the Olympiad and the World Pairs he has now added a fourth different title, making him the first to achieve the Bridge equivalent of golf's 'Impregnable Quadrilateral.' (The unique achievement of Bobby Jones who won the Open & Amateur Championships of Great Britain and the USA in the same year.)

The silver medal is the property of France's Babette Hugon and Jean Jacques Palau who went into the final session with a healthy lead that was swept away by the 69.99% score posted by the American combination.

Another pair recorded a tremendous score in the final session, enough to move them right through the field to secure the remaining place on the podium, a spot that they also occupied in Lille in 1998. With that clue you will realize that it was Jens & Sabine Auken.

The unlucky pair to finish fourth was Beth Palmer and Steve Robinson of the USA.