Louis SHENKIN
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Louis Shenkin nacque a Glasgow il 17 gennaio del 1917 ed è stato un giocatore di spicco del bridge scozzese che si esibiva spesso in coppia con il fratello Lennie.
Studiò nella famosa scuola di grammatica di Hutchesons e poi studiò anche odontoiatria ma finì per essere coinvolto nell'impresa di famiglia che commerciava tappeti orientali.
Sposato con Mamie, ebbe tre figli, una femmina e due maschi, uno dei quali: Barnet, è diventato uno dei più noti giocatori scozzesi di tutti i tempi.
Nel 1964, mentre era Presidente della Federazione Scozzese, vinse tutti e 4 i tornei a squadre più importanti del paese giocando ogni volta con un partner diverso.
Era il rappresentante della lega scozzese quando nel 1965 scoppiò lo scandalo delle dita che coinvolse i due più famosi giocatori inglesi di ogni tempo e divenne l'interfaccia tra la Federazione Britannica e Sir John Foster il celebre giudice che presiedeva il tribunale. Il suo tatto e la sua diplomazia in quella incresciosa circostanza furono leggendarie e gli valsero la carica di Chairman della federazione per molti anni a venire.
Capitano non giocatore di alcune nazionali inglesi femminili e juniores, nel 1967 condusse al bronzo le ladies britanniche nel Campione Europeo a Squadre.
Scomparve il 22 aprile del 2003.
from the Barnet's web site
My father Louis (1917 - 2003) played international bridge for Scotland in 1948 before I was born. As a player he had much success. Due to his calmness at the table he did well with different partners although his favorite partner was his brother Lennie. He also did well at the rubber bridge table.
In 1949 his team finished runner up in the Gold Cup and they held the sports pages of the evening paper for news of the score.
While he was President of the Scottish Bridge Union in 1964 he won all 4 of the Bridge Congresses In Scotland with different partners and teammates.
Perhaps it was as an Administrator that he was best known as he was the Scottish representative on the British Bridge League when the Buenos Aires Cheating Scandal came to the fore. Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro were accused of signaling. He took over from Geoffrey Butler the chairman at that time was witness. He was the liaison with Sir Jon Foster and the tribunal. He was elected Chairman of the BBL and was there for 10 years.
He was the captain of the British Women’s team in Dublin with the volatile Rixi Markus and Fritzi Gordon partnership. He also captained the British Open team in Warsaw and the Junior team in Czechoslovakia just before the Russian tanks rolled in to Prague.
In 1993 he substituted along with Victor Silverstone in the Semi–Final of the Scottish Cup when Maggie and I were unavailable. He was 77 at the time. Our team won handsomely and we went on to win the final. It is a happy memory.
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