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The Tripple Crown
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The Elusive Tripple

 
 

There is no prize for it, but the triple is defined as winning three times in one week. It's a rare event, let's look at the odds:

 
 

Assuming 8 tables per session and all players of equal ability, then the odds of someone winning the ‘tripple' are 1/8 to the power of two, or one in 64; so you can expect it about every 6 months or so, depending upon the number of players (obviously it's much easier to win the tripple in the low season when there are only three or four tables).

 
 

The odds of two independent people (who only partnered each other on one occasion and obviously play in different directions on the other two occasions (as with Dave & Terry 21-25/5/05) both winning in the same week are 1/8 to the power of three, or one in 512; so once in 5 years or so.

 
 

Anyway, here's a list of triple winners. I hope it's complete, let me know if there are any omissions.

 
     
 
News-sheet   dates Winner
         
121 21/5 - 25/5/05 Dave Cutler
121 21/5 - 25/5/05 Terry Quested
139 27/6 - 1/7/05 Tobjorn + Gunn
141 11/7 - 15/7/06 John Gavens
141 11/7 - 15/7/06 Terry Quested
162 5/9 - 9/9/06 Bob Pelletier
169 23/1 - 27/1/06 Terry Quested
172 13/2 - 17/2/06 Chuck Paparigian
172 13/2 - 17/2/06 Terry Quested
214 4/12 - 8/12/06 Terry Quested
240 4/6 - 8/6/07 Jan v Koss
272 21/1 - 25/1/08 Olaf Ries
280 17/3 - 21/3/08 Hans Vikman
326 2/2 - 6/2/09 Janne Roos
335 6/4 - 10/4/09 Hans Vikman
344 8/6 - 12/6/09 Karl Buelens
350 20/7 - 24/7/09 Hans Vikman
359 21/9 - 25/9/09 Paul Quodomine
362 12/10 - 16/10/09 Paul Quodomine
364 24/10 - 28/10/09 Janne Roos
364 24/10 - 28/10/09 Per-Ake Roskvist
365 2/11 - 6/11/09 Janne Roos
382 1/3 - 5/3/10 Janne Roos
388 12/4 - 18/4/10 Janne Roos
390 26/4 - 30/4/10 Paul Quodomine
413 4/10 - 8/10/10 Jean Wissing
428 24/1 - 28/1/11 Per Andersson
437 21/3 - 25/3/11 Lars Broman
448 13/6 - 17/6/11 Terje Lie
462 18/9 - 23/9/11 Gerard Hardy
462 18/9 - 23/9/11 Derek Tyms
471 21/11 - 25/11/11 Sigurd Zahl
476 26/12 - 30-12-11 Jeremy Watson
476 26/12 - 30-12-11 Sean Burgess