Table of Contents Page Poland's Polished Performance 1 Talking about cards 2 Malmö’s first Striptease - Grosvenor Deluxe 3 Appeal No. 1 - Bulgaria v Turkey 4 Scotland drown in sea of Dutch IMPs 5 Austria v France – Women Round 4 6
The Festival s in full swing

The overnight leaders Poland continue to dominate proceedings in the Open series, winning all thereof their matches by wide margins to open up a substantial lead at the top of the table. They are already 16 VP clear of second placed Turkey, four ahead of Sweden in third.
Fourth placed Italy were heavily defeated by fifth placed Germany, and then the log jam of chasing teams is led by Denmark, Norway and Israel.

Allez la France

In the Women’s series there is a new leader, France having moved into the position they are expected to occupy at the end. Sweden are second, and the top two have a little breathing space over England, third, Austria, Fourth and Netherlands, fifth.