Tomas Brenninng with assistance from Carl Ragnarsson in the I.T nerve centre.

Table of Contents Page Hungary leads the way as Entente Cordiale shines 1 Open Teams: Round 5 Welland v. De Botton 2 Round Robin Qualifying 3 A Swindler from Norway or How to Cook Zucchini 4

England and France shared the honours at the end of the qualification stage of the European Open Teams Championship with both countries having five teams (with some transnationals in their ranks) carrying their colours into the knock out stage. Pride of place and the right of first choice of opponents goes to the Hungarian team that finished at the top of Swiss A, Miklos Dumbovich, Peter Laktos, Gyorgy Szalay and Gabor Winkler.
Because there were appeals to be heard the Captains meeting has been postponed until 09.45 today and the draw for the round of 32 is not available.
The Senior and Women’s qualifying contests finish today and there should be some exciting finishes between the teams trying to secure the fourth qualification spot in all four groups.
You can follow the knock out matches live on www.bridgebase.com and www.swangames.com