Team Profile - Croatian

(Juniors)

We are all very good looking, smart, charming, full of humour and, above all, extremely modest.

In alphabetical order:

Karlo Brguljan (22): The best and most experienced player in our team. He has won numerous international tournaments and also this year's Croatian Cup.

Matija Katlicki (21): Often chooses the best meal in a restaurant. If you want to know what he just had, examine the stains on his pants.

Sandra kulovic (22): The Iron Lady of the team (we call her that because she is ironing our stuff). Although she denies it, she is jealous of every good looking girl around (looking the way she does, she has nothing to be jealous of. Editors).

Marjan Praljak (24): An unemployed mathematician who is studying probabilities, so he always manages to find a 100% line of play to lose an unbeatable contract, preferably doubled.

Tomislav Scepanovic (24): A lunatic! Feel free to double. The probable result? Down five redoubled.

Vedran Zoric (22): He almost didn't come here because his girlfriend wouldn't let him go. Now he has become the favourite prey for elderly drunken women in local Torquay pubs.

Dubo (age unknown): Often copied but never equalled.

German Team Profile

(Juniors)

Jenny Ewald (21) studies technical biology in Stuttgart and is the only lady on the team. She has placed well in many German championships and was on the Schools team representing Germany in Antalya two years ago together with her long-time partner, who is:

Martin Stoszek (22). Martin studies psychology in Frankfurt and managed to check in at Frankfurt airport on Saturday but never boarded the plane. While the rest of the team was having dinner at a bar in Torquay and was still wondering whether he would arrive in time for play he suddenly showed up, having taken a bus from London.

Matthias "Sancho" Schueller (24) was on the Schools team that took the gold medal in Cardiff 1996. He successfully plays in Germany's 1st division and is a certified tournament director. He is playing with:

Andreas "Bonzai" Sauter (24), who is making his first appearance on the international stage. Also being a player in Germany's 1st division and having achieved good results on the national level he is forming a strong first time partnership with Matthias.

Andreas "Corny" Kornek (24) is playing his 3rd European Championship and is a regular participant in the German 2nd division. He was on the team that took the bronze medal in the European Universities Championship last year. He is playing with:

Nils Bokholt (25), who also plays in Germany's 2nd division. Nils is studying computer science in Giessen and also was on the bronze team from Rotterdam.

The team's npc is Claus Daehr, who is a bridge professional from Cologne.