The Greek Junior Team

A few days before the end of the Championships it's time to learn more about the Greek team. Let's go then:

Thanassis Lambrou, 24. Thanassis is a very talented handsome tall boy who, for the last three years and very likely for the next 133 years, plays bridge and studies agriculture (well, as far as bridge is concerned we are sure about his brilliant future but we hope that he'll get his degree in agriculture as soon as possible). The truth is that he is the best player on the team and strangely enough he attracts every incredible slam.

Ioanna Mylona, 24. Well, after so many days in Torquay we finally find out why there is all this irresistible aggression by all the other teams against us. Her impressive presence and her exotic beauty remind to all our opponents their manly being and their wild instincts result in offensive and risky play. Ioanna in her private life studies theatrical sciences in the university and already has a degree from the National School of Theatre. So it's obvious why you can't fool her when playing against her.

Alexis Dialynas, 25. He has a degree as a preserver of antiquities and continues his studies in architecture. He is familiar with almost any card game, so don't dare to place any bet with him. He seems very low profile but you never know what an unbelievable play he might do.

Manos Dialynas, the twin brother of Alexis (the age is obvious). An original copy of his brother and if you don't know them well don't bet who is who. He has just got his degree in mathematics and now studies in England for a Master's degree. The two brothers have played bridge together for many years but lately not so often since they study in different countries.

Chris Karapanagiotis, 24. The Red Indian of the team - just take a look at his hair and you'll see what I mean. He has played bridge since he was a teenager and has visited every bridge camp of the world. His partnership with Nikos began only in the last few months as his previous partner (Coussis) moved permanently to England. He is the one that makes us all have fun with his humour and to forget our bad performance in these Championships (until now at least). A bad performance that is mainly due to our bad luck! Oh, I forgot to tell you that he plays the guitar and sings like a professional singer.

Nikos Katsaris, 23 is the rising star of Greek bridge. He is a good and steady player though he is still a novice but you can have even better results if you feed him with vitamins as, because of his job as a pharmacist, he is a fanatic consumer of them. Oh, I forgot to tell you about his repeated successes with the women of bridge.

Anny Karamanli, 57, (do you believe it?) the npc of the team. Anny is what we call a very talented person. Others call her 'multiwoman' according to multimixer. Above all she is the mother of three nice and calm young boys (do you believe it? Well, if you haven't met Fillipos, Miltos and Aimilios you might believe it). She is a very good bridge player (do you believe it also? Well you'd better ask her partner-husband, we are sure that he doesn't). But we are all sure about one thing in her personality; her strength, her calmness and her patience when she watches us playing bridge with such mastery (or lack of).