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Table of
Contents
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Time For Strong Nerves |
1 |
Juniors Round 17 - Norway v Russia |
2 |
The All-Time Bridge Greats
(9) |
3 |
Hand
Stories |
4 |
Juniors Round 19 - Italy v
Estonia |
5 |
Team Profiles |
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The Italian Junior team stumbled yesterday and are
no longer looking quite such certain champions. Italy lost
all three matches on the day, 13-17 to Estonia, 11-19 to
Scotland and 10-20 to Sweden. In second are France
after a mixed day. They lost to Russia 9-21 but defeated
Turkey 22-8 and Denmark 20-10. The Danes are right
in the thick of things despite a poor day, their other results were
a draw against Estonia and a 17-13 victory over Czech
Republic. With two matches to go, it looks as though the medals
will go to three out of Italy, France, Norway,
Denmark and Poland.
In the Schools series, Israel defeated
Poland on vugraph to narrow the gap at the top to just 5
VPs. The gold and silver medals should be decided between these
two teams, though if either falters The Netherlands are only
15 VPs behind Israel, with Norway a further 6 VPs
back. Third are The Netherlands, who had a good day with maximum
25s against Wales and Ireland plus a 16-14 win in
the important match against Norway.
At the bottom, Wales had their first win,
16-14 over Czech Republic. However, they still lie in last
place as Scotland's three losses still added up to more VPs
than Wales took from the day. Third from bottom Ireland won
two matches out of three, 18-12 against Austria and 16-14
against Scotland.
The Sunday Boat Trip
and Barbecue
While the
weather here in Torquay has been pretty poor for much of the
week, we have been very fortunate to have sunshine on the
two days off, Thursday and Sunday, when it was most needed.
Sunday evening
saw the Boat Trip, which attracted some 220 players and officials
- not bad as Margaret Curtis was worrying earlier in the week
whether there would be the minimum 20 people needed to justify
running the trip! Everyone I have spoken to about the two-hour
trip around the surrounding area thoroughly enjoyed it. Of
course, we have photographic evidence of the fact that some
of you are not getting enough bridge at these Championships
(sorry about that, maybe in two years time we can play six
20-board matches a day and save you all from needing to check
into a hotel) and were playing cards on the boat rather than
enjoying the scenery.
The Barbecue was also very popular and
the singing, accompanied by Greek guitar music, went on for
many hours (as you can see at the photo).
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