Spanish Team 'Profilation'

As you all know, 'SPAIN IS DIFFERENT', let's see how:

Gari Truchado, Ana: This 25-year old girl has already finished her business studies. We couldn't enjoy her company at the start of the tournament because she was working. Fortunately, she arrived on Friday to improve our image (I'm not talking about bridge - just look at her!).

Goded Merino, Gonzalo: He has played bridge since he was 13, which is surprising in Spain, and now at the age of 22 he is our 'vedette', as the Belgian captain says. The problem is that this is not the 'Moulin Rouge'.

Malagride Rakosnik, Sergio: 23 years old, single, handsome, 1.90 metres, 78 kg, and looking for an Austrian, Croatian, Swedish, Finnish, Israeli, Greek, etc, etc, girl for a true relationship and bridge 'Fantasia'. malagrida@hotmail.com
P.P. Industrial Engineering, specialised in management.

Mansilla Llobet, Maria: 25 years old. She cannot remember 150 numbers in five minutes like the Israeli kid but is a clever mathematician who can count to 13 tricks on almost all hands.

Masia Nebot, Santiago: 24 years old, he is the one who has to dance with our 'vedette' in most of the matches. His feet are as big as his mind. He studies psychology and loves musicals.

Perez Calisteo, Jordi: He is our heavyweight player and is still trying to recover from the Austrian match. Like Maria, a mathematician, who has played since 1999, having had som egood results in local tournaments.

Malla Abello, Luis: Unfortunately, I am too old (28 this Wednesday) to be a Junior, so I've become captain. My team players do 'their best' to avoid my anger but what they usually do is drive me crazy. However, they are the best players any captain could have (unbelievable, isn't it). I work as a physiotherapist and the girl players on my team think I have magic hands (ha, hah, ha).
P.P. I will accept for my birthday presents from any of you - thanks in advance.

The Polish Junior Team

Jakub 'Zizou' Kotorowicz (22): If you hear someone describing his marvellous play and bidding, it must be him who is speaking. Together with his younger brother, Krzysztof, they form a long-lasting and quite successful partnership. It is said that this is based on permanent disputes conducted by Jakub while Krzysztof listens to music rather than to his brother. Their bidding system is so strange that often their opponents really don't know what is going on - and this is it!

One of the greatest achievements of the family pairing was the gold medal in Antalya in the Schools competition. Another member of that winning team was Konrad 'Playmate' Araskiewicz (21). The real 'dog' for girls wandering around (if you could only understand his descriptions they are like high-class literature!) Actually, in Poland he usually plays with a woman, but here he has to be satisfied with Pawel 'Megapata' Wittenbeck (22). As for Pawel, this is the first time he has played on the national team so he is the first person to be blamed for everything - good weather, bad weather, bad score of the match he played in, didn't play in, etc. Anyway, w ehope he is not going to resign and will play with us in years to come.

The last pair is the most experienced, Jacek 'Lamb' Baranowski and the eldest, Adam 'Professor' Skalski. The former is an almost graduated engineer and happy father of two-year old Juliet. The latter has graduated as a mathematician/physicist and is the happy husband of ….-year old Joanne. They appear to have all the features of a serious and stable pair but, from time to time, someone at their table falls off his chair (occasionally it is an opponent, frequently it is partner). They both won bronze medals in the Schools event in Vienna four years ago, though in different partnerships.

Finally there comes the npc, Wlodek 'Veteran' Krzysztofczyk. He has previously been in charge of two medal-winning teams in Schools - Antalya and Vienna - and is aiming for his first medal in Juniors (we hope we can provide him with it). And the coach, Jurek 'Rookie' Gres, who is debuting at this tournament but doing very, very well (if only he could do something about these breakfasts…).

See you at the table!