Table of Contents Page Schools Championship Under Way 1 Norway v Spain – Juniors Round 8 2 Sweden v Poland – Girls Round 10 3 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 4 Double Dummy Problem 5
Some of the many beautiful old buildings down by the riverside

It is early days in the Schools Championship, with only three rounds played, but it is good to see what has been, up to now, one of the minnows of European bridge, Latvia leading the way, albeit by only a single VP from World Schools champions Poland. England and Israel come next, closely followed by Italy, Norway, Netherlands and Denmark. Nobody, however, can be considered to be out of contention just yet.

We have a tie at the top of the Juniors Rankings, with Poland and Hungary both on 276 VPS, the Poles after scoring 74 VPs on the day to Hungary's 67. Overnight leaders Norway come next on 268, then come Italy with 256, Sweden with 252 and Israel with 251.