Michael Byrne, NPC of the Under 20s
Today was much more competitive, and we had a win and a
loss.
We started against Israel, who were tough players, although
they played a relatively clean game.
On an early board we had a disaster and went for 1100, and
at one stage we were nearly 40 down, but we gritted our teeth and won the final
few boards 20-0 to lose by only 16.
In the next match we faced Denmark. Whilst I wasn't
convinced by the merits of some of their actions they all worked well and we
were losing halfway through, before bidding a great slam and coming back to
lose by only 3 imps.
Or did we? While reviewing the hand records I realised I had
put the wrong score into the bridge-mates. I have until tomorrow before the
start of match 1 to correct it, so I will go and see the directors and they
will help change it, meaning we win by 2 imps.
Tomorrow we face two softer matches Russia and Scotland, and
we will be aiming for two solid wins in each. Russia have has a few wins over
the weaker teams, but Scotland have lost every match and will be coming bottom
in the round robin.
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