I am once again the non-playing captain of the Scottish U21 bridge team. This year we are in Wales, in fact right now we are in the lobby of the hotel waiting for a triple room to be prepared.
We have lost our most experienced player to the U26 team, so the three High School of Glasgow youngsters are now the mainstays of the team. They are joined by two from Hutcheson's Grammar, also in Glasgow, and a mystery sixth from London.
It was a good journey down on Easyjet, and I'm glad I didn't offer to drive the team from Scotland. My pre-booked Welsh taxi driver was where he was supposed to be, which is really the most important thing as the non-playing captain. Alun (I didn't catch his name) has been living in Newport for 65 years but said there was nothing worth seeing here. "Cardiff has a few nice spots mind."
The team have been practicing hard over the last few months, mostly online as they have been off school on exam study leave. In theory the whole team play the same system, but there are varying degrees of expertise in the squad. We are very much a mid-table team, and I expect us to beat Northern Ireland and Wales but struggle against Ireland and England.
Five minutes after I handed out paper copies of the convention cards for the team to study.
RealBridge link for Kibitzing (U26 matches only)
Event Page (but not much info - I can't find where the results are going to be)
Good luck to the whole team and looking forward to reading more updates.
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