I didn't make it to the Village Bakery, as someone asked if I would help be the Vugraph operator for an U26 match. It was Scotland-Ireland. My job was to watch from a big chair and input the bids and cards as they were played. Sometimes it was hard to keep up, and I had to correct my auctions a few times. Once I was sure declarer was going off but then he showed his remaining cards, everyone nodded and murmured assent, apparently it was 2H=, so that's what I recorded.
During that match I could also see our team playing Ireland, the most closely matched opponent. Having lead the whole time it seems we lost 11-9, putting us in 4th place at the half way mark. The two England teams are firmly in front, with the older teenagers of England ahead of the younger teenagers and not-even-teenagers of EBU. Then comes us and Ireland, not far apart. Every team now plays every team again to determine the winners.
Scotland U21
Rachel, Isla, Niamh, Iris, Ailsa, (me), Chris
Scotland U26
Prajjwal, Antone, Kevin, (Laura), Rufus, Tamsin, Jamie
EBU
Tonight it's the Speedball after dinner. Although it'll be after 930 by then and I'd like to be getting to bed, I have decided to play. This is for the purpose of experiencing the difficulty of playing bridge after all this watching, which is making it look easy. I am slightly concerned though that it is Speedball with a Twist.
Good luck today
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