Peggy Bayer Match 9 & 10

The Scotland team were perfectly polite, but inwardly I think upset to be beaten by their younger SBU rivals. I encouraged them to channel their inner anger to the match against Ireland, where they produced a stonking 83-28 IMP win. "I like scoring up" said Niamh after this one. Why can't they play like that every match?

The SBU team didn't quite enjoy scoring up so much, and I think have been roundly beaten by England. I've not seen the final score yet, but hope they can grab a VP or two.

This board caused a lot of trouble around the event:

For Scotland our North-South pair got to 5D after a fourth suit forcing auction (1H-1S;2D-3C). This made plus one. In the SBU match they got swindled by England, who bid swiftly to 5C East-West which went undoubled down four. When he came out of the match South did say he had made a mistake, forgetting to double with three Aces.

Both Irish Peggy Bayer and Camrose teams ended up in failing grand slams, so clearly not an easy one to bid.

The gladiators are now in for the final combat, with Scotland looking to get a good result against Northern Ireland. I set a target at breakfast today of 100 VPs (average 10/20 per match), which is within reach. 

Turns out the SBU team lost by just 6 IMPs to England! Well done all of them. My players don't seem to enjoy having their photos taken but I'm now going to sneak in to the venue to take a few action shots. 

Niamh & Rachel

"It doesn't matter about our score anyway, as we were down seven doubled at the other table"

Timon, thinking about the gala dinner at 830 tonight