I am the Non-Playing Captain of the Scotland U21 team at the European Youth Teams in Latvia, at least for the first half of the week before I come back early and Michael Heubeck takes over. My main responsibility is getting the team there, which involves an early flight from Glasgow to Amsterdam then on to Riga in time for the Opening Ceremony and Dinner, before the bridge starts tomorrow.
I have blogged about some European adventures before:
| 2025 | European Youth Pairs in Italy (watching Niamh and Rachel on BBO) |
| 2024 | European U26 Youth Teams in Poland (watching Kevin and Michael on BBO) |
| 2022 | European U26 Youth Teams in Netherlands (NPC for U26 team) |
| 2015 | European U16 and U21 Teams in Norway (visited as spectator) |
Various adventures with a common theme, of Scotland facing tough opposition and not troubling the leaderboard. This time we have three pairs, all comfortably under twenty one.
Rachel and Niamh play 2/1, the other two pairs play standard Acol.
| Rachel and Niamh | High School of Glasgow school leavers | System | Notes |
| Artem and Shiva | High School of Glasgow S4 | System | Notes |
| Anya and Iris | Hutchesons S5 and Imperial University | System | Notes |
The event website is at Euros 2026
