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Fresh from PBB
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Championships End for USA 1 ~ Congratulations to England and Good Luck to USA 2!
The Quarterfinals ended with USA 1 exciting the tournament. USA 1 dug a hole for themselves in the 5th (of 6th) segment and required a 52 imp comeback to continue into the semifinals. Half way through the final segment, USA 1 was within 10 Imps! But, alas, the Brits were too strong to overcome. Congrats…
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Another Country Heard From…Right Here in Chennai!
As will soon made public, there is yet another pair who’s code has been broken and they have been doing it right here in Chennai under the nose of all of the players and officials. What I want to ask is…”What are you thinking??!” You used your methods to get your team here to play…
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2015 World Championships ~ Days 6 & 7 ~ The “Do the Right Thing” Story Continues
Wow! For the last two days, I feel like I was invaded by the most boring videos I’ve ever watched, until the pattern started to become clear on several signals. For those that watched the two videos that I posted two days ago, did you see anything? I don’t blame you if you didn’t get…
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2015 World Championships ~ Day 5 ~ Sad News
As I was writing this blog entry, Mike Passel sent us the message that Carolyn Lynch had passed away. Many of you may recall that she was the Sponsor of my team in Bali, Indonesia when the German Coughing Doctors cheated our team out of the Gold medal in the 2013 D’Orsi Senior Bowl. After…
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First Video Sent to WBF on Balicki-Zmudzinski…See anything?
You be the judge… This video was the first video shared with the WBF regarding the Polish pair Balicki-Zmudzinski who were uninvited by the WBF Eligibility Committee just prior to the start of the 2015 Bermuda Bowl. This is the Poland vs. Israel Closed Room Video in the 2014 European trials which selected the top six…
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RIP Carolyn Lynch ~ World Champion of Bridge & Life
I am saddened to report the passing a one of the most poised women I have ever meant. She had been struggling the last few days with complications due to the treatment of a recent diagnosis of leukemia. As many of you know, I was NPC of the Lynch Team in the 2013 D’Orsi Senior…
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2015 World Championships ~ Day 4…Hump Day!
Today was Hump Day! The Round Robin Series is a seven-day event which seems to just drag on and on and on. I call it ground hog day all over again. Each morning we wake up, eat breakfast, play match 1, eat lunch, play match 2, play match 3, eat dinner, go to sleep and…
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2015 World Championships ~ Day 3 (Poland Update)
Wow! USA 1 is glad Day 3 is over! More on that later… USA 1’s Captain made the September 20th Issue of The Hindu with the caption “Compton Relishes Her Job.” Perhaps the captain shouldn’t have been so sarcastic in the interview, but overall a very nice article. Click Here to Read Article. Overnight, the Bermuda…
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2015 World Championships ~ Day 2
Well, it’s Day 2 of the Championships and the 10.5 hour jet lag still has a hold of Team USA 1. I was witness to the following conversation just prior to the first match of the day (names withheld to protect the players): Player 1: You are West. Player 2: Well, how do you…
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This video makes you want to say, “Would you please just answer the question about the Poles?!”
The WBF General Counsel David Harris was asked about the Polish Pair Balicki and Zmudzinski ~ Why they were uninvited and why the rest of their team was not uninvited despite the WBF Eligibility Code stating that it is mandatory that the team be removed from the event. Click on the link below to watch…
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