Category: 2015 World Championships
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2015 World Championships ~ Semifinal Action
Bye-Bye India…Hello England! Having just landed in London, what was the first thing I did once I was connected to the Internet? You got it…Go look at the first day results of the semifinals! Overall, the remaining USA teams had a good first day…In the Bermuda Bowl, USA 2 finished the day down slightly to…
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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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2015 World Championships ~ Day 1
In preparation for USA 1’s first day of the seven day round robin qualifying round, USA 1 attended the opening ceremony/dinner and then returned to the team suite to watch South Park and eat peanut butter sandwiches. When USA 1 won the 2009 Bermuda Bowl in San Paulo, Brazil, the television show Two and a Half…
