Hard Knocks in Beijing
Co-Ordinator: Jean-Paul Meyer, Chief Editor: Brent Manley, Layout Editor: George Hatzidakis, WebEditor: Akis Kanaris, Photographer: Ron Tacchi, Editors: Phillip Alder, Mark Horton, Barry Rigal Bulletin 10 - Tuesday, 14 October 2008 HARD KNOCKS IN BEIJING The WBF Meeting of Congress earlier in the tournament. See page 10 for minutes of the meeting. Reality set in for the Cinderella team from Romania, as the four- man squad was dispatched with relative ease by England in the Open Today’s series. The Romanians weren’t the only losers, of course. Eleven other teams were sent to the sidelines in the quarterfinal rounds of Schedule the Open, Women’s and Seniors. 11.00 Open - Women - Senior The German women seemed unstoppable in the round robin and Teams, S-Final, 1st Session then blasted Brazil in the round of 16. In their quarterfinal match 14.20 Open - Women - Senior with China, the Germans trailed by only 2 IMPs going into the last Teams, S-Final, 2nd Session set, but were trounced over the final 16 boards 48-2 to exit the 17.10 Open - Women - Senior event. Teams, S-Final, 3rd Session The USA women were in a nail-biter with Denmark until they 10.30 - 20.00 pulled away over the last few boards. Transnational Mixed Teams, Two days of semi-final play begin today. The key matches look to be Swiss Matches 8-12 Italy-Norway in the Open and China-USA in the Women’s. World Bridge Games Beijing, China OPEN TEAMS RESULTS - Q-Final Match 1st-3rd Session 4th Session 5th Session 6th Session Total 1 Poland Italy 69 -106 38 - 23 33 - 49 33 - 32 173 -210
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