This upcoming Friday, Saturday and Sunday we are having a live vugraph broadcast from the Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship in Melbourne.
I have read that the Commenwealth Nations are 53 independent states with around 1.8 billion inhabitants.
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Templates/I...sp?NodeID=20596
In the light of these facts it's a little sad to see that only 9 of those nations will take part in the bridge event. Guernsey and Jersey, yes, and various Australian states, yes, but they are not members as such.
http://www.cnbc.com.au/
With this said, I am also confident that the bridge will be of high quality when we get to the semi-finals and finals.
Roland
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Posted 2006-March-09, 15:45
When the dust settled after the round robin of 19 x 8-board matches, the final rankings of the top teams were:
1. Derofe Australia (Derofe, Richman, Nagy, Del'Monte, Demuy) - 333
2. Noble Australia (Noble, Prescott, Bilski, Brown, Green, Grosvenor) - 328
3. England (Brunner, Holland, Hassett, Hirst) - 320
4. Canberra (Thomson, Brightling, Bourke, Delivera, Wawn, Hoffman) - 320
5. Hackett England (Hackett, Armstrong, Callaghan, Gardner, Bach, Cornell) - 320
6. India (Agrawal, Sequeira, Chakradeo, Lewis, Shah, Manna) -311
..
10. South Africa (Apteker, Donde, Gowar, Chemaly, Zindel, Chu) -298
Under the conditions of contest, South Africa take the bronze medal as the third ranked Commonwealth nation. There is also a requirement that there must be least two Commonwealth nations in the semi-finals and one in the final, so the semi-final match-ups are:
SF1: Derofe Australia v Noble Australia
SF2: England v India (essentially the gold-medal match)
Vugraph coverage starts tonight and continues over the weekend.
1. Derofe Australia (Derofe, Richman, Nagy, Del'Monte, Demuy) - 333
2. Noble Australia (Noble, Prescott, Bilski, Brown, Green, Grosvenor) - 328
3. England (Brunner, Holland, Hassett, Hirst) - 320
4. Canberra (Thomson, Brightling, Bourke, Delivera, Wawn, Hoffman) - 320
5. Hackett England (Hackett, Armstrong, Callaghan, Gardner, Bach, Cornell) - 320
6. India (Agrawal, Sequeira, Chakradeo, Lewis, Shah, Manna) -311
..
10. South Africa (Apteker, Donde, Gowar, Chemaly, Zindel, Chu) -298
Under the conditions of contest, South Africa take the bronze medal as the third ranked Commonwealth nation. There is also a requirement that there must be least two Commonwealth nations in the semi-finals and one in the final, so the semi-final match-ups are:
SF1: Derofe Australia v Noble Australia
SF2: England v India (essentially the gold-medal match)
Vugraph coverage starts tonight and continues over the weekend.
Disclaimer: The above post may be a half-baked sarcastic rant intended to stimulate discussion and it does not necessarily coincide with my own views on this topic.
I ♦ bidding the suit below the suit I'm actually showing not to be described as a "transfer" for the benefit of people unfamiliar with the concept of a transfer
I ♦ bidding the suit below the suit I'm actually showing not to be described as a "transfer" for the benefit of people unfamiliar with the concept of a transfer
#3
Posted 2006-March-09, 15:53
mrdct, on Mar 9 2006, 10:45 PM, said:
Vugraph coverage starts tonight and continues over the weekend.
Tonight in Australia translates to:
3:00 am Friday New York, 9.00 Paris, 8:00 am London, 7:00 pm Sydney.
Roland
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