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A triumph for the forums! England selection

#1 User is offline   FrancesHinden 

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Posted 2008-November-19, 11:52

BBO forum regular gnasher (Andy Bowles) has just been selected to play for England in the upcoming Camrose matches in March.

As this is his first England selection, and the first trials he's played in since he started posting on the forums, the two must clearly be related.
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Posted 2008-November-19, 11:53

Congrats! Wow!
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Posted 2008-November-19, 12:00

:o :o

Congratulations, Andy!! :D
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Posted 2008-November-19, 12:01

Nice. clapclapclap
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Posted 2008-November-19, 12:11

Congrats to Andy. Well done mate.
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Posted 2008-November-19, 12:29

Well done and good luck !!!
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Posted 2008-November-19, 12:50

w00t!
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Posted 2008-November-19, 12:52

Much English success lately! And more to come no doubt.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
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Posted 2008-November-19, 12:57

Congrats!
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

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Posted 2008-November-19, 12:59

Very nice, cheers man! I'm rooting for you.
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Posted 2008-November-19, 13:18

Congrats!

I'm not sure whether to take this as a sign that conversation with the forumers pays off or to advise Andy to disregard everything we have said if he wants to win. LOL
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Posted 2008-November-19, 14:51

Well done, especially considering the competition he must be up against.
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Posted 2008-November-19, 15:33

Congratulations and good luck! :)
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Posted 2008-November-19, 16:17

Thank you, everyone, for your kind words. Before anyone starts questioning the sanity of the selectors, I should point out that as the host nation England enters two teams, and I'm in the lesser of the two. So, even if I chuck dozens of IMPs through forgotten methods and floored games it won't matter much, because everyone will be watching the real England team anyway.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2008-November-19, 16:57

gnasher, on Nov 20 2008, 12:17 AM, said:

Thank you, everyone, for your kind words. Before anyone starts questioning the sanity of the selectors, I should point out that as the host nation England enters two teams, and I'm in the lesser of the two. So, even if I chuck dozens of IMPs through forgotten methods and floored games it won't matter much, because everyone will be watching the real England team anyway.

Definitely not, Walddk6 will be by your side :)

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Posted 2008-November-19, 17:02

Well done, indeed!
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Posted 2008-November-20, 04:16

Well done!
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Posted 2008-November-20, 04:36

jolly well done, old bean!
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Posted 2008-November-20, 08:02

congrats mate!
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Posted 2008-November-20, 08:29

Grind 'em up man.
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