The Ireland Open Team backboned by Mark Moran and Rory Boland sneaked past a powerful Bulgarian squad in Round 7 ....I guess the quarter finals ...
6 once defeated Teams done battle there ..for 3 semi final spots
The undefeated Sinclair Team took a break as per the rules
The Gidman and Alfrey teams joined Moran and Sinclair in the semi finals this morning
Alfrey being the original number 1 seeds and Moran the 9th seeds out of a starting field of 55 teams
So they had 14 direct matches and 9 triangles ... reducing the field to 32 teams ..
Its double knockout so you got to lose twice to be gone so they ended up with
6 once defeated teams and 1 undefeated. The once defeated 6 all took part in 3 quarter finals
and then there were FOUR ...
Undefeated Sinclair picked the Moran Team and got beaten by 10 imps over 32 boards
Alfrey the number 1 seeded OUTED Gidman and currently we have
Moran versus Alfrey for the CUP
All results and bulletins can be found at
www.ebu.co.uk
Look for Spring Foursomes
The Final is currently LIVE on Bridge Base Online
I just spotted a couple of Irish lads declaring a 3-2 HEART fit doubled and vulnerable.
They paid out 15 imps for that one
Then they followed up with a trick reducing lead against a doomed 3NT .. the old 4th highest works wonders ... and they paid 13 imps for that one
And finally on Board 8 it looks like Robson has them in his grippers again .. but it won't be as much to pay this time ..probably ....might even gain as a soft lead left them drop a loser ..
However score after 7 boards is ..Moran 11 Alfrey 39 ...
Thanks
Eamon Galligan
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