In the Pairs events I did quite well, mentioning several of the top few placers. In the Mixed I did mention Barbara Seligman if she was playing with Nicolas Fitzgibbon. Named a few other good runners in the Saturday pairs events.
For the Teams ..
Inter B Teams ... 8 entries so I will pick Team 6 of McNeills Hamilton and Kelly.
Inter A Teams is tougher with 14 teams on the list.
Maybe Team 12 O'Briens Brennan and Moriarty or
Team 13 who are made up of ex-Saint Vincents Dundalk players and who do a little training and have young brains but are Karel influenced so could suffer the odd 1100 out.
An outside chance are the keen but fair weather team of Lighning Murray and his harem.
Area Master Teams ..
I will go with the experienced Westmanstown crew of McNamara Kelly Fitzgerald and Cummins.
They are on home ground so should be able to defend the realm.
However there is also a Malahide Regional Team led Lilian Foley who used regularly trouble the scorers in Inter A events. They should be competitive in this higher grade also.
Congress Teams ..
The standout pick is O'Brien Jackson Mesbur and McGloughlin. There is lots of bridge experience there added to the incredible BJ O'Brien. Should be enough to triumph.
However
| 12 | Roche,Tomas | Delaney,Paul | Corfield,Justin | Van Woerkom,Norbert |
| 8 | De Raeymaeker,Karel | O'Connor,Kelan | Boland,Conor | McAuliffe,Michael |
Team 3 Billy Ronan will find it too early in the season and are carrying excess weight and have two
newish partnerships.
| 6 | Newell,Sandra | Rigney,Teresa | Fitzgerald,Jeannie | Kenny,Joan |
However new partnerships have too many agreements not in place to win.
| 15 | Trench,Mary | McConville,Miriam | McAndrew,Jim | Gannon,Elva |
this team could arrive. Countless years of battling in Ireland's strongest bridge club should see this team take some large victories today.
| 16 | Rudzinski,Marcin | McMaugh,Ronan | Gorczyca,Wojciech |
but whoever it is will give them a chance of a podium finish.
| 11 | Elvin,Richard | Noonan,John | Vaughan,Kathleen | Joyce,Emer |
So its still Mesbut for me but his team have to win many matches against teams who will fancy
their chances of a victory. Justin Corfield is a mean declarer of the cards so if the hands are technical he might have the knowledge to guide something home.
I don't know much about the organisation of this event but I suspect Rory Egan is heavily involved
so well done to him and his team as this looks like a major event which will be continued.
It seems to have good support from all Dublin Regions. I see names from MLR DNR DSR and EASTERN all present. Just because it says DUBLIN on the Congress heading does not mean
we should not get more players from 50 mile radius. I note the presence of NIBU pair Harold Curran and Anne Fitzpatrick. They travelled a fair distance. No doubt there are some North Eastern Region players who came down.
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