Ireland are represented by Team Moran and Team MacCormac. Starting today both teams were struggling but we had some hope for Team Moran as they have plenty of Top 32 class in their team.
Led by the lengthy partnership of Mesbur Fitzgibbon who might have 100 years of bridge experience between them. They also have Thomas Hanlon and the swashbuckling pair of Garvey and Carroll.
Hopefully they have done loads of preparation for this event. Adam Mesbur and Nick Fitzgibbon have been very visible on BridgeBase Online in the last 6 months. I heard Krystoff Martens telling the lads a few years ago .. "You guys amateurs .. you guys need 10 days of warm up to reach our level" "Me proffessional ..always ready to go"
Anyway this afternoon the bridge started at 12 noon due to a local event in Turkey clashing.
Round 6
Round 7
Board 29 might need some analysis if they remain alive after 2 more matches
Round 8 and still alive but still many teams to overtake and little room for error
Meanwhile the Irish ladies team are treading water mid table just outside the top 8 about 6 VPS to make up but only about 5 teams to overtake in a much smaller event.
There is also a 4 nations team powered by Malahide stalwart Mary Kelly Rogers. They are just outsde the top 8 also although as I type they are in 8th place leading Poland by 8-5 in imps.
However Poland are awful strong.
Team MacCormac languish in the lower regions of OPEN TEAMS BUT THE Dubs are in action and Meath are keeping them at bay for now.
Hmmm I almost forgot my next video including 4 more boards of the challenge versus Kelan.
Galligan v Kelan 2
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