Tonght at 9pm Irish time Thomas MacCormac enters the ring against the powerful Nickell team.
Thomas is part of the Pressure team which employs a powerful method of bidding to put the opponents under pressure.
I don't know who gets shown on vugraph but I suspect it is the more closer matches like 32 v 33 send rather than 2 v 63 seed. However all will be revealed at 2100 hours. Thomas will be backed up in his efforts by the former Gonzaga bridge expert Stephen Barr.
Yesterday the reserve Pressure team had the air left out of their tyres by the coffee swilling Lavazza team. I think it was 171 imps after 60 boards but maybe they retired early.
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Meanwhile other news saw Galligan power to victory over Mullingar man by 46 imps yesterday.
However Magic Murphy took out Galligan by 17-13 with 2 lucky strikes earning 13 imps.
Kelan O'Connor continues to hold the upperhand at bridge and quiz.
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Catherine Carabine only managed 2nd place in the Declan Murray Open Pairs on Monday morning.
Noel Hughes and Anthony McMackin think they dumped on Conor O'Hara yesterday in the evening pairs but Ronan and O'Hara still won the war with a first place finish.
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Meanwhile Team MacCormac fired 18 imps past Nickell who responded in kind with 84 in the first 15 boards. The Hanlon powered Street team lead small by 4 imps against Team Amalia.
Unfortunately Team MacCormac suffered another 84 imps with nothing going back so far in the 2nd set of 15 boards. So its 170 plays 18 now.
Just to indicate how powerful an event this Spingold is ... the Street team powered by Thomas Hanlon among other world class players also went out in the first round.
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Saturday, July 13, 2019
The Ballina Congress 2019
I just realized that this weekend is Ballina Congress weekend. I stumbled onto Ferghal O'Boyles wonderful results website and checked out the Mixed pairs winners.
Looks like a power packed performance by the Dublin Delaneys. 68% in a Congress event is not to be taken lightly. Maeve has Paul well schooled at collecting good scores.
Looks like there was no Out of State prize for the NIBU internationals Hilary and John Ferguson. Maybe the prizes were planned before Brexit got postponed.
Meanwhile the Congress Pairs is about to start and one has to pick a few horses.
In no particular order we choose
1. Brady Delaney
2. Heneghan DeRaeymaker
3. Pat Quinn Enda Glynn
4. Marcin and Ronan
5. Better mention the Fergusons as some day they will win something.
Malahide Regional Bridge Club are represented on 3 pairs
Billy Ronan Tom Gilligan
Fran Ronan Mary Kavanagh
Mary Kelly Rogers Danny Liddy
One expects the top 3 to emerge from my top 4 picks but we will see ..
Maybe Malahide pair Gilligan and Ronan will turn on the style that wins regularly in Malahide.
However the Washington schooled James Heneghan is going to have too much knowledge and then there is Marcin and Ronan just back from a decent performance in European Open Pairs.
Quinn and Glynn should be able to collect lots of overtricks.
However to sum up I think I will go for
1. Heneghan DeRaeymakers
2. Delaney Brady
Ballina Congress and Bridgebase 4 hands
link to video
Looks like a power packed performance by the Dublin Delaneys. 68% in a Congress event is not to be taken lightly. Maeve has Paul well schooled at collecting good scores.
Looks like there was no Out of State prize for the NIBU internationals Hilary and John Ferguson. Maybe the prizes were planned before Brexit got postponed.
Meanwhile the Congress Pairs is about to start and one has to pick a few horses.
In no particular order we choose
1. Brady Delaney
2. Heneghan DeRaeymaker
3. Pat Quinn Enda Glynn
4. Marcin and Ronan
5. Better mention the Fergusons as some day they will win something.
Malahide Regional Bridge Club are represented on 3 pairs
Billy Ronan Tom Gilligan
Fran Ronan Mary Kavanagh
Mary Kelly Rogers Danny Liddy
One expects the top 3 to emerge from my top 4 picks but we will see ..
Maybe Malahide pair Gilligan and Ronan will turn on the style that wins regularly in Malahide.
However the Washington schooled James Heneghan is going to have too much knowledge and then there is Marcin and Ronan just back from a decent performance in European Open Pairs.
Quinn and Glynn should be able to collect lots of overtricks.
However to sum up I think I will go for
1. Heneghan DeRaeymakers
2. Delaney Brady
Ballina Congress and Bridgebase 4 hands
link to video
Friday, July 12, 2019
Bridgebase Group Challenge and THE APPEAL
Last night or early this morning I started to play a group challenge against Murphy Sean Wondercool and Kelan. This morning I logged in and decided to finish the Bridgebase challenge with the camera turned on.
Kelan says ..."You only post when you are winning " but I did not know I was winning.
Link to last few boards of Bridgebase Group challenge
We also visited Galway Congress in the video.
In the above video we also revisit the controversial appeal from the Moylan.
A totally unbelievable turn over of the directors ruling of result stands.
Eamon would lose loads of good boards in Malahide if this ruling was the standard.
Eamon is forever bidding STOP 3NT with no agreements.
One is supposed to ask some other folk their opinion ..
58% lead a diamond with no alert and 52% lead a diamond with an alert.
The 2 polls are posted on bridgewinners and can be seem in the above video.
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The Bridgebase Group challenge is a great innovation. The only bad thing is Kelan always wins
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
European Teams Day 6
Meanwhile the Ireland Youth team continue their training plan towards victory in next Seasons Junior Camrose. A bye in Round 18 allowed them collect a morale boosting 12 VPS.
Currently they are in a titanic battle with the always powerful Netherlands.
After a bright start where they took an early lead the Netherlands made the comeback and then the overtake.
Meanwhile Galligan finished off the Wilsopd challenge and expects a comfortable victory after gathering in some large final boards.
Galligan should tame Wilson but one never knows
The link to the final 4 boards is above.
Results from the European Youth Team championships can be found here
European Youth U26 Teams championships
Unfortunately the IRELAND East West Nathan Doyle and Michael Donnelly just suffered a painful experience. Their team mates had an imp making score of 2CX and made for 180.
However sadly our boys found their 8 trump cards were not enough to deal with the Dutch in 1H redoubled holding only 5 trumps in a 5-0 fit. Minus 8 imps.
I suppose that is called a DOUBLE BURNS law breaker.
Yes unfortunately 1H redoubled making 7 tricks.
And a final score of IRELAND 16 NETHERLANDS 41
The Final match of today is IRELAND V FRANCE ..STARTING SHORTLY
Currently they are in a titanic battle with the always powerful Netherlands.
After a bright start where they took an early lead the Netherlands made the comeback and then the overtake.
Meanwhile Galligan finished off the Wilsopd challenge and expects a comfortable victory after gathering in some large final boards.
Galligan should tame Wilson but one never knows
The link to the final 4 boards is above.
Results from the European Youth Team championships can be found here
European Youth U26 Teams championships
Unfortunately the IRELAND East West Nathan Doyle and Michael Donnelly just suffered a painful experience. Their team mates had an imp making score of 2CX and made for 180.
However sadly our boys found their 8 trump cards were not enough to deal with the Dutch in 1H redoubled holding only 5 trumps in a 5-0 fit. Minus 8 imps.
I suppose that is called a DOUBLE BURNS law breaker.
Yes unfortunately 1H redoubled making 7 tricks.
And a final score of IRELAND 16 NETHERLANDS 41
The Final match of today is IRELAND V FRANCE ..STARTING SHORTLY
The European Youths championship 2019
Good morning folks
For the last few days Eamon has been casting a wary eye on the European Youth championships.
The Irish team of
1. John Connolly
2. Michael Donnolly
3. Nathan Doyle
4. Stephen Barr
5. Jarlath McDonnell
6. Conor Farrell.
sprinted out of the starting blocks with almost 68 VPS out of the first 100.
All going well so far but one noted the goalkeeper was leaking at the same time.
The next 100 VPS unfortunately saw Ireland only adding another 16 VPS.
16 per cent return is not too good but according to Facebook the team remained upbeat.
Round 11 saw a drilling from GERMANY
Round 12 saw a medium loss to SLOVAKIA.
Day 4 TUESDAY started with 2 wins but then ITALY AND NORWAY piled on the AGONY.
A 3 point haul from these 2 matches left IRELAND struggling in 20th place of 23.
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Now before we get too bothered about these results we need to understand that 90% of this field are damn good players. The kind of player who would easily be dominant in the top Dublin clubs. Those clubs are probably still the BANKERS and the REGENT.
Recently Eamon has been playing 16 board challenges against Kelan O'Connor and I have been shipping about 1.5 imps a board out on average. So Eamon is losing each match by about 16-4.
The IRISH team is doing better than Eamon as they are averaging about 7.5 per match.
So now they got to start winning some matches and so does EAMON..
KELAN BEWARE as the tide is going to turn.
Unfortunately for IRELAND YOUTH they just got pole-axed in the first match today ..
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Meanwhile Eamon has been playing a few boards against Wilsopd ..
and I probably am in a losing position at this stage
Eamongall v Wilsopd
For the last few days Eamon has been casting a wary eye on the European Youth championships.
The Irish team of
1. John Connolly
2. Michael Donnolly
3. Nathan Doyle
4. Stephen Barr
5. Jarlath McDonnell
6. Conor Farrell.
sprinted out of the starting blocks with almost 68 VPS out of the first 100.
All going well so far but one noted the goalkeeper was leaking at the same time.
The next 100 VPS unfortunately saw Ireland only adding another 16 VPS.
16 per cent return is not too good but according to Facebook the team remained upbeat.
Round 11 saw a drilling from GERMANY
Round 12 saw a medium loss to SLOVAKIA.
Day 4 TUESDAY started with 2 wins but then ITALY AND NORWAY piled on the AGONY.
A 3 point haul from these 2 matches left IRELAND struggling in 20th place of 23.
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Now before we get too bothered about these results we need to understand that 90% of this field are damn good players. The kind of player who would easily be dominant in the top Dublin clubs. Those clubs are probably still the BANKERS and the REGENT.
Recently Eamon has been playing 16 board challenges against Kelan O'Connor and I have been shipping about 1.5 imps a board out on average. So Eamon is losing each match by about 16-4.
The IRISH team is doing better than Eamon as they are averaging about 7.5 per match.
So now they got to start winning some matches and so does EAMON..
KELAN BEWARE as the tide is going to turn.
Unfortunately for IRELAND YOUTH they just got pole-axed in the first match today ..
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Meanwhile Eamon has been playing a few boards against Wilsopd ..
and I probably am in a losing position at this stage
Eamongall v Wilsopd
Thursday, July 04, 2019
The First renewal of THE MUTTON CUP 2019
Good morning few and Garve
This morning I was recording a BBO challenge against Mullingar Man. Unfortunately I probably lost but I landed a good slam on the last board to give me a shot at the title.
I don't know the result as Mullingar man had not completed.
Then entered thegarve and walked all over my video.
Galligan v Mullingarman
Some of his news was good .. Jason Hackett a top English bridge player and chinease food expert is nearly 49 years on this earth.
Hence the inaugural Mutton Cup
The Inaugural Mutton Cup
This is an individual event and all entrants must be known to Mr Mutton or at least be known to someone. Maybe they might like some vugraph.
Meanwhile out in Malahide it looks like the bridgemates gave up or something happened but nobody has rang me so no need for me to vault into firefighting mode. One notes the presence of the newly honed Magic Murphy in the middle of the field
This morning I was recording a BBO challenge against Mullingar Man. Unfortunately I probably lost but I landed a good slam on the last board to give me a shot at the title.
I don't know the result as Mullingar man had not completed.
Then entered thegarve and walked all over my video.
Galligan v Mullingarman
Some of his news was good .. Jason Hackett a top English bridge player and chinease food expert is nearly 49 years on this earth.
Hence the inaugural Mutton Cup
The Inaugural Mutton Cup
This is an individual event and all entrants must be known to Mr Mutton or at least be known to someone. Maybe they might like some vugraph.
Meanwhile out in Malahide it looks like the bridgemates gave up or something happened but nobody has rang me so no need for me to vault into firefighting mode. One notes the presence of the newly honed Magic Murphy in the middle of the field
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