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| The Champions' Cup Stays In
Italy! |
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| Bridge Club
Herkules History |
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| Unheard
Melody |
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| Sweden vs
Bulgaria, Semifinal 2 |
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| He Fell on his
Sword |
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| Sweden vs Italy-
The Real Match |
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Today’s hot news will not be a great
surprise: the 2nd European Cup has also been won by a team
from Italy. Last
year, the Cup went to Turin. Lorenzo
LAURIA and
Alfredo
VERSACE, the two holders playing
here, no doubt brought it with them to Rome and now have the
honour and the pleasure of lifting it again, this time with
Francesco
ANGELINI,
Antonio
SEMENTA,
Claudio
NUNES and
Fulvio
FANTONI as their team-mates. Our
warmest congratulations on this victory go to them!
Today’s final has been a very slow, but very
steady affair. The first three segments all ended with an
Italian advantage, be it always a small one. Yet, the three of
them amounted to 40 IMP’s when the last session started – few
teams in the world can recoup a deficit like that against this
formidable side and our friends from Stockholm were no
exception. In fact, their deficit quickly went up when they
lost two early swings. Still well done,
Per-Olov
SUNDELIN,
Pierre
BERTHEAU,
Fredrik
NYSTROM and
Johan
SYLVAN!
Parallel to the final, De Lombard from
Rotterdam and the Bridge Club Plovdiv were playing 36 of these
boards for the bronze. The first two segments both ended in
draws, but in the decisive 3rd segment the Dutch turned a
1-IMP deficit against their Bulgarian opponents into
a 39-IMP win as the segment score read 48-8 to them. Well done
De Lombard Rotterdam: Berry
WESTRA,
Bas
DRIJVER,
Maarten
SCHOLLAARDT and
Vincent
RAMONDT.
If there were a special prize, it could
very well go to the wonderful Italian hospitality we all
enjoyed here at the Tennis Club Parioli. Their bridge players
hoisted the Cup, but their staff certainly are strong
candidates for this type of Players Award. Thank
you! |
