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Impressions from the
players
This is what some of them think before the event gets
underway.
Mabel Bocchi
Norberto Bocchi´s sister and press attachée of
the Italian Bridge Federation
Our team is in a quiet mood. They are realising what
they are worth but they are staying humble. It will be 50-50 between
Italy and Poland.
Federica Zorzoli, assistant to the treasurer,
is very reluctant:
What I have to say is not for publication…
Ghigo Ferrari, the tournament manager, realises
he has to use his forces economically:
Looking at the length of
the corridors here, I brought my electric bike from Italy to move
around here in the hotel.
Guido Ferraro. Member of the Italian Open
Team
Mathematically, we will be first…but I have always
been bad at mathematics.
Jean-Paul Meyer, Chief Rama Commentator
Tenerife reminds me of one of my happiest memories
about the Vilamoura championships in 1995. We all have joined forces
to make the event as comfortable as possible for both players and
officials. The battle for the gold will be between Italy and Poland,
the other medal candidate will be Francew, Norway and Bulgaria.
Laurens Hoedemaker, 2nd EBL Vice President, is
prepared for everything:
If necessary, we will all be volunteering to carry
boards from one table to the other.
Maria Luisa Bondia, on-site organiser, remains
confident:
With all the problems we have had, the only thing I
can say today is Good Luck!
Marinella Canesi, Italian Ski Champion, is
travelling through empty space:
I lost 50% of my luggage at the airport, as well as my
system book; if she would lose her partner now, she should be able
to win!
Panos Gerontopoulos, the Internet supervisor,
shows great optimism:
Our website is completely new; we are going to perform
miracles!
Paola and Antonella, Lavazza girls:
Each of us will be serving 300 cups of coffee a day.
We will not have time to see the sun or to go to the beach. What a
pity…
As Françoise Hardy said: Here I am, planted in
front of my machine…
Philippe Soulet and Michel Abécassis, members
of the French Open Team:
In the end we managed to select a French team in which
there are no problems…
Sanda Enciu, Tournament director, is
looking at life from the rosy side:
How wonderful to be all united in the same hotels.
With the explosion of e-bridge and internet, you get the impression
that the family gets bigger…
Sundseth per Bryde, NPC Ladies Norway,
thinks she is at a horse racing track:
I am going for the management strategy. I will field
the same team as at the recent Nordic Championships; they finished
only third there because they were saving their energy to finish
first here in Tenerife.
François Colin
Scorer of the French Team
He really is a vintage scorer now. He saves the hands
played in his database of hands (containing about 8000 championship
hands by now) and uses them when teams need a training
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