Archive for October, 2007
whose team is it, anyway?
During the qualifying phase of the Bermuda Bowl, teams were required to have a recorder at their home tables, entering not only the bidding, final contract and opening lead into the Bridgemate computers, but every card played as well. Student volunteers from a local college were on hand and many teams hired their recorder from [...]
Published by stacy on October 16th, 2007 tagged Bridge | 10 Comments »
bbo commentary reprise
Lest things get out of hand, let me clarify: while watching USA1 - South Africa, I found the otiose chatter drifting in a potentially offensive direction and asked one participant to please stop. There was an interesting match being played, the gossipy chatter was distracting and annoying. These are the play-by-play guys, [...]
Published by stacy on October 15th, 2007 tagged Bridge, Shanghai | 2 Comments »
heading home
It’s about 7am in Shanghai, George is still sleeping and I’m about finished fiddling with the photos from last night’s closing ceremonies. Although they can be tedious, WBF banquets are grand affairs and we had a wonderful time last night. You’ll find photos here.
Now it’s time to finish packing and start thinking about [...]
Published by stacy on October 13th, 2007 tagged Bridge, Shanghai | 1 Comment »
the good fight
Congratulations, Norway.
At lunch this afternoon we were all pretty sure that this is Norway’s first Bermuda Bowl victory — I’ll call it, to borrow Louise Freeman’s tongue-in-cheek phrase (said to George while USA1 still led the round robin), beginner’s luck. Hardly beginners, the Norwegians were lucky and good throughout this final and it feels [...]
Published by stacy on October 13th, 2007 tagged Bridge, Shanghai | 2 Comments »
thirty two left to play
Our days in Shanghai are coming to an end. I’ve got one or two little errands to run this morning, but mostly I’m packing all the trinkets and jumping for joy that in about 36 hours I’ll be back in my own house, curled up on my couch with my kids watching Ugly Betty and [...]