July 2022

After a night where the horrible heat has made sleeping uneasy, we were finally at the table playing bridge.

And by “we” I mean “they”. I wish I could play a few hands. Being a Non-playing captain is a bit of a torture.

I describe it to my non bridge playing friends as walking in a room where the best food in the world is on display; you are starving; everyone else around you is eating and you are not allowed to do so.

Here we go again at last.

Over three years since the last Face to face international competition – with the World Championships first postponed in 2020 and then definitely cancelled in 2021 – the U16 are back to compete on stage at the Junior European Championships, in Veldhoven, Netherlands.

The disruptions that Covid has brought upon us don’t need to be repeated. For the youngsters playing bridge, on top of everything else, it has meant that those born in 2005 have lost completely the chance to play in a major tournament, at least as U16s.

For those of you who have glanced at my blogs over the last few weeks, you will, I hope, have a good idea of what to do, apart from play bridge, whilst you are down in Sunny Sussex.

 Geoff Davies has recently started a new bridge blog.  

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