Wednesday, October 3, 2007

After 11 Rounds - The Half Way Point

Today we have scored 13 against China which is better than most Australian teams have scored against this well oiled bridge machine in the past. While we might have hoped for more it was a score that hasn't damaged our chances too much.

On to New Zealand where Warren and Pauline sat out. I am always very nervous when we play New Zealand and this match proved no different. I decided to go for an hour's walk during the first half of the match only to return to my computer screen and see the bad news 11-19 and so the match finished there. Murray and Andrew were unhappy with their set and not upset to be in rotation to sit out the next set - something they may have suggested as appropriate anyway.

So off to Asia again to play Indonesia. This is the team we had three online practice matches against in the weeks leading up to the main event. Their pairs play very natural with a weak NT something which I think may suit our team.

Interestingly we are still running 6th with a 7 point buffer ahead of 9th - same as before the last match.

Again we still have the following teams to play:

Norway (4)
Sweden (15)
Japan (6)
Brazil (12)
Argentina (9)
Trinidad Tobago (22)
Italy (2)
Chinese Taipei (18)
Egypt (10)

Some movement there from this morning with 3 teams ahead of us two teams proximate and 4 teams below us.

More soon
David

1 comment:

Sartaj Hans said...

Hi team Oz,
Nice win against Indonesia. Keep rolling on.