Argentinian Grill

As the message just read says whatever I am giving the team could I bring some back. If somebody knows what it is just tell me.

Argentina are another one of those teams that can make life very difficult for the opponents. I personally would have been happy with a 15+ type score given our position on the ladder.

So as the match unfolded with an ever increasing lead I was delighted with the official score of 23-7 but was unhappy to see -880 on the last board. What happened there was that one side of the screen explained a 4D bid as suit while the other side explained as shortage. This meant that one one side of the screen the double suggested a sacrifice - well documented in Murray/Andrew's system notes but on Andrew's side where it was explained as a suit it meant anything but a sacrifice. The -880 was adjusted to -200 and a 25-4.

As many emails keep saying Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi.....

Dare we dream of perhaps running second in order to have our choice of opponents in the round of (quarter finals)..... Dream we may as we are only 9 behind second with Italy flogging USA 1 by 25-2 - ouch!!!!

So off to the Caribbean for a calypso against Trinidad and Tobago. My comment to the team focus and no contempt. If you read my earlier blog you will see the emphasis on focus and I think that this has played no small part in where we are now. The team have been focused on each match as it comes up.

In terms of Datums - I know data

5 0.45 Pauline GUMBY - Warren LAZER Australia
8 0.40 Bruce NEILL - Ryszard JEDRYCHOWSKI Australia
36 -0.03 Andrew PEAKE - Murray GREEN Australia

Having pairs 5th, 8th and 36th on the datums is a fine testament to how we are going to this point. Keep it up guys....

As I sign off we are losing 14-16 to T&T but hey there are 8 boards to go so fingers crossed.

More later
Best
David