The Schapiro Spring Foursomes, held in early May in Stratford-upon-Avon, is one of the great tournaments and this time it attracted more international world stars than ever before. The legendary Lavazza team came for the first time, as did World Champions Tor Helness from Norway and Peter Berteau and Johan Upmark from Sweden, charming everyone who played them. All the illustrious ‘stars’ were unfailingly courteous and friendly …except one.
My team won last year and we were gagging to make it a double but were sadly knocked out in the quarter-final. Oh well — already looking forward to next year! In our match against the strong squad led by Andrew Black, Nick Sandqvist used great vision and imagination to bring in a useful swing:
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