Couples that play together stay together is not a mantra you hear too often in the bridge world. Indeed most couples who play together come closer to murder than to renewing their vows. The shaking head of the male. The withering comments. The relentless hand-hogging. Even demure little me has thought about whether a life sentence would be preferable to another board. But over the past few years an interesting phenomenon has occurred. Roy Welland and Sabine Auken got together, and formed a formidable partnership at the table too. They are the current European Open champions, play on Germany’s national team and have won countless major tournaments. Clearly, ‘What do you bid on this hand?’ is their preferred pillow talk.
Now we have our own version. When Barry (Myers) met Sally (Brock) it was the start of a sensational partnership in every sense.
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