Does life feel a bit flat? Are you bored and listless? Then take up bridge! During the recent Lady Milne (the women’s home internationals) in Edinburgh, these are just some of the emotions I experienced: euphoria, frustration, elation, shame, exhaustion, self-loathing, pride, fear. The one thing I didn’t feel, not even for a second, was boredom. It helped that our England team was leading throughout. And that I was lucky enough to be playing with Sally Brock, probably the best woman player in the country. Our teammates were Jane Moore and Gillian Fawcett — I wish they were my teammates more often — and Lizzie Godfrey and Pauline Cohen, who were both on superb form; and by the way, this was Pauline’s first cap, aged 69. When we won, no drug could have produced a more exalted feeling.
Of course, it’s always the mistakes that stick in the mind.
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