Bridge | 25 April 2019

Jonathan Harris is a man of principle. He and his wife Jenny had each entered a team for the Venice International Festival of Bridge earlier this month. Five days of Pairs and Teams in a wonderful setting: beats working. Then came the news that Fulvio Fantoni, who had been found guilty of cheating by the EBL’s Disciplinary Commission in August 2016, was playing. He and his partner Claudio Nunes were banned from playing together for life and individually in any EBL event for five years. The ACBL banned them for life. They appealed to the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport — not a bridge player among them) who stated that the EBL’s decision was invalid and they could play, if invited. Players were queuing up to say they would withdraw from any tourney in which a cheat was allowed to play, but Teams Harris are the first to do so.