Aren’t the Irish supposed to be lucky? The Irish open team are having no luck at all at the moment. They’re such a funny and talented bunch, but they seem doomed to fall at the final hurdle. I recently saw them at the Spring Fours in Stratford-on-Avon — they reached the final, only to be knocked out by Team Allfrey. Last weekend I saw them again at the Crockford’s Cup final in Solihull: they were pipped to the post by one agonising point.
Well done to the winners — Anita Sinclair, Zia Mahmood, Dennis Bilde, Simon Cope and Peter Crouch. This hand comes from the last session. Zia and Bilde were playing against Tom Paske and Ed Jones of Team Penfold. Even with the Irish hot on their heels, Zia (South) was his usual outrageous psyching self:
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