Bridge Winners Profile for Avon Wilsmore
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- Member Since
- May 5, 2011
- Last Seen
- 38 minutes ago
- Member Type
- Bridge Player
- Country
- Australia
Bridge Information
- Favorite Bridge Memory
- A X of 3NT in 1981...
- Member of Bridge Club(s)
- Double Bay Bridge Centre
- ACBL Ranking
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- A Cheater's Best Friend? Secrecy, Or?
- There is no question that secret decisions and a policy of (in Ortiz-Patino's words) "minimise the scandal" have done dreadful damage to bridge.
- The Three and a Half Cs
- The "missing ingredient", (adequate regulations) is discussed on p9. [i]If one thing stands out from this, it is the desirability of having universal, sound, solid regulations that allow the WBF and NBOs to properly-discipline collusive cheats. While accused individuals and pairs must have fair hearings, administrative bodies must not ...
- Buchwald on Bridge
- Well, for better or worse, I added a sample column... nothing to do with bridge.
- Buchwald on Bridge
- Many of Buchwald's 60s political columns could have been written yesterday...
- 1972 & 1975 Daily Bulletins and Official Handbook
- Reports of Barry Rogoff's passing are greatly exaggerated.
- 1972 & 1975 Daily Bulletins and Official Handbook
- I have been in email dialogue with Barry and another party... I am still seeking some particular information.
- Helgemo and Helness situation
- Some people are so educated that they know to start a sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop.
- Value of Support Doubles?
- I play support X/XX with partners who like them, but I admit that I will sometimes violate our arrangements when we have spades. https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/bidding-problem-3068/ I am very keen on blocking a 2♥ bid and will bid 2♠ regardless of our agreed methods ...
- Stong marmic
- (English) Marmite is indeed strong (but inferior in every possible way to Australian Vegemite). The only American I ever met who liked Vegemite was my wife.
- Trials and Errors
- Indeed... a good job. When I have time, I will read the second half...
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