On October 1, Davids Seagrove and Ollendorff plus Cath Payne and Helen Robinson played our very first Wiltshire Leagues event of 24 boards (12 against one pair, then swopping for 12 with the other), taking on Bath (who somehow form part of Wiltshire in bridge) and being duly beaten by them.
But the experience was excellent - Playing on RealBridge was new to us all and most enjoyable.
On October 16, performance improved dramatically when David Seagrove and Chris Bocci plus John Kendal and Cath Payne took on Corsham and ended up top for that evening! Well done to all.
On November 7 in Round 3, David Seagrove and Cath Payne plus John Kendal and David Ollendorff came top again, this time against Bath, thanks to a sterling performance from David and John in the second half (we were trailing in negative territory at the half way stage) when we had no minus IMPs at all.
On January 6, after a bye round, David Seagrove and Chris Bocci plus John Kendal and David Ollendorff took on another Bath team and once again came top, primarily due to another stellar performance from David O and John.
On January 28 David Seagrove, Cath Payne, David Ollendorff and John Kendal took on a team from Corsham and only very narrowly won; and for the first match in 4 we were not top.
We have now been pushed off the top of the table, but only just - there is still everything to play for.
19th February. After an indifferent result against Team Hillman, we are still in second place, with one more match to come :
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