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How about challenging the Acol club to a teams match?
wackojack:
We know well and are grateful to Poco and Cedar for holding the "Dare competition" for iac. They are both, ofcourse titans of the Acol club and run many events there.
I think it would be great if we could get up a team of 4 (or even a team of 8 if sufficient interest) and challenge the Acol club to a teams match. I think it would not only be interesting for its own sake but will be helpful in getting practice playing against a weak no trump and possible 4 card major suit openings.
Interested? And any suggestions?
Curls77:
This is one excellent idea Jack :)
Start forming the IAC team, and let's ask Colin/Alan later today (after Dare lesson) to form ACOL team.
I am sure it won't be hard to agree on the date/time and hold a regular, monthly or even weekly, IAC vs ACOL team match, maybe even with postmortem following the match.
When we used to do IAC team series, sundays at 1700 utc (noon in NY, 5pm UK) usually worked well for players from both Europe and America.
(I so wish we could resume those matches, they were such fun)
wackojack:
Colin (Poco) and Alan (Cedar) are keen on having these matches. The first suggestion is to stage the match or matches on a Sunday or Sundays at 17:00 utc which is noon Eastern time. Ideally an adv/exp team of 4 to play the Acol cream and int/ adv team of 4 to play regular Acol players.
So I am asking who wants to play? If we get a large response it could be a headache for me (If I am designated as a selector) on picking the teams. OTOH if this becomes a regular fixture everybody that would like to play could be given a chance.
First come first served? Established partnerships? or even say a trial playing with robots. Opinions please?
BTW Those not familiar with Acol should not worry. The only real adjustment is how to compete over a weak no trump The only convention that I know of which is not really suitable is DONT because double is needed for penalty. and knowing that a 1NT rebid shows 15-16(17).
Curls77:
It's surprising that Jack still could not create a team, I know many of you that adore team matches.
Please contact WackoJack if you'd like to be in the team, and let's schedule first match, ACOL is keen for this event and look forward to it :)
wackojack:
Acol teams challenge 26 Feb 8pm utc (3pm US Eastern)
The firmed up date for the Teams challenge will be 26th Feb at 8pm utc (3pm US eastern time) 16 boards with changeroo after 8 boards. Colin says that he thinks he can field 3 teams. So I need definite partnership names to come forward. So far the only definite partnership that has volunteered has been.
Neha + Fleurette
Also Blubayou + ? (Palych)?
Sanya has also suggested that Post Mortem + Quarky might want to represent iac. Please could other players particularly the leading players declare a partnership that I can put on the list. I know that might be difficult when there are many possible pairings but better to get the pairings now rather than ad hoc decisions on the day. Monday (tomorrow) will be an opportunity for all those that compete in DARE to volunteer a partnership in this teams challenge.
Acol club details are on their website www.acolatbbo.org.uk
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