The Sunday Night Question

This Sunday, Santa Corsica, a new player in the group Girls, tells me about one of the Biarritz Open deals as we are driving home with her dad, an excellent bridge player. She amuses me because when she tells me about…

This Sunday, I’m talking with Carla who played the Mixed Pairs final of the Paris league in her division. She finished second, just a few hundredths behind the first, but qualified for the national final. Obviously, she would have loved…

This Sunday, I am talking to Leila, who has just finished her first National Final of the ladies’ second league. She took third place with her team of friends from the group of French youth, just behind her mom and…

This Sunday, I am returning by train from a training camp of the French Girls team. I am sitting next to Isabelle, who is playing a deal from a team championship on Funbridge. I can see her making one mistake after another…

This Sunday, I discuss with Lise who plays her back-to-school duplicate with the other girls from the group France Girls. I’ve just seen her go down in a laydown small slam reached after a complicated auction: W N E S Pass…

This Sunday, four of my Girls are playing in the qualifiers of the World Pairs Championships. The French Girls team has just won the European team championships and went on to finish second in the Transnational World Team Championships. “My girls” are…

This Sunday, we are driving home from the festival in Juan-les-Pins. One of my new Girls, Leila, took part in a training course in preparation for the European Championships this summer. She made progress quite quickly. It must be said…

This Sunday, my Girls play a training session against the juniors. Carla lacks confidence and is impressed to be playing against the best youngsters of her generation. Given the progress she has made over the past two years, she should have made…

This Sunday, two of my Girls finish the yearly pairs competition in their department. Marjorie and Carla narrowly missed qualification for the national final. I come behind them at the very end of the session. Marjorie jumps to 6♠ opposite the 3♠ overcall by…

This Sunday, the Girls return from the Channel Trophy with another victory in this event. Thanks to their lead ahead of the teams behind them, they had already won before the last match. So we can say that talking about their errors…

This Sunday, “my” Girls were eliminated from the Coupe de France (French Cup). They had fielded an all-girls team and narrowly lost (3 IMPs) to a very good team, with players who are regulars in the National Division 2. So they missed…

This Sunday, the Girls are allowed a table of their own at the training session for the French Open team. That way, they can compare themselves with the best French pairs. At the end of the session, Isabelle, a little disappointed, tells…