Championship Diary

By the time Lew Stansby started playing for the USA, one of his heroes, Pietro Forquet (who made his first appearance in the Bermuda Bowl in 1951), had retired from international play. However, here in Estoril Lew is hoping they will meet at the table when Italy face USA I in the Senior Bowl.

Tacchi was pondering the eternal problem of what picture to put on today's front cover. We suggested the VuGraph, but he pointed out it was too early - 'That's the ace up my sleeve!' Alan Mould, captain of the English women's team, is a frequent visitor to the Bulletin Room - he prints out defensive notes for his team - but on Saturday the printer mysteriously managed to change all the suit symbols. When he handed them out prior to the start of the team's first match they pointed out that they were all gobbledegook. Our question: how could they possibly tell the difference?