Bermuda Bowl

USA1 had a great day with three good wins against other highly regarded teams, 16-14 against Denmark, 22-8 over China in the afternoon vugraph match and 23-7 against Brazil. The only other team with three wins was Australia, who also defeated China (17-13) and Brazil (19-11) plus host country, Tunisia (20-10), while Norway, USA2, Poland and France all managed two wins and a draw. After six matches, only the joint-leaders, USA1 and Norway are unbeaten. Biggest win of the day was by New Zealand who crushed Chile by 25-1. Chile bounced back though and achieved the second biggest win, 24-6 over South Africa.

Venice Cup

France are running away with the Venice Cup round robin, 19 VPs clear of the field after only six matches. On Day 2 they had two big wins, over highly fancied China (20-10) and Colombia (22-8), followed by a draw with perennial rivals, Great Britain. Already, France are the only undefeated side in the Ladies competition. The only teams with three wins on the day were the two USA teams, with USA2 still playing without Lynn Deas. USA1 defeated Brazil (23-7), Netherlands (16-14) and Canada (20-10), while USA2 scored won all three matches by 16-14, against Italy, Germany and Tunisia . Also enjoying the day were Australia and second placed South Africa, both with two wins and a draw. South Africa had the one maximum of the day, against New Zealand And congratulations to the host nation, Tunisia, who, after a very nervous first day, moved off the bottom of the table with a 15 and two 14s on the day.