I had this email from the editor of Bridge Magazine:
On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 at 15:39, Lou Hobhouse <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Marcus and Lesley
Lou Hobhouse here, editor of English Bridge. I am compiling the stats for various things from 2023, and you two achieved a whopping 86.25% in a match you played last year. It was the top score in the country for any pair playing in a 20+board match. I'd like to publish this achievement with photos - could you both provide a nice photo of yourselves (together or separately), but preferably against a plain background. It will only be a head and shoulders shot.
Any extra snippets of info such as 'we'd never played together before', or 'we've played together for 30 years', etc would be great, and an idea of how much it pushed your NGS up at the time would be fun, but not necessary (available on MyEBU). Any other info much welcomed, but will only be published subject to space.
I go to press this weekend, so it is always very urgent, but impossible to start doing until the year is out and all results in!
Tons of congratulations on a very very fine result - something most people just dream about.
All the best
Lou
Lou Hobhouse
Editor, English Bridge
But amazing tho this looks it's a nonsense (as I had to tell her). It's true we made that score and I published it on RealBridge and our website- but the game was an informal one, only 12 of us playing, (3 tables) and it wasn't officially ranked by the EBU or anyone as it was so small. But hey!!!! The best score of the year!!! who'd have thought it.
On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 at 15:39, Lou Hobhouse <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Marcus and Lesley
Lou Hobhouse here, editor of English Bridge. I am compiling the stats for various things from 2023, and you two achieved a whopping 86.25% in a match you played last year. It was the top score in the country for any pair playing in a 20+board match. I'd like to publish this achievement with photos - could you both provide a nice photo of yourselves (together or separately), but preferably against a plain background. It will only be a head and shoulders shot.
Any extra snippets of info such as 'we'd never played together before', or 'we've played together for 30 years', etc would be great, and an idea of how much it pushed your NGS up at the time would be fun, but not necessary (available on MyEBU). Any other info much welcomed, but will only be published subject to space.
I go to press this weekend, so it is always very urgent, but impossible to start doing until the year is out and all results in!
Tons of congratulations on a very very fine result - something most people just dream about.
All the best
Lou
Lou Hobhouse
Editor, English Bridge
But amazing tho this looks it's a nonsense (as I had to tell her). It's true we made that score and I published it on RealBridge and our website- but the game was an informal one, only 12 of us playing, (3 tables) and it wasn't officially ranked by the EBU or anyone as it was so small. But hey!!!! The best score of the year!!! who'd have thought it.