Hi Chris,

While I totally agree in principle to your complaint about the advisability of holding such Mini events, the ACBL will counter argue that they are merely giving their members what they want. Let’s analyze that argument and see where that leads.

The good news for staging those events is that the average or below high-level player will be able to play in an event sans top players and at the same time hold out to the real world that, as the name implies, it is somehow related to one of the toughest events on the ACBL calendar, but to the unknowing public, can be terribly misleading.

Is this good, bad or indifferent? Well, I’m sure that if the ACBL feels like it gets more people playing and paying entry fees that whatever misrepresentation is taking place, it becomes worth it. Perhaps they are right and all other reasons become meaningless, but somehow, at least in the so-called old days, I have always held the notion that aspiring players, regardless of their ages, should always be encouraged to play up, so that the exposure to higher level players will serve the game better, since, without it, there would be no way for players to improve, certainly not as rapidly as was often done in the past.

Trying to be realistic and understand that many older players are tired of beating their heads against a stone wall and always losing, often ignominiously, which caused frustration and leads some to basically give up the game in disgust. So be it, but somehow the name association seems just too deceptive. If we are to live up to our heritage of bridge being a Gentlemen’s (and Ladies) game, perhaps we should also have the pride of not soliciting our players by going too far in stretching our promotion. Easy for me to say, perhaps so, but having to go to the degrading whip, is hard for me to accept.

In conclusion, I think it fair to say that both attitudes deserve consideration. I just hope that, in the name of bridge’s majestic and hallowed past, our current lawmakers always consider both sides before acting, instead of usually leaning to immediately adopt carnival tactics.

Perhaps a sensible solution is to start the mini (and micro) Spingold a day later than the main event. That way, if a team loses (and they probably will), it gives them the chance to play in another long KO.

Ah, Phil, a very nice idea. I’ll send Brent Manley a link to this and your suggestion. Thank you Bobby for your considered response. I happen to be one of those who believes in playing up.

Yeah, a day later start would be a great idea. They currently end a day earlier for each event.

I think one of the main reasons they do it is to avoid having 200+ teams signing up for the Spingold. But my team had to decided between fielding a good team that should have a chance to win the micro-spingold or play the full spingold and have little chance of making day 3.

Hi there, Natasha do you live in Thessaloniki , kitchen 29 is very close to my shop I didn,t know Ioanna had wkrpshoos will pop by and see her. Looks like you all had great fun and produced some lovely pieces.Marie

I told my kids we’d play after I found what I needed. Damnit.

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