Correction from yesterday's report
CORRECTION TO THE FIRST POSTING
The timetable for the qualifying is as follows:
Thursday 9th to Tuesday 14th August is the qualifying round robin in each section
However, there are 4 matched per day (not 3 as mentioned yesterday).
The match times are (in Australian Eastern Standard Time)
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Match 1 |
Starts at 12 noon for 2 hours |
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Match 2 |
Starts at 15:30 for 2 hours |
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Match 3 |
Starts 17:50 for 2 hours |
|
Match 4 |
Starts 20:10 for 2 hours |
Suzhou is 2 hours behind Australian Eastern Standard Time so they start at 10:00am and finish just after 8:00pm local time.
Today, Australia plays –
China first (the current Asian champions)
Singapore second
USA2 third
Poland in the final match
All matches during the event will be against good opposition and the first day is no exception.
There are 19 matches in the round robin.
Some of their matches will be shown on BBO but the schedule is not known yet.
Mike Doecke will send pictures and interesting tidbits from the venue and
Chris Hughes will report on the event from Australia.
Together, we hope to keep you updated.
Posted by Mike and Chris on Thursday, 9 August 2018 at 11:00