Syndicated bridge columns
Herb
know of Bobby Wolff, Frank Stewart, Philip Alder (NY Times) and Andrew
Robson (London Times)
Thank you.
- Herb
Los Angeles
Andrew
Tannah Hirsch and the ghost of Omar Shariff still write a column.
Andrew
George Priest
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Derek Broughton
> On Jul 23, 9:20 am, Herb <H...@the.herb.garden> wrote:
>> What is the current roster of syndicated bridge columnists? I only
>> know of Bobby Wolff, Frank Stewart, Philip Alder (NY Times) and Andrew
>> Robson (London Times)
>
> Tannah Hirsch and the ghost of Omar Shariff still write a column.
I trust that's as in "ghost-written by...", as otherwise I was pretty sure
Omar Shariff was still with us...
--
derek
David Babcock
> What is the current roster of syndicated bridge columnists? I only
> know of Bobby Wolff, Frank Stewart, Philip Alder (NY Times) and Andrew
> Robson (London Times)
Denis Priest has a column in the Sunday Mail, from (I believe)
Adelaide:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail
David
David Babcock
> Denis Priest has a column in the Sunday Mail, from (I believe)
> Adelaide:http://www.news.com.au/couriermail
>
> David
Oops -- just checked the link I had for that column, and it's broken,
but the column still shows up if you Google for "Denis Priest" --
anyone with a current URL that will work every week, please post it!!
Thanks.
David
Kieran Dyke
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Denis Priest and his newspaper are from Brisbane. (Adelaide also has a
Sunday Mail). Oddly, I've been playing every major tournament in Australia
for fifteen years and I've never even seen him.
I don't know what is meant by a syndicated bridge columnist. If it means a
columnist whose column is run in several newspapers, I don't think there are
any in Australia.
Tiggrr
Herb
Thanks very much to all who've answered.
Our local paper (Los Angeles Daily News) has just dropped Bobby
Wolff's "Aces on Bridge" column as part of a revamping of their
features section. But they've gotten a lot of flack and today said
that they're bringing back some of the dropped comic strips and the
horoscope and "some other features". We'll see.
- Herb
Andrew
Originally the column was nominally written by Omar and Charles Goren.
But its been a very long time since either put a pen to paper.
Andrew
Gordon Rainsford
> What is the current roster of syndicated bridge columnists? I only
> know of Bobby Wolff, Frank Stewart, Philip Alder (NY Times) and Andrew
> Robson (London Times)
Zia has a column in the Guardian (though I'm told he doesn't write it
himself), and Tony Forrester writes in the Daily Telegraph.
--
Gordon Rainsford
London UK
Adam Beneschan
> I don't know what is meant by a syndicated bridge columnist. If it means a
> columnist whose column is run in several newspapers, I don't think there are
> any in Australia.
I think "syndicated" means that the column is produced by a business
concern that then turns around and sells the material to as many
newspapers as it can---as opposed to the columnist being on the
payroll of the newspaper (or a related company). It's possible for a
syndicated columnist to appear in only one newspaper, but that
probably means that the syndication business needs to hire a new
marketing director. It's also possible for a non-syndicated columnist
to appear in several newspapers, if the newspapers are all owned by
the same company, or if the column is "owned" by one newspaper and
then the newspaper company then sells it to other newspapers. Anyway,
that's my understanding of what it means.
-- Adam
Kieran Dyke
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In that case, I'm pretty sure there are no syndicated columns in Australia.
Every state's newspaper has its own columnist.
Tiggrr
Aslam Siddiqui
in anything related to Bridge (books, tournament records etc) except the
syndicated column.
aslam
John Crinnion
wrote:
> Herb <H...@the.herb.garden> wrote:
<SNIP>
> Zia has a column in the Guardian (though I'm told he doesn't write it
> himself), and Tony Forrester writes in the Daily Telegraph.
True, but miles better than either of the above is Peter Donovan's
column in the (London) Daily Mail.
> Gordon Rainsford
>
> London UK
Andrew
Tannah Hirsch has written the Goren column since 1978. Prior to that
he had been writing about bridge since at least the mid 1960's. I
don't know anything about his qualifications as a player.
Andrew
Richard Pavlicek
> Who's Tannah Hirsch?
Here's a paste from an old bio:
: Hirsch, Tannah (born 1933) of NYC; formerly of Johannesburg, South Africa
: and Jerusalem, Israel; president of Goren International since 1978; bridge
: writer and editor; won South Africa Congress Teams 1957, Natal Teams 1958,
: Jerusalem Pairs 1962-64, ACBL Mid-Atlantic Summer Men's Pairs 1968,
: Tri-State Swiss Teams 1970 and 1980, Bermuda Swiss Teams 1977-78. He is
: co-author of Tournament Book of the 2nd World Olympiad Pairs. He edited
: the Daily Bulletin at the European Championships 1965 and 1974. He was
: associate editor and editor of ACBL Bulletin 1967-72. He has contributed
: articles to The Bridge World, Nederlands Bridge, South African Bridge
: Bulletin, and Popular Bridge.
In more recent years, I know he has ghostwritten most of the
Omar Sharif columns.
Oh, and I also believe Tannah discovered the leaves used to
steep fluid for Kharis (the mummy) but can't be sure. :)
--
Richard Pavlicek
Web site: http://www.rpbridge.net
July contest: http://www.rpbridge.net/8y49.htm
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I kibitzed Tannah Hirsch in a cut around Chicago money game in NYC
about 18 years ago.
The stakes were a $1.00 a point (i.e. $600 for a vulnerable 3NT
making) and the game consisted of Bob Hamman and a couple other
players who went on to win a few major national team championships.
Hirsch certainly demonstrated then that he was more than capable of
holding his own.
Eric Leong
Richard Fedrick
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I've no idea if that is true, but surely the set of people with the minimum
critical faculties necessary to play bridge, and the set of people who buy
the Daily Mail, has a null intersection?
John Crinnion
wrote:
> "John Crinnion" <jcrinn...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > On 24 Jul, 09:07, grbridgeREMOVET...@btinternet.com (Gordon Rainsford)
> > wrote:
> >> Herb <H...@the.herb.garden> wrote:
<SNIP>
I've no idea if that is true, but surely the set of people with the
minimum
critical faculties necessary to play bridge, and the set of people
who buy
the Daily Mail, has a null intersection?
NO, you must be thinking of the Daily Express - a very different
kettle of fish!
Peter Donovan used to be seen (and heard) holding court at Young
Chelsea. I do not know if he still does so since YC was sold to
Gordon "Mumbai" Rainsford..
Richard Fedrick
> On 28 Jul, 17:12, "Richard Fedrick" <richardfedr...@btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>> "John Crinnion" <jcrinn...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1185573808.9...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
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>> > On 24 Jul, 09:07, grbridgeREMOVET...@btinternet.com (Gordon Rainsford)
>> > wrote:
>> >> Herb <H...@the.herb.garden> wrote:
>
> <SNIP>
>
>
> I've no idea if that is true, but surely the set of people with the
> minimum
> critical faculties necessary to play bridge, and the set of people
> who buy
> the Daily Mail, has a null intersection?
>
>
> NO, you must be thinking of the Daily Express - a very different
> kettle of fish!
>
No, no, I definitely meant the Daily Mail. Being a right-wing fruitloop with
an unhealthy obsession with deceased sloanes does not *necessarily* preclude
you from being able to play bridge.
Gordon Rainsford
> Peter Donovan used to be seen (and heard) holding court at Young
> Chelsea. I do not know if he still does so since YC was sold to
> Gordon "Mumbai" Rainsford..
Not sold, not to me.
But he was at one time a regular at the YC.
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Barry Rigal supplies many of the columns for Wolff.
Eric Leong