22 Jun 2023

Bridge World Grand Master from Aotearoa

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 22 June 2023

A New Zealand man has become the first in Australasia to become a World Grand Master of Bridge.

Aotearoa's open team competed in the Asia Pacific Bridge Championship in Hong Kong last week - and were only narrowly beaten by China.

Mike Cornell has been playing the card game for 50 years, representing the country for the first time in 1972... he's only the 126th person in the world to reach his new rank.

Mike speaks to Jesse about his love of the game.

person shuffling cards

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