THE ♠ ♥ Dorset ♦ ♣ The Dorset County Bridge Association Newsletter October 2010 - Issue 16

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Forthcoming Events 2010

Sunday 10th October 1.00 Pairs for the SIMEON CUP Hosted by Dorset CBA at the Allendale Community Centre Entries to Claire Hillyard 01202 880609 [email protected] Holders: David Gill and Eugene Sheehan

KNIGHT CUP QUALIFIERS Thursday 21st October 7.15 Weymouth Bridge Club, Preston (Entries to Hilary Brain 01305 860334 [email protected]) Monday 1st November 7.00 Allendale Bridge Club (Entries to Claire Hillyard 01202 880609 [email protected]) Tuesday 23rd November 7.15 Sherborne Bridge Club (Visitors must book in advance) (Entries to John Elce 01963 210303 [email protected] )

Sunday 31st October 1.00 LADIES’ PAIRS for the CHAMPIONSHIP CUP AND MEN’S PAIRS for the CHAMPIONSHIP CUP Hosted by Dorset CBA at the Allendale Community Centre Entries to Claire Hillyard 01202 880609 [email protected]

Sunday 12th December 1.00 Mixed Pairs for the CHOPE SALVER Hosted by Dorset CBA at the Allendale Community Centre Entries to Claire Hillyard 01202 880609 [email protected] Holders: Alan Wilson and Helen Ackroyd

2011

Sunday 9th January 1.00 Swiss Teams for the FROST ROSE BOWL Hosted by Dorset CBA at the Allendale Community Centre Entries to Claire Hillyard 01202 880609 [email protected] Holders: Chris Guy, Mary Clews, Doris Hutchinson and Paul Bennett

Sunday 20th February 1.00 Swiss Teams for the WEYMOUTH COLLEGE TROPHY Preston Bridge Club, Weymouth Entries to Hilary Brain 01305 860334 [email protected] Holders: Hilary Brain, Chris Stevens, Clive Russell and Alistair Cowley

The Dorset Coup 2 October 2010 Forthcoming Events continued Sunday 6th February 1.00 KNIGHT CUP FINAL (Successful pairs will represent Dorset at the Corwen Trophy at Hinckley on 4th and 5th June) Holders : Claire Hillyard and Richard Vessey & OPEN TO ALL PAIRS Holders of last year‘s Consolation Pairs: Miles Cowling and Daphne Philipps Allendale Community Centre Entries for the ‗Open to all Pairs‘ to Claire Hillyard 01202 880609 [email protected]

Sunday 6th March 1.00 Fundraising Swiss Teams Hosted by Dorset CBA at the Allendale Community Centre Entries to Claire Hillyard 01202 880609 [email protected]

Wednesday 23rd March 7.00 Teams of eight for the Garden Cities Qualifier Hosted by Dorset CBA at the Allendale Community Centre Entries to Claire Hillyard 01202 880609 [email protected] Fee £25.00 per team Holders : Dorchester BC (Hannah Kearns, Eileen Rundle, Alistair Cowley, Paddy Bowen, Jo Whitty, Pat Savage , John Cruickshank and Ann Cruickshank)

Sunday 3rd April 2.00 Swiss Teams for the Gee Trophy Hosted by Allendale Bridge Club at the Allendale Community Centre Entries to Claire Hillyard 01202 880609 [email protected] Holders: Helen Ackroyd, Martin Brook, Alan Wilson and Chris Guy

Sunday 8th May AGM 11.00 Swiss Teams for the Udall Trophy 1.00 Hosted by Dorset CBA at the Allendale Community Centre (The Udall Trophy will be the qualifier for the County K/O this year with the top 8 teams going through to the next round. The eventual winners will represent Dorset at the Pachabo Cup at Hinckley on 11th and 12th June) Entries to Claire Hillyard 01202 880609 [email protected] Holders: Ron Heath, Lynne Heath, Jon Holland and Hugh Kevill-Davies

Sunday 5th June 2.00 Swiss Teams for the Allendale Trophy An Allendale Club event Hosted by Allendale Bridge Club at the Allendale Community Centre Entries to Claire Hillyard 01202 880609 [email protected] Holders: Helen Ackroyd, Martin Brook, Ann Sharples and Bob Mott

The Dorset Coup 3 October 2010 Just for Fun Quiz Pages

Find the bridge associated answers to the clues across and reveal two words in the shaded column. (Answers on page 10)

Puzzle 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1. Short and fit. (8,3) 2. He sounds like both ends of the lower limb of a wood ranger. (4, 9) 3. Sounds barking! ... (7) 4. And sounds like she‘s been to the vet. (5) 5. Worm your way out of the mess. (7) 6. Immature N, S, E and W. (5, 6) 7. Modest prompt command. (10, 3, 3) 8. Stalk businessman. (6, 4) 9. Eraser. (6) 10. Twice the idiot. (6, 5)

The Dorset Coup 4 October 2010 Find the bridge associated answers to the clues across and reveal one word in the shaded column. (Answers on page 10)

Puzzle 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. Walk but don‘t lift feet for this sort. (7) 2. Town in Kent. (4) 3. Strong but sad. (4, 4) 4. Small dark forest. (9) 5. Where the local spiders go? (6, 7) 6. Don‘t go mister. (7) 7. Smart call. (3, 3)

Find the bridge associated answers to the anagrams below. (Answers on page 10)

1. Is music bleached (8, 3, 4) 2. Up market now (4, 2, 5) 3. Restored plaice (8, 6) 4. Dear salmon (5, 5) 5. carpet (7, 4) 6. Nat dated sexy men (8, 7) 7. Mention drivers (8, 6) 8. South ringed bell (8, 7) 9. Print less (9)

The Dorset Coup 5 October 2010 WESTERN LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 If you would like to be considered for selection this season in any of the Western League teams please contact the following people: A team - Mark Hooper 01202 433701, Mobile 07958-574185 [email protected], B team - Richard Vessey 01202 880609, [email protected], C team either Hannah Kearns 01305 823426 [email protected] or Julian Gregory 01202 600271 [email protected] . C team applicant should be below the rank of National Master (less than 75 green points).

Wrong Suit I played with Ron Good for, possibly, the first time ever the other night. We had briefly discussed system including agreeing to play Modified as our two-suited , and on the strength of our jump overcalls. Shortly into the evening our opponents arrived at our table stating that they play a Strong Club. I asked Ron what defence he would like to play and he replied ―Natural‖.

As North I held:

♠ ♥ J 10 5 3 2 ♦ A K 6 3 2 ♣ A 5 4

So when RHO opened 1S I overcalled 2S showing the red suits - this was not alerted. LHO holding five spades and an opening hand with a diamond void decided he would pass and await developments thinking he would be more able to show the void later in the auction. Ron passed! In his mind the opening bid was the Strong 1C which had just been discussed and he thought I was making a jump . Opener with six spades and an 11 count, not unreasonably, thought it wise to pass and not let me off the hook. Ron realised his mistake at this point and apologised and I flippantly said ―Never mind, maybe it‘ll be a good ‖. I proceeded to make precisely one trick with the ♣A going 7 down for minus 350, so you won‘t be surprised to learn that the opponents can make the small slam in spades.

At this point Ron started to laugh at our good fortune following our bad bidding. This set me off which made him worse and so on until we were both giggling like a couple of schoolgirls and had tears streaming down our cheeks. I must say our opponents took this all in really good spirits knowing that we were laughing at the situation and not them.

This is the third time I have played in the opponents‘ suit un-doubled and got a top board so clearly I should try to do it more often!

This was the full hand: Continued on page 7 The Dorset Coup 6 October 2010 Dealer S ♠ Void None Vul ♥ J 10 5 3 2

♦ A K 6 3 2 ♣ A 5 4

♠ K Q 9 8 4 2 N ♠ A J 10 7 3 ♥ K Q 6 ♥ A 9 8 7 W E

♦ 9 5 ♦ Void S ♣ J 9 ♣ K Q 10 3

♠ 6 5

4 ♥ ♦ Q J 10 8 7 4 ♣ 8 7 6 2

As you can see, if East/West find 6S, then 7D is a good save losing only three tricks.

Helen Ackroyd

Bent Bingo and the Strong No

Any bingo card is as likely to win as any other. Yet one bingo card can compete well against one million. Clearly this is nonsense.

To start with we need to say our bingo card contains 15 numbers chosen (almost) randomly between 1 and 90; no, we don‘t do street numbers or birthdates—that‘s the lottery and we‘ve strayed far enough already. The million cards we are competing against have a flaw of commonality, they all contain the number 23 and our one card does not. This is important, so important in fact that our card will, in the long run, not win one time in a million but vastly more than this. Why?

Well if number 23 is drawn last of the 90 numbers our card must win, and this is a one in 90 chance. If number 23 is drawn last but one then by the time it is drawn our card is very likely to be completed. If we tot up all the cases where number 23 is drawn late and do some maths we find that our single card is going to win about six times in a hundred! This is 60,000 times more than one in a million. Strange but what has this got to do with bridge?

Continued on page 8 The Dorset Coup 7 October 2010 In the eponymous region of Duplitopeia, 13 regular pairs play four times a week and have done so for the last 25 years. They all play the same system—weak no trump, transfers, weak twos in the majors – sound familiar? and they all are just as good (or just as bad) bridge players as each other. The number of wins each pair have had and a chart of the winning score in the 5,200 games follows.

Pair 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Wins 380 388 404 407 406 436 394 410 396 398 403 402 376

Of course these results have been obtained by computer simulation. If you think computer simulation is dubious and unreliable and that its results may bear little resemblance to the real world then you are wise in that a fair chunk of our current economic grief is down to the use of them. If you think otherwise read ―The Black Swan‖ by Nassim Taleb.

Well Pair 1 decide to go on a bridge course organised by the Union of Bridge Experts, the UBE entitled ―The other bridge conventions‖ and afterwards decide to play a revised system which includes amongst other things the Strong No Trump and five card majors. The consequence of this is that their results become more volatile and work to their advantage or not depending on whether the particular evening‘s hands fit with their different system. To look at the effect of this we assume that on any particular evening they will score 4% higher or lower than with their old system. Their average score remains the same. If we look at the previous results and randomly increase or reduce their evenings‘ scores by 4% we find they would have won 561 times as compared with 380 previously, an increase of over 40%.

The Dorset Coup 8 October 2010 Not bad just for doing something different to the rest of the field. Mind you their bad scores start to look a bit embarrassing.

A little later our pair decide to go on a further course also run by the UBE entitled ―Improve your duplicate play‖. This is successful to the extent that it increases their score by exactly 1% every evening but they decide to revert back to their old . If we again look at their historic scores but credit them with the extra 1% every evening we find that they would have won 503 times, an increase of about 30%.

Finally if we introduced a really strong pair into the field, i.e. they could average 10% more than the other pairs by their card play alone, we find they might actually reduce their number of wins by playing a different system to the field. They can win much of the time anyway and may lose out by introducing swings.

Doing something different may well work to your advantage but if you can beat the field by skill, mixing it up may be counterproductive.

Alan Wilson

Safety Play

At teams you reach 6NT and need to bring in the club suit for only one loser. You have adequate entries in both hands but clubs break badly. How do you ensure four tricks on any 4—1 break?

Dummy ♣ A J 3

Declarer ♣ K 9 7 5 2

Answer on page 12

Would you be interested in a Dorset Teams League?

Many Counties already have such a league. Typically matches are played in people‘s houses over the year with each league containing about six teams which would mean playing five matches per year. The Management Committee would like to know if a) you would be inter- ested, b) should the league be a qualifier for the Tollemache. c) should the 1st Division be for County primary members, d) how long should the matches be and e) should there be a division that is open to everyone which would encourage new players to compete? Your feedback to Claire Hillyard would be most welcome.

The Dorset Coup 9 October 2010 Answers to quizzes on page 4 and 5 Puzzle 1 1 S P L I N T E R B I D 2 T O N Y F O R R E S T E R 3R U F F I N G 4S P A D E 5W R I G G L E 6 G R E E N P O I N T S 7U N A S S U M I N G C U E B I D 8 F O L L O W S U I T 9 R U B B E R 10D O U B L E D U M M Y

Puzzle 2 1 S H U F F L E 2 D E A L 3 B L U E C L U B 4 B L A C K W O O D 5 D O R S E T W E B S I T E 6 S T A Y M A N 7 F I T B I D

Anagrams 1 Michaels Cue Bids 6 Extended Stayman

2 Weak No Trump 7 3 Director please 8 Lightner Doubles

4 Roman leads 9 Splinters

5 Penalty card

The Dorset Coup 10 October 2010 Letter from the Editor This is the last edition of The Dorset Coup. Unsurprisingly, but still disappointingly, not one person came forward to have a go at producing it. Maybe those with a computer feel they can access all the information they need on our excellent website and those without a com- puter obviously wouldn‘t be able to do it. It is not too late to reconsider though!

I would like to give my thanks to those who have helped in the past: Hannah Kearns and Hilary Brain for printing the newsletter free of charge—they even provided the paper. All the contributors especially my regulars—Roy Riley, Daphne Philipps, Bob Mott, Paddy Bowen and more recently Ron Heath, Alan Wilson, Mark Hooper and Anne and Michael Filer who provided me with the ‗Bridge quotes and jokes‘. Also thanks go to Martin Brook and Ann Sharples who not only have contributed but have also proof-read the DC for me over the years. Special thanks to David Berwitz for helping in the inception of The Dorset Coup, sponsoring it for many years and, of course, for his unforgettable article on his trials of travelling to Cornwall to collect a ¼ green in a Western League match!

Play problem

You hold:

♠ K 6 4 3 ♥ K ♦ A K Q 6 5 ♣ K 7 5

With the opponents silent, you open 1D and partner responds 2D. Looking for NT you bid 2S which promises values in spades but not necessarily a four card suit. Partner bids 3C, again showing values, (with a minimum they would have just bid 3D) so with no heart stop you jump to 5D. LHO leads the ♥9 and partner puts down the following dummy:

♠A 9 ♥7 5 4 3 ♦6 4 3 2 ♣A 8 4

RHO wins the Ace and returns the ♥Q. How do you play when the diamonds break 3-1 and the spades break 4-3, in both cases, in either hand?

Answer on page 13 The Dorset Coup 11 October 2010 Bridge is like Poker - watch your body language!

Yes, there is a lot we can learn about the best way to play certain combinations of cards, or how to bid to the best contract, but for me the great attraction of Bridge is that it is a social game. We can learn a lot from the actions and reactions of our opponents as well.

Take this hand from a recent club evening:

♠ 6 After some very optimistic bidding, I as South end up as declarer in ♥ A K J 10 7 6NT. After some deliberation, West leads the ♣4. It looks tricky - I have ten tricks off the top, so I need two more from somewhere before ♦ A J the defence take two. The spade will only give me one, so it has ♣ K J 10 8 3 to be clubs. If West has led 4th highest, he could have the Ace or the Queen, or both - so which card do I play? N Body language to the rescue! As dummy went down, West's shoulders S slumped and he subconsciously went to fold his hand in defeat. Could it be he had played 4th from Ace Queen? I played low from dummy, won ♠ A Q 5 4 3 the first trick with the 9 of clubs, led another club to set up the King and claimed. ♥ Q 3 . ♦ K Q 10 3 So learn from Poker - don't let your body language give the game away! ♣ 9 2

Paddy Bowen Answer to Safety Play question on page 9

Cash the Ace then return to hand with an outside winner and lead towards the Jack. If LHO shows out then RHO will win the Queen but you can finesse the 10 on the way back. If LHO turns up with Q 10 x x, then the Jack will win and you only need to lose the Queen. Note that if you lead towards the Jack, without cashing the Ace first, you may lose to the single- ton Queen and have to also lose a trick to the 10.

This guy never leads away from a King. He was told not to, so he didn't for his whole life. Finally he passes away and he finds himself in a bridge game. He is on lead against 4S holding: K x, K x x, K x x x, K x x x. Right then and there he knew where he was.

The Dorset Coup 12 October 2010 Answer to Play problem on page 11

♠ A 9 ♥ 7 5 4 3

♦ 6 4 3 2 ♣ A 8 4

♠ Q 10 7 2 N ♠ J 8 5 ♥ J 10 9 8 2 ♥ A Q 6 W E ♦ 10 ♦ J 9 8 S ♣ 9 6 2 ♣ Q J 10 3

♠ K 6 4 3 ♥ K

♦ A K Q 7 5

♣ K 7 5

Ruff the ♥Q and draw just two rounds of trumps. Play ♠A and ♠K and a spade. Come back to hand with the ♣K and lead your last spade. If LHO had held three diamonds and three spades they could ruff in front of you but you just discard a club and score a club ruff later. However, in this example, that is not the case. You should, though, still discard a club allowing West to hold the trick as you will be able to score a club ruff later losing only one heart and one spade.

Congratulations to Chris Stevens on becoming a

Grand Master.

The Dorset Coup 13 October 2010 DORSET BRIDGE CLUBS Dorchester Bridge Club, Conservative Club, South Walks Road, Allendale Bridge Club, Dorchester. Mrs Frances Keene Allendale Centre, Wimborne. E-mail [email protected] Tricia Farrington 01202 548575 or Dup Mon 7.00 1st Mon Teams. John Gardner 01202 650129 Disabled access. Refreshments available. E-mail [email protected] Visitors/New members welcome. Car Park. Dup Mon/Thurs 7.00 Rubb Tues 1.30 Visitors/New members welcome. Highcliffe Bridge Club, Car Park. Disabled access. Partners found. Highcliffe Community Association, Refreshments available. Greystones, Waterford Road, Highcliffe. Beryl Williams 01425 276191 Bournemouth Bridge Club E-mail [email protected] Miles Cowling 01202 687478 Website www.bridgewebs.com/highcliffe/ E-mail [email protected] Dup Mon/Wed 6.30 Dup for Improvers - Dup Tues/Thurs 7.30 check for dates. Also 2nd and 4th Saturdays Hallmark Hotel, Durley Chine Road, (except August) Bournemouth, BH2 5JS. Visitors/New members welcome. Disabled Dup Tues/Fri 1.20 access. Limited Parking. Refreshments Kinson Community Centre, available. Pelhams Park, Millhams Road, Kinson. Visitors/ New members welcome. Gillingham & District Duplicate Bridge Club Partners found. Car Park. Village Hall, left of B3092 Sturminster Disabled access. Refreshments available. Newton to Gillingham road. Mary Alexander 01258 472710 Bridport Bridge Club E-mail [email protected] St. Swithun‘s Church Vestry Hall, Dup Tues 2.00 March - October, North Allington, Bridport. 1.30 November - February. Disabled access. Bobbie Sinclair-Brown Car Park. Prospective new members welcome. E-mail [email protected] Partners found but please phone first. Dup Wed 7.00 Visitors/New members Refreshments provided. welcome. Partners found. Disabled access. Car Park. Refreshments available. Phoenix Duplicate Bridge Club, Broadstone Community & Art Centre, Christchurch Duplicate Bridge Club, Broadstone. Ian Smith 01202 241984 or Bournemouth Indoor Bowling Club, Mike Groom 01202 887488 Dup Thurs 7.00 King‘s Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth. Car Park. Disabled access. Refreshments Ruth Dunsby 01202 474921 available. Visitors/New members welcome. E-mail [email protected] Dup Mon/Wed/Fri 6.45 Poole Bridge Club (Formerly The New Bridge Club), 1st Friday Random Swiss Teams. The Grasshopper Inn, Lower Parkstone. Car Park. Disabled access. Pat Sheldon 01202 886154 Refreshments available. E-mail [email protected] Visitors and new members welcome. Dup Wed 7.15 Visitors welcome, but not complete beginners. No disabled access. Car Park. Refreshments available.

The Dorset Coup 14 October 2010 DORSET BRIDGE CLUBS

Shaftesbury Bridge Club, Westbourne Bridge Club, The British Legion Club, Shirley & Frank Groome 01202 769309 Coppice Street, Shaftesbury. Mobile 07871 190364 John Lewer 01747 852710 E-mail [email protected] E-mail Freda Bonson [email protected] Website www.bridgewebs.com/westbourne Dup Mon/Wed 7.00 Westcliff Baptist Church Hall, Refreshments available. Car Park. Visitors Poole Road, Westbourne. welcome but please ring first for availability. Dup Mon 7.30 Tues 2.00 and at St John‘s Church Hall, Surrey Road, Sherborne Bridge Club, Bournemouth. Dup Thurs 2.00 Sherborne Town Football Club, Disabled access. Tea/Coffee facilities. The Terrace Playing Fields, Sherborne. John Elce 01963 210303 Weymouth Bridge Club, E-mail [email protected] St. Andrews Church Hall Rooms, 4 Church Rd. Dup Mon 2.00 Tues 7.15 Preston, Weymouth. DT3 6BU. Rubber Sept – May Thurs 2.00 at Hilary Brain 01305 860334 Sherborne Bowls Club. E-mail [email protected] Visitors/New members welcome. Car Park. Dup Tues, Thurs 7.15 except Partnership service. Disabled access. 3rd Thurs Teams Aug-Mar. Website http://www.bridgewebs.com/ Swanage Bridge Club, weymouth/ The Mowlam, Swanage. Disabled access. Car Park. Mike Sloman 01929 421821 E-mail [email protected] Wood Farm Tues/Fri 6.30 Varied programme. Jane Bremner 01297 560431 Visitors/New members welcome. Dup Thurs 7.00 Refreshments available. Disabled access. Refreshments available. Visitors/New Members welcome.

Allendale Trophy (12 teams) =1 Adrian Fontes, Mac Lowcock, John Jones and Keith Palmer (Cup winners) =1 Helen Ackroyd, Martin Brook, Ann Sharples and Bob Mott

3 Eugene Sheehan, Mary Clews, David Gill and Pat Page COUNTY RESULTS

Weymouth Cup (15 teams) Cup Winners: Jan Green, Joan Meech, Frances Keene and Judy Petran 1 Martin Brook, Helen Ackroyd, Bob Mott and Ann Sharples 2 David Marr, Isabel Marr, Claire Hillyard and Richard Vessey 3 Hilary Brain, Chris Stevens, Clive Russell and Alistair Cowley

Flemmich Cup (9 teams)

1 Roy Riley, Doris Hutchinson, Eugene Sheehan and Mary Clews National 2 Chris Stevens, Hilary Brain, Hannah Kearns and Eileen Rundle Results on 3 John Gardner, Margot Wilson, Brian Browse and Paddy Bowen back cover

The Dorset Coup 15 October 2010 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Chairperson Tournament Secretary Keith Bartlett Claire Hillyard 01305 774801 01202 880609 [email protected] [email protected]

Treasurer Secretary & Julian Gregory EBU Representative 01202 600271 Ron Heath [email protected] 01425 472886 [email protected] Membership Secretary Ann Sharples Other Member 01202 755691 Beryl Williams [email protected] 01425 276191 [email protected]

Dorset Web Site Green Pointed Swiss Teams Committee www.bridgewebs.com/dorset Phil Norman Helen Ackroyd [email protected] Julian Gregory

NATIONAL RESULTS Dorset One-day Green Pointed Swiss Teams (26) 1 Keith Bennett, Andrew Bennett, Tracy Adams and Steve Tearle, 2 Phil Norman, Mark Hooper, Guy Lawrenson, and Chris Bradley, =3 Rohan Bagshawe, Julian Gregory, Margaret Williamson and Keith Jerram, =3 Karen Dewar, Mac Lowcock, Kenneth Dunn and Charlie Patrick. Finale Pairs Romsey (24) 1 Margot Wilson and John Gardner. Riviera Congress Swiss Teams (46) 15 Pat Savage, Jo Whitty, Ann Husk and Barbara Schultz. Swiss Pairs (114) 13 Margot Wilson and John Gardner, =22 Paddy Bowen and Brian Browse, =22 Ann Sharples and Bob Mott. Summer Seniors Congress Championship Pairs Qualifier (88) 12 Ron and Lynne Heath. A Final (20) 10 Ron and Lynne Heath. B Final (20) 10 Tony Turnage and John Cruickshank. Cwmbran Congress Swiss Pairs (86) =2 Ann Sharples and Helen Ackroyd, 11 Paddy Bowen and Brian Browse, 20 John Gardner and Margot Wilson. Swiss Teams (40) 5 Margot Wilson, John Gardner, Helen Ackroyd and Ann Sharples. Surrey Swiss Weekend Swiss Pairs (180) 7 Bob Mott and Ann Sharples, Swiss Teams (79) 1 Helen Ackroyd, Martin Brook, Chris and Richard Ray, 16 Bob Mott, Ann Sharples, Chris Stevens and Hilary Brain. Andy Kittridge, Basil Feilding, Lynne and Ron Heath won the ascenders prize. West of England Congress Championship Pairs (84) 13 Janet Smith and Lesley Lewis. Ladies Pairs (25) 9 Janet Smith and Lesley Lewis. Mixed Pairs (30) 2 John Gardner and Margot Wilson Swiss Pairs (163) 3 Margot Wilson and John Gardner. Swiss Teams (82) 10 Margot Wilson, John Gardner, Paddy Bowen and Brian Browse.