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NOT NEWS 2003 Editorial Team: Stephen Lester & Jane Rasmussen Photographer : Claire Rasmussen Production: Jennifer de Livera Back at Rydges for Session 8, THOMPSON’s T-REX TOUGH AT THE TOP pair, Andrew Braithwaite - Alan Turner, faced the 10-14 transfer openings of Bob Richman - Matthew Thomson. In Round 7, at the Hyatt, I watched Stephen Burgess - An innocuous 2{ overcall was all it took to disrupt the Paul Marston take on Ted Chadwick - Avi Kanetkar. Ted system. did not have good vibes about the match, claiming that Burgess always seems to have his number. He quotes Sorry to report your blot board, Bob, but I wasn’t at the Burgess playing 3NT several times against him with table when T-REX went off the rails on Board 17, and three small opposite jack to three. 3NT always makes Andy Braithwaite missed a step in the relay, missing an with the suit blocked. But when he tries it . easy diamond slam. MARSTON defeated CHADWICK 19 - 11. SWPT, Session 8, Board 9, North deals, EW vul ] 10 6 5 Who should take the save over 4] on Board 1? [ Q 9 5 Consensus in the bar was that it should have been } 10 6 4 2 Chadwick. His cowardice was described as a Victorian { 5 4 3 underbid (Sorry, couldn’t resist. FC) ] A J 4 2 ] K 7 3 [ J 3 [ A K 8 7 4 North deals, nil vul } A K J 9 7 5 } Q 8 ] K Q 10 8 4 { 2 { J 8 7 [ A ] Q 9 8 } A Q 10 5 2 [ 10 6 2 { 4 3 } 3 ] 7 ] 9 6 2 { A K Q 10 9 6 [ K Q 10 9 5 3 [ 7 4 2 West North East South } J 7 3 } K 4 Thomson Turner Richman Braithwaite { 8 7 5 { A K Q J 2 1 2 Pass 1} 2{ ] A J 5 3 2} Pass 2[ Pass [ J 8 6 2] Pass 3{ Pass } 9 8 6 3[ Pass 4[ All Pass { 10 9 6 West North East South 1. 0-5 or 15+ Kanetkar Burgess Chadwick Marston 2. Shows hearts 1{1 2{ Dbl2 3[ Pass 3] 4[ With 6} where we’d all like to be, and easily makeable 4] All Pass with hearts 3-3 and ]Q onside, it appears that Richman should have given diamond support at some stage. 1. Strong 2. Takeout, limited Richman’s line in 4[ was unfortunate. Braithwaite 4] made 10 tricks when 5{ or 5[ would only be one cashed {K, and switched to ]9 (showing one card down. The datum at the Hyatt was NS +250. higher or none). Richman ducked to his king and ruffed a club. [J (ducked by Turner) was won by Richman’s ace. He cashed [K, }Q and continued with a second diamond. Braithwaite ruffed with [10, cashed a top club, and Turner still had [Q to come for one down. 13 IMPs to THOMPSON, but ZIGGY won the match by 10 IMPs, 17-13. Table Tally at Midnight 22/01/2003 A Braithwaite, M Thomson, A Turner, B Richman 4852 NOT NEWS # 9 Thursday, January 23, 2003 Page 1 2003 SWPT RYDGES RYDGES DATUMS AFTER ROUND 9 Board Rnd 7 Rnd 8 Rnd 9 Pl Tm Name Score 001 001 SIEGFRIED KONIG 185 1 340 -40 460 JAMES WALLIS ISHMAEL DEL'MONTE 2 -1010 -110 -260 ROBERT FRUEWIRTH BOB RICHMAN MATTHEW THOMSON 3 -10 20 1040 002 002 JOHN ROBERTS 179 4 620 50 -40 BRUCE NEILL PETER SMITH PAUL YOVICH 5 100 -80 -840 ZOLLY NAGY RON KLINGER 6 30 -20 -990 003 003 MATTHEW MCMANUS 178 7 0 -80 30 TONY NUNN SARTAJ HANS DAVID BEAUCHAMP 8 -120 250 -170 PETER FORDHAM MICHAEL WARE 9 -440 -200 -520 004 005 SIMON HINGE 174 PHILIP MARKEY 10 600 0 380 CATHY CHUA CHRIS HUGHES 11 270 0 -140 005 011 IAN MCCANCE 173 FELICITY BEALE 12 -600 -320 410 DAVID HOFFMAN JULIA HOFFMAN 13 90 500 -80 DI SMART ROBBIE VAN RIEL 14 170 -110 -410 006 012 NICOLETA GIURA 169 NICK HUGHES 15 40 -350 -80 ROBERT KROCHMALIK DANIEL KROCHMALIK DAVID MORGAN 16 100 -30 300 007 021 JUSTIN STARK 168 17 -100 690 760 MICHAEL GURFINKIEL RON LEL 18 90 450 -90 DOUGLAS NEWLANDS 008 004 BEN THOMPSON 165 19 -550 -40 -840 NIGEL ROSENDORFF ANDREW BRAITHWAITE 20 580 510 -460 ALLAN TURNER GAVIN WOLTER VINCENT DEMUY 009 015 GARY RIDGWAY 165 ARTHUR ROBBINS DAVID HAPPELL LINDSEY ROBINSON JOHN BROCKWELL TONY JACKMAN 010 007 MARGARET BOURKE 162 TIM BOURKE ARJUNA DE LIVERA ERIC RAMSHAW JOHN WIGNALL ROY KERR NOT NEWS # 9 Thursday, January 23, 2003 Page 2 2003 SWPT HYATT HYATT DATUMS AFTER ROUND 9 Board Rnd 7 Rnd 8 Rnd 9 Pl Tm Name Score 1 250 -50 450 001 001 PAUL MARSTON 186 2 -1010 -110 -420 STEPHEN BURGESS GABI LORENTZ JOHN LESTER 3 -260 -20 930 PABLO LAMBARDI ASHLEY BACH 4 620 -70 -130 002 004 EDWARD CHADWICK 174 5 80 -80 -630 AVINASH KANETKAR PETER REYNOLDS JOACHIM HAFFER 6 30 -40 -230 003 101 GRIFF WARE 172 7 -40 -810 -40 DANIEL GEROMBOUX MATTHEW PORTER 8 -130 370 -70 WILLIAM JENNER-O'SHEA 9 -210 -230 -260 004 121 BARRY GOREN 169 BRAD COLES MICHAEL SMITH 10 630 -60 230 KEVIN BATHURST 11 280 -30 -30 005 011 PAULINE GUMBY 165 WARREN LAZER MICHAEL WILKINSON 12 -510 -230 550 MARK ABRAHAM 13 50 630 100 006 005 SEAMUS BROWNE 164 GEORGE SMOLANKO 14 360 -130 -440 RITOBRAT BAGCHI RICHARD BRIGHTLING DAVID MORTIMER 15 90 -420 150 IAN THOMSON 16 130 -80 180 007 007 JAMIE EBERY 162 THEO ANTOFF 17 -100 940 670 ALBERT SIMPSON LEIGH GOLD 18 50 400 -60 008 022 ATTILIO DE LUCA 161 DAVID LUSK 19 -620 -110 -1070 JUDY HOCKING KEVIN LANGE 20 650 620 -290 PETER CHAN 009 006 ALAN WALSH 161 BARBARA MCDONALD MIKE HUGHES SUBSCRIBE TO AUSTRALIAN BRIDGE TED GRIFFIN KIM MORRISON Your national bridge magazine MARILYN CHADWICK 010 003 ERVIN OTVOSI 161 $44 for six issues ARIAN LASOCKI MAREK BOREWICZ KRZYSZTOF LASOCKI The February issue of AB will carry a collage of JERZY RUSSYAN many of the players snapped at the Festival. Go to the AB webpage, australianbridge.com for details on how to subscribe NOT NEWS # 9 Thursday, January 23, 2003 Page 3 West won and cashed a third heart before exiting with a YOUTH FIGHT FOR PLANE TICKETS low spade. ]9 drew ]Q and ]K, and declarer now by Mark Abraham ran }8, losing to }Q. East's club switch was won by {J and the long heart was cashed. Double dummy East Anybody running a book on who would be members of does best to retain the long diamond to capitalise on the 2003 Australian Youth Team would have made a declarer's club suit blockage, but a diamond was dis- handsome profit this year. Dominant in the 10-pair carded by East and once }A was knocked out nine cross-IMPed Butler field were the NSW - SA lineup of tricks resulted. Declarer at the other table lost his way Gabby Feiler - David Wiltshire. Practise outings in the after an opening club lead. He lost a heart trick before ANOT and SNOT paid off, as this pair were beaten only knocking out the diamond entries to the long club, drift- once in the first round robin and in the second round ing two down. robin only one match was lost by more than a partscore swing. Their plane tickets were booked with one round A quirk of notrump right-siding on the next board saw 13 to go, with old hands Tony Nunn - Kylie Robb coming in more IMPs head to "The Remainder", but another Abra- second with a gap of 173 double-IMPs, three times the ham penalty double and a missed game by teammates winning margin of 2002. saw nine of them return to "The Chosen". Some flat boards (more minor suit 150s) saw The remaining two pairs of plane the dust settle at 49-23 to "The Re- tickets were to be settled after the mainder" after the first quarter. runners-up chose teammates from the 3rd, 4th and 5th pairs for a play- The second quarter featured some off match between those four pairs. classic youth bridge. Croft and Battle lines were drawn between Abraham both overcalled 1[ on "The Chosen" with Open Team and ] 103, [ 84, }AJ108, {AQ982 and Womens triallist Tony - Kylie pairing were doubled for -1100, just your with Nic Croft - Arian Lasocki, veter- everyday push board! A Wilkinson ans of the 2002 Youth Team and two-level overcall lead to an -800 including Open and Youth ANC title- penalty which was adequately com- winners, against "The Remainder", pensated by method accident at the 2002 teammates Michael Wilkinson other table after 2NT - Pass - 3] - Mark Abraham with ANOT finallist (showing five spades and four Joshua Wyner and Daniel Kro- Michael Wilkinson and Mark Abraham hearts), but thought to be minor suit chmalik. 64 boards were to decide the rest of the team Stayman. The final 7{ contract was to represent Australia at the World Junior Teams. four down). Some slam bidding of varying quality from the relay pair added to the margin which was 71-22 Early kibitzing at the Robb - Nunn v. Abraham - Wilkin- IMPs to "The Remainder" for the session - now a com- son table saw a scary number of minor-suit partials manding 75 IMP lead. making about 11 tricks, and one Abraham penalty dou- ble (Wilkinson was relieved to suffer only one overtrick).