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Congratulations! Daily Bulletin No.8 Monday 16 July 2001 CONGRATULATIONS! Turn to page two to discover who has won Certain acts had to be vetoed. the coveted WBF awards. As usual there were lots of nominations, but there can These included an entire performance of only be four winners. The Sound of Music by the Austrian delegation, a demonstration of the Mazurka Stage Performance by Hungary, a rendition of Paderewski’s Theme Varie by our Polish hosts (although they were still trying to find a grand piano in Tonight’s star filled gala performance Insko, the local supermarket having run compered by Stefan Back and Mark Horton out). features the following confirmed contributions: The Croatians were hoping to re-enact the Wimbeldon final, featuring a non- Italy A homage to Klaus Reps speaking cameo appearance by Peter Gill, but the net is too big for the stage. Germany A Musical Reprise Belgium’s proposed Hercule Poirot England A Song of Patriotic Pride impressions have been vetoed. Netherlands A Lesson in Good Bridge Israel’s plan to part Lake Insko has been thwarted by the non-appearance of Moses USA/England I Remember it Well who was ejected from the Crazy pairs. USA Nathan flies Solo We are still trying to understand the proposals of the Estonian and Latvian Australia Peter Gill Unlimited groups. 4th World Junior Bridge Camp Insko 9-16 July 2001 WBF Awards activities with great enthusiasm. Step forward Daniel Mogilnicki of Poland! The four honourees of this camp, presented below in no particular order, come from very Our fourth and final award goes to a player different countries, and are four very different who is always ready to play any game — personalities. Nonetheless they all share one whatever the time of day or night — if this common characteristic; they have made the would please other people. He is a regular camp a better place for their friends and visitor to the Bulletin Room with stories of acquaintances. other people’s achievements, and encourages his fellow campers to play well and have a good First comes a player who stands out because time. He has been an enthusiastic camp he always has a smile on his face. He plays with supporter from the very beginning; not only did partners of all ranks, and though he is a fine he come back at all occasions but, together player he does not show his superiority at the with his friends, he acted as an ambassador of table. Since his first appearance, he has adopted Junior bridge in his country, ensuring that many the Camp spirit and worked for its success, more Juniors share his camp experiences. whether by participating, helping fellow Juniors Congratulations Ophir Reshef of Israel! or giving a hand (bridge or otherwise) to the organizers. He is friendly to everyone, Card Combinations generous, and popular. For all these reasons, we are very pleased to honour Niek Brink of What is your best play for three The Netherlands! tricks with The fans of our second award winner say that [ 10 5 2 he is always happy and understanding at the Bridge table, even when his partner does not live up to expectations. As a player, he is good; facing [ A J 8 4 as a Camper, he is superior and has demonstrated repeatedly that he has the right and what is your safest line for two youth spirit. You will always find him mixing tricks? with people from other countries, having a good time, and ensuring that they do too. Moreover he is always ready to help anyone who is experiencing a problem. Well done ACBL Junior Camp 2002 Kostas Koussis of Greece! While details of the next ACBL Junior camp We are very pleased to be able to pick our remain to be finalised it is already known that third candidate because he has been a tower of the camp will either follow or precede the strength — not just at the Bridge table but North American Summer Nationals that will be especially away from it. At any event there are held in Washington D.C. the capital of the problems, but our third honouree was always United States of America. ready to help either doing the job himself or This ideal tourist venue will provide the finding the right man for the job, and he was location of the camp, so watch out for more always around even at unpopular times of day news in the ACBL Bulletin and on the web at and night. He was a moving spirit and www.acbl.org motivator amongst the participants — a proof that he has thrown himself into the camp Daily Bulletin No. 8 Monday 16 July 2001 Page 2 4th World Junior Bridge Camp Insko 9-16 July 2001 Good bye, Juniors! TEAMS SESSION TWO At the end of this wonderful Camp, I am once I was unhappy with my solution on this deal again at the emotionally difficult position of from the first match of the second half of the having to say goodbye to so many nice people. I Teams. was very pleased to see again such a large number of the friends we made on previous [ K Q J 8 3 occasions, and I was delighted with all the new ] 5 friends I made here. I trust that this is true for { A 6 4 3 every one of you. We had a fantastic time in } J 5 4 Insko, and the only consolation I have as we are going to be separated from each other right At favourable vulnerability you overcall 1[ over now is that I may look forward to seeing many, 1] and hear LHO raise to 2]. Partner bids 4[ if not most, of you at one of our next events. and RHO bids 4NT. Do you want to bid 5[ now? If you pass LHO bids 5} and RHO Before we leave, however, we should once converts to 5]. Again you have a chance to bid again say a big ‘thank you’ to the people who or pass. made it all possible. These are the Polish Bridge Union and the entire local community of Insko Well, declarer has a 1-6-1-5 with good hearts and the Stargard Szczecinski region, who and solid clubs, while partner has the ace of worked very hard to ensure that our event was hearts and {KJx and only two clubs. A direct a successful one, and that you, the world’s 5[ at worst costs you 300 and might mess up bridge Juniors, had an unforgettable time in their undiscussed Blackwood responses, while their home area. I am sure you will agree that a delayed 5[ bid costs you 300. Since team- they have truly succeeded in their goals. And, mates played 5] doubled for +850 you still gain of course, we are most grateful to our hosts 5IMPs, but the opportunity to pick up a bit for all what they have done for us. more has gone begging. Now it is time to say goodbye. Have a safe trip In our second match I ran into a bidding back home, and let us ensure that we all stay in problem, I thought, as North. touch throughout the winter. Until we meet again next year, I wish to each and everyone of Dealer South. E/W Vul you, my dear Juniors, a most productive time — just as you want it and deserve it. West North East South 1{ Panos Gerontopoulos Pass 1] 1[ 2} Chairman Pass 2[ Pass 3} WBF Youth Committee Pass ?? World Junior Team Is 4} forcing here? Surely yes — the issue is whether 2[ set up a game-force and 3} Championships suggests five, or whether 2[ simply set up an auto-force, and 3} suggests a minimum that I Make sure you follow all the action in can pass. Either way, 4} had to be forcing, Brazil by visiting the WBF web site at: angling for a 4] response, and now over 4{ I www.bridge.gr could bid 4] myself, but I felt I had to pass 5}. Daily Bulletin No. 8 Monday 16 July 2001 Page 3 4th World Junior Bridge Camp Insko 9-16 July 2001 Was I right to do so? Well if you look at all 52 Dealer East. E/W Vul. cards it is hard to say. [ – [ K 7 3 ] Q J 9 7 2 ] A Q 10 8 6 4 { A 10 9 8 4 2 { – } J 8 } Q 10 9 8 [ A K 7 5 4 [ Q 10 9 3 [ J 4 2 [ A 10 9 8 6 ] 3 ] 10 6 ] J 9 3 2 ] K 5 { 7 6 3 { Q J 5 { K 10 9 8 4 { J 7 2 } 9 6 3 2 } Q 10 5 4 } 3 } J 5 2 [ J 8 6 2 [ Q 5 ] A K 8 5 4 ] 7 { K { A Q 6 5 3 } A K 7 } A K 7 6 4 Both tables in our match treated the North David Wiltshire had no problems in wrapping hand as a Game-Forcing 2} response to a 1] up 12 tricks in 5} on a spade lead to the ace. opening, and then could not bring themselves He won the club shift and bashed out the ace to show the spade void later on, so played 6]. of hearts and ruffed a heart, then drew trumps The Outcasts did reach the Grand Slam here — and ruffed another heart and had the rest. but only by the embarrassing route of treating Perhaps the slam was not as good as I thought; the North hand as a 3[ splinter response to 1] in the other room declarer also got a spade and having that treated as a spade pre-empt.
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