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HOTEL BELLE AURORE, CAP FERRAT - THE FRENCH RIVIERA 25 Sept 07 - 1 0 nights A ~avourite destination of the rich and famous. An area of stnking natural beauty. THE BALTIMORE HARBOUR HOTEL ~4 1 0 June 07 - 5 nights £249 . {;;> ACTONS HOTEL, KINSALE ··~ \ 28 Sept 07 - 1 0 nights £449 I We. ~~tro~uc~ 2 new quality hotels with excellent leisure faclhhes 10 p1duresque Southwest Ireland BRIDGE OVERSEAS CRUISE ~· BROCHURE 2007 OUT SOON - CALL TO RESERVE COPY Please see page IBior details ol UK holidays English Bridge Editor: Brian Cook Hill Crest, 8 Kingsley Road, Follow the blogs 1 Klngsbridge, Devon TQ7 1EY I Tel: 01548 852565 NOT everyone was ecstatic www.ebu.co.uk for the full place in the next email: [email protected] about the Brighton Summer works. world contest. Editorial Board 1 Meeting, including EDU general The blogs are not all knocking And there is massive enthusi­ Sally Bogden (Chairman), I manager Darry Capal, who gave - indeed, far from it. The asm for the involvement of Jeremy Dhondy and Brian Cook the venue - the Hilton Metropole may take a bit of a youth in bridge, Barry attended Advertisement Manager Metropole Hotel-a bit of a flog pasting, to the extent that an the annual teach-in at Harpreet Gill at Blue2 in his number three Dlog on the alternative venue for this flag­ Loughborough and was dearly Charlton House, Old Estate Yard, EDU website. ship congress is mooted, but in impressed every bit as much East Hendred, Oxford, OX12 8U Quite a lively addition to the other directions there is praise with the volunteers who run this Tel: 01235 833060 fax: 01235 862589 site are these periodic blogs. I and enthusiasm aplenty. event as he was with the lads and harpreet.gill0blue2design.com might try to persuade Darry to There is full recognition and lasses taking part Printing: St lves (Andover) pic do something similar in Englislt appreciation of the efforts of the Elsewhere Barry is equally Artwork: Blue 2. 01235 862587 Bridge/ On the other hand it England ladies' team in return­ enthusiastic about all the volun­ might work better for me to ing from the European teers helping to drive forward FngJi.,h lit idgc l lnion have a pick at his offerings and Championships with bronze this fine game of ours, as well as Broadfields, lllcestlr Road. Aylesbury HP19 8AZ encourage readers to go to medals that earn their country a the headquarters staff who work CONTAC'nNG THE EBU so hard for the members. Tel: 01216 31721111 He also touches on some Fax: 01211317221 52 Premier Grand planned innovations; on BB@B; pastmaterOtbl.ca.llk on the Orange Book and Web alii: www.eltl.ca.llk announcements; and on the Bridge play online: Masters and a host value ofEBU membership. Don't www.brldteclalllln.cam be surprised if you quickly get Direct EBU helpllnes and email addresses the idea that Barry Capal cares (STD code 012961or II telephone numbers and of Preinier Masters passionately about the future of suff'D( Oebu.co.uk for aD emaD addlliSSII) THE new ranks of Premier event, The Premier Grand bridge in this country. 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They are all named on Masters (but not Premier Grand Master Points 317212 points Brighton Congress 5 Membership 317201 ebu page 37, along with the eight Masters) and any player of lesser Technical services 317217 technic new Grand Masters. rank who features in the top 40 Lederer prelim 5 Tournament orgn. 317204 toums Those members who became of the Gold Point ranking list at EBU STAFF Premier Masters as a result of the date of qualification. Colin Simpson at the Use suffix Cebu.co.uk lor all email addresses the changes are receiving their Premier Masters wiiJ take part Europeans 7 Germ! Mngl!r larry Clpal bany promotion card and pen when a in the lowest category, but will Rigal from America 7 claim is next received from be permitted, if desired, to com­ Dmq "'"'""""'· , u them. Unfortunately, space does pete in the Regional Masters cat­ Prize defence 9 Olli:e Minger bran D1rrtll karend not permit the usual announce­ egory if partnering a Regional Webmaster Alllll GMII anna Readers' letters 11 ment of these promotions in Master. Adii.listialbi~hy Clltlf kay Englisl1 Bridge, simply because Please note that the date of Learn with , AEmtuiiJ there are so many of them. qualification for all Ranked Bird, Senior, Kambites, brtans Accounts Manager Irian Smllb Details are available, as usual, on Masters events is now December Bakhshi and Townsend Accounts Assistant Gall NIICI1111W gall Membership the EDU website. 31 and that the above informa­ 13-23 Administrator Eileen Maundlf eileen The changes slightly affect the tion supersedes that shown in format of the Ranked Masters the new EBU diary, distributed EBU news and events Club illld Master Points 24-25 Administrator Colla Porclt colin events held in March. A new with this magazine. Bridge Shop view 27 Administrator Sue Humpbrla sueh Telesales Assistant Andrea Mortan illldreaf Seniors Congress 29 Tradmg Assistant Pat Newman 1 Michael Byrne in TDIICDimral 01Pil1mllll a girls' world 31 ITournaments Manager Mal Bavln max , Mt*listialian AssistrltDawn Mertens dawn I Prize defence answers 32 Administrators Gill Pain gUI Peter Jordan Dhondy questions and I lan Mitchell pe~~ 1 answers 33 IEdqcaffpa Dtpll1mllll Nick Smith book reviews li1.cJiioo M.:rtager John Pain John 34 VOUUlinl J EdlalmOifm Alison Nicolson alison Master Points leader Administrator Lin Miller hsa boards 35 DrniDqmrnl Drp111JJwJ1 England's European bronze medal winning team, rrom lert: Catherine County news and Development Manager Vlrpl OJala vlrpl' Jagger, Martin Jones (npc) , Sarah Teshome, Rhona Goldenfletd, Heather Dhondy and . Almost hidden Is coach Master Points lists 36-45 Cornnui:::tlin Ollicer Michael Claril michael Chris Duckworth. 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Seniors Swiss teams: 1 Ursula and Ross Harper, and Paul Hackett, 2 Margaret Wort. Prue and Adrian Knight and Steve Byrne, 3 Nlssan Rand, Irving Gordon, Keith Stanley and Derek Rue. Mixed pivot teams: 1 Geoffrey Wolfarth, Ros Wolfarth, Brian and Nevena Senior, 2 Tony and VIVian Priday, Allan and Barbara Kay, 3 Bryony Youngs, Domlnk Pinto, Geraint Harker and Paul Huggins. Knockout teams: Winners B Green, G WHILE the playing venue may not be all that Swiss pairs winners Jan Panto and Preece, D Happer and C Potter, losing final­ some could wish for, the Summer Meeting at Tony Waterlow, proudly In possession Ists C Draper, K Nelson, A Woodcock and M of the Harold Poster Trophy Byrne. Brighton remains popular with players across Open teams: 1 Matt Haag, Matt the range and the 40th gathering beside the Schueller, Gareth Bartley and John Probst. seaside again drew some big fields of contest­ Swiss pairs: 1 Jan Panto and Tony ants for the wide variety of events. Look in on Waterlow, 2 Alan Kay and Jerry Cope, 3 Nell It was good to see a strong contingent of Rosen and Martin Jones. young players involved in the proceedings. Seniors pairs: A final 1 Dave Franldin and the Lederer Gerry Stanford, 2 Irving Gordon and Nlssan Not only did they produce some prize-win­ Rand, 3 Sandy Davies and Tom Gisbome; B ning performances, but they were every bit as STAND by for a dose-up view of brilliant final 1 Andrea and David Galpin, 2 Judith good as their seniors on BB@B.,. bridge when the Lederer Memorial Trophy and Allan Sanls, 3 Sheila Evans and Tony Michael Byrne, who has enjoyed an out­ again brings a galaxy of star players to Judge; A semi-final 1 Cella and Derek Oram, standing junior career and is now emerging as London. Taking place at the Young Chelsea 2 Keith Stanley and Derek Rue, 3 Sandy a force at the higher level, achieved the best Bridge Oub on October 28-29, this year is Davies and Tom Glsbome; B semi-final 1 Winnie Godber and John Stimson 2 Anne result when with fellow young blood Andrew special in that it marks the golden jubilee of Jones and Ray Clements, 3 David Burrows Woodcock he joined Glynn Liggins and David the event and Gaynor Wiseman; consolation Nene Bakhshi to win the Swiss teams four stars A Ireland, the holders (Tommy Garvey, John Quinson and Carmen Tuason, 2 Mahmood fmal, one of the top two events of the con­ Carroll, Hugh McGann and Tom Hanlon), Nurmohamed and John Jones, 3 louise and gress. will be defending their title, buoyed by their Warner Solomon. The other contest that draws leading play­ recent achievement of winning silver medals Championship pairs: 1 Irene Robinson and Mathew Klme, 2 and Ros ers from far and wide is the Swiss pairs, which at the European Championships. Wolfarth, 3 Phil Godfrey and Bryony Youngs. is the main feature of the opening weekend. Zia Mahmood will, of course, be there, Championship mixed pairs: 1 Anna This resulted in a fine win for Ian Panto and with and Kovacheva and Vallo Kovachev, 2 Maureen Tony Waterlow, who also did well in the Swiss in his team. Hlron and Nissan Rand, 3 Anne Catchpole teams, finishing equal third in the Brighton Both the winners and the and Mike Fletcher. Bowl. Spring Foursomes winners will also be in Winners of open pairs events: Alexander As usual the nine days of play was packed action, adding to the list of top home coun­ and Tony Wilkinson (first Sunday), Janine Griffiths-Saker and David S Jones (Monday), with variety, both at the tables and in the try players turning out for the various teams. John Atthey and Phil Godfrey (Tuesday), many supporting activities. The list includes Tom Townsend, David Darren Evetts and Dave Cropper Staging the Brighton Meeting is a major Gold, Colin Simpson, David Price, (Wednesday), Mark Reeve and Dom undertaking, and the EBU is fortunate in Alexander Allfrey, Andrew Robson, Tony Goodwin (Thursday), Elspeth Coe and Colin having such a cool, calm congress manager as Forrester, , David Bum and Jones (Friday). Peter Jordan to oversee proceedings. the Hackett twins Jason and Justin. Full results on the EBU website: Eight teams in all will join battle, with the www.ebu.co.uk • Best Btlraviour at Bridge final line-up ret to be decided. Spectators are welcome to watch play at the tables or on . Entry is £10 on Hinden team wins Saturday (£.6 after .Jpm) and £8 on Sunday, FRANCES Jiinden, Jeffrey Allerton, Graham Osb~rne .and Jon Cooke have won the Hubert with \'arious concessions. Play will be from Phillips Bowl, England's mixed pivot teams champ10nshr~. In the fin~, played at ~eter~orough, I pm to Bpm on Saturday and from I pm to they beat Paulllrereton, Liz Reese, Phil Godfrey, Ste_ve ~a me, Frank Drxo_n and Mrke Drgne!l. 6.10pm on Sunday. Unusual feature of this popular event is that sconng ts by aggregate, wrth honours count mg. I

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For a brochure Call: Bridge licensed by the EBU f1i\ ~ IF If">~ Ift de Master points • Pairs & team prizes ~ ~~ ~ ~ '=- 11 0114 2218977 AToL No 646s - Hohdnys - Email: [email protected] or vis1t us at www.accoladeholidays.co.uk Girls great, but no passport to world finals for open team A hand that did give some satisfaction was reading and taking notice of Errglislr Bridge, Colin Simpson part of an 18-12 win over Poland: particularly with reference to Best Behaviour at Bridge. reports on Halfway through the championship Peter • KQ632 Fredin, one of the top Swedish players, started the European • A865 Championships t K6 shouting at his partner and ClUing him a sec­ • K 10 ond division performer. The Swedish non­ playing captain decided that this was totally IN August, with the backdrop of severe travel • 108 •1974 unacceptable, withdrew Fredin from the team restrictions at UK airports, a party of 22 • K9742 and sent him home. bridge captains, coaches and players set off for t A75 • J 10942 Happily Sweden still managed to qualify for Warsaw to represent England in the open, •197 ·• -A653 the with only five players. One ladies' and seniors' categories at the 48th wit suggested that Fredin's partner, by way of European Championships. repartee, might have said he was delighted Your correspondent's travel was delayed by because last season he was only a Beazer trying to check in at Heathrow using his wife's Homes Conference League player. passport! The English ladies also started well, but a A reasonable assessment of our prospects in poor match against one of the lesser teams set Poland would be for the ladies to achieve a top The contract was 4• , with North, David them back in their quest for a medal. six finish to qualify for the Venice Cup and Price, declarer. East led the obvious +J and Nevertheless they fought on and in the end perhaps win a medal; for the open team the West, thinking he had two trump tricks, flew achieved a splendid bronze. Heather Dhondy possibility of a top six place and qualification in with the ace and played a dub. East won and Nicola Smith combined well in defence for the Bermuda Bowl and for the seniors, with the ace and returned a dub to the now on the following hand: hopes. bare king. Italy were huge favourites to win a seventh David Price crossed to the •A and consecutive title, with the host nation expect­ advanced the • Q, not covered, but giving the • 32 bad news of the 5-0 split He then cashed the •J653 ed to mount a serious challenge. • Q 10765 On arrival we discovered that Balicki and t K and •K and ruffed a small spade with the + A7 Zmudzinski (universally known as B and Z • J. and one of the best pairs in the world) had That done declarer showed his hand to • Q 105 +A6 withdrawn, citing a mysterious illness and West who, after a few moments, conceded, • Q872 .9 denting Polish aspirations. The ladies would realising that he had been trump couped. • 98 t KJ 3 2 be battling with their perennial foes, At the other table Tom Townsend was far • QJ 10 2 + K98653 Germany, France and the Netherlands. more circumspect and withheld his +A at trick one and, try as declarer might, the con­ E3 The open team started brightly, faded badly + KJ9874 and fought back towards the end, missing out tract had become impossible. • A K 104 on that top six place. It appears that more and more people are t A4 +4

After a contested auction South declared e below Everest! 4• . Declarer won the + Q lead, played a spade to the king and exited to the +A. She ruffed the club return, cashed the • A, ruffed the spades good and returned to the • K. when perhaps a diamond to the ace would have been better. She then played winning spades through Nicola, who refrained from ruffing. In the three-card end position declarer had two diamonds and a losing trump in each hand, so when she tried to Clsh the • A our intrepid defender could , draw the trumps and fin ally win a club trick. Thirty-three teams cont ested the open champio nship, with Italy, as anticipated, grabbing gold. Ireland were excellent silver medallists, with Norway third and England in lOth place. WHERE ever they go Whitley Bay globe trotters Laurie and joan Monkhouse take a France topped the 22 teams in the ladies' pack of cards with them and usually manage to organise a game of bridge - often championship, ahead of Netherlands, with in quite unusual places. . England taking that excellent bronze position. English Bridge, They have twice before featured in once playmg at 12,000 feet on Germany hi home the 16 teams in the sen­ the Inca Trail and another time following a sign to a bridge club in a back street in iors' event, with Netherlands second and France Christchurch, New Zealand. thini England were Sl'Ctmd in the II final. The picture here was taken on day five of the Everest Tea House Trek In Nepal. So ended a well urgani~cd tournament and This time they were at 13,000 feet when they found a couple of players ready to everyone looking forward to the -19th in two join them in their favourite game. ye.~rs ' time in Pau in France.

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Look what happened A competition you can all enter There are three categories In our com­ when young justin petition: for players up to and Includ­ Ing County Master, for those up to and Including Regional Master, and followed his nose! for those with higher ranking THE Gr.snd National Teams is the curtain r.siser to the main events of the TAKE a look at the four defence situations Summer Nationals. It used to be the case that this was a premier event, being here and give your answer to each question, one of the four competitions that qualified a team for the US trials. These with a brief explanation of your reasoning. days it still involves each district playing a qualifier, with the winners playing a knockout, but there is less at stake. Still, a national event is a national event! 1) What would you lead as West from the Let's take a look at young Justin I..allat work for Hamman (District 16 Texas), playing in the hand below after the auction shown? championship fl ight at the Gr.snd National Teams. Justin went off to Thailand the next month for the World Junior Teams, which his squad won, tA K 3 n J 6 4 3 t 6 S 3 2 +6 but as you can see, he played this one like a veter.sn. Justin is dearly not afraid to follow his nose! South West North East 1t Pass 3t Pass t KQ4 3t Pass 4t Pass +A63 [] PZ.&TNZB • K82 • Q74 Pass Pass t KJ6 W E t A9842 mobrs of playing mrds since 1824 + AKQ3 S • 94 www.platnik.m.uk (lei 020 8685 1515) 2) t AQ3 • 1094 t A K QJ 10 2 West North East South • Q 2NT Pass 3+ Pass 3NT Pass 4+ Pass 4+ Pass SNT Pass tKJ10 ~ 6+ Pass Pass r !;:862 G_j The auction bristled with modern science, but the final contract was not so great. Justin South West North East said that perhaps 5+ over 4+ would have Pass 1t Pass asked for the +Q, but Hemant I..all (Justin's 1NT Pass 3NT Pass THIS impressive set of battleships Pass Pass dad) did not know that, so 6+ was reached. playing cards is the prize on offer as On the lead of the \'J, South ducked and we continue our series of defence You lead your + 6 to partner's + K. He Justin took his \'K. posers by Andrew Kambites. Piatnik is Justin considered the implications of this: if returns the + 7 to declarer's + 9. You win this with the What next? South had ducked the \'A, could he have the giving a prize for each of the three +to. +Q? Surely he would win and hope to get his winners in the competition. trump trick. Backing his convictions, Justin 4) t A6S r.sn the + J at trick two and pinned the +tO 3) t AK • AQ4 singleton on the right To add insult to injury t K J 10 9 • J 9 s he squeezed his right-hand opponent for the • 7 4 3 • J7 s overtrick. +AQJ87 Note that South's defence of ducking the • 982 \'A at trick one was eminently sensible • K J 10 t108S holding • K32 E3W E t AQ7 t K Q 10 9 6 + A642 +10 X X X • A 9 X X t 10 +J X X X . • s 2 s E3 South West North East If Lall had held the +Q instead of the + Q, South West North East 3+ Pass 4+ Pass this defence would have been necessary to set 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass the slam. Pass Pass West leads the + tO (promising an interior You lead the + K, partner playing the +5 and sequence: clearly headed by the queen ) to Bridge definitions declarer the + }. your + A. declarer dropping the + K. AS offered In the latest edition of the Entries to Andrew Kambltes, 1 Stratford Court, Stratford Road, Stroud, Gloucestershlre GL5 4AO. Entries to arrive by October 20. Please Indicate on the top left hand corner Worcetershire county's Bridge News - of the envelope which category you are entering. Andrew Kambltes will judge the entries and the first one In each category that he considers gives the best answers will Major fit: Declarer's usual reaction on win a Platnlk prize. seeing dummy. playing cards now for sale online. Opponents: The other three players PZ.A.TNIK For more In fo rmation visit www.platnlk.co.uk , · , BRIDGE COMPUTERSf,~

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10 English Bridge Oct ober 2006 555 or 505? IN recent Beat today's experts columns David Redwood and the response of 4NT shows one Bird has gi\'en several useful examples of key card. With all six key cards present, a sophisticated slam systems (SSS), such as Redwood 5\' asks for specific kings. If respon­ Redwood and asking for specific kings and der had replied 6\' (\'K, but denying +K) Exclusion Blad·wood. My partners and I have there is a good play to set up the heart suit for adopted these as useful armaments: 7+ . A response of 5NT showing both major Announcing In a recent local event the following hand suit kings makes 7+ even better. Some of us came up: can get both examples in the same hand David! an 'Alert' is ~AI + KQ73 Three days after receiving the June issue of • A 10 9 8 7 E3 W E • Q 4 Englisl1 Bridge the following hand came up: + K t A96 beneficial + A K Q 8 4 S + 10 7 3 2 I TOTALLY agree with no alert above 3NT, + AQ953 + K 1062 which deals with the problem in many clubs • - E3 • KQ953 of the opposition asking about an alerted bid East + K Q 10 7 54 W E + A 6 3 with no possible reason for doing so. 2t A4 S 8 4t + + However, I believe that it would have been 4NT more acceptable (certainly at club level) that 5+ West East on arriving at a table both parties simply state 1+ 4+ their basic system, eg 12-14 no trump, five­ 5• 6+ card card majors and better minor and weak We were playing a Benji two club opening, 7+ twos in the majors. including a strong two-suiter option and the At this point no alerting would be required 4+ rebid showed dubs and hearts. Responder A grand slam in five bids? After the 4+ for these bids and it solves the problem of rebids 4+ to accept a slam in dubs and 4+ to splinter, opener can bid 5\' as Exclusion announcing to the other tables what you are accept a slam in hearts. Opener's 4\' is now Blackwood and on receiving the information bidding. that both relevant key cards are intact 7+ is a Finally I have found it beneficial to formality. Note a bid of 5+ showing no rele­ announce 'Alert' as I produce the card. This What is the best line vant key cards can be passed out. solves the problem of trying to get out the So why the SOS in the heading? That is how alert card before the next person bids. -John for this contract? the bidding should have gone, but unfortu­ Nevill, Eastboume nately partner had also been reading that with I THOROUGHLY enjoyed the latest edi­ six-five it is again fashionable to open the tion of the English Bridge, especially the longer suit. So he opened 1+ and backtracked article Get Even With The Odds. after hearing my 1\'response and a non-vul­ Green Points Consequently I wonder if Bill Townsend nerable 3+ by the opposition (seven could help with the following hand, which clubs to the KQ plus the \'A). has caused great discussion within the Is there a lesson here about going the direct not good for Welwyn Garden City club. route? Never mind, we may get another • • With no opposition bidding you reach Exclusion Diad-wood sometime before the 6NT with the following hands: London Olympics if we are lucky.- Lawrence s1111 pa1rs North is declarer and the first trick goes Haynes, St. Austell, Cornwall 9+ - J+ - Q+ -K+ I THINK to give Green Points in sim pairs events devalues the integrity of the whole Thanks for BB@B Green Points system and damages the already + KQ6 + A107 May I say a big thank you to English Bridge fragile reputation of the entire Master Points • 3 2 EJW E • A Q 10 9 54 for the wonderful article on Best Behaviour scheme. Reform of the current system I know + AKQ862 + - at Bridge. I am certainly not alone in think­ + K 7 S + AJ 103 has proved difficult, but now we have a situa­ ing it should be displayed on all club notice­ tion whereby players untested in real compe­ boards. is a beautiful tition can reach quite high in the rankings What is the best for the game, but spoiled too often by poor behav­ without venturing outside of their club - or slam?-Paul Littlewood, Wehvyt• Garden iour at the table. Keep up the good work. - by doing what surely we don't want to encour­ City At1n Gosling by email age and that is trophy hunt at lesser clubs. - Alan Boyes, Flatlbury, \\'cJrcestersl1irc Bill Towuseud replies: The double heart will succeed almost 75% of the time. Hogging the BridgeiTiate Better is to cash two diamonds and, if opponents follow, cash a third. The 4-3 AT weekend holiday events you sometimes meet this device. Siuing South or West one finds that break is now 67%. If they fail to break, fall after each hand North and East get stuck into the Uridgemate, They input the score, confirm and back on the double heart finesse, playing review results at other tables and totally ignore their rt-spectivc partners. the queen on the first round to cater for What a relief when we come to Swiss teams and a normal friendly and connected ambience is RHO with long diamonds to have single­ restored and this gadget is put away. ton jack. By the way I have been using computers since 1968 and try to view e\'eq• application objec­ tively. Othenvise garbage in- garbage out!- ]ol111 A Emns, Gloucester For letters and responses on announcements and alerts turn to Announcements and alerts: Jeremy Dhondy's Questions and Answers feature on page 33 Excel Bridge for the venJ best in Luxury Bridge Weekends Our 2007 brochure is out! 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IN my last article, I wrote about slam bidding. Cue bidding guidelines: I said that for a slam to be a good: + I 10 6 5 Jean • Cue bids can only be made when your side + AK973 t • 2 • A 7 5 1+ has an agreed trump suit. Our auction with • We must not have two trump losers] t K3 t A9 7 4+ • We must be able to make 12 tricb 1'1 raised to 3'1 has clearly agreed hearts. +AKQ64 +I 7 4+ • We won't lose the fmt two tricb • The partnership must be going to game. 6+ to two aus or an AK in a side suit. Mter your 3'1 raise, any bid is certain to - - - take us to game. When Gill was worth a raise to 3+ Jean I wrote about Blackwood as a tool for bid­ • A is a positive slam try. We must not reluctantly tried 4+, as we were learning cue ding slams. Blackwood is great if all you want make a slam try unless we mean it. bids. Gill bid 4+. to know is whether the combined hands have • The first cue bid in a suit shows a first That should have been enough to drive Jean two aces missing. But aces are not the only round control, that is either an ace or a to slam, but she is a cautious player and way of stopping opponents cashing tricks - . signed off in 4+. Gill knew that a cue bid had voids and singletons can do that too. Look • A second cue bid in the same suit shows to be a genuine try for slam so she showed her carefully at the pair of hands below. How second round control, either a singleton or other ace with 5'1. Even Jean had to bid 6+ many tricks do you think can be made playing a king. after that! in hearts? Can you see that despite having • Responder cue bids a first round control, in only two aces 13 tricks could be made what­ response to opener's cue bid. Responder's • 8653 + A K Q 7 4 1MargAret Peter ever the defenders lead? Put out the cards and cue bid is obligatory below game, but need 2 • A4 • KQJ 102 + see how the hand will play in hearts. not be made above game if responder's t IS 3 • - 2t 2+ hand is a minimum. • 8754 + AKQ 13+ 4+ 4• 7+ • Q10962.- You Partner 1• • A9764 • KQJ102 Here are some examples of cue bidding that With a huge hand Peter opened 2+ . 2+ was t - t K53 3. 7 * +)53 + AKQ102 I gave to my students. a negative response, but the 2+ rebid was still game forcing. Margaret raised to 3+ (to bid 4+ would have been a weilir response). AK973 • J 1065 Mary John Your hand may only have seven points, but + 4+ and 4'1 were cue bids and Peter just bid '1 2 • KQ54 ,. 3+ when partner opens 1\' your hand has greatly t K3 • QJ 7 4+ 4+ 7+. improved. You have seven losers using the + AKQ64 • J 7 Pass Losing Trick Count and could bid 4\' but, + A Q 5 3 + K J 9 8 21Robin Guy with so few high cards, you might feel happi­ • - • 9 7 3 ,. l + er bidding just 3'1. With eight losers John raised his wife's t K Q 9 8 5 3 • A 2 3+ 4+ After your 3\' raise partner has a good opening I+ to 3+. Mary wanted to bid 4NT to • K 7 3 • A .. 2 I 4• St shapely hand, too, and would expect slam to check on aces. But as we were learning cue 6+ make provided there are not two aces to lose. bids she tried 4+, hoping John could bid 4+ Suppose partner bids 4NT. Your reply of 5+, or 4'1. When all he could say was 4+, she knew When Robin raised to 3+ Guy's hand showing one ace, indicates that there are two to pass. Mary had done well as North had looked good. 4+ got a useful 4'1 reply, so aces missing, but it won't say which two they +Q 8 2 and both red aces. 5+ would have gone Eddie showed his +A. Robin could now jump are. Partner cannot tell if you hold the +A, one down. to 6+, knowing Guy had the right controls. In which would be no use, or the '1A or +A­ fact 7+ makes and can be bid, but for the moment don't worry about bidding grand either of which would be enough for slam to AK873 + Q 106 5 West East + slams. makt. But there is a way that partner can find • 2 • AQS 1+ 3+ out about your controls. It's called cue t KQ • 87 4+ S+ bidding. + AK964 • QJ7 s I s+ Pass Going back to our first hand:

After a trump suit has been agreed and the + _ t You Partner I won't name the two whose auction went • Q 10962 partnership is definitely going to game, a cue • A9764 • KQJ 102 1• bid can be made in a new suit. It shows that astray. When West cue bid 4+ , East raised to - t K53 3• 3+ the defenders cannot cash the first trick in this 5+ to show four clubs. This was wrong - .• JS3 + AKQ102 4+ 6+ suit, since a cue bid shows either an ace or a when we have found a fit in spades that suit is void in the cue bid suit. A cue bid can only be agreed as trumps and we don't need to find made at the 3+ level or higher - below 3+ the another suit to play inl East should cue bid Partner's 3+ shows first round control of partnership will still be looking for the best 4\' over 4+ and West can bid 6+ , knowing spades. game. there is only t A to lose. Your 4t denies a firs t round club contrul , but shows firs t round diamond cont rol. Knowing that ) 'OU cuntrol diamonds, partner HAVE you read the latest BLOG from jumps to 6+. Barry Capal, the EBU general manager? Bidding fi+ is guud, hut if you look careful· ly you will sec that Jl! 13 tricks c.m he made, It's on the website: as is the case with sonu: of the c.ulier exam­ ples here. llut just he plcJscd with bidding 1>+ , www.ebu.co.uk J slam thJt makes, with only 25 II CJI hctwl·cn the two hJnds. l' I

DAVID BIRD jacks and tens in your long suits sometimes the key to landing slams

to bid the slam, expecting it to be on a dia­ mond finesse at worst. If East still felt nervous of bidding 6+ he could bid 5+ instead, having at least suggested a slam by his failure to sign ofT on the previous round.

• Awards: 6+- 10, games-5, 7+ - 1.

Having travelled all the way to the Cavendish, we might as well take advantage by WE will start with a deal from the 2006 Spring hope to discover whether partner holds looking at a second slam deal. In an all­ Foursomes. In a fifth round match, with most important cards such as the jack and 10 of American dash, Jill Meyers and Jill Levin face of the teams already dispatched to the second­ trumps, and queen and 10 of diamonds. Kit Woolsey and . ary Swiss event, Janet de Botton and Gunnar Hallberg must seek to avoid a below par slam • Awards: St/4•- 10, 6NT- 8, 6t/s• - 7, 3. East-West game. Dealer West in hearts. 6•-3. AQJ3 1. Love all. Dealer East On next to the 2006 Cavendish Pairs, where + + KlO • AI 10 7 3 • K4 Lev and Pszczola (who were sold for $29,000 t AJ872 in the auction} face Schwartz and Willenken •QJ75 • AK82 • A7 +KQJ (a snip at $12,500). ·­ • Q852 • K964 E3 • J 96 t AQ 1075 2. Game all Dealer East. + AKQJ •a West East Levin Meyers EJ ,. 2t • 76 West + AKQJ1042 2• 2NT Hallberg • A76 • 98 3+ 4t t KQ 10 +A)54 5+ 7+ ,. • QB652 4NT 6¥ ·- East's 2t response was game forcing (part West East of the popular system known as 'Two O\'t! Uv No problem with the first three bids and Pszczo/a One'). Even in Acol a opposite a two· ,. level response should be treated as forcing to West must now seek the best continuation. If lNT 4+ you simply count points on that West hand, 4t game, on the basis that at least 15 points 4• opposite 10 would be held. This allows East to you will say to yourself: 'I have 17 points s• (dbl) s. facing a jump raise and must therefore be make the economical rebid of 2NT and West is then able to introduce her dub suit with 3+. worth a nlackwood bid.' Hallberg duly bid The West hand fell below the requirements RKCB, hearing of two key cards opposite, and If you ever read tournament reports from for a two-level response in the system being three or four decades back you will see plarers bid the small slam. It was a poor contract, played. Lev responded with a catch-aU tNT requiring the diamond finesse to be right and responding with a jump shift whenever they and Pszczola (safer to use cut-and-paste, hold 17 points or more. What a shameful a very favourable position in trumps. The r~ther than to hope to spell it correctly each waste of bidding space! Compare a start of I' slam duly went down and East-West's only leapt to 4+, which was a self-agreeing ta~e) - 3t to the first five bids made by the consolation was that the auction was similar­ sphnter bid. This is a useful, and fairly obvi­ ly unsuccessful at the other table. American women here. ous, agreement to have, since il rebid of 3+ What went wrong? The problem with that would be natural and forcing. Meyers continued with 4+, which was Roman Key-card Blackwood with clubs West hand was that it contained only a queen West cue-bid in diamonds, using the popu­ and a jack in the red suits, where the com­ lar method where you can cue-bid on kin s as agreed. As I have mentioned in recent Beat bined length was. Five top winners in the well as aces. Pszczola then signed ofT bec~use Today's Experts articles, it is not practical to black suits represented overkill. The surplus he had no heart control Since Lev had I' . use 4NT as your Blad.·wood caJJ when a minor . h d . . . . lmll- winners were likely to be of little assistance if ed Ius an wath has mitialtNT d suit is agreed. That's because an unsatisfacto· there were too many holes in the two long h · response an ry response wiU often carry you past the safe • IS part~er was nevertheless showin slam suits. This was indeed the case. There were mterest, at was clear to cue-bid 5¥ ndt Th' level. Many players prefer to use the bid just two potential losers in trumps and one india­ .doubled North and East then beyond four of the trump suit to ask for ke)' monds. w~s b~ signe~ o . ksm 5+, endmg the auction. Twelve easy cards: You can then use -tNT to rep!Jce the H As I see it, West should cue-bid 3+ at his tnc · were made. cue bad. that you have given up. second turn. East will then say either 4t or Who do you blame for missing the cold \~est s fourth-step response of 5+ (the 4+, according to the partnership's cue-bid­ slam? As 1 ~e i.t. the fault lies with PsZC20la equavalent of 5+ over -tNT) showed two ker ding methods. West may still feel that he is too Instead of sagnmg ofT when North d bl d cards and the queen of trumps. Mc}·ers bid strong to sign off. In that case he can contin­ the heart cue bid, he should have asse~u e. the g~and slam and this was casilr made with ue with 5+. East, with her poor trumps, will allow West to clarify the the a ad of two diamond ruffs. Nice efTurt! then surely sign ofT in 5¥. Only by delicate ~auld n~ture ~i~~s cue-bidding sequences of this sort can West eart control. Holding the ace, West wouJ~ redouble. It would then be reasonable for East • Awards: 7+ . 10, 6¥/6+ . 6, 7NTJ7'f/6NT • 4, games. 2. 14 English Bridge October 2006 Next we tra\'cl to the final of the Nations Enough of travelling the globe. Our next in the shape of the two aces. In these days Cup, con tested in Bonn. Se\'eral countries tournament is very much back on home terri­ when many experts are willing to open on a were using the e\'ent as practice for Verona tory, the annual 24-hour marathon at the flat 11-count, even when vulnerable, how can and the fi nal was contested between Poland Young Chelsea Club. This year's event was anyone contemplate not opening on those and the Netherlands. won by Norman Selway and Espen Erichsen West cards? on 59.3%, with the threesome of Janet de Even if West passes you might expect the 4. North-South game. Dealer East Botton, Nick Sandqvist and Artur Malinowski bidding to go 1~ (from East) 4• (splinter) in second place on 58.7%. This is a staggering and thence to a small slam. The East players eighth win in the event for Selway and our who stopped in game must have thought that + K Q 10 9 tABS congratulations go to him. He thoroughly West would not hold enough trumps to deal ¥ QS ¥ AJ62 deserved his share of the £3,000 prize money• with all their heart losers. + A K S 2 • QJ 10 64 • Q72 +B formed a new partnership with Rob Helle for this endurance test and they EJ were soon faced with a potential slam deal: • Awards: 7t - 10, 6t-6, games- 2. West East Westra Ramondt 5. Game all. Dealer West We will end with an exotic sequence from 1+ the Austrian pair, Bieder and Babsch, playing a 2t in a 92-team tournament in Montegrotto 2NT 3+ (Obi) • 987643 tAKQ102 Terme. You don't know where that is? The 3+ 3+ • AQ752 internet informs me that it is somewhere in 4+ 4¥ •+ •AJ74 + K 9 Northern Italy. (Hotel Millepini Terme is rec­ 5+ ., • AJ W ommended.) East raised his partner to 2t , despite hold­ East 6. Game all Dealer East ing only three-card spade support. I am great­ Helle ly in favour of this style of bidding (having 2NT • Q87 •K been persuaded on the matter by Steve 4NT ¥ J9876 ¥ AK Q5 Preston many years ago). Suppose partner has 7+ + AQ • 9 87 a weak hand and passes. 2t is likely to be very • 987 + AK Q 106 playable, with dub ruffs to be taken in the 2NT was the increasingly popular Jacoby short-trump hand. If instead West has enough 2NT, showing a game-forcing hand with pri­ EJ to advance, there will be every opportunity for mary spade support. There are various West him to investigate an alternative strain. schemes for the opener's rebid and, in the ver­ Bieder Having said that, almost all Americans hate sion being played, 4+ would be a sign-off on a raising on three-card support and some minimum opening; a new suit at the three­ ,. Europeans take a similar view. level would be natural and a new suit at the 2t Westra's 2NT was a and 3+ passed four-level would be a . 4+ the message of'only three spades, partner~ 3+ The West hand had improved substantially was a further relay (yes, these guys put some once the spades had been supported and it East's opening bid was the . This work into their system) and 3t showed a club was clear-cut for Smith to make the splinter bid covers various possibilities (I had to look singleton. It was dear now to play in dia­ rebid of 4'1. This made life very easy for Helle. it up eventually, after coming bottom for sev­ monds instead of no trumps. However, a slam Assured of second-round heart control oppo­ eral months on the Polish magazine's bidding was not out of the question. Westra set the site, he could administer RKCB. When he panel). It can be a 12-14 no trump hand, a trump suit with a forcing 4+ and Ramondt heard of the two aces he leapt to 15+ hand based on d ubs, or any hand of 18+ cue-bid in hearts. Since Westra wished to issue the successful grand slam. points. West's 1¥ was natural and my next only a mild slam suggestion he now signed off The score sheet revealed that half the pairs question for you is: what do you think East's in 5+. This auction, one of the best in the had stopped in game! Apparently several 2+ meant? tournament, picked up a deserved bundle of Wests had not rated their hand as worth an If you guessed correctly, well done! Yes, it imps against the failing 3NT contract bid at opening bid. It is an automatic opening bid, was Roman Key-card BlacJ..·wood with hearts the other table. even for an old-fashioned player such as me. as the agreed trump suit. I have already men­ You have sufficient playing strength in spades tioned that some players think -!NT is too • Awards: 5+- 10, 4+ - 7, 3NT- 6, 6+ • 4. for a one bid. You also have adequate defence, high a bid for this purpose, but using 2+ instead is going to the other extreme. Wc:st 1 showed one key card wi th his two-step 1 r, , 1~ ~ , ~ ~\ 1~~ • ~ response and 3\' set the trump suit in stone:. * When you have a fit In two suits, be wary of bidding a slam where you may have When West cue-bid in diamonds, Babsch was two losers In those suits. Superfluous winners outside may not help you to dispose of willing to attempt the small slam in hearts. At such losers. Cards such as jacks and tens In the two long suits are likely to be valuable. the other table: the hal ian opponents failed to Only by using good judgement In cue bidding can you hope to judge whether your reach the slam. suits are substantial enough for a slam. * When the bidding starts 1+ • 1t , be willing to raise responder's suit with three-card Awards: 6NT (West)/6\'- 10, 6NT (East)- 7, supf>Orl. If the bidding dies there, you will be In a playable spot Suppose the open~r 6+ - 6, games - 4. has 3-4-5-1 shape and chooses to rebid 2+ Instead, passed out This may be a S-1 f1t with a 5-3 fit available In spades. A worthy 48 out of 60 for our * When the bidding does Indeed start 1+ • 1t • 2t, the responder should not jump experts, who have been struggling straight to 4t when he holds only four spades. He can rebid 3NT, for example, to Indi­ recently. The hands were quite tricky cate that he has only four spades and would prefer to play In no trumps If the opener and if you came at all close to that has raised on three-card support. score you did well. Unless senility has * Be willing to open a one-bid on fewer than 11 points when you have a long major finally begun to strike, I should be suit A recent panel question In another bridge magazlne asked whether you would able to extract some bidding tips open on t)-10 -8-7-4-2 W-5 +A-K-9-4 +8. There was good support for op~nlnQ lt from the deals. because the playing strength Is there for such a bid and you have two defens1ve tnck.s. En·o the Best of Both ~o~lds •th the personal touch that only F1rst for Bndge can provide Top quahty. bndge.I .m Y stunmng . locations . WI HOTS. ATIAN11S. VILAMOURA 25th Jon-8th Fob 2007 This ever-popular 5-star hotel is within easy walking distance of the sandy beach. Vilamoura's elegant marina and the market town of Quartiera. 2 weeks from £949.00. 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POSSESSION of an adequate trump suit gives Usually declarer only adds to his total is a straight 50/SO shot, but the contract is dt'clarer control of the play and, as we have number of tricks if he takes ruffs with the actually secure on a different line of play, seen, provides the possibility to establish long shorter trump holding. However, if sufficient subject to trumps splitting two-one, which tricks in a suit by ruffing. It also offers the ruffs can be taken in the long holding is a 78% chance. possibility of scoring extra tricks by ruffing declarer may well end up with the extra tricks Say that declarer wins the ¥ A, cashes the losers. In this first example there is a little he requires. The technique of taking several ~A. then plays +A and ruffs a dub, ruffs a work to be done, but eventually declarer's ruffs in the long trump hand is known as a heart, ruffs a club, ruffs another heart, and game-going trick will come from a ruff in the dummy reversal. takes a third club ruff. If dubs started out dummy. four-three, declarer just gives up a spade and has a spade and a dub to cash to bring his Declarer Dummy Dedarer Dummy total to 10. But this line will fail when dubs • 762 • 53 + 7 6 2 E3 N + A K 10 3 divide five-two, as there is no quick entry to ¥ A K 10 8 4 W E ¥ 6 2 ¥ AKQ19 • 1043 hand to ruff the fifth club. The solution is t AKQ • 643 • 10 5 4 3 s • J 7 2 +6 +AJ95 simple: delay cashing the ~A. Instead, play + A + A4 EJ +87532 and ruff a dub, then play a spade to the ace to take a second dub ruff. From here the cross­ The contract is 2¥ and the the ruff ensures success on the assumption that Dummy could not be much weaker but, + 2. Perhaps it would have been better to play spades divide favourably. when +Kis led against 4¥ it contains all that in a spade contract, where a couple of ruffs Sometimes, a trump suit can appear to per­ declarer requires to ensure success. Declarer could be taken with the short trump holding. form magic. Take this example: should win immediately because if he ducks However, 2¥ it is and declarer has to find the he gives the defence an extra opportunity to best way home. Simple play, drawing trumps and establishing the fourth card in diamonds • A862 lead trumps and they would then be a crucial ¥ J53 ahead. Having won the + A declarer or spades, requires two suits to break • 87 54 concedes a spade. Winning the trump return favourably, so is heavily against the odds. But + K8 he concedes a second spade and, when he if declarer pays attention to the opening lead regains the lead again he can ruff his third he will come up with a much stronger line of • 109 3 +QJ75 spade with dummy's ¥ 10, return to hand and play. • Q 1092 • 7 draw trumps. The lead suggests that d ubs may be four­ t AKQ • 10 9 6 3 In this next example there is again work to four, in which case nobody will be able to • 653 +I 10 94 be done to create the possibility of a rufF. interfere if declarer goes for dub ruffs in hand. Five top winners plus three ruffs in + K4 ¥ AK864 Declarer Dummy hand would produce the eight required. t KS4 + A32 Declarer wins the + A and ruffs a dub, crosses t I 2 AQ72 ¥ K Ql 10 8 • 932 to as top spade for a second ruff, then crosses + • 8 7 • 65432 to the remaining spade winner to ruff the last + AKQ • 32 club. The top hearts bring the total to eight The contract is 4¥ and West happily leads EJ A cross-ruff, in which a number of ruffs are out the top three diamonds, declaring ruffing taken in each hand, can be a very lucrative the third round. When he continues with the The lead against 4¥ is ~ Q. At this moment source of tricks. ace and king of hearts and the bad break the only available ruff in dummy is the third comes to light, declarer appears to be doomed round of clubs, which would obviously be a to failure, but as it happens he still has one Declarer Dummy extra chance. pretty pointless exercise. However, a + A J 10 9 7 E3N + 8 6 5 4 2 moment's thought shows that a spade ruff can ¥ I W E ¥ AQB The way home requires West to have 3-4-3-3 be established if declarer instead throws a • Q 9 s • 10 4 3 2 distribution. Declarer plays ~ K. ~A and a spade on the third dub. For convenience, it is +A 10 8 54 +I third spade, ruffing. Next comes +K. another best to win the first trick with dummy's ace, dub to the ace, then the +Q. On the actual though this is not essential. Declarer contin­ layout that proves to be a winner and declarer ues by playing three rounds of clubs, throwing Declarer is in 4+ on the lead of ¥ 10. One leads his last club at trick 12. 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18 English Bridge October 2006 l ANDREW KAMBITES Practical no trump bidding USING 2tt AS CHECKBACK

Balanced hands too strong for a lNT Consider opener's third bid after the start to Opener's rebid of I NT was the most practi­ opening bid. this auction: cal available. It is certainly preferable to 2+ on IF you have a in the range 15- such a poor suit and the hand really is not Opener Responder 19 HCP you must open with a suit bid, good enough for a reverse into 2'1. 2+ is con­ intending a no trump rebid if partner changes 1'1 1t 1NT 2+ ventional and asking. Opener's 2'1 shows four suit. If your shape is 4-3-3-3 or 5-3-3-2 there 7 hearts and a minimum INT rebid. Responder is only one suit you can open. How about if now bids the obvious game. )'OUr shape is 4-4-3-2? It is already known that opener has fou r The guideline agreed for Bridge for All is hearts. He might have five hearts. Opener Responder geared towards ensuring that you don't miss It is already known that opener does not an eight-card fit. It is summarised • 104 t K8732 have four spades. He might have three spades. 'I AKQ2 • 54 as follows: Therefore, in response: t K52 • AJ 7 Open the higher of your two four-card 2 • shows minimum, and denies five hearts + K873 • J 106 suits or three spades. There is an exception. 2'1 shows minimum with five hearts. E3 With both major suits open 1• Opener might also have three spades. 1'1 1• Partner can bid spades if he has four, either 2t shows minimum, denying five hearts, 1NT 2+ immediately or perhaps later in the auction if but showing three spades. 2• 2NT his hand is strong. 2NT shows maximum, and denies five Note that when I say you are intending a no hearts or three spades. 2• shows a minimum lNT rebid without trump rebid, that doesn't necessarily mean 3'1 shows maximum with five hearts. fi ve hearts or three spades. Responder now you do rebid no trumps. Opener might also have three spades. decides that game is unlikely, so he signs off in 3t shows maximum, denying five hearts, 2NT. Note that it would not be unreasonable but showing three spades. fo r responder to sign off in 2+ rather than t AK72 t QJ43 2NT, but a tNT rebid could on rare occasions 'IA)75 E3W E '162 If opener shows a maximum 1NT rebid the be made with a singleton spade so responder •A7 •ss1 auction becomes game forcing: th inks 2NT could be safer. t 7 3 2 S + A Q 10 4 Opener Responder 1'1 1t Opener Responder West 1NT 2+ t K9 • J86 2 1'1 3'1 'I AJB 7 'I K2 3t • K87 2 • 5 + A92 +Q76543 If opener shows a minimum 1NT rebid and Here West intended a 2NT rebid if East had responder continues with a jump bid then the responded 2t or 2t, but when he hears the auction becomes game fo rcing. Responder is 1'1 1t spade response he clearly must support his clearly still looking for three-card spade 1NT Pass partner's major suit. This sequence does not support: Using 2+ conventionally as Chcckback show five hearts. West's rebid is not a new suit. Opener Responder It is support for partner's suit. should ensure that you will always reach the 1'1 1t correct game contract, but occasionally you The INT rebid 1NT 2+ Traditionally this showed 15-16 HCP. . 2'1 3t might miss the best part-score. Here respon­ A 12-16 1NT rebid has enjoyed populanty der is nowhere near strong enough for a 2+ because of the possibility of opening a suit Here are some examples: response to 1'1, so the response is I ~ . After the INT rebid responder wants to play in 2• , but and rebidding 1NT with 12-14 HCP. Opener Responder However, the large range causes proble~ns, cannot do so. 3+ would be forcing (a new suit at the three level) so responder must pass. particularly because when you have 10 ~01nts + K 10 E3; t Q 9 7 3 2 opposite partner's 1NT rebid you must •.nve~­ 'IK)87 l W E 'IA952 •AK •12 tigate game. This may leave you too hrgh 1f Some pairs use the lowest unbid minor as a +J6432 S +AB Checkback bid. The principles are e.tactly the opener has just 12 points However, by far the most popular method same except that 2t is not available as an 1t answer. Opener bids 2NT with a minimum played now is that a 1NT rebid shows 15-17 2t and no major suit feature to show, or 3t with HCP. This is part of a restructuring of no 4'1 a similar maximum. trump rebids and the full advantages can o~ly be seen after we have considered 2NT reb1ds in the next article. After a 1NT rebid ~ou should play that 2+ is conventional, showmg LATE NEWS: changed dates at least the values for a raise to 2NT and ask­ THREE EBU events have been moved forward from the dates as shown in the Diary. ing opener whether he is minimum or ma~i­ The men's and women's pairs are to be played on February 17-1 8 (advanced from mum and whether he has undisclosed maJOr January) and the National women's teams on September 7-9 (advanced from suit length. It is a type of Stayman bid, but the February), both at the Paramount, Hinckley, lelcestershlre. For reservations call difference here is something will nlrc?dy he 01455 898560. known about opener's major suit holdmgs. It is often called Checkback or Crowhurst.

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20 English Bridge October 2006 How should this hand be bid? about raises interesting points in terms of the Your questions answered approach to bidding economically and also in terms of the fmal touches in deciding whether to settle for a small slam or try for a grand slam. by David Bakhshi First, it is important for responders to allow room for full exploration on hands that a.re at Robert Clarke from London writes: At my table South opened 1'1, and North least game going. Hence, North should resist This hand came up in a recent duplicate responded 3NT. South then bid 4+, over the temptation to jump straight to 3NT and and very few pairs managed to bid and make which North bid 4'1 and South then bid 4NT should instead conserve bidding space by a Grand Slam. Is there any way to bid it with (Roman Key-Card Blackwood) to which his introducing his longest suit at the lowest level, confidence? partner responded 5~ showing two key cards with a 2+ response. South would then bid 2+ plus the queen of trumps. As his partnership to show an unbalanced hand with at least five North-South t A 8 S had all of the key cards, South bid SNT asking hearts and at least four diamonds, at which game • Q 7 2 for kings. North bid 6+ showing one king, and point North could jump to 4'1, knowing of Dealer East t K 8 2 South guessed to bid 6'1, fearing that his part· +A 10 7 4 the 5-3 heart fiL South, holding a very prom­ ner held + K rather than +K. ising hand would continue with 4NT. Several other pairs ended up in 6'1, but my Assuming that the partnership plays t QJ9 4 • 106 3 2 • 10 6 • 983 partner and I felt that there ought to be a way Roman Key-card Blackwood, 4NT asks North • 9 7 5 • 104 to bid 7'1 without having to guess, and would how many of the and the king of + KJ 8 3 + Q9S2 like to know how an expert pair would bid trumps he possesses. As you indicated, these cards. North's 5~ response shows two of the five key t K 7 cards in addition to the queen of trumps. 'I AK)S4 ANSWER With all five of the key cards accounted for, t AQJ63 Dear Robert, South would expect to make a grand slam if +6 Even very experienced pairs struggle to bid his partner held Kt , but would not otherwise slams efficiently and the hand you have asked want to try for all 13 tricks. The standard approach to Roman Key-card Blackwood is to play that a SNT bid at this stage asks partner Peter M urdoch's bridge crossword how many kings, excluding the king of trumps, he holds, with 6+ showing none, 6+ Across: showing one, 6'1 showing two and 6~ show­ 1. The pits - much ing three kings. In the hand in question North worse than 25 bids 6+ and South has the problem that you across (7) described above. 5. An expert.-·-- the South's dilemma is a relatively common game better than one in that he would rather know which most (5) king(s) North has rather than just the number 8. No match, so into of kings. It will generally be more useful for the next round with South to know about kings in his long suits, as one. Going out with these will greatly increase the potential for two? (3) winning tricks. The solution is to change the 9. Contract solid- in emphasis of the SNT bid to ask partner for Alex perhaps (3,4) specific kings rather than number of kings. 10. Thirty-two boards (3) This approach has seen a significant improve­ 11. a conventional ment in slam bidding, as North now bid now- or possibly responds, showing which king(s) he holds, later (5) bidding his cheaper king first with a choice. 12. No place for hairy Therefore, on the above hand, North bids 6+ taches in our showing the +K, and not the This allows game (6) +K. 14.1ntroduce retsina South to bid a grand slam with confidence without a mix (6) and, to be as safe as possible, South would 16. Work set a challenge likely bid 7Nf knowing that he has 13 top at 2 down (6) tricks, assuming reasonable breaks in hearts 19. Form of bridge Down: and diamonds. . Not a Munro, but he 7. Are you and your If, however North bid 6+ , South would take perhaps favoured in 1 partner always on the India? (6) was once at the peak the view that 6'1 was enough, as North would of the game in the same one? (4) be highly unlikely to hold two key cards, the 21. Have a try - at 13. Discard an honour to this (5) North (8) queen of trumps and two kings. In theory 2. Bleat about where you create an entry (8) though, with both kings, North might just 24.Achieve half one's 15. A play to force a target at 2 down (3) sit (5) discard (7) jump to 7'1 , taking the view that two kings 25. A lady in later life can 3. A master, but not very should be enough if partner is interested in a much of one (3-4) 17.5-4-3-1 perhaps {7) still score 50% (7) 18. The need for a 4 Grand Slam. Alternatively, South might bid 26. Official organising 4. May be pressing, but 6+ over 6+ as a further Grand Slam try, at 1 down is often this (6) body of bridge in one doesn't a ways 20. The colour of which point North would bid 7'1, holding the Europe (1-1-1) see the light (6) wood? (5) king of diamonds. 27. Your bid - you One of the greats of S. the English game (5) 22. Two diamonds with to •• ••• (5) many facets (5) • Email your questions to David at 28. None sit around at 6. Always a very strlorng 23. Frequent call at 2 [email protected] Don't be put off if congress without bid in this popu a down (4) you are less than a tournament player. this is system (4-3) experiencing this (7) Solution on P-15 for bridge plarers across the board

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I ...... stay I ,~ £2375.00 (all-Inclusive basis) • ,.,_.. a.. htoiUTAI,., ..-•n-.c....Allllm41 Our first visit In January 2006 was such an enormous success • Los Gigantes, Tenerife ' • that we have chosen to revisit this superb resort. The best possible way to start 2007 is with some caribbean Sunl 20th April 2007 - 14 nights j ¥ The setting of the Los Gigantes Hotel is fantastic with views cmtr + to the Island of La Gomero & the stunning diffs of Los Gigantes. 1• + Flights from Gatwiclc, Stansted, Bristol, E Midlands, Edinburgh & ~ ITALY Manchesm . , . , 1849llalf-laoanl (Opnoi.,O..htoiARU2911 Grand Hotel Gardone, Lake Garda 1 (official rating 4 star de luxe) May 5th-19th 2007 ~ · Seefeld, Austria • £1295.00 16th June 2007- 14 nights This is to be our thirteenth consecutive visit to this lovely destination - ¥ It is difficult Ia be objective about a resort and hotel when it is ' _~+.... one of our best loved holidays. Every year this hotel receives the highest your favourite. The setting of the Hotel Schonruh is just magnifi· praise from our guests for Its food, Its supelb lake-side location, and the • cent being in the mountains yet on a plateau so that walking is ¥ friendly and efficient attitude of Its management and staff. If one were .&. nice and easy. Flights into lnnsbruck from Gotwiclc, Manchester, needed, an added bonus is that the ferry service to destlnatlons around ~ Birmingham, Newcastle & Bristol. + the lake departs from a jetty just 50 metres from the hotel gates. ~ £949 haH-Iaoanl [~~pon~o~.,a..'hloiArolml) , North Cape Explorer AUSTRIA 17th June 2007- 14 nights Parkhotel Portschach + [ A •auise without flights• from Newcastle through the beautiful Norweiian Fjords to the Land of the.Mi~nii_ht Sun. (official rating 4 star de luxe) May 23rd-6th June 2007 f. from £1249 per penon InClUding on-board £1195.00 • gralultfeS (,.,_IIOonhwiiUTAlflOI..-aDn.o.-Cnilesj The hotel Is situated directly on the shores of the spectacular Lake Worthesee, just a few hundred yards from the sophisticated and delightful little town of Portschach. Each of the hotel bedrooms has a ~ l Fire & Ice stunning lake view, and the hotel is noted throughout the region for Its ¥ 23rd July 2007 • 12nlghts fine cuisine, and excellent service + A •cruise wilhout flights" from Harwich lo Tonhaven (Faroe Islands); Reykjavik, lsafjord & Akureyrl (Iceland); Flam & Bergen + (Norway). ITALY from £1199 per penon Including on-board ~ gratuities ,,.,_ .. o.n.,....wt,...,•n--eno..s) Hotel Bristol Buja, Abano Terme (official rating 5 star de luxe) June 20th-July 2nd 2007 ' ' Cities of the Baltic ~ £1245.00 (twelve nights full board) + 2nd September 2007 • 14 nights 1 This holiday will include an option to visit the opera (at additional cost, A "cruise without flights• from Horwich to Aarhus (Denmark), I ¥ to be advised) in Verona on June 22nd for Nabucco, and on June 30th + f Helsinki (Finland), 2 days In St Petersburg (Russia), Tallinn + for La Boheme. Abano has now become our most popular venue, and (Estonia), Gdansk (Poland), Womemunde (for Berlin) (Germany), & places are certain to be snapped up very quickly. Full details are • Copenhagen (Denmark). available now, and earty booking Is highly recommended! ~ From £1299 per person lnduding on-board ' I gratuities ,,.,_.. o.nhwllwt,..,_.. n...... 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Crossing ciple of tells us that it is 11·1 0 to a top heart she then played the +K, in an Dealer South +A 10 on that East holds the +Q. Even so, that attempt to drop the jack. When this failed N/Sg ame • A6 makes the fi nesse a 47.6% chance, much bet· the contract went two down. +AJ76 ter than the chosen line. Clearly her play was most unlikely to suc· • Q7653 Hold on though. In order to play dia· ceed, needing diamonds 4·2 and the jack in monds this way and also have the chance of the short diamond hand · a mere 16% t 9876 +Q5432 finding the + K onside, it is necessary to play chance, in fact. 'J75 .104 on clubs first. A much better play is to overtake the +Q • Q983 t105 4 So, play a small club from the ace towards with the king, preserving both heart entries, +104 +KJ9 the queen and, when this loses, fall back on and continue with a low diamond. E3 the diamond finesse. Voila! So long as an honour appears on this + KJ Some experts might prefer a third line and round, or the suit breaks 3·3, about a 63% • KQ9832 t K2 go down. Having given up a club they would chance in total, declarer can establish the + A82 play for the hand with the third club to have suit with just enough entries to enjoy it. the tQ, who would then be squeezed on the With the • K very likely to be with East on run of the trumps. The chances of this line the bidding, four tricks in diamonds would South declared 6• on the lead of a spade. succeeding are exactly the same as fi nding then be sufficient to ensure the contract. He won in hand, drew trumps and then the +Q onside. Unlucky! tried for a club discard by cashing the king The second deal comes from the mixed pairs and ace of diamonds and ruffing the third at the World Championships in Verona. Charity bridge round, hoping to drop the queen. When this failed he cashed the +A and Jed Dealer West - • 4 races to £750 up to the queen, hoping the king was onside. N/Sgame • AK64 One down. + K 109743 BRIDGE players went to the races - • 82 Declarer was a little unlud.-y, but failed to well, almost - when Newton play the hand to best advantage. • 5 +K)10632 Abbot Bridge Club put on a Swiss In particular, was South's play in the dia· • Q982 • 173 teams charity event at the local mond suit best? t ASS • )62 National Hunt racecourse. An excel· Let's work out the chances. Even without • KQ 1093 ., lent day of bridge, organised and any calculations we can see that it is Jess than E3 directed by Bill Oke and Cathy Lee, + AQ987 raised £750 for a local school for 50-SO, as the +Q figures to be in the hand with • 105 length in the suit, rather than shortage. children with severe physical • Q handicap. The winning team out of Seven cards missing in a suit break 5·2 about +AJ754 30% of the time, so the chance of the queen 24 that took part was R Andrews, being doubleton is 2/7 x 30 =8.5%. They break T Glenday, J McDermott and A 4-3 about 62% of the time, so the chance of Q , one of the USA's very best Humphries. Second place went to x xis 3/7 x 62 26.5%. Combining these gives women players, was in the hot seat. John and Joy Murray·Brown, R Tapp = and S Love, with E Highton, the overall chance of dropping the queen in Sitting South she declared 3NT after West had opened the bidding with and East R Lingham, K Ponsford and two or three rounds as 35%. I+ had bid 1• over North's !+ overcall. R Blackmore third. A much better chance of three tricks in the

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D OCTOBER One day events, Avon, Derbyshire, Hertfordshlre, Surrey 5 Andrew Robson seminar, Tunbridge Wells BC 6-8 West of England Congress, Weston-super-Mare 6-11 EBU Autumn Overseas Congress, Turkey 7-8 Great Northern Swiss Pairs, Warrington 7-8 Women's trials stage I, Young Chelsea BC 11-12 BGB autumn simultaneous pairs, clubs 12 Andrew Robson seminar, South Bucks BC Michael Byrne, close to the end of a fine Junior career and already making a big Impression In the 14-1 5 Open trials stage II, Soli hull open game, was at Brighton accorded the honour of accepting on behalf of the EBU the overseas 17-21 PABF Women's Bridge Festival, congress sponsorship cheque from Jim Bugden of Baker Tllly China 20-22 Autumn Congress, Boumemouth Overseas congresses are in 20-23 SBU National Autumn DEVElOPMENT of the EBU programme of overseas congresses to include an autumn event as well as th~ Congress, Peebles Hydro annual February one is proving the strength of the popularity of these expeditions. While many of you are 27 Andrew Robson seminar, reading this item the first autumn congress will be taking place in Turkey's beautiful Golden Dolphin resort Wimbledon BC at Cesme (October 5-11), with 35 tables in play. 28-29 Junior trials for 2007 Just four months on and we will be into the Baker Tilly Cyprus Congress (February 1-6) at the fiVe star European Championships Amathus Beach Hotel in Paphos. Don't delay in reserving your place as a big turnout of players is 28-29 Middlesex Congress, anticipated at this superb venue. If you are intending to go to the congress as an independent traveller please Steven age book your bridge place now as spaces could be limited. 28-29 Lederer Memorial Trophy, There will be a breathing space after that for our growing band of globe-trotting bridge players, but thanks again to the support that is shown for these events a second overseas congress is lined up for 2007, Young Chelsea BC this time in Greece, So prepare to pack your bags and fly to Rhodes (October 11-16) for the second autumn 28-29 Malvern Congress, Bransford overseas congress, which is at the five star Radian ' Amathus Beach Hotel. Brochures for this event will be II NOVEMBER sent out in November as soon as times are set for the Is your club enter scheduled flights. 3-5 North East BA Congress, THERE is still time (official closing date October Allensford Travel and accommodation packages for Cyprus Knockout. There is no limit to the number of team 3-5 Seniors Congress, Daventry and Rhodes are available from Bridge Overseas 0800 add teams to those already in, right up to the closin! 4-11 Sixth International Cuba 0346 246. Bridge fees for both events are payable to round losers contest the NICKO Plate) this is a grc the EBU at Aylesbury, which can be done by emailing Festival, Cuba their club in a national competition. To enter call 01 [email protected] or calling 01296-317203. 1 0 Andrew Robson seminar, .' Blewbury BC J 11 -12 Women's trials stage II, TBA 23-Dec 3 American Fall Nationals, Hawaii Where are the new ) 25-26 Tollemache qualifier, Kettering 27-28 European Internet By John Pain, existing players progress let us hope fcll' Simultaneous Pairs, clubs EBU education manager who want to learn. It's up to N; 28-30 Andrew Robson seminar, grandparents, to bring your children alo Newbury BC THE 2006 Junior Teach-in was held over grandparent who attends will tell you t the first weekend of September at much (and probably more) than the jW1 DECEMBER Lough borough University. It was unusual The event was also unusual in that t 6 Andrew Robson seminar, in that although the number of juniors squad was there, practising for the Junil attending - around 90 - was much the Sherborne BC European Championships - and using same as last year, there were very few new people. seem a world away from . 7 Andrew Robson seminar, The lowest group, the Raw Rookies, who learn MiniBridge It was great to see Barry Capal, the EB' Plymouth BC in a weekend, numbered only four; the Fearless Fledglings, attendance. He stayed for all of SatUid 8 Andrew Robson seminar, those who have started playing bridge, totalled 10; while the evening session. Exeter BC Eager Beavers, players ready to move on to things like All the usual fun was included in tl 9-1 0 Gold Cup finals, Peebles Stayman, had 12. The remainder were skewed towards the top easing off just long enough for the ann~ 15-17 Junior , France end-the Flying Foxes, The Ace Experts and the Top Guns had be fitted in among all the bridge. • 27-29 Year End Congress, london 18, 20 and 28 respectively. At least one who was in the In addition to bridge instruction tilt 28-30 Year-End Congress, Blackpool Mininridge group just four years ago, is now in the Top Guns. organised sessions of plar. Twenty table So the big question is- where are all the new ones? As all the opening IS-board session; 28 tables fo1

24 English Bridge October 2006 ...~~ 4tt 'c;<-;, o., • • +o "~ ,o+ ----~------~_j~--~--..~~--~~~~~~~~~~ ~~·~~~~.. ; Fifty years Essex secreta~y _and no plan . . to stand down lllERE's an cx.traordinary b~idge lady in Essex. Still youthful and fuU of zest it IS hard to beheve that Margaret Curtis has been scartarr of her county for 50 years. Even more remarkable is that sh hJs 00 plans to give up the role. ~. 1 do the job because I love it: she says. And, of course she kn0'i11 how to do it. She's totally on the ball and there is probably f001 atask that has confronted a. count~ secretary that Margaret hJs not encountered and dealt With • sw1ftly and efficiently. ' Not that her contribution to the game has stopped at looking after her Essex duties· far from it. First woman on the EBU board ol dirtctors, she served there for more than 30 years. Also at national level she has been a member of the tournament committee since 198 1 and its chairman for several years. And there is much, much more In a special celebration day in Margaret's honour - 'Many people know me simply as Aunty Margaret,' she observes proudly -.tributes to her many qualities were led by Gerard Margaret Curtis with Gerard Faulkner at her celebration lunch Faulkner who, on behalf of the Essex CBA, presented m with an engraved silver salver and a laptop Essex. When, in 1956, a county secretary was 'I have enjoyed it all,' adds Margaret, who computer. needed, Margaret's parents proposed her for considers that what she has put into the game , Gerard is one of a select band of EBU vice­ the job. The rest is history. is more than matched by what she has got out pitsidmts, an honour bestowed on people who have Much as she has loved the work Margaret of it ... 'Friendship, fun • and a husband!' ll)ade an outstanding contribution to the game of has also thoroughly enjoyed playing the game. Brnm Cook bridge in this country. The board of directors has She has not done badly, either. At national uPammOusly proposed that Margaret be accorded level she has won ladies' pairs and seniors' lhis honour. Swiss teams and achieved high placing in a Congresses for all So how did it all begin? Well, Margaret was the number of other top competitions, including VARIOUS congress dates are looming so daughter of a couple of bridge enthusiasts, Ernest runners-up spot in the Portland pairs. Her it is timely to remind you of the facility and Frances Eve, who did much to get the county many playing achievements in the county to enter online. administration and the duplicate game established in include captaining Essex in the Eastern The popular Autumn Congress at Counties League. Boumemouth is on October 20-22. But back to administration. Over the years Then there is the Seniors Congress at ed in the NICKO? Margaret has been called on to perform many Daventry (November 3-5) and a little special duties. A particular pleasure was to further on the Year End congresses :r 9) to enter the NJCKO - the National Inter-dub take a leading hospitality role at the 1987 • London (December 27-30) and ns a,dub is allowed to enter and they are welcome to European Championships in Brighton, the Blackpool (December 28-30). Enter lgditt_ With a guarantee of at least two matches (First 1989 World Junior Championships in online, or contact Aylesbury on reat opportunity for players old and new to represent Nottingham and the 2002 European Junior 01296-317203/5 or [email protected] ll296-3 17205 or [email protected] Championships in Torquay. Raw Rookies?- we need you!

bon of new playm MiniDddg< made up the second session and finally. th·"' '"" twice in the speedball my partner and I pulled out the ~ redouble card. It's not often I have to refer to the scores on the ' the parents and 17 tables fo r late night speedball (24 boards played m JUSt over ~Iong. Every back of the cards in the : minus 880 for 4+ I thatlb I parent and 90 minutes). . . by James Thrower and doubled and redoubled and 1080 for 4¥ doubled and miorl. ey earn just as Friday's pairs competi~Jon wda ST\~onWilliamson second and redoubled plus one. However, I did fail to bid the cold slam .., Re · r. th with M1ke an 1m . the Eng! JOm am,or • M'll third Section wmners with the grand making when the t K falls. Partner opens It ioreanu:nd under 25 James Gadsden and Alex Parsons· I~ Ke.nnedy and Tilly and you hold +A 7 6 54 2 ¥A 7 t Q 10 6 54 + -. Much to my tg SCr se a~d Junior in Saturday's pairs event w~re Stepik:nand Tim Williamson shame I just bid 4+ - I know, I know, much too strong. eens, Whtch must Dibb-Fuller (Fearless Fl edgh~~)S~ benson (Flying Foxes), Partner holds :Blf g~ (Eager Beavers), Matt and 11 E~ erts) Camilla Grundy t Q J 9 8 ¥ K 3 t A K 6 +K Q 9 5. How do you get there? rday an~kana~er, in Feng Rao and Michael Jones (A) c~aturday s~eedball 1 David Should it start Jt 2t or I+ 3t or even I+ 4+ - splinter? P )'ed In the and Tiffany Beard (Top Guns · d Tom Paske l d s· d B'rd 2 Ed )ones an - thc ~~'et\tn Collier an mea . 1. • • id e _ but probably not as you My thanks as always go to the volunteer bridge tutors and nu~ round d, the rain Playing against JUOIOrS IS br . g u get sequences such as all the other helpers. • crs rnatch to know it. From those just learm~;s~~ 3¥ minus three. That's The event next year wiU be on August 31-September 2. ~e re "'as U I NT 2+; 2¥ 3+; 3¥ all pas~ . a weakness take out. Please look out for the publicity on the website and in Ellglish Jl~ ll'tre i:.~.~o~ three alright until you realise th~t •(!)sit is much more hair-.raising. Bridge and come with the children and grandchildren to keep for brid ...., 'or the Against the older and wtser I than the exceptiOn and the game alive for the next generation. . ge and one for Doubled contracts are the norm ratler October 2006 English Bridge 25 Take a break in 5 star comfort INDEPENDENT HOLIDAYS PLUS BRIDGE? - WHY NOT? the growing band of people wanting to play bridge on holiday but not wanting a formal packaged Bridge Holiday.

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26 English Bridge October 2006 AHEAD OF HIS TIME? LAST yc;u Andrew Robson told Englisla Bridge that Stop. Alert and TO c~rds do not appear in the Andrew Robson has had bidding boxes at hts popular club (named rponymously the. Andrew Robson Bridge Club _ announcements at his club arobson.co.uk), m South London, which has a membership dose to 2,000. for best part of 10 years Andrew, a leading England passed from one side to the other player, top teacher and noted the changes. So let me try to aiJay surely good - especially those in such a dear and simple way, a couple of your fears ... changes that are likely to stay (or 11tittr on the game (he is 11ae removing the perennial problems Times bridge columnist), be extended further). And these created by the alerting procedure. Q: 'I am hard-of-hearing. How changes are very simple- if upressed the view that these really Here are but two problems willl copd' you're not sure, then log on to the cards are among many with alerting: A; By you or partner simply website, unnecessary complications in (a) The act of asking about an teiJing the opponents beforehand, then Laws and Ethics, then Orange 11-hat he rates 'the best game ever alerted bid gives away or by having a card on the table Book, then Easy Guide Card. im-mted~ information about your hand, saying 'Hard of hearing.' Your With the EBU having newly making you reluctant to do so opponents will strain to help, Many bridge clubs report introduced a series of changes to and so putting you at an unfair perhaps by writing 'Transfer', or falling numbers. It is vital that the the alerting system, principally disadvantage. by pointing to the convention on gap between sociaUieaming by use of announcements (see (b) The alert 'wakes up' their card. It's not as though there bridge players and duplicate the latest Omnge Book for all the partner, who behaves (bids) are very many announceable bids bridge players is narrowed. It is up details and the June 2006 issue of differently as a result (yet!); and, after all, is it so to the EBU, as the organisation English Bridge for a simplified different for the hard-of-hearing running duplicate bridge in this msion) we thought it Announcing has been at the moment? country, to lead the way; to make appropriate to ask Andrew for commonplace in my club for the maze of duplicate bridge his ''itw on the subject. most of the past decade, with Q: 'It's so complicated. Why do easier to negotiate in the early He had this to say: increasing success, as members they have to keep changing days. They have moved - realise its simplicity and thingsl' courageously - in the right Andrew's view effectiveness. A; Changes for the best are direction, and must be applauded. There are, it seems to me, two Bobby Wolff, former president kty goals that the giving of of the information from one side to the and very active in this area of And the teaching goes on other should satisfy. alerting/announcing, paid me the 1. It must clearly give the huge compliment of visiting my A VARIETY of bridge topics will October 16, Wimbledon October DttCSsary information to the club a few months ago on his way be presented in Andrew's own 27, Blewbury November 10, opposing side. to Verona for the World Bridge inimitable style when he embarks Newbury November 30, 2. It must be simple, so that Championships. 'The best on an autumn teaching tour in Sherbourne December 6, those new to duplicate bridge I have ever seen: counties stretching out from Plymouth December 7 and Exeter arc not put off. were his words. London to the West Country, December 8 (two sessions). There is surely little doubt that You may be interested to see the visiting nine clubs in all. 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28 English Bridge October 2006 . ~ Senio!s turn out in force! By Maureen Denntson

6()TH as part of the Brighton Summer \l(((ing and at weekend congresses seniors' ~tilts ha\'e become increasingly popular. The EBU Seniors' and Veterans' Congress held in the Winter Gardens at Eastbourne was no CX(r!ltion, attracting nearly 200 partnerships. Winners of the veterans' pairs were Rostmarie Mascall and Norman Denny, who fdt they had done nothing spectacular, but had 1 foUowing wind. They certainly took a top off mt 11ith some very aggressive bidding! lbis is an example of how things went

Dealer South • K2 Game All •Q t AK874 + AJ 10 8 3 John Holland, left, and Erika Slatcher are congratulated ~Tony tQI 108S .43 Prlday on their victory In the senlon' pain '1098 4 •17652 was the liveliest board of the final and produced seniors in the qualifying sessions. Samuels tS3 • QJ 6 11 differmt scores at the 14 tables: sacrificed in ~ after partner had opened a • 7 s +Q94 Dealer West • A 3 Multi. On the way South had doubled E3 East-West • 10 3 2 Samuels's splinter 4+ bid so, of course, North • A976 • AK3 game t 1o 9 s 2 led a club. McCready ruffed and went to cash as • 1092 + Q J 9 4 many diamonds as possible for heart disca.rds_ + K62 North had to follow to four rounds with South • K Q 10 9 4 2 J 8 7 6 S unable to ruff-contract made! Ahsall (South) opened a weak INT. The •9s E3 ••Ja Winners of the Swiss pairs were Ray two ha\'e played together for around 12 years, t 76 W E tAKQJ83 Crawford and Marion Rudel They took the lead but somehow they bad not worked on a • 10 3 2 s + - at the halfway stage and were never headed. It is sensible way to look for minor suit slams when - a sign of a good partnership that they achieved 00t hand is two suited. Denny made the best of .• AKQ764 some excellent scores in defence. abad job, checked on aces via Gerber and bid • 4 The Swiss teams was close. Going into the last 5NT, quantitative. The lack of fillers persuaded +AK8765 round, the eventual winners, a scratch pairing Mascall to pass this and she made the contract of Mike Hill and David Dickson, with Roger on the nose. It was a surprisingly good result as North-South played small slams in hearts Edmonds and David Stimson, were on 96vps. IIU!1y bad bid 6+ and miss-guessed the trumps. and clubs, three times doubled, once with an Four teams were within 4vps, but an 18-2 win John Holland is having such a good year it is overtrick. Holland pushed them to 7+, doubled in their final match made sure they stayed in no surprise that he was half of the winning them and took the diamond trick. But top went front, with Manny Marks. Victor Silverstone, senior pair, playing with Erika Slatcher. This to John Samuels and Angela McCready, leading Mike Vail and Michael Gold the runners-up. My team (Cecil Leighton, Vida Bingham and Nigel Osmer) were lucky to come out as veterans' winners. BRIDGE-STYLE Full results on the EBU website: t V+ + www.ebu.co.uk DOUBLES QUIZ HAVE you ever seen a ~ grid presented By Bob Rowlands '1~ this? Richard Wheen, who has Dealer West Love a ll COmpiled a short series for us, West North East South ~this one Obi 2NT(i) 7 :reasy, (i)•• G ood ra ise to 3Y or better 'TheSlrys : What would you bid with: difftcult part -.s producing (a) +K I 9 6 4 '18 6 2 +Q 10 8 5 +3 1 Pkture of a (b) +K I 6 5 'IS 2 +A 5 +A Q 8 6 3 :: 1Ytnbol using a ...__ 9rld. This was the (c) +K I 9 8 4 '16 s +A I 5 4 + 6 2 "Qt I could do.' (d) +A 110 7 6 3 Y S +Q I 10 s +3 2 ~ llsk Is to fill In the ' with one of each Answers on page 32 "'-"her (1 to 9) In Apologies for Inserting the wrong ~ line and In each hands last time that made solving the the nine sub- quiz Impossible squp•re s. Solution on '9e -ts. October 2006 English Bridge 29 SERIES 1 SERIES 2 Tips on Bidding Defensive Play Opening Leads 1 Opening Leads 2 Improve your Hand Valuation Signals and Discards Card Combinations for Declarer Competitive Bidding 1

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30 English Bridge October 2006 Book and DVD reviews by Nick smith This Ron I

October 2006 Enalish Bridae 3 1 ~~ PRIZE DEFENCE ANSWERS QUESTION master Andrew Kambites gives won't be another trick for the defence in the Q before giving you a dub. Now he would know his view of the best line of defence in our side suits. Whenever you have taken all you can that spades are not breaking so he would have June competition and awards prizes in three from the side suits you cease to fear giving taken the heart finesse as his only chance. categories. declarer a ruff-and-discard. Indeed giving a ruff-and-discard may be the way to fatally 4 + K 10 9 + 2 attack his trump holding. Lead your fourth • QJ 10 9 • 64 spade. Partner ruffs with the • to and your + A 108 • 76 3 trump intermediates are promoted into the + AKQ + K Q 10 85 3 2 setting trick. • J 6 3 +8754 + AQ4 + KJ853 • K4 • s 3 2 • QJ 10 9 ¥ K852 3 t AKQ 10 + K643 • J s 2 + KQS + 10 9 8 4 • AQ +)832 +1096 + 76 4 • 87 s • 10962 E3 t AQ2 E3• 10 9 7 6 ·- • A876 • 93 tJ864 • A 7 3 • Q97 • K62 • 17543 • 754 + A J 2 t 106 + AJ 9 t AJ432 • QJ4 •as South West East South West North East 1NT Pass Pass E3• 752 Pass Pass 3+ Pass 2• 3NT Pass Pass Pass • 1098 Pass Pass t KQ9 • AK73 It is not diffirult to imagine declarer having Your partner leads the +3 against dedarer's seven solid dub tricks, so you are not going to South West North East heart slam, dummy playing the +8. be able to lose the lead a couple of times to set 1+ Pass If you automatically play the +J because it is up slow winners. You need to strike gold 2NT Pass 3NT Pass 'third hand high' you will give dedarer three quickly. There are two likely ways to defeat this Pass Pass diamond tricks (with a fmesse against your contract. partner's +K) and the contract. Keep your +J i) Perhaps East has the +K and you can take You lead your t 3 to partner's +10, taken with and declare must lose a trick in each red suit. five spade tricks. declarer's t K. Declarer now plays three rounds Indeed, provided you assume partner would ii) Perhaps East has the +A and you can take of dubs, putting you on lead with the +Q. not have underled +K Q it is impossible to find three or four diamond tricks and some spades. Partner follows twice in dubs and discards a layout where contributing the +J at trick If (i) is the route to success you want to lead the • 3. one helps. the +A. If (ii) is the way home you want to lead Another diamond lead will simply give away Note partner's lead. Many club players nn'Cr the +K. So which is correct? a trick. Partner played the +I0 at trick one. This lead from a king against a slam. 111ey would If you lead the +A and partner discourages denies the +9. Equally, with the +Q 10 partner automatically luwe led from one of their black you can give yourself a second bite at the cherry would have played the +Q (third hand high). jacks. On this ltand no ditmagc would lla1-e by switching to the +K. On the other hand Therefore you still have the +A J sitting over been done, but underleading a jack is not a safe leading the +K may be terminal if declarer takes declarer's +Q 9. The practical defence is to passi1•e lead. seven dubs and two red aces. switch to a heart. The heart finesse will give It is normal to lead your ace if declarer has declarer nine tricks, but he will be well aware bid 3NT after dummy's pre-emptive opening. that your partner is the dangerous hand This hand shows why. Lead the +A and carefully and will be reluctant to finesse hearts watch partner's signal. before he knows whether or not spades are breaking. If he rises with the • A he will fail 2 • Q32 provided you discard correctly, keeping all three ¥ AQ54 of your hearts to provide an entry to your • 10 7 5 partner's hand. + Q63 Have you spotted how declarer misplayed + 98 7 this contract? He should have cashed the +A K o AKJ10 • 10 E3 • 98 7 2 • 98642 • I 3 • 98 74 +105 2 Bob Rowlands DOUBLES QUIZ Answers from page 29

• 654 Dealer West Love all (b) +K J 6 S 'IS 2 +A 5 +A Q 8 6 3 ¥ KJ 63 3• - Showing game values with at least + AKQ West North East South two places to play. + AKI 1• Dbl 2NT(I) 1 South West North East (c) +K J 9 8 4 • 6 5 +A I 5 4 +6 2 2NT Pass 3+ Pass (i) Good raise to 3• or better Double - Showing moderate values, 3• Pass 4• Pass intending to then bid 3+ over the Pass Pass What do you bid with: expected 3•

Partner leads the +8, allowing you to cash the (a) +K J9 6 4 •a 6 2 +Q 10 as +3 (d) +A 110 7 6 3 •s +Q 110 s +3 2 first three spade tricks. Partner played the +9 to 3+ - This will give partner the 4+ - With a probable 1 0-card spade fit trick two and the +7 to trick three. Partner and opportunity to bid 4+ if West bids 4• . If, and excellent playing strength this should declarer each started with three spades. instead, you pass and West bids 4¥ you make comfortably. If East-West press on Try counting points. Declarer started with will then have to guess whether to bid 4+ with 5• , what then? You can wony about 20-22. Dummy had 10 and you had nine. or to pass. that if it happens, but it probably won't! Partner can hold at most one jack, so there

32 English Bridge October 2006 YOU QUESTION -JEREMY DHONDY ANSWERS Matters of announcements and alerts TilE new alerting and announcing rules are bedding in, but there arc a number of this pass invites a diamond lead. It would be It was said about Martin Peters, after the uncertainties and for the next few issues I shall impossible to guess this. Similarly a double 1966 World Cup, that he was a player 10 of a 5t n:sponse to Blackwood to indicate a feature some of the letters received on this , years ahead of his time. Perhaps you are 35 heart lead would also be rather difficult to topic. Please let me know if there is something years ahead of your time! With my current work out, which is why there is an exception you want answered. partner I play 2• as showing both majors for passes and doubles above the 3NT level. and a weak hand. 1 teD my opponents this Y~u can make an argument for extending Ken Nirol by email says and also our basic system and NT range in thiS further, but it is about achieving a 1 can understand the introduction of events with short rounds. An increasing balance between the opponents' right to number of players do this and it announrements, but I cannot understand the know what is going on and the consequence new rules on alerting. Bids above 3NT will supplements the front of the convention of alerts giving information that helps the card and means less reading at the start of a not be alerted - whyl Those bids have a alerting side. round. Announcements have just takm this multiplicity of meanings, which need to be a small step further and give a little more aplained to the opponents. FRJ of Hertfordshire says information than, say, an alert would have 4+ can be natural, a cue bid, a splinter bid I understand that if someone alerts when done. Suppose it goes or Gerber. 4NT can be quantitative, they should not or faDs to announce when Blad~ood. Roman Blackwood or Roman they should that there will be no penalty for lNT - Pass - 2+ Key-card Blackwood. about a year. What is the point of having new The only result I can see is that opponents regulations and then failing to enforce them? Until recently that would have got an will ha'-e to ask about every bid above 3NT. I alert and about 98.7% of the time it would don't see this as an improvement. In fact, it It was evident at Brighton that many players have been S1ayman. You probably would smns a very backward step. were going to take a little time to adjust to not have asked and on the rare occasion it not alerting above the level of 3NT. By the was a weak take-out or transfer ofsome sort IN a sense you are right about it being a second weekend, however, the number of you might have been disadvantaged. Now bad·ward step as it was tried by the EBU announcements in correct and timely you won't be. more than 20 years ago and abandoned. It is fashion by my opponents was up to at least In many clubs virtually everyone a common in Europe now and has been for 90% and noticeably more than the first decade or so ago would have played I NT as some )"ears, although that is not necessarily weekend. The most common things were to 12·14, but now an increasing number use a aclinching argument. alert and then graciously apologise for strong NT, a few use a mini NT and The ideas behind this change were to doing so and the second, of which I was announcing means you will get to know reduce the amount of alerting and also to guilty a couple of times, was to make a without having to remember to ask, reduce the amount of information that can move toward the bidding box and then scrabble around to find the convention card be given to partner. In your example if the withdraw it. It is hard to get over the habit and generally impart information to opponents bid 4+ in the middle of a of a long time, especially when partner that you were thinking sequence and it was alerted how would you concentrating on the cards in your hand, about bidding. know which of a cue bid, a splinter or which is why the laws and ethics committee Gttber it was? If you ask and then decide decided to give a period of grace rather than P Taylor via email says not to take action you may have provided hand out fines from day one. However, if During a recent simultaneous pairs the )'Our partner with unauthorised you alert repeatedly when you should not bidding went as follows: information he is not allowed to use. In then the warnings may run out. In the case general you can wait until the end without a of announcing the same grace period was West North East South decided upon, as it was a completely new 3. 3+ Pass M problem. By contrast examine the following 1 Pass Pass 1 sequence: experience for all but a few. At this stage my partner took out theM bid South Philip Watson of London says North East Over the past couple of months I have from his box, looked at the score on the back, Pass 4Nn ... followed with interest the new system or replaced it and then bid 7t , which was announcements. doubled by north. After my usual bumbling There was no alert of 4NT. One of the When 1 founded Gainsborough and play the result was a 1400 penalty to N-S. This N.s partnership thought it should be District Bridge Club in tl~e early 1970s oU o~r was a top for us as all the other pairs were in nat ural, the other thought it should be members announced thetr basicbsystem, '!'etr M making 1430. Our opponents were not Roman Key-card Blackwood with spades NT, Stayman, transfers or not, etter. mmor happy and said my partner was not allowed to agreed. It doesn't much matter who is right, check the score before bidding. Other people ('f 1 ying five-atrd majors) and the1r slam but I suggest that an alert can only help the 1 p a t'on signals/discards and lead style. have said the same, although some say he conven I • • d d bi~ding side. An alert might have ~olved This seemed the polite ttung to o, as you. o was right ~ 11 position and although usmg the not nonnally have ti.me to study a hconvebnllodn ~ormation of partner alerting to help you card prior to playmg two or t ree· oar How long has )'OUr partner been playing the 15 not permitted it is nonetheless the case game that he doesn't know the score for 6+ that many Gerber and Blackwood rounds. rent partner and I play a number making? If the contract were 5• redoubled it As my cur'o nal two-bid openmgs,· we aI ways might be a different matter. The answer to ~uences have been clarified by an alert: of convcn tI J' . . The exceptions to the rule of not a l e~ung basic system and any pecu tanttes }'Our question can be found by looking at ihove the level of 3NT are a conventtonal state our o nents should know. law 40E2. This has a footnote which forbids 0 we feel our ptJpo why has it token so long for the use of any aide to memory, calculation ~ing bid, such as a 4+ opening to show Consequen y . . or technique, so not only are )'Ou not IOI.td hearts, and also a pass or double that . le courteous actwns to rome mto t11ese smtp h been using them for more allowed to check the back of the bidding COnveys an unexpected meaning. An being, as I ave card, )'OU cannot use the scorecard either. ~pie of the former is where someone than 35 years? Passes over a 5+ response to Blackwood and A girl's world - thanks to me! cruelly denied in Sydney. Apart from being THE seventh bi-annual World Junior Pairs was held this year in great bridge players they are also very friendly Piestany in Slovakia and attended by many English juniors. and happy to chat about hands, even when An unusual feature was that the school age players (under 20) they get them wrong. were split ofT from the older junior players (20 to 25), meaning that In the end, though, they had to settle for there were two different competitions. silver for the winners were Sara Sivclind and The schools event was predictably dominated by Poland, which Cecilia Rimstedt of Sweden. has a fantastic scheme of introducing bridge into its schools from an This was the first time any world junior early age. This not only helps aU of the pupils to concentrate and title had been won by two girls and they are learn discipline and teamwork, but also means they do rather well at probably the most popular winners e\·cr. international level! Showing that the fairer sex really can play The Poles occupied six of the top 12 positions, including first and By Michael bridge, they blew away the competition with second. A French pair \vas third, a Latvian pair fourth and then in Byrne their disarming smiles and aggressive bidding fifth place came Tom Dessain and Joe Mela, manner. who produced the best result yet by an Dealer was South, who opened 3+, which Though I was .kicking myself for English junior pair at this level. was passed round to Tom, who protected misdefending a hand against them I was Tom attributed their fine result to just with a double. Joe sensibly bid 3NT, which pleased that without this error they would playing sensibly and not trying to be clever. North aggressively doubled. not have won and I had played my part in He explained: 'Many juniors think it is a good Since it was fairly clear that North held no their victory. idea to mess around and make psychic bids, high honour in spades and at most the 'IJ, it They were absolutely overjoyed at their but Joe and I follow a policy of trying to do seemed likely that he would hold both club success and celebrated in true style with a the best we can on every hand by just playing honours and Joe backed his judgment by champagne reception in the hotel, to which good bridge. Also I can't emphasise enough playing a club to the I 0, which held, South many of the English players were invited, not how important it is to support your partner showing out. There was no problem just the ones who had played poorly against when things go wrong.' repeating the finesse and when 'IJ dropped them like mel They had this good hand from the fust Joe had 10 tricks. After the pairs was the World Junior Camp, session: North's double was peculiar, given the fact a truly fantastic event, where all the players he had only two spades and not many points, are encouraged to partner each other in a West East and cost a lot of match points. variety of events. We were very grateful to + A6 +Q In the main junior pairs, the competition have as one of the guest 'I AQ9 'I K 10 4 3 \vas neck-and-neck, with Jacek Kalita and lecturers. He gave several good talks. The one • J 10 s 2 • Q87 • 8543 +A K 1096 Krzysztof Kotorowicz from Poland looking to on partnership morale where he acted out a make up for the gold medal they had been so performance as an irate partner was so convincing it crossed the language barrier with no problems at all! It would take far too many pages to describe all the good events, but I am pleased l~ to report that an English team won the treasure hunt! 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BEST played hand award in the latest Lords v Volunteer guides and coaches add an entire 'Since it was too late to hit the delete Commons bridge match went to Lord Kalms, dimension to online bridge that is unique to button, nine months later a blessed little pop­ who received the Tony Berry Trophy - not our club. up appeared and announced "You've got the Alan Berry Trophy as recorded in the Add to their activities the fact that our mate•:• August edition of EuglisiJ Bridge. Our professional ethics administration is See you next time - Fmn apologies for the slip.

34 E.nglish Bridge October 2006 Jon. wins Master Points Challellge yet again - now for the all time top total? :\LTHOUGH gi,·en a closer run ;his )'C3r than last Be~fordshire's National leader board jon Williams has agam won .the Ufe Masters, Premier Ufe­ National Masters, Regional Masters, r-;3tional Master Pomts Masters, Crand Masters Premier National Masters Premier Regional Masters Challenge. That makes it six times I Mr J R Williams 31601 I MrT King 16930 I Mr V Reader 14902 out of seven that he has topped 2 Mr E Sccrri 28155 2 Mr OJ Cooper 16053 2 Mr N Barnes 14240 the list. 3 Mr CF Owen 25233 3 Mrs PM Jacobs 15726 3 Mr KA Rahim 12146 Last year, with a score of 4 Mr D Orum 24722 4 Mr 8 Green 148+J 4 Mr N Gray 11938 5 Mn C Dram 24020 5 Ms M Andree 14819 5 Mrs P Gilham 11492 30,305, Jon was almost 8,000 6 Mn C Draper 23743 6 Mr A J Oddie 14630 6 Or C Cooper 11429 points clear of his nearest rival. 7 Mn S Evans 22837 7 Mrs R Gray 13939 7 Mr A Jenkins 11037 This time he increased his total to 8 Mn R Goldenlield 22726 8 MsJdeBonon 13451 8 Mrs L Radford ton4 31,601 , but was pressed hard by 9 Mr P N Rosen 22598 9 Mr 0 Goodwin 13172 9 Mn J M Skinner 10622 Ed Sccrri, a Berks & Bucks 10 Mn J Davies 21007 10 Mr 0 J Stimson 12991 10 MrS Lee 10512 newly promoted Grand Master, who accrued 28, 155 points. In the unofficial contest MASTER POINTS TROPHY for the all time highest total Jon now looks the Jil;diest player to overtake the huge total achieved by Avon Dnun We of Man Mlddlcaez Suffolk 4 Mr SIT Stafford 4004 4MrBCook 5227 4 Mr I P IGssaclc 2382 4 Mr AS Pttclman 7966 4 MrMMalin 5329 the late W I (John) 4 Mrs S R GaU 3308 4 Mr D M Mctk 4558 4 Mrs A G Kissack 1932 4MrM/Davis 6193 4 MrsEGoddm 5132 Durden of Kent. Jon's 5 Mrs M Lihou 1944 5MrAG Foot 3766 5 Mrs TJ Britten 1170 5 Mr P B Andrews 4650 5 Ms F K PWatcrs 2766 2622 effort in the past year has 5 Ms I Griffiths-Balter 1602 5MrACundy 3131 5MrM !Brown 1169 5 MrSPCopc 3909 5MrsM Hc:ath 6 Mr A Schofield 2393 6MrsGWumun 5444 6 Mrs M E Morrison 563 6 Mr M Christie 2160 6 Mr II P Cattini 1939 6Mr1Canoll 1476 taken him past Surrey's 6MrCJJonrs 1749 6 Mr II Dalrymple 2519 6MrsECowdl 463 6 Mrs KShah \920 Bob Rowlands and into Dlm:t Kent Norfolk Surrry Bedfonlshlre 4MrMGumcy 9176 stc.Ond place behind the 4 MrREBrown 4954 4MrsCEWalk6 1450 4 Mrs A S M Jeffery 8556 4 Mr PE Whinlcy nJO 4 Mr M I Connolly 5375 4 MrS Whiteside 8905 great W J - but the gap is 4MrTI'e:lrcc 3824 4 MrM Rowley 1401 4 Mr A \V"alson n49 SMrsMHiron 1614 5 Mr I W S Wortley 6149 5MrRDHunt 2538 5 Mr M M Slrinlxrg 6595 immense. Scoring at his 5MrP I Sroll 3193 5 Mr FA Rdxllo 3448 5 Mr JW Simpson 411 5 Mrs J lawm~a: 3988 5 Mr AW Longstaff 2136 5 MrS Gibbs 3180 6MrWZlung 2999 6 Mrs A ll.uding 3737 current prolific rate it 2838 6 Mr D F Manhall \002 6 Mrs L Throdc 1763 6 Mr C Challinor 798 6 Mrs I H llohon 1753 6 Mr P Harding 3737 would take the challenger 6 Mr T Lusty 1389 6 Mrs E Willi~ms 6 Mrs K Morgan 1545 Sussex Dond Northamptonshlre about seven years to make Berks and Bucb Lancalhl~ 7669 4 Mr RD Andrews 7016 4 Mrs H Sulton 5920 4MrMmgh 12902 4 Mr 0 T llunnan up the difference. 4 Mrs D E Bidmead 5 252 6663 4 Mrs I Ackroyd 4859 4MrAln n1s 5044 4 MrsG Lewin 4 Mrs DE Slater 5050 Interestingly every living 4 MrM Burch 5MrPWhite 6137 5 Mr R Wadding1on 1491 5 Mr RAKing 3716 5MrAGWrarc 2686 6330 2230 5 Mr M B Miller 5MrPCBowm 2666 5 Mrs M Critchley 1997 5 Mr T F Johnson 1491 5MrJWr.apson plarer in the top 10 is a 5029 6MrT Krnt 2 ~6 6 Ms A Flintoft 6MrsSCaims 4325 1439 6MrKM1iUcy 1586 4631 6Mrs11Shaw 6 Mrs II V Friend 1701 newly made-up Premier 7MrMWmblc 6 Mr NG O'Nions 1486 6 Mrs M K Dewan IJO.I 6 Mr P Burgin 1403 8 Mrs L Hayton 2463 Grand Master, while John North East \\'arwickshl~ Essu Lda:stnlhl~ 4 Mr I llllind 5521 Durden's total of Green Cambsand llunll 4 Dr 1C WiUiams 9576 3889 4 MrE Brown 7868 4 Mrs C I Brewster -1 Mrs I \Vhiu.tkn- 3962 4 MrDOxbrow 9561 4 Mr P \V"allianuon 8374 3886 4 MrD P Roddy 7382 Points was just eight-and­ 4 MrsRM Ronan 4998 5 MrM BcU 5236 4 Mr P Morgan 6816 5 Mr l Th~cktr 5519 5 Dr 8 lln)tb a-quarter short of the total 5Mrs EWalktr 3446 4487 5Mrs WWort 3744 5 Mrs A Read 6075 5 Mr Lupszys 5482 2848 5 Mrs A lloprcr 5MrsLAStone 6 Mr R Maude 3960 6Mr P !Un.Ull 4275 now required to qualify for 5 MrFAAllen 5252 6 Mr 0 Maloney 3947 3596 6 OrA Dillson 6 Mr ll Lumsden 3662 6 Mrs S Squires 3061 the honour. 6 Mr N Matthews 1535 6 Mr JS Szauka 3692 6MrsS Dunne 1584 6 Mrs VI Ooncrt 1323 Nolllnghamshl~ Westmorland Glouastcnhl~ Uncolnshl~ 41\tr P 5.1~gc 5-139 4 Mrs I Cr.twshaw 2489 Olannd Islands 4Mr J Wauon 5094 4MrRI Moss 4678 4 1\tr II F Robinson 3559 4 Mr A \V"illiams 2091 The top ten all 4 Mrs S Griffiths 1988 40r R Klis 4271 4 MrS E Knox 4556 1851 3206 S l\lrs YDowson 3944 5 Dr llColville 744 4 Mrs G M Jones 5MrCSmith 5 Mr G Grainger 2717 S 1\tn M 5.1\';lgc 33H 5 Mrs Y \V"alli.uns 206 time list 3597 5MrM I Lewis 3010 5 Mr D J Stone 5 Mrs M A Wh3lcy 2016 6 Mrs F Kirk 1821 6 Mr A F Wallis 1~10 2502 6Mr D Mcintosh 2470 6 Mrs I S Gardner 3985 I Mr \VJ Durden 5 MrA Ktnt 1369 6 Mr N Clu l.c 1374 6 MrC MAllison 1287 6 Mr C lfill 1914 6Mrs CCol 6 Mrs I M Aylett J274 844176 (Kent) 1802 Oxfordshi~ Wlhshi~ 6 Mr D P Trest~in llantalk loW 2 Mr J R\V'ill iams 5893 London 4 1\tr R Quaimon 9996 4Mr MWUuck 51 78 Cornwall 4 Mr D Ch~mbers 4 Mrs E A C Frttman 5216 4 Mrs E Sheppard 5292 4 Lt.Cul P A Bcnncll )486 628692 (Bedfordshire ) 8698 4 Mr M C Mollart· 4 MrRBliss 5020 4 Mr C Moore 4200 5 Mr C A Gidm~n 9753 5Mn R luaJ lt.RI 8306 Rogerson 5 Mr D Strawbridge 7632 3 Mr RJ Rowlands 4 Mr B Btnficld 4296 5 Mr J Bowen 3962 5 1\trs I 0 11•11 1355 4698 5 Mr R Jlerixrt 5 Ms S Rohan 4558 607245 (Surrey ) 5 Mrs I Doyle 3m 6 Miss 11 Erfan-Ahmcd 6 Mr R \\'llhams 3444 4605 5 OrO Dawson 6 Miss S Dunn 9069 3140 6 Mr II Crou 2122 4 MrD Oram 5 Mr C D King 6 Mr K Cholerton 3032 6 Mr W F p Thomson 2360 1544 6 Ms C Jloward 3650 6 Or K Di Gleria 3002 589872 (Hertfordshire) 6 Mrs V t.b bly 1432 6 Mr G Morgan Worcntenh i~ Manchester Somnwt 4 Mr C Ent1Cln•p ~11 5 MrJ Dhondy nmfordshi~ 7009 Cumbria 10134 4 MrS t.buinson 4 Mn JAM Jonrs 6951 4 Mr W D At~ i n" '" 7449 4285 Mrs 1D Jlolder 3672 550866 (Middlesex) 4 Mrs R Jackson 4 90)4 4 Mrs G McMullan 4 Mr FE Collman 5577 5 Mr N I Wilkins H 27 3207 4 Mrs 1 Jlomes 459 1 6 4 Mrs J Walktr 5136 S Mr It Stevenwn 5 1\tr I' McEwen 3182 5 Mr II SJ)-.:rs 341 7 MrR SBrock 2172 st.!rD I Grar. 5 Mr C ri1hcr 3546 5 Ms S Gudgron 3170 6 Mrs A II Cowdry 15'18 5 Mrs My Thomk y 5 MrA J Morns 3894 5·ll 274 (Berks & Bucks) 16-12 3396 6 Mr llllobdcn 3076 6MrM T<>ft 1534 6 Dr M llc.ml 15'12 7 5 Mrs C J ~mes 6 MrT F l'olsl.:e 6 Mrs I Davirs 1875 6 Mr0Murmun 1285 Mr AMG Thompson 6 Mrs Ridley 1872 2683 \"orluhirc 1 11 52 6 Mr B R t>.ul.c 534451 (Norfolk) 6 Mrs M I Millidge Mnwrs ld e/Ch cshi~ Staffs lk Shropshlrc ~ Mr M 1'1 111 ~ 86'N Jlertfonlshl~ 8 Mrs coram 6704 4 Mr R .\Qstcr 12314 4 Mrs I'Mf A) tnn 551 ~ 4 Mr ll l'llm"n 8152 Derbyshl~ 523 1 4 Mr W E Ktnncy 4 Mrs l Murthw01itc 7107 4MrCGTaru 3422 5 Miss II Ynunj::\ 113 14 5 Mr UWG Morton 5881 29859 (Hertfordshire) 4 Mr 0 Taylor 348'1 4 5 Mr R Silrod . 8278 5 Mrs llll.od.rtt 311'~ 5 Mrs A Jo..i mhcrlry 55116 9 4 Mr J llarris 5 Mr Nl> l>•plock 1>4 58 3517 5 Mr 0 tluw~ 3030 5 MrMiunn I 'Ill It Mr I' ( luml e·w:mm~th Mr \V I Holland Mrs F Glenn 5725 5 5Mrs E J lbll 1637 5 2103 6l>r C Simp;un 1544 n Mn i' Miln•n .Hi:! 17!5 25091 (Manchester) IJ 6 Mrs M A W~ght 5 Mrs t:n

Above: Monica Aitken, right, who Is retir­ Ing after five years as secretary of Tunbridge Wells Congress, presents the Dymant Trophy and Open Pairs Shield to Catherine Draper, who was partnered by Michael Prior. Below: Richard Currie and John Amor with the Pantiles Cup they received as winners of the Swiss pairs at Tunbridge Wells Congress. See Kent news page 39

This foursome, all from Essex, won the london Trophy representing Oxford and St George's Old Boys and Girls. The event Is a competition for teams from non·brldge clubs. Pictured, from left. are Alfred Wilkins, Monty Krlmgoltz, Myrna Woolf (with trophy) and Cecil Leighton

36 English Bridge October 2006 Master ~oint promotaons Cong.ratulations to the newly promoted von Rq:lonal 1\fll§ter Prem1er Grand Masters ... A Mr J llownrd Ufr ~tastrr . 2 Star \lr AUrbans l.l •tr M W ...... _ Susst1 Mr R A Prlday Suney · Thumament Mr DF R~~g~tt Hams&: loW Mr TR lees Berb.Uucks. .}Star Master 1\fll§ter Mr C N J....-Cambs &: Hunts Mr P N Rolea Middlesex \Is C "ing Mr R Brown Mr G W J..-. Yorbhire Mr IJ lowlands Surrey E K Page I Star ~l r Mr A K11J Hcnfordshbe Mr B R SeaJor Yorkshire I Star l\lastc~ Tournament \Irs A G Ross1ter 1\fll§ter Mr G T K1r11J NoainJhamshin: •tr VA Sllnntoae Middlesex Mn s ....., Susst1 Mn N P Slllllll Middlesex Ad111nCfd Mrs P Hamilton- Mr P N Lee Surrey Dr A P Sowter NortinJhamshin: ~bstcr Brown Mr PLIIIdaa Bcrb.Uuc:b. Mr K E Staalq Gloucatenhire Mr PA Freeman 4 Star 1\fll§ttr Mr G I UH Wanricbbire Mr D W Stnn1011 Master Mrs B Stubbs Mr 8 J Lodp London ~ M~ AKell y 3 Star 1\lll§ttr Mn c en. Herd'onlsbire Mr AMG 'flloala- Norfolk District Master Mr A Jenkins Mr D Oral Hatronlsbin: 1\lr BP 1'epleJ Staffs &: Shnlps 1 Mrs A Reid 2 Star Master Mr I H .... Middlesex Mr AJ W.aerlow Middlesex Mr l Terry Mrs W Sherwood MrS M ....._ Hlats &: loW •rr J 1 w.... Bedfonlsbin: C1ab Master Mr A Walters Mr D G Price l.ondan •tr IJ Wlllter Yorbhire Ms T Easterford Dr J F Warder Mrs J Manin 1 Star Master Mr GWh )1e Mr M F Baker ... and new Grand Masters Bedfordshlre Ms M M Dalton Mr D Cnlll W1nricb11ire Mr A ...... Middlesex 'raaDevoa 1....._. Bats..a: Buc:b. 3 Star Praaler Mrs LA Head Mnl't Mr Rtgioaallllaster Mrs J F Irvine Dr P D ~ Dabylbire PralJC Rollertl Mancbestcr Mr J Glouca&enbirc Mrs AChester Mrs G Manin c KIRiadt 1\lr E Scent Bats..a: Buc:b. Mr RChester Mr M B Thson smted England in the seniors section of result in the Swiss pairs. finishing equal TIIIU1WIItDl Mrs T R Thson the European Championship, held in nth in a strong fldd of 498. Master Ad,·anced August. The English senior team finished Mr T Pearce Master www.bedsbrldge.co..uk AS we start our new season the most euit­ in a creditable second place in Group B. 5Star Master Mrs F Cugnoni John Allen received a presentation at Mrs RB Bateman Mr W Irvine ing change for DBA is the launch of our the AGM on his retirement as chairman. A NEW season is upon us and Pauline MrS Bligh Mr CR Wroath new wrbsite- go to www.bedsbridge.co.uk as above. The new lite uses and is hosted by Bob Holder won the Victor Ludorum for Deal, our new entries secrttary, is eager to 2Star Master Master consistently good performances in county hear from you, as early as you can manage Mr H Patel Mr A Bevan Oub Bridge - an acdlent solution stt up and run by local Bedfordshire player events for the second time. Robin and preferably with the appropriate pay­ Ad~ ~trJR Gardiner was presented with the Brown Gwynne Hughes. We are ddighted with the ment. Pauline's address is 21Jubilre Oose, Mas1er Chamberlain Cup for his team's victory in the flrst divi­ Cubert, TR8 5Sl., and her tdephone num­ result. The site has been stt up for us by Mn D Webb Mr J R Crook sion of the league for teams of four. mmmittee member Louise Smith and wr ber is 01637 831380. County mmpetitions Diary datn: October 31 students are very enj~ble and, while the standard C..ty Master Mrs J Grayson are vrry grateful for all her hard work. She league second year teams dosing date; of bridge is good, you don't haVI: to be Zia ~lr C Olallinor Mrs L Hayton tdls us that it is easy- but there is a lot of ~lr C O'Hm Mr C P Head November 12 county teams qualifler for Mahmoud to enter. information to transfer. Clab Master Mr P G IGng the Crowhurst Quaich; November 26 New faces will be \"CT)' wrlmme and There haVI: been no munty mmpeti­ Flitch for married pairs, South Bucks among them will be Jill and David Air RHodson Mr D L Waite tions since the last issue of English Bridge, ~lr M Roots County Master Bridge Centrt; December 17 miud Swiss Newton, who are in the process of moving but our players have been out and a~ut teams for the Carole .Mudler Trophy. from Sussex to Newquay. They are alt=fy Berks.& Bucks Mr J A Archard docking up great results all over the UK. The county website contains details of playing at Newquay, Bodmin and ure Muter Mrs M Carver July started wdl when Monica Lucy and all current events and location maps. The Wadebridge and haVI: been top at all three Air I H Madinder Mr C Doyle Alan Cooke and team-males came sea;>nd calendar for nat season has also been clubs. We look foi'Wllrd to seeing them at Satloaal Master Mrs p A Elw_ell in the Swiss teams at the Northern Semon included. county mmpetitions and hope that they Mn H WH Mrs A Franc1~ Congress. The following we~kend Ala!' will enjoy their bridge in Cornwall Mn Eli ope Dr P E Franc1s Oddie and Jon \VUiiams contmued th~u The annual list of members from the aylor Mr L R Gill 5 successful partnership, coming seVI:nth m EBU confirms tlut Premier Ufc .Master D:,~-~ler Mrs P Hanson -t;IUIUIII\Iaster C the Essex Swiss pairs. www.gtonllne.netlcommunity/dba Wendy Brown (Wadebridge and Bodmin} Aln M Bradshaw Mrs A 1os~ Into August and down to sunn_y THE Guernsey district teams champi­ is now our senior pb~-er. The winners of Mr RM Vass Mr C A Lattuner Brighton, where Grand Masters Ron Da.vu onship final was won by just one imp by the Cornish Master Points competitions 45tarl'ranler Mrs S M Mullally and Monica Lucy did very well, commg Dick L;Jngham, Rudi Falla, Lynne for the number of points earned in the Jut RtgioaaJ Mast Mr PW Sparks 25th in the Swiss pairs. This was a liel~ of Williamson, John Seymour and Susan year are: level four (Star and Tournament Mn M McRae er Mrs A E Thomas almost 500 pairs, including several bndge Shaw, who beat Jan .Monachan, Alastair Masters), Ray Bliss (Pcnzanct), levd fh-e 3StarPrante DlstricUfll§ter internationals. so it w:u great to see Les Kent, Martin Jones, Hugh Bacon and Mike (County Masters. Masters and Advanced RqloaJ ~~r Mrs M L Collins Calver and Yanis Mohamed from Bedfo~ Bain. Masters), Joyce Doyle (Ptnzance), lt\-c:l six Air DBlaine Mrs M Manocha Oub equal nth with an The .Monachan team was 9imps up at (Oub and District Ma5ters), Bill Thomson (Newquar, Wadcbridge and Bodmin). A!rK M Goswcll Mrs EM Wilsey his partner, among others. "d half time, but the final score was affected -d~k events Jane and Davt by Alastair doubling Did: in which The Ptota.nct dubs ue hoping to 5tart Atn 8 P«sa Mr E B Wood I n t h e m1 "" . , · d 6t , th in the semors pa1rs an was made, but not bid at the other table! a no fear group. meeting on Friday I Star l'rmler Club l\18§t£r Jensen were 13 . Cr Jon \V"illiams. playing wtth Da~-e opper. The upper restricted pairs in Guernsey t\-enings from 7pm to 9pm. Plnse conuct D-'---: •t Mr I Clark Ray Bliss (01736 756996) or Anne :."5JUUIIIIlr " aster resulted in victory for Andy HaU and Mike CCooper Mrs H Dennison me fourth in the GCH Fox Trop~Y· ca Bedfordshire's first match m t~~ Allen, with Lynda .Mildon and Colin Ampltforth (0 1736 361104) if you know 'Star Rtgional Mr 1 Downie . League was postpon"" Tostevin second and Margam Allen and someone who would be internted. The Alaster Mrs B Duffy Eastern ~-uhnh~th the Football World Cup Gill Hall third, while the lower restricted aim is to provide encouragemcnl and Mr AI llawthom Mr J K Jenner due to a UOL> WI was won by Don and Anne Babbe, ahead c.tperience for pla)-ers who have not ~-c:t ~~Rtglonal Mrs LJenner final. t"ltions continue to be of Sue Corbet and Mary Thompson, with graduated to club duplicalc pia)', or who County compe . d •-a- Mrs S M Long "'"I t•ad (See website for map an Doonie Russell and Robin Endean in third are relativdy new members. Rubber play­ AlrPGibbons Mrs S J Mitchell run at nl s • ers would be ''cry wdcome. ~t~~ Rtglonal Mr M Mullard directions). Oct ber 29 Swiss pairs plaft;e district individual result was Diary dat ~ October 8 Clarke Winmill 1Ralph l;Jski, 2Brenda Wal~r. 3 llarbara mixed pairs championship, Ladud.; •-a- Mrs J Pax ford Diary dat~r 9 ::ixed pairs 7.30 pm: lliln ~U Di~on - Mrs I A Stanbury 2pm: Novemb. Jub leams-of-e1ght Norman. October 15 ~luie Grl'gson-Bruwn open lilt Dr L Swarbrick January II Jnter-c In Jersey the upper section of the dis­ pairs. St Austell Arts Centre; October 29 3Sca, R Mr J Wieland 7.30pm. trict restricted pairs was won by Douglu County Swiss teams, Queen's llotd l~ tglonal MrT Williams Romain and Kay Johns, while David Stone Penza nee; N01 ember 5 Bee Clarle 11 J and Jane Knight won the lowrr section. Memorial Trophy (mixed pimt team5) ltn Durr Cambs & [Berks and Bucks The district Indi,•i dual resuh was I Lldoc~ ; Nm·cmhcr 261\odmm Swiu patr~ ltr s lee Hunts lStaru www.berks-and - b~;ba.~:k John Marie Jacques, 2 Chris Hill, 3 Peter E\-ans. Llnhydroc~ Golf Cluh; December 2 At the Brighton Congress Urian Youd Falmouth Swis5 patrs. Falmou1h Bridge A~"tt:lona) l'remler National Thompson, Tony CONGRATU~TI and Sue Rankin achiend a ,.er) creditable O ub. l(n S Bel'"'--- Moster Greenhalgh . a~rew PJr~er, "ho repre­ ~•= DrJW l'arl-inson and .An Liebeschuetz October 2006 Enghsh Bridge 37 congress at the Riviera Centre in Torquay 12 Championship Cup men's pairs and Master Point Cumbria at the end of June. Congratulations to ladies' pairs, Bournemouth Bridge O ub Louise and Warner Solomon, Jette and www.ccdba.cn.uk 2pm. promotions Alan Bailey, who a me equal second out of OUR \'try last compeuuon of the 60 in the Swiss teams. J'n-mlcr Cumbria 2005-06 year was the Mumy Ltague final, Rl'glnnall\la,ter 1\.-o OC\nn pairs have done well play­ Essex 14 Star l'rcmlcr an all-play-all culmination of winners of I Mr P L:l~t ing abroad_Alan and Jette Dailey had an Rrglonall\la~tcr the mini leagues ably run by Dick www_esscxbridge..cn.uk MrMEMay MrGWBell excellent result in the annual Deauville FIFI'Y )"ears ago, in August 1956, Margaret Courchec. Festival of Bridge, coming II th out of 270 6 Star Rrglonal 12 Star l'rcmicr First place went to John Maclachlan, Curtis took on the role of ECBA secretary in the championship pairs. John Beard 1\tastcr Rrglonall\lastcr Bruce Denwood, Anne Breakey ami Peter and is still in that post today • a tremen· Mr E Lancaster and Mike Hamon played in the Las Vegas Mrs K M Dell Rooke, with Alan Anderson, Bill Wallis, dous achin'tmentl A day of celebration to Ill rs S l...ancaster Nationals, winning two C\'ents and coming 4 Star Regional John Fanner and Peter Mollart s«nnd and mark this annh'ttSar)' was held on August 15th out of more than 2000 in the final 3 Star Rrgional I\IMtcr Gary Bryson, Janet Sheppard, Rosemary 6. It began with a visit to the RHS garden Master Poinu uble. Master Mr J Fanner Jackson, Marjorie Swan and Don Blake at H}lfe Hall in Rettendon, followed by Mr !\FRiley 2 Star Regional third. Stefan Lindfors and Jim Grant did well lunch in Little Baddow Village HaiL in both the Swiss pairs and the Swiss teams Mrs PM Riley I\IMtcr We were pleased to play in the first set Guest of honour was Gerard Faulkner, at the EBU Brighton Congress, coming Tournament MrB Rodger of matches in the new Northern Bridge a vice-president of the EBU, who present­ equal 18th in a field of 498 pairs on the Master Mrs S Rodger League.. Dave Mullany, our learn aptain, ed Margaret with an engraved sih·cr sah-cr Mr F l'mlgeu 2 Star Master writes: 'The NBL got under way with first weekend and being part of a team that and a laptop computer as a token of qualified for the A final of the Four Stars 3 Star Master Mrs KM Cooper thrre entries from Cumbria. appreciation from ECBA members. teams on the second weekend. Ruth Mr M Anderson I Star Master Though they could be found occupy· Gerard praised Margaret's many achin"C· Edmondson, Brigid McElroy, Alison 2 Star Master Mrs M P Mitchell ing their usual southerly positions in the menu, not only in Essex, but also for her Mr R Farrington Pollok and Amos Bridgman came equal Mrs MY league tables, two of the teams won two very longstanding rommitment to the MrPLefon s«nnd in the Brighton Bowl. Thomley matches and the other won one and drew EBU; she was the fant woman on the Mrs W Lefon By the time this goes to press the new one.. All enjoyed the fonnat and look for· board of directors, a position which she I Star Master Master season will be well under way, with MrG J Graham ward to future matches.. This is a vmture held for 31 years, having resigned only MrG Miller that deserves to sucettd.' changes to some of the com~itions. The Master County Master Jack and Jill (mixed pairs) is now being recently, and has also served on the tour· In the President's Cup we fmished sinh nament committee since 198l,holding the Mrs G J Blake Mrs H Parsons out of nine.. We won thrre of our eight run concurrently with a men's pairs and a M T\~ Mrs J Ridley ladies' pairs_ The format for the pi.-ot post of chainnan for SC'\m years_ rs atts District Master matches and our best perfonnance was by In recognition of this, the board of !labs Matthews and David Strawbridge teams of four was changed last year from a County 1\1~ Mrs M J Millidge mixed event to an open event in the hope directors has unanimously proposed to its Mrs y M Coppmg Mrs C Skell with a creditable positive ICOre.. shareholders that Margaret should be District Master on In early August we played a friendly of attracting more entries and this year it Mr D Hubbard Mr T B Ward is also open to non-EBU members. The gi\'en the honour of becoming a vice-pres­ match against Mcrseyside and Cheshire.. II ident of the EBU_ To amclude the day, a Club Master Derbyshire was dose and we were losing by only results will be published in the December magazine. multiple teams com~ition was held in MrS R C King Pmnier NatiDRIII 4imps at half time, but in the end the mar· the afternoon. Mr D Newman Master gin increased to 34imps. Diary dates: First Tuesday of each month commencing October 3 Demn The Good Friend to Essex Bridge award Channel Mr S Jhywood Diary data: October 22 Imp pairs, was gi\'en this }"C::r to Stella Shupick and Keswick lpm: November 5 Championship winter pairs, Newton Abbot Racecourse; Islands I Star Reglooal Betty Telford for their services to the !\laster teams qualifier, Keswick: December 3 October 31 De.-on simultaneous pairs, County Master MrTHaywood Championship teams final, Windermere.. clubs; November 10-12 Torquay Bridge county o~-a- rnany years. MrCHill Several Essex players have had good 4 Star !\laster Oub Congress, Palace Hotel. District Master Mrs I Band results in national competitionS- At the Mrs Flloney Mrs IK Teather Eastbourne Congress Allan Greenstein MrJ S Honey www.dcba.org.uk EP.4r!!iltl1 :: i J and Alan Cohen finished 12th equal in the 3 Star Master Swiss pairs, and the Chelmsford A team of Cornwall Mr C Roberuon MALCOLM Capom won the individual www.dorsetbridge..o11.uk Tony Philpott, ~!3rt in Smith, Ted Cockle Life Master 2 Star Master competition for the Gerry Aetcher Trophy THE Simeon Cup pairs took place at MrsVM MrS N with 66.1%. The runner-up was Alan Bournemouth Bridge Club and was won and John \v-dliarns ha\"C had a '~ry suc­ Manicom Lemmings Smith. by Janet Smith and Michael Gore, with cessful run in the Nicko Plate, reaching the semi-final stage.. 5 Star Premier Mrs BM Low The Vic Morris Plate was won by Ann Sharples and Helen Ackroyd second In the Swiss pairs C\'ent at the EBU Regional Master Ad,·anced Maggie Beale, David Briggs and Pat and and Patrick Cheu and Adrianne Trayler Mr R J Mabley Master Alan Smith, with Pat Hobson, Sue Warr, third. Congress in Brighton, Michael Watson and Jacek l..:lpsl)'l finished 40th equal and 8 Star Regional Mrs J C Stoker Dorothy Suter and Margaret Watson run­ The Boston Cup at Shaftesbury was a Tessa llecr and Ray Cornell were 43rd !\laster Master ners-up. tightly fought competition, with two equal. Manny Marks and his team-mates Mrs LMW Mr RG Horsley Peter Dodson has generously donated teams tying for first place on 80vps. Keith w.:U Ashwonh Miss E Rogers the Dodson Shield to the DCBA. This tro­ Bartlett, Brian Cantello, Mike Organ and did extremely to qualify for the A fmal in the Swiss teams, finishing seventh. In 5 Star Regional District Master phy was presented to the winners of the Martyn Hill-Jones won on the split tie men's pairs for the first time this year. from Miles Cowling, Daphne Philipp and the non-qualifiers the team of Sue and ~:~cc Bell Mr J Moseby Phil and Jo Norman. Chris Taylor, Raben Elliott and Sandy Mrs H Parr David Briggs and Alan Smith were the clear winners, ahead of Keith Sherwood Special congratulations go to the Riach, finished 17th equal 8 Star Club Master Tournament Mr A Rowe and Mike Spencer. Dorset B on comfortably winning The Esscx/Herts one day C\'tnU were !\laster . Winners of the Corry Cup for the Division Dof the Western league.. Overall, held over the weekend of July 8-9. Mrs DM Kenned Mass R R~we ladies' pairs were Margaret Pacey and the combined result for Divisions A, B and Highest placed Essex pb>ns were Michael Y MrASutue Margan~! Thnley, with Jennifer Floutier C. put Dorset third equal out of the eight Watson and Stn~n I..:ally, who etme third 5 Star l\l~er Mrs V Suuie Mr B Col van and Mary Manhall second. competing counties. in the Swiss pairs, and Peter Oake and 4 Star 1\taster Devon The team led by Richard Edwards has So far in the county knockout quarter­ Tessa llecr, who, with London team-mate's Mr I R l'rcmlcr National reached the final of the Crockfords Plate. finals, Miles Cowling's team has beaten arne fifth in the Swiss teams. Macfarlane Master Sun Haywood and Alan Kenny fonned Paul Dennett's team, and Michael Gore's Results of other recent Essex events are Mr D Rehoo Mrs M Baser part of a scratch team to win the Swiss team has beaten John Greenfield's team. as follows: mixed teams of four 1 Sue and Mrs E M Rehon Nallonall\tastcr teams B final at the Scarborough In the l'achabo, the team representing Chris Taylor, Val OiiTord, Mike Harbour 2 2 Star l\lasler Mrs G l...ankshear Congress. Dorset (Chris Stevens, Hilary Drain, Oh't David Oark, Audrey llartlcy, Val and P;ul Mrs J Fitness Ms C Ritzen Entry forms for all DCDA competi­ Russell and Brian Drowse) finished 13th Mollison, 3 lkmie llunt, Shttna Millins, Ms RA Jackson 5 Star Premier tions, which need to be entered In out of 30 rounties. Iiden Mc\'dgh, Ray Oark. George Curtis I Star l\laslcr Regionull\tastcr ad,•ance, are now on the DCDA website. If )'UU ha\"C any news, events or results tn Swiss learns I \\'end)' Coldham, Patrick Mrs A Ampleford Mr RPS Andrews Copies will still be a\'ililable at the East share in this column, pi= contact Ju O'Gara, Irene Sheri!, John Mansfield 2 Mr T Fisher 4 Star l'remler ~tidlands Bridge Academy for those with Norman by email ;o_norman~fastnuu.fm lnhn Williams, Linda Attt, Neil Urcsier, Ad\·anrcd Rrgionall\IIISicr no Internet access. Diary dates: ""b Allen, J Roger and Jill Tattersficld !\luster Mrs P E King Diary dates: November 19 Invitation October I afternoon Swiss turns, Chris Megahrr. Alaric Cundy. ' Mr G Booth 2 Star l'rcmicr pairs for winners of county and cluh Allendale llridge Club; October 11 -12 The winners uf both the.- League Cup Mr J E Ridding Rt-glonall\lastcr events. Those eligible wiU receive an invi­ DGII autumn simultaneous pms (~the and the l'remier l..tague fnr the current tation from the DCBA committtt. County 1\tastcr Mr JR Sacla EDU website for particip.uing clubs an seoucm are S«ds Uama ( l'aul Sp~ncc r, Mr J E Buckland I Star l'rcmicr Dorset ); October I 5 llardwid. Cup Swa!>S Marc Chawner, And)' Graham, Mil.e Olstrlct 1\tuslcr Regionull\luster IDevon teams, Sherborne 2pm; Octnher 20-21 Graham,lla,·e llal.a, ~larl. Ruse)_ Mr R G J Toms Mrs S E Gregory Autumn Congress, Carringaun House Diuy dates: O~.tuher 15 Fletcher www.dC\'Onbrldge..cn.uk Club MMtcr 5 Star Regional Hmrl, llournemouth ( \« 1hr EIIU wch­ Tmphr and Es~x Cup fur clubs: October ~! ANY congratulations to Ruth Mrs J Cant !\laster sitl' fnr mnrr infurmatum Jnd entq 2.9 ~t Scmurs Cup: ~':member 12 Tun) M~ L Chidell Mr D W llugo Edmondson on becoming a Grand Master. details); Jl:m·ernber 5: Jftcrnnun Swiss Kelvan Swa!>S teams; I'm ember 16 Essex Mn. C F llulcu The EBU hdd another wry successful teams, Allendale llndgc Cluh; Ncl\emhrr nuvile I'Jirs.

38 Enghsh Bridge October 2006 Master ~o i nt Gloucestershire GCH Fox Trophy. comp"ition rear in the hope of attr.acting romot1ons www.gcba.org.uk In the seniors events at Brighton Ctlia more interest ona participation in the and Derek Oram In! the list of qualifi ers THE winners of th early season e\'tnts has for many come to ftar llrJ:ionnl Club 1\ lnst~r for the A final, but could finish onlyJOth )tJ•anl Mr IM Miller self-evident. He was always welcoming at Mr OJ Patten start at 2pm, unless otherwise noted. events; understanding when called to deal Tunbridge Wells. 3Star Pranirr Mrs P L Southon Entries to Lillian Cr.tigen 02380 254276 or with infringements and a good teacher for Any Kmt d ub bridge news for this col· ~Master Mr M S1.ares events2hantsbridge.org would-be directors. He will be sorely umn should be sent to Alison Burt - ali­ SR Donner Advanced missed. [email protected] 2Star Pranirr Master We now have a new oounty chairman, At present we lu~'t a tempor.try wtbsite [ Herefordshire J Stephen Pierce, who took over in August. (abovt) tlut is bang developed. ~Master0 Mrs A Davison Bcnvitz Mr J Davison www.hercfordshirebridge.com . The AGM saw the last duties of Mil.e de Dia dates: Stptember 22 mter-club Winter on the committee. Mike has bttn ~~%Rtglonal Mr PK Graham ry d one Ltdbury 7pm; October around for drcades, and his contribution Lancashire &It p SIAfT Mrs R Perryman teams roun • h A Cup R 15 Swiss teams for t e voce 1 ' to Kent bridge was marked last year by his www.lwcsbridge..co.uk 2Star Master 10 30 m· October 20 Nest receipt of the Dimmie Fleming award CONGRATULATIONS go to llector t MrJ RAaron r~:prinp~:~:( fo r ~a i~ ~ith ranking of70n~ from the EDU. lbrker on J"CCtl\•ing a Dimmie Aeming &~nt Mr F Harrop ~nn d b-'ow) Bartestrec: pm. Our thanks go to Neil for all his Awa rd from the ERU for his worl as tour­ )ft JKennedy Mr A D Picton Star Master an CJ ' d hard work during his short time as Kent nament secretary for the Lancuhire I Star Mrs K Stacpoole No~"Cmber 17 inter-cl ub~ea~s t~C:· ':O'd chairman. Ue worked hard and enthusias­ Association since its Ltdbury 7pm; Decem r ticall y on behalf of the association and a inception. Unfurtunatcl)• llector is unwell l~ Mr D Stewart men's pairs, Tarrington 2pm. 1~ nt Mrs V 0 Tuylor major aspi~t ion of his has bttn to altract at the moment and unable In collect his 11tt S Cavan County Master club level players to county e\·ents. award in person just yet. \\'e w1sh him J l Star M Mrs D Crnpnell Hertfordshire Hopefully his legacy will ~a fulfilm~nl uf sp«dy recovery. his aims and the present cumnullee, Lancashire regained the Pearse !~KW ~~ Mr A F S Deeley www.hertsbridge.co.uk 'n had some including new comp"itions and Master McNJmara Trophy after a tight match ••PV M:utin Mr J L Dickson 3 1 HE!tTFORDSHIRE Brighton Points secretary Kei th Ashcroft, ha\e with Cumbria. Darry anti Julia Newall 2t.. •r Mr C Peden ha~ ~~ e asttr bl successes a . h J ry announceJ a few changes that hopefully were l..Jncashire's mmt successful pair 1h'nPGibbins Mr II Rayner nota e an Kay, playing w11_ ~r Congress. AI d . the Swiss pa1rs, JUSt will make county competitions mure Jcconlmg to the Hurler JnJI)·sis. !,Star Master District Master r . ·as secon 10 ul' ml attr.tctive . In the President's Cup l..Jncash•re fin· .._.,pe, " . b hind the winners. IJ3 "VJAG Mr K Heard For the new ~ason the Mitchdl S..her isheJ fifth out of nmc teams hehmd 11tt LA. ~eld Mr C W Hook three pn-mlcr National Mrs CM ilion Master Toumammt socc:rr, the Ghost pain managed a reason­ Master 1\lr J Dmwn Mrs S Bond Mastrr runners-up in the teams. able turnout. North-South I Helen Dailey Mr P W S\\·nles 1\lr K Choletton 5 Star Master Mr MJ Braithwaite Preston pairs I Alan Whittam and Oive and Jeff Jeffery, 2 Alan and Drene Drown, 3 Henderson, 2 Bernard and Rhona 2 Star Premier Mr R A Cunnold Mrs C C Marriott 2 Star 1\lastrr Drend.l Bauford and Robina Hanrock; RCJ:InnaiMaster Miss DE Garlick Mrs VA Stevens Dr J A Erdos Goldenfield, 3 Robyn Atkinson and East-West l Jane Aylett and Peter !son, 2 Mrs V Rahim Mrs J Herbert 4 Star Mastrr Mr JA Muchajer Pauline Holden, 4 DiU Aislon and Andrew Bill and Shirley Homes, 3 Margot Blakeney p E Lum. 3 Star Hrj:~lonal Mr D B Saundcn Mr J Verkroost Mn Ware and Kath Tarlor. Master County Master 3 Star 1\lastrr I Star 1\lastrr Diary dates: October I Poulton Would members please note that the MrA R umb Mrs F C Curtis Mrs E J Waltm Mr JS Arundell Barometer teams, Poulton Bridge Club; chairman's telephone number printed on October 7-8 Great Northern Swiss pain, tiStar Mrs C M Endicott Mr T S Walters M11 D M Cowcy the new county diary is inromplete and Thurnament Miss H Perkin 2 Star Mastrr Advanced Master Risley; October 14-15 NWDA Green there should be a nine (9) at the end. Master Ulstrlct Mastrr M11IM O'Connell M11 M LAitken Points weekend, Colwyn Bay; October 22 The 2006/7 season in the inter-rounty Mn PFr:anllin Mr G F Dr 0 Starck Mr M J Dancy Foundation Cup Swiss teams, Blackburn Midlands League opened in June ~nd our and Ribble Valley Bridge Club; October 28 Tournament Abercrombie 1 Star 1\lastrr M11 C Fowler A te:lm btg3.n with an impressive 17-J win !\laster M11 MA Betts Mr J Harris Mn J P l'armU Northern Bridge Lrague round four; (SOimps) over Lcicestershire. Mauric:r October 29 LCDA restricted pairs, Mr A U Fatemian Mr N J Craik t.t11 B Jeffery Mr B T Smith L:adlow (capt~in ) with Mo Parsons, Brian 4 Star Master Mrs B Wilson Mn JA North Mr K Wood Brierfield Bridge Club; November 3-5 Smith and Ron Wall produc:rd a 17imp Seniors Congress, Daventry; November 12 Mr II W Mason Club Master Mn A Tovce Macer adnntage, while on the other side of the LCDA Congress Swiss teams, Southport Mn 0 Dean Ad''Uftd Macer Mr C J Burton room Dennis Mellor and Andrew Gn:en, 3 Star Master Bridge Oub; November 19 Athenaeum Mr P L Raltenbury Mr A M Dunworth Mr GJ Butcher MrS M with Mike Uewtllyn and Glyn Elwick won Hoa Swiss teams, Bury Athenaeum; November I Star Master Mn P J Master Mr D J Jay by a net 33imps. Sommerville Mn C G Andrews Mrs J O'Doherty 25-26 ToUemache Cup qualifying round, Sadly our 0 and C teams did not fan: so MrM J Lewis Kettering; December 3 Lytham Rose Bowl Mn FMorris welL However, a good game in a Vl:ry am­ Herefordshlre Mn S Ganney ~:!!rrleld final, Lytham Bridge Oub. vivial atmosphere was enjo)'W by all and it Master 2 Star Premier Mr C Mart Mn p A 'lbompsoa MrG LSmilh is noteworthy 1hat the rounty'bloodrd' its Rralonall\laster Mn PA Mauger Mr A P'IWist 49th and 50th pLlytn - Sally and DOI\-e Mrs DC Mr p WallS Mr p Wmship Mrs A YCIOIDIIII Woodward \V"Uiiams from Gairuborough • to repre­ I Star Rqlonal CH11ty .Master ColadJ Macer www.leicsbridge.org.uk www.leia- sent us sinc:r we rejoined the Midlands County Master Master Miss MA Gamer Mr p Ananicz brldle.org.uk League last year. We are always on the Mr D Mcintosh Mn C England Mr A M Glenn Mn J Bishop IN the second round of the 2006-07 lookout for new talent, so anyone in District l\lastrr 5 Star Master M11 H M Hobin Mr O E Clemctlll Midland Counties league season against Lincolnshire who is a paid up EBU mem­ Mr J Blumsom MrTE Dutton MrT P Hobin Ml1 L Torode Lincolnshire the first team suffered a ran: 3 ber and would like to try the inter-rounty Mn C Cox M11 M Pannicn Miss CEP Vicltcn Mr M J Trewavu - 17 defeat, but the seconds won 20 - 0 scene, please rontact your rounty rep or and the thirds 17 - 3. DiU Parsons on 01507-328456. ~;:~~~~ow :•;::;::mt ~: ::.:: The finals of the summer knockout Diary dales: October 8 restricted pain Pmnkr Natlo1111l Mn KM Chapple Dr R Katz Mn M E Blake again featured both Oarendon te;uns. (open to all players below Two Star Master, 1\lastrr M11 p Phillips Club 1\t.ster Chlb Macer The cup was won by Oarendon II (P~ul 14,999 points and non-members) together Mr R G Crawford 3 Star Master Mn J Fagan Mr J Bryan Bowyer, Duncan Happer, Jim Mason, Tony with a heat of the Naaional pain, 14 Star Pmnkr Mr P Clayburn Ms J Mumford Mr R K O'Shea Odams and Eric Wilde) who defeated Dunholme - just tum up; Nm-mtber 5 Rrglonal Master I Star !\laster Mr B Veal Mr J M Skinner County A. The plate final is belwern Swiss teams (pre-entry essential), Mn BJ Boswell Mn M Hanington Isle of Man l.analshlre Clarendon I and Bridge Centre A. Nm-mtber 19 Linroln Imp, multiple teams Mr B Stapleton Mr R Rossi 5 Star Rqloul All players an: reminded that the LCDA of four (Restriction now up to below 5 Star Pmnkr Advanced Master 1\t.ster Premier IJre has decided lo follow the EBU policy of no Tournament Master for all pLl)-en • up to Hrglonall\laster M11 BE Ferris Mr F ~llin ~Norris longer running events atlevd three. Apart 39,999 points. No pre-entry); December 3 Mn M Rumbold Mr M Green Advanced 1\t.ster from in division five of the league and Charles Hew:~rd Trophy, a rompetition 4 Star Pmnler Mn J Porter Mn TJ Britten 3 Star Premier events limited to less experienced pla)-en ideal for newcomers as it is open to non­ Rrgio1111IMastrr Master !\laster Realaull\lastrr (see diary), which will oper:ate ~tlm:ltwo, members and all but the captain must be Mn J Whitehouse Mn N Annell Miss SM Grey playm wilh properly completed EBU 20A below a Masler (up to 4,999 points) - just Premier H-lonal Mr SJO Palmer Mr p C Lees 3 Star Rep..al or, better, 208-style convention cards. may turn up on the d.ly as a team, no pre-entry. -.. DlsUict !\laster Master employ levd four agreements in all com­ ~!astrrrs PM Brooks County Muter M11 E Cowell Mr M Hartley n M11 J C Brenchley petitions. Diary dates: October 4 Otto ~nd Edith I London 6 Star Rt~:lnnal Mr GO Crisp Kent 2 Star Rrpoaal !\laster Mn J I Foot Ufe Master Master mixed pairs, incorporating Midland Flitch www.metrobridge.cu.ult Col WK Palmer Mn p M HolbnlOk Ml1 E Wilmot Mr M Cragg qualifier, County Bridge Club (CDC); Top of 1he list for congraaulations 1his Hq:lonaiMaster Dr G R Jones Pmnler Natloaal 5 Star Master October 10 Josephs Bowl heat, llarkby; time is David Bakhshi, a relativdy new MrMAL Mr B R Paske Master Mn I llepworth October 14 EBU dub TO rourse- book convert 10 London membership. He pro­ Thresher Mr B D Poole Mn M Clare 4 Star Master. rulings, CDC; October IS Midl;md League duced a terrific performance in the World Tournament Mr C M Sandy Natlolllll Master Mrs DM Entwastle v Gloucestershire, Loughborough Dridge Championships in Verona early in Master Ulstrld Master 1\lr K A Ashcroft 3 ~tar Mast~ Grammar School (LGS); October 16 the summer by coming sixth in I he open Mrs E M Avery Ml1 J Griffiths Mr I M Ottley Mass E Camadge Josephs Bowl heats; loughborough pain (pbying wilh Andrew Mcintosh). 4 Star Master Ml1 J Kingston Mn L Radford Mr A Rosen University and Melton; Ocaober 17 This was a great finishing posilion, since Mr 0 E Broadbent Club Master 8 Star l'remkr 2 Star Mastrr Josephs Bowl healS, Dl~by and it was an achie~emenl just 10 reach 1he Mrs IIA Clark Mn J Davies- Rrglonall\1astrr Mrs P flcap Loughborough; October 18 Stanley fin~Js, so congr.a tul~tions also go to Nick 3 Star Master Jones Mr LF Bain I Star Master Trophy he:atlwo, LGS; October 23 lORDS Sandqvist and Artur Malinowski who fin­ Mr DA Goodlale Mrs 11 Seabright Premier Rrglonal Mrs K Yates simuhaneoos pain, Ashby, Bradgate, CBC, ished in 181h place and Tom Townsend Master Ad,·aoc:rd Master Grantham, Wcstcotes; October 24 lORDS and who were Hlh. 2SUirMaster simultaneous pairs, Dlaby; Oc1ober 26 lnlernalional hnnuurs also go lo Chris Mn EF Borrow Hertfordshlre Mr L Ch01pman Mr R B lfalsall LORDS simuhaneous pairs, Duckworth, who was coach lo the English Mr IK Borrow l'remler Life Mr D W Steele Mr J D Wilson Loughborough; November I ladies "hu wun I he bronze med.ll in the MrDChamben Master II Star Rrgional County Mlllitcr Mr C Cook Master Mr A J Bowmnn Lciceslershire (teams of four) Cup, round European Championships in Warsaw. MrEEE one, llarkby; November II EOU club 1 ll Cluscr 10 home, David llurn and Brian Tomaszewski Nationall\lastcr Mrs A Thomson Mn AD Cranswick Mr M Hudson 6 Star Regional Mr L Monk course - judgcmenl rulings, CIIC; 12 Callaghan \\ere members of 1he learn I Star Master Midland league v \\'orcestershire, J~>Jy ; coming eqoJl sccund in I he Swiss learns in Mn JM Domes Mr R Stephenson Masttr Mrs c Welch 1 SUir l'rcmler Mr R C Shilling District Master November IS Juscphs llowl mund 1wu, the Tur4uay ltivtera Congress, where Mn PA Kiachiner llarl.by; November 29 Stanle)' Trophy heal ltichJrd llarns WJS lhird in lhe Swiss Mn B M Lowe Hl1:1onall\lastcr 5 Star Regional Mr c J Ball Mr R T Harden Master 1hree, Glenfield; Nuvemb~r 29 Wilde (Mirs. Th~ llem nne dJy Swiss teams '''as Mr II C Phillips Mr P Linlewood Mrs PR Llewellyn- Club Moster (non-expert leJms uf four ) Cup - le,·d \\On hy the aii ·Lundun fnursnme of Mn M Newman Ad,·ancl-d Master J lwu agreemeniS only. CIIC; l>e•emba 2 SacfJnie ltuhJn, I'Jul Llmfurd, Nigel MrPFr:ancis l'rcmler Rrglonal ones Dr II Searson Muster 2 Star Rrgional EIIU club TO cou~ - as>essmcnl, CIIC; I rule ami Anne C.uchpulr. In ahr MnJM Mr R L Turnham Master Lelcestenhlre December 10 Midland leJgue ,. Summer s~niurs Cungress, lhe S\\ISS Rimington MrT A Pigoct Ufc Master NottinghJmshirc, LGS; Onemha 13 leams ''JI "nn lw I.Mil.-\ chJirman Mile MnJAWills 8 Star Rrglonal Moster 1 Star Rrglonal Mr A R Mnrshali Josephs llowl round lhrce and IIIII, "hilr Russ Harper Jnd ~IJrlin MrRFWilson Mr J W Kitson Master Mr B Stocldale llulltr\>

40 Enghsh Bridge October 2006 At the Br' ht s Master ~oint David llakh lg on ummer Congress Risley young playtrs from Manchester shi w;u once more our most swept to victory on both days. Michael Middlesex s ~cchsful. pa~icipant -he was a member promotions 0 Byrne and Andrew Woodcock never lost a www.blinlcrnel.com/-mcba t e wmmng team in the Four Stars match In the Swiss pairs on the Saturday itr Club Master Congratulations to our European 111 teams A final, the main teams r\o'tnt and and in the teams Andrew partnered by r Jonal Master Mrs S Cowen he came fifth in the Swiss pain. Other Championship sil\tt and bronu medalists! ~~~E J('AleS Mrs D Grimston Craig Fisher and playing with Nick and Tommy Gan't')' and team-mates earned good results at Brighton came from Jan Sue Woodcock finished norly a match Mrs D M Kirby lrda.nd it.s first sihtt medal in the open cat­ JStlrMa~trr S\'tndsen, Gunnar Hallberg and Alex clear of second place. MsM Btl)d Mr D F Newman q;ory and it.s first berth to the Bmnud.l H~des, who were members of the ~«and, At the annual bridge and golf day at Bowl Mr B Row:uth Manchester !hud and fourth-placed teams respectively Cheriton Golf Oub the overall winner was m. the Four Stars; Anne Catchpole and Also winning a trip to China in 2008 l Stir M~tC!' l Star Regional Krith Sowcrbuts from Yorkshire. were Heather Dhondy and N"100la Smith. Mr RG Dic~tns Master M~ke Ftrt~er who were third in the mittd AI the Scarborough Summer Festival Together with their team-mates they won Star Master Mr R Ashleigh pa1rs; lrvmg Gordon who was ~«and in Michael Byrne and Andrew Woodcock 1 the seniors' pairs; and Ross and Ursula the bronu medal for Engbnd. Dhondy and Mr T O'Rourle Mrs G McMullan arne ~«and in the Swiss pain out of a Smith were the lop ranked English pair, fin­ Mr K ('reSton 3 Star Master Harper with Martin HolTman who won field of more than 160, having ltd the the seniors' teams. ishing third on the Ladies Butler. ,.\d,-.nctd Mr G Cohen event with two matches to go. The Brighton Congress pi'O\'td to be an Results: London league division one 1 Mastrr Mrs S Kershaw Manchester pairs did well in the EBU enormous suca:ss for Middlesex. MrS Barney l Star Master TGR (capt. Marilyn Natlun), 2 Young summer simultaneow Jnirs. Ken H:usell Congratubtions to Jan P.Jnlo and Tony Mn V Bull Mr R Gupta Chelsea (Capt. Mike Clack); Division two and Jan Kane were desen'td victors with a Waterlow for their viaory in the Swiss pain. 1 Punters . Merrick Congress, Swallow Derwent "bnnr llotrl, the thard team won 18-2. Mrs E Purvis Master 2 Slllr Muster Dr A J Speyer AllensforcJ November 29·30 NEllA sim ul· Diary dates: September 27 President's Mrs B Thomson l'remler Rq:lonal Mrs D Mairs Club Muster taneous pairs. Details of all t \'ents on uur Cup drives begin, alternating with the new Master website. Tuumament Mr G llarl.er 1 Star !\laster Mr P 1 Anstice Uutla Imp competitaun; October II BGU Master Mrs Hedley Mrs N W Graham Mrs J P Smith sana~hanruus pairs; October 29 Mr R R Sndd - ·• •t Mr P G Smith Annl\erSJry teams; Decemher 3 Swiss 11 Star Rl~lonal Ad vanu:u " aster tons hire 5 Star .Master Master Mrs S Goodlud Somerset teams chJn_apaunship (Enquiries and MrJ King www.northantsbridge.info cntnl'S hi (,rahJm Urindley nn 0115 Mr RR Richanlson County Muster 5 Star Premier 4 Star Master IIF.ATS of the Ed~n Cup will he 1.1ling 91311Sn). 10 Star Rl~lonul Mr R S King Rq:lonaiMustcr Mr PJ Otatlcrs place at \'ariuus cluhs throughout th~ l\lttStcr l>lstrlc:t Muster Mr E J Sutton rhe NUIA under 19 pJirs chJmpi· Mrs J Major cuunty: Octohrr I i at NurthJmphlll, umhap wall he held Jl l':nltmghJm lligh Mrs PM Raywood Mrs G Brown Mr D Dobbie 3 Star l'remler Nu,cmher H Jt Peterhomut:h. NmcmlJ<:r Reglonall\tuster .,_huul an Ntl\emher. I ur details wntact 11 Jl Tow,ester, )JnuJr) 19 Jl ~tlcnn~ . 3 Star Master Mr R Topp ~IJr)' \hlh (hume 0115 9H1~ 7i . ,,urL. Mr J 11 Wcddall )JnuJr)' JO Jt Stamfonl. If wu "1>h tu Oil~ '1 7Mt>ll)l!).

42 English Bridge October 2006 Master ~oint Oxfordshire C~ai~ Fisher, Paul Hacktu and Gary Hytu ofT an outstanding season for Peter, who wmnmg by a dear IOvps. It wa.s in 2004 aoo won Surrey's mixed pain and county promotions www.oxfordshJnbrldge.co.ult that the same team also won at Cwmbran. pain with his wife Margaret and became tar J'rt'mler County Master THE rounty welromes the EBU' .., . t' Paul Hacktu wa.s a member of the win· the rounty's Victor l..udorum. 1 in h . A s 101 1a ~ve R~l Master Mr J CIUTOII . avmg ndmv Robson on tour nat ning team in the senior teams at Brighton. The Dorin Salver, which is Surrey's Mi1 S Lo\e Mr N Farr spnng to run bridge teaching seminan for David Moir qualified for the 0 final of the charity simultaneous pairs for the teams, where he finished equal third. 4 tlr RC~tlonal Mrs J A Peacock EBUTA, tra~hers and their students. Danstead Rehabilitation Centre, raised by \l~tr Mr M \Verb Andre~ s mternationally acdaimed Shrewsbury pla}'m had a great tourna· U.SSO and was won Peter Donner· ~perhse and entertaining style of teach· ment at Aberystwyth. John Waller and Moris and John Claydon, playing at ~111 JIM Dodge District Master mg have proven an inspiration to students Roger Bowles won the championship Roehampton JStlr RC~tional Mrs G Winkwonh of th~ game. All teachers and their stu· pain. Bob Pringle and George Novak won Surrey playtn who achieved great suc· M~rr . Club Master dents m Oxfordshire and beyond are invit· the ronsolation final and Mike Amos and cess at Brighton this year were Margaret MrsAilams Mrs P ed to at~end Andrew's seminar at 7.30 pm GrofT Roberts won the open pairs. In the James, Martin Garvey and John Howard, ~Stir Master Gocz.alkowska on April 2 at the rounty's headquarters final match of the teams a good win for playing with Martin Nygren, who won the Mr RWA kpps Surrey the Oxford Bridge Club, 147 Banbury Judy and Malcolm Mitchell with team· Brighton Bowl, and Barry and Barbara 3Stir Master Life Master Road. Please contact Orenda Harris mates Bob Pringle and George Novak Stoker, Tony Eastgale and Doh James, who Mr R E Feetenby Mr C Smart {01865·511136) for funher details. mm'td them up to take second pbce. came third in the four stan 0 fin:tl. I Star Maslrr Premier National Sandra Nicholson and Krys Wolverhampton Dridge Club moved to Members have now rcaived their rom­ Mr D L Biscoe Master Kazmierczak reached lOth place out of a its new premises in August Rob Marris, ~titions brochure for the fonhroming MsS Gudgeon Mrs HB Beanie field of 126 pain at the Dournrmouth the local MP, performed the opening cere· season and the rommittee hopes that ~lr J LHarvey Ms H West Spring bank holiday congress. At the mony and the club started ofT by holding numbers at the rounty pain will inOCISC Mrs LMcEwen National !\laster North:unptonshire Swiss pain event they an anniversary pairs, scheduled to be this season with the addition of a heat at Mr MD Scard Mr R Gronau came fifth out of 92 pain. playtd the last wtekend of every August Farnham for pllytrs in the west of the The new address is 4 Shaw Park. Shaw rounty. Please rrmember that if the mini· Adflll(td Mr S lspahani Val and tan Constable, Lynne Hayes and Tom Parker won the Road Wolverhampton, WVIO 9l.E and the mum number of tables is not reached by a Master 11 Star Pranler rontact number 01902424422 is that of week before the event it may be cancelled, Mr G Hogan Regional Muter Gloucestenhire/Herefordshire Swiss the chairman, Dave Oarke. Duplicate will so please take a moment to check your Mr R Slwpe Ms S J Partington teams event. Oxfordshire's two day rongress was ~u be hdd every weekday night, with s~cial diaries and enter as soon as possible via (oDDly Mastrr I S -1er Dr BJN Bli•ht I tar.-.~, supported and featured John Slater and events at the weekends. Albert lipton will the website or by post to Frances Trebble. "'' Regional Master Nelson Stephens winning the champi· be the teacher starting new classes from Distrid Master Mr P Whitehurst onship pairs, with Alan Snell and Eve October. The club now has room for Mrs B Badley 7 Star Pmnler Barwell winning the Sandra Landy friend· matches, lacking in the previous premises. Mr M Bldley Regional Master ly pain, both events being hdd on the On the international scene Barbara www.sccba.co.uk Mr B Crosby Mrs P Gilham Saturday. Dinah and Andrew Untott, Hackett represented Germany in the SUSSEX enjoyed a fantastic set of success· Oab Master 5 Star Pmnler Helen Lawton-Smith and John Slater won European Championships in Warsaw, es at the EBU's Brighton Summer Mr J Friswell Regional Master the Green Points Swiss teams event on the where she qualified to play in the Venice Meeting. The list was headed by Dave Mn VTaylor Mrs R L Sunday. Cup, which will take place in Shanghai. Franklin and Gerry Stanford, who won Staffs & Thompson For the second ronsecutive year Nick Jason and Justin were part of the European not only the seniors' pain A final, beating Shrops 3 Star Premier Smith won the ODA premiership, an team that played USA in the Warren 95 pain from around the rountry, but also I Star Rqioaal RecJonall\laster award based on results from all major Duffett Cup, held in Dublin. The captain the Four Sun B final of the Swiss teams Master Miss S Shaw rounty events. of the team was their father, Paul with John Frosztrga and Ian l.anC1Ster. Mn t.tA Ed•'Jrds Mr C Stableford Diary dates: October 2 seniors pairs, Diary dates: December 3 Coronation The latter n=t w:u rontested by 200 Cup, Stafford (Entries to Judy Mitchell on teams that were filtered into three sections 4Star Master l Star Pmnler Roke village hall; October 15 Dawes league Mr AR Dodds Regional !\Iuter v Gloucestenhire, Oxford DC; October 29 01743235374). for the final session, the Four Stan A final men's and ladies' pairs, Oxford BC; and the Four Sttn B final-rontaining the l Star Master Mr A Jenkins top 16 teams in the rompetition- and the Mn J Healey 1 Star Pmnler November 6 seniors pairs, Roke village hall; November 12 Dawes league v Brighton Bowl rontaining the rest. Our Mn MScou Regloaall\luter team did incredibly well, beating allrom­ Staffordshire (away); November 19 Pro· www.suffolkbridge.co.uk 1Star Alascer Mrs J Outred m. including Andrew Robson's team of Am pain, Benson village hall; D~mber 3 CONGRATULATIONS to Norman Denny Mr GTamber 5 Star Regional Alexander Allfrey, Tony Forrester and Swiss pain, Oxford BC; December 4 and Rosemarie Mascall, who won the ~'et · I Star Master Master Andrew Mcintosh. Well-done boys! Seniors pain. Roke village halL erans prize at the Summer Seniors MrVJ Owen MrT J Hamlyn Congress in Eastbournc. We had further success at Brighton Master Mrs PE Hore In the senior pairs for the Stokes with Andrea and David Galpin, who arr Mr .t.t Jones Mn M R Mansell Trophy, Andrew Moore and David Price going from strrngth to strength and carne MnA W'mtcr Mr B J Themis were the winners, with Alan Day and first in the seniors' B final And rongral\1· Coaaty Muter 4 Star Regional www.somersetbridge.orz.uk Barbara Darker second (also winning the lations are also due to Ros and Geoffrey WRD Skelmersdale has agreed to be Mr RA Dodd Master veterans' prize) and John and Maureen Wolfarth, who came fliSI with team-mates Miss p Redman Mrs J Bianconi Somerset's patron and the rounty atends Heath third. Nevena and Brian Senior in the pivot a warm welrome to him. He is a bridge "'--'~ Mr C Gill In the married pairs for the Lang Cup teams - a foUow-up to victory in the uoona Mastrr Mrs p J Gowen enthusiast and regularly captains the Andrew and Jane Moore were the winners, Noninghanuhire Swiss teams joint vcn· ci:b~Jessop Mr D A Richards House of Lords team in its annual match with Malrolm and Barbara Carey second ture. against the House of Co~mons . Dr J ~ 3 Star Regional and Julian and Penny Lang third. t.l3tthcw and Liz Hoskins won the At the rounty AGM th1s year the ~un· Diary dates: October IS club teams of Scarborough Summer Congress Swiss Mn p r- Master t tried a random teanu format, wit~ a ~· Mr KA White eight, Stoke·by-Nayland; November 12 pain from an enormous field of 168 pain Suffolk 2 Star Regional ~ore experienced pair bein~ teamed With novice pairs, Stoke-by-Nayland; - another successful \'tnture for this hus· a less experienced one. nus pro~uced a November 26 Stowrnarket Swiss teams band and wife pmnaship. 'Star l'rmtltr Master lively bridge session. Congrat~buons to Rqloaai Master Mr J Beresiner II am, with hot lunch between sessions; Sussex an be justly proud of these the winning team of Les Ootllng and S Mr DGudka I Star Regional December 10 Suffolk championship results from our resident pla)ns. Brooke with Joe .Mel moth a.nd Joan Pooley teams, Stoke-by-Nayland 2pm. A further reminder to all Sussex pla)'erS ~Star Rrglooal Master and the asanders prize-wmnmg !eam ~f to their partners for the \"Jrious club nlas1er Mr G Clarke For more information about Suffolk book Ken and Ann Oawdon with Cyndl !lams heats of our competitions, including MnJ M Birley Mrs A Hare competitions please rontact Jyl Manh on and Rachel i';Jntling. 01206 322546 or by email at Suua pairs, mixt'tl pairs. David Pa"ey ;md I Star Reglonatl\faster jyl~gotadsl.ro.uk Elwbeth North trophies. r::-nt MrMM Diary dates: October 4 DJvid Pa\·ry Sreinberg Staffs and Shro Trophy heat, l'.llcham; October 6 Sussex MrR P Hosier 6Star www wolverhamptonbridge.org.uklstl~ ITs individual heal, Worthing; October 9 i Star Master Toumomcnt · m of Drian Corne IUS, David l';ll'ey Trophy heal, Avenue; October THE county tea 1i 'til Barbara, Justin www.surreycountybridge.org.uk In DM Thomas Master SURitEY held their first AGI\t combined 10 David I'Jvcy Trophy heat, lo:r)'llltr; Cra. ig Fisher, !n i'endelbury and J Star Master MrAR Grove ~~~y 1 Octnbcr II Sus~xpJirs he-Jl, Eastbourne; d o..ul Hac ...u. h · with a Swiss pairs event on one of the MrJMEde 3Stor an • u leading throug out m Sussex pairs heat, \\'est Sussc:x; October L! Dave S"?ith, were Unfortunately in the huuest days of the yrar. The cummiuec ~Star Master Tournament was ddightt'tl that 44 pairs turned up fur~ UGII simultJnenus pJirs, clubs; David lr J LSkinner Moster the Presidents Cup. Yorkshire and lust five i'Jvcy Trophy heJt, West Sussex; last roun~ they met ugh for Yorl..lhin: to must enjo)'Jhlc afternoon. The c•·enl w;u ~Star Master Mrs MS Dunbar closely ronte5tt'tl and the winners were nul (.),tuherl7 SuMCx indl\•iduJI ht"at, !.ewes; imps. which was .eno Oc10berl8 llJvid l'a,cy Trophy heat, lnJ M Watson lSt.or 10 10 decidt'tl until the final nutch. They were Tournament slip through w. · Michael Alexander, Graham Davison and Roher! Cookson, !llornngtnn; O..tuhcri'J ~JiSJbt'lll 1\urth !Irian Corne 1IUS, • d the Ruia ~ Moster lllac!..ell retame closely follo\\t'tl hy 1\tJnclla Andm: Jnd Tmphy he-Jl, Worthing; Odn~r 20 Sussex Mrp J llunt MrCJ Justin and Pau I I in for Jn •·arty pJuS heal. Crnwhmuut:h; mixed pairs Cup. Gary Hycll a so SJ Anita lbhal "ho were ntual S<·wnd "nh Macdonald Jnd Liz Philips and Peler lee. II mundeJ heJI, w,mhmg; Oc!Uher 1.1 wslhme. Alternau,·dy the tournament sec­ Mrs C WigJ!ins MrD Philpott BC, 7.15pm: Nmemher H lu)

44 Engli~h Bridge October 2006 01225 764510. It is I Master ~oint early to ensure that mrrtant to enter well in front by the last match and it the North East, coming second in the promotaons entries for the event totb ere are enough looked as though the cup must go to one teams A final, and Graham Jepson and EBU Master Poi u e run. . or them. They had already played each Dave Musson, fourth in the Swiss pairs. v()(kshlre Mr W the Wiltshire websi~e a7~~ pubhshed on other so they were matched against two The tams consol;uion final w.Js won by I' 8U~inshaW other teams, who pmcccded to trounce tJr ~~~tcr 'I A Alterbnat~vcly, a full Jist of ~:a~~e~f~~~~ Jan Forrester, Barbara Patterson, Sylvia \lrI! ArPkby " rs Dmke can c VIewed on the EDU b . them 19-1 and 20-0 respectively. Another Daty and Janet Inch. Dridg ch. we Site. \l:s CT Duiklell Mr D Dukes 1 3 10 team won their last match 18-2 and Summer is the season for inter-county h. e . e & is being undertaken unsympathetically, went on to win ~ltr • Mrs DM I IS yea.r, m Trowbridge, by Diana Kin th~ bridge in the north of England, and this \Jriollil Master Hanneman and Ph1l Green. Please ch k h g cup. That team comprised John year it wu York.shire's tum to host the 1 Cattanach, Suzanne Griffin, Susan Sharp ~Irs 8 nr:amall Mrs FA Jeal page for details. « e web nine-county President's Cup at Sheffield ~Irs J RJrrtster Mr M Jeal and Maureen Hannah and the team of Bridge Club. The result was 3 dramatic I Diary dates: October 3 Premier Sue Lane, Marian Wilcox, Sue Evans and ~lr 11 RGo\\ 1311d 2 Star Master cague two; Octoba IS Conham Pairs; victory for the home tnm, who o\-crtook 'lalionll Master Mr R Andrews Dennis l.oynes was second. Staffordshire and Shropshire on the last ~ctober 27 Premier league three· Diary dates: October 2 dosed teams ~lr p Fttnks MrJ A Hasnip ovcmbcr 9 Premier league four: round to win by 3vps. The York.shire team qualifier, Holt 7.1Spm; men's and ladies' was: David Waxman, Richard Pike, 6sw- l'rtmitr Mr M K November 12 Garden Cities qualifier' pairs; October 14 Irene Allen non-expert Hather Hobson, Roy Ganhw.~ite, Sandy Master Heywonh Nursteed Centre, Devizes; No\-cmber R~l t9 Swiss pairs, Stourbridge Institute lpm Davies, Tom Gisborne, Janet Latham and Mrl R Rodger Mrs PP latham Western v Avon away; November l~ague (John Cattanach 01905 25265); October Ted Latham. sw- Prtmitr 1 Star Master 27 Pr~m•er. league five; December 3 16 county and open teams, Holt Fleet Al ever, present and former York.shire 4 champ1onsh1p pain heat; Dteemba R~Master Mrs SA Barker 9 7.15pm; October 28-29 Malvern Green players were well represented in the Mrs p Go\\ lnnd Mr MD Booth Western league v Hereford, Nursteed Point weekend (Liz Boyes 01386 861 EBU's Brighton Summer Meeting. Centre; December 13 Premier league six. 2Star l'rtmler Mr M Hatfield 758); November 6 mixed teams (Dill Highlights induded a third place for Phil R~ Master Mr E Jennings Dalman Trophy) Holt 7.15pm; October Godfrey and Bryony Youngs in the MrEA Key Mrs U Marsden 13 Children-in-Need simultaneous pairs, Tuesday championship pairs, while in the 9Star R~ioul Mr D A Miller Holt 7.ISpm- all welcome; November 20 Swiss teams on the second weekend, Ala MJSta- Mrs PA Turner www.wcba.frecservc.co.uk county and open teams, Holt 7,1Spm; Hydes, formerly of Wakefield, was a Mr 0 Lapwood Mr F Wade COUNTY ~airman Richard Jephcott December 4 mixed pairs, Holt 7.1Spm; member of the team finishing founh out hosted a N1bbles and Tipples ocasion 6 Star Regional Mr D Watson December 18 Christmas Charity Swiss of a huge and powerful fidd or 193 teams. AWkr Advanc:ed one Sund~y afternoon in July. teams, Holt 7pm (note earlier time). Other results include: Waddington Air AJooes Master Worcestershll'e dub officials were invited Cup final I Alan Jones, John Gibson, ~lr ASv.im Mr t.U Baker and most dubs were represented. The Jilwaidi Hasan and Jan Johns, 2 Marius JStar Regional Mr D S Dempsey glorious weather provided for a good Daltrenas, Tony .McNiiT, Sue logan and AWkr Mr A Fileman exchange or ideas between dub and www.ycba.frtaerve.co.uk Bob Ross; Harrogate Swiss trams I ~lr SP Mulligan Mrs J Grant county. All of the ideas were given atten­ SARAH Teshome was a member of the Bernard Goldenlield, Rhona Goldenfield, Dr J 0 Seddon Miss D Marsh tion by the county and most, where pos­ bronze medal-winning England ladies Michelle Brunner and JeiTSmith, 2 Lolcy Dridson, Catherine Thompson, Brian 2Star Rqional Mrl E Swiers sible, will be implemented. The commit­ team in the European Bridge tee also wishes it to be known that dubs Graham and Roger Litton; Sheffield Master Master Championships in Warsaw. can communicate with the county For a number of years Yorkshire has Charity Swiss tams I Gill Woodcock, Mt 011 Mrs 1 Drear throughout the year and not only on been in the forefront in encouraging the GroiT Rodgers, Janet Rodgers and George Goodyear Mrs J K Davies informal 'formal' settings. development of youth bridge. Rodgers, 2 Linda Scott, Rosemary Mn SM Mr 1 Fish Worcestcrshire's first county and open Congratulations therefore to Cedric Johnson, Val Lowndes and Cole Lte. Goodyear Mrs CV May teams event, held in August, was voted a Codccroft of Harrogate on receipt of the Well done the Yorkshire tam, MrPTn:vanion Mrs KB Wood success. Bridge players, who hitherto had EBU's Tom Bradley award for his work as captained by Paul Brereton, on reaching ~liu GM County Master not played in county evenings at Holt the county's youth bridge officer. Three the final of the Hubert Phillips Bowl Woodcnck Mrs M C Brown Fleet, paid a visit for the first time. This members of the group of young players where, unfortunately, they lost narrowly I Star Rtglonal Mrs P A was one or the objectives or this new taught by Cedric have also received to the Frances Hindm tam. Playing with Alu1tr Chapman event. In the county teams players turn awards from the EDU. Tom De5sain of Paul were Liz Rctse, Phil Godfrey, Steve Mr MA Cooper Mrs K Devine up as pain and arc ascribed another pair Harrogate is the young player of the year Raine, Frank Dixon and Norfolk's Mik.e lqioaal Master Mr A lillott 3S teammates. These then play against for 2006, while Jame5 Thrower and Tom Dignm. Mr CClose Mr M Lowings two other teams in the evening. Players Rainforth of Harrogate and Sheffield are Diary dates: October I dosing date for ~In DOose Mr M R Olive can arrive as a pair or as a team to play in one of three young pairs of the year. the Waddington Shield (county knockout teams); October 15 York.shire League ~lr I J Hodges Mrs A H Smith the open teams. Play uascs about 30 Tom Dessain, with Joe Mela of Mn M Laycock Mr J Smith minutes before the end of the evening Oxfordshirc, represented England in the inter-dub teams of eight, first round; and a selection of the hands arc dis­ World junior pairs championship in October 22 Nelson Rose Bowl ladies' 2Star Mrs F Thomson teams, Harrogate Bridge Oub; October cussed. The county and open teams Slovakia and finished a commendable TGftama~t Mrs M C 23·27 October-dub heats of the Ch:rrity occur once a month (usuaUy on the third fifth in the schools' s«tion. llasttr Woolfrey Simuluneous Pairs. 29 October York.shire Air Dp Brown District Master Monday of each month). A good learn­ Strong performances by Yorkshire players in the EDU Scarborough Congress League second round; November 12 TOIII'IIaalalt Mrs E Cooper ing eaperiencel Yorkshire league third round; November The annual Stourbridge Swiss teams induded Dill Townsend and Cedric Alaster Mr M Dredge Cockcroft, playing with team· mates from 26 R)'tdale Pairs, New Eamvick. Mn M Konig Mr S P Sellers had a topsy-turvy finish. Two teams were SStarMasttr Mrs H 1 Thurlow Mn S Bbmires MrS Woodcock MriJohnson from page 21 Club !\laster Sudoku solution from page 29 Crossword solution Mr ASlott MrC Baxter MrK MrB Hutton SU!Iunengill Mrs M lames 5 8 4 2 4Star Master Mr R C Johnston 3 6 1 7 9 ~lrMa:ut DrM Levi lin AE Edwards 6 9 Miss A C Little 5 2 3 1 4 7 linG Wood L 8 3 Mrs D Penten Star Master Mrs C Robson 2 8 6 3 5 1 ~lnDMAdams Mrs R A Streets 9 7 4 AtnSA 8 MsJTh3yer 9 5 2 8 urtimhaw 6 4 3 1 7 4 3 8 9 7 6 County news deadline 2 1 5 2 1 3 4 OCTOBER 26 Is the deadline for 8 9 6 5 1011 7 niJ ne~n reports for the December 2 3 4 8 7 • edition of English Bridge. Your 1 9 6 5 Photographs welcome emoiled or 3 8 4 1 6 9 otherwise. Please send ;o Brion Cook, 5 2 7 editor, Hill Crest, 8 Kingsley Rood, - 9 6 7 2 1 5 kinR1bridge, Devon TQ7 1EY email 4 3 8 [email protected]

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October 2006 October 2006 \.Vest hands East hands (imp scoring on every deal) (imp scoring on every deal) 1. Love all A7 1. Love all K QJ Dealer East Q852 Dealer East K964 }96 A Q10 75 (Hallberg) AKQJ (de Botton) 8

2. Game all 76 2. Game all AKQJ1042 Dealer East A 76 Dealer East 98 KQ10 AJ 54 (Lev) Q86 52 (Pszczola)

3. E-\V game AQJ3 3. E-Vv game K10 Dealer \Vest AJ 10 7 3 Dealer West K4 AJ872 (jill Levin) QJ 75 (jill Meyers) AK82

4. N-S game KQ109 4. N-SGame ASS Dealer East QS Dealer East AJ62 AKS2 QJ 10 6 4 (Westra) Q72 (Ramondt) 8

5. Game all 987643 5. Game all AK Q102 Dealer \Vest 8 Dealer West AQ752 AJ74 K9 (Marc Smith) AJ (Rob Helle) 6

6. Game all Q87 6. Game all K Dealer East }9876 Dealer East AKQS AQ 987 (Dieder) 98 7 (Babsch) AKQ106

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