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Mon 29^th N-S 1^st Paul Biscoe & Harvey 57% 2^nd Jean-Charles & Terry 55%

E-W 1^st Lewis & Dave 58% 2^nd Derek & Gerard 57%

Wed 31^st N-S 1^st Richard & Robbie 54% 2^nd Jean-Charles & Michel 52%

E-W 1^st Jan & Royd 59% 2^nd Lewis & Terry 59%

Fri 2^nd N-S 1^st Paul K & Sean 57% 2^nd Per-Ake & Royd 55%

E-W 1^st Agne & Britta 57% 2^nd Jan & Lars 54%

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Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A RHO opens 1♥, what do you bid?

♠ Q107 ♠ AK96

♥ A975 ♥ 872 With Hand B it’s love all. RHO opens 1♥, you pass, LHO

♦ J2 ♦ J83 bids 2♥ and this is passed round to you. What do you do?

♣ AK83 ♣ 1082

Hand C Hand D Do you open with Hand C in 2^nd seat?

♠ AK1085 ♠ AK75

♥ A106 ♥ AJ63 With hand D partner opens 1♦ and you bid 1♥. Partner bids 1NT

♦ 10762 ♦ Q6 (12-14 and denying 4 ♠’s), what do you bid?

♣ 5 ♣ AQ10

Bidding Sequence quiz

E 1♦ pass 1♥ pass

1NT pass 4NT (a) What is 4NT ; and (b) what would 4♣ mean?

F 1♦ pass 1♥ pass

2♣ pass 3♥ (a) Is 3♥ forcing?

(b) and if not, what do you do with a game forcing ♥ hand?

The Club Championships The current standings for the top 5 in each competition are: -

Gold Cup = Best 30 Silver plate = Best 10 Bronze medal = Best 5

1843.4 Jan v Koss 666.8 Janne Roos 350.4 Janne Roos

1823.5 Dave Cutler 655.2 Jan v Koss 343.2 Bengt Malmgren

1816.8 Janne Roos 646.0 Lars Gustaffson 340.3 Jan v Koss

1768.4 Bob Pelletier 644.2 Dave Cutler 332.9 Paul Savelkral

1725.8 Phil Lovell 644.1 Bengt Malmgren 332.0 Lewis Berg

The long pause Board 27 from Wednesday 31^st

A familiar problem. At Table B North made a totally unnecessary long pause before passing and his partner made a very dubious bid as a result.

Dealer: ♠ Q107 Table A

South ♥ A975 West North East South

Love all ♦ J2 - - - 1♦ (1)

♣ AK83 2♥ (2) 3NT (3) all pass

♠ K54 N ♠ J863 Table B

♥KJ10832 W E ♥