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My home phone is 038 422924 and my mobile number is 083 6066880                   9th Dec 2007

It is best to use my home number to contact me unless I am at the bridge club.

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Mon 3rd    N-S     1st    Lewis & Terje                65%       2nd    Dave & Ursula                     55%

                E-W     1st    Derek & Gerard             56%       2nd    Goran & Margit                    54%

Wed 5th    N-S     1st    Sean & Paul K               64%       2nd    Frode & Robbie                   57%

                E-W     1st    Lewis & Terje                67%       2nd    Lars & Lennart                     54%

Fri   7th     N-S     1st    Lennart & Paul S            62%       2nd    Par & Lotta                          61%

                E-W     1st    Hand V & Lars              63%       2nd    Lewis & Terry                      61%

                           

Bidding Quiz                           Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

                             

Hand A           Hand B           With Hand A partner opens 1NT, what do you bid?

 

 

♠ QJ5              ♠ KJ5              With Hand B RHO :-

♥ Q98              ♥ AK96           (a)  Opens a strong NoTrump, what do you bid?

♦ KJ10           ♦ J1076            (b)  Opens a weak NoTrump, what do you bid?

♣ AK82           ♣ Q4

 

 

Hand C           Hand D           What do you open with hand C?

 

♠ K3                ♠ Q97643       

♥ AKJ             ♥ Q53              With Hand D it unfavourable vulnerability. LHO opens 1NT

♦ Q643           ♦ 9                   and partner doubles, what do you do?        

♣ Q975           ♣ A63

 

 

Hand E            Hand F            With Hand E you open 1NT and LHO overcalls 2♠. This is passed

round to you, what do you do?

♠ AKJ              ♠ -                          

♥ Q9                ♥ K10932        With Hand F LHO opens 1♦. (a) What do you bid?

♦ A10643       ♦ 1065             (b)  Suppose you choose a weak jump overcall of 2♥ and LHO

♣ QJ2              ♣ KJ976                bids 4♠. This is passed to you, what do you do?

 

 

Bidding Sequence quiz          

                       

G     1♣     1NT   2♥                What is 2♥ - weak or forcing?

H     1♠      pass   pass   1NT   How strong is 1NT?

J      1♠      pass   pass   1NT  

pass   3NT                       How strong is 3NT?

K     2♠      pass   3♣     pass   2♠ is weak, 3♣ is forcing for one round, 3♦ shows a non-minimum.

3♦      pass   3♠                Is 3♠ forcing?        


The Club Championships      

The championship race is very close and took a dramatic turn this week; Lewis had three results above 60% and leapt into top place in the Gold Cup. Lewis, however, has now returned to the USA and with 3 weeks to go it’s anybody’s championship with Jan and Dave very close behind. Mind you, both Dave and Jan need scores of above 57% to make an impression and that may be difficult as we now have a number of good players around; but a few results above 60% fr