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The HIWCBA season got off to a flying stratified start with 22 teams competing in the Candover Swiss Teams.
Congratulations to C Flight winners : Alan Mansell & Pat Cavanagh Anne Jenks & Kay Staines
Congratulations to B Flight Winners: Ray Crawford & Heather McGinn Tricia Brooks & Marian Rudd
Congratulations to A flight winners : Roger Johnson & Michael Gwilliam John Jones & Adrian Fontes
The event raised over £500 for the Hampshire Air Ambulance charity.
Follow link to full results.
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| 2014-2015 Candover Swiss Teams Hand 34 |
Bridge can be a frustrating game as we all know, especially when the dictates of the bidding system can bring about differing results albeit in the same contract. To illustrate this point take a look at the following hand taken from the Candover Swiss teams where several people felt they had the right to a certain amount of resentment.
N/S Vul. Dealer East. S 5
H A J 8 4
D Q 3
C A J 6 5 3 2
S K 9 4 3 S J 10 8 6
H 9 7 6 2 H 5
D J 9 8 7 6 D A 10 6
C none C Q 10 9 7 4
S A Q 7 2
H K Q 10 3
D K 4 2
C K 8
Looking at just the North/South hands you can see that 6H is a reasonable contract requiring normal breaks in the rounded suits but now look at the East/West hands! At our table South opened a strong no-trump, North Stayman-ed, found his partner agreeably with a fit in hearts and bid the slam after using a well-known convention. As West I led a diamond, found partner with the ace who naturally switched to a club which I could ruff. Another trick came later and declarer was down two with much bemoaning of bad luck. Playing a weak no-trump with four card majors South would presumably open 1H and if the slam was bid the result would undoubtedly be the same. However at another table, and you can guess where, North/South were playing a weak no-trump with five card majors and South was constrained to open 1C. North responded 1H and before long the slam had been bid but this time by the North hand. West seized the opportunity to make a Lightner double calling for an unusual lead because of his club void and very soon East/West were chalking up 500. Now that’s what I call bad luck!
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| 25th Sep 2014 08:03 BST |
Tim Smith |
A surprisingly successful day for Team 6, second place and two spot prizes (lots of sweets) whilst only winning 3 of our 6 matches.
Within our team:
Well done to myself for keeping the lady in the brown skirt fit - letting her walk all boards (rather than 4 out 6) across the large gap between the tables (That was team 7S – Freda England?).
Well done to Lilias for impeccable timing - arriving in the vanishingly small period between Lesley arriving and the event starting.
Well done to Lesley for socialising well with her pupils from Milford (who didn’t beat her (phew)) – and others– I hope they enjoyed themselves.
Well done to Dave for getting our imp score down to the spot prize -5 on round 5 by underbidding hand 30. |
| 25th Sep 2014 08:02 BST |
Tim Smith |
Further thanks :
Well done to the stratification algorithm for splitting the field into teams that generally finished A flight, then B flight then C flight.
Well done to the directors for managing the 22 teams and putting up with impatient people at the end – Cant the committee think of something to entertain the masses between the end of the event and the announcement of the scores?
Well done to Dave H for his hand analysis above – choosing the hand with the distribution that meant that my stopping in 4H, whilst theoretically misjudged, was the winning move (for lots of imps in an otherwise flat set and second place overall). I note though that several teams failed to even make 4 hearts - presumably they somehow lost control. Winning the lead, taking two rounds of hearts and then trying to cash winners and cross ruff (just losing the AD and the two outstanding trumps) did the job for me.
Also good to meet some Ringwood players – why not try one of their clubs? |
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