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7th - 10th April 2017 - Away Weekend

 
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2016 EBU Master Point Promotions

Life Master (60,000 MPs inc 150 GPs)

  • J Seymour

2 Star Premier Master (15,000 MPs inc 10 GPs)

  • D Newsome

1 Star Master (10,000 MPs)

  • S Elphick

Advanced Master (7,500 MPs)

  • A Jones

Master (5,000 MPs)

  • PJ Allen

County Master (2500 MPs)

  • P Goggin
  • H Jones
  • M Metcalf
  • S Palmer

District Master (1000 MPs)

  • C Bowen
  • A Dean
  • C Lord
  • P Pymm
  • G Sproston

Area Master (500 MPs)

  • J Brassington
  • G Foster
  • W Pitt
  • D Royle
  • M Wood

Club Master (200 MPs)

  • S Clarke
  • N Dunn
  • S Houghton

Local Master (100 MPs)

  • N Grainger
  • E Lochee-Bayne
  • D Merriott
  • A Wilson

For 2015 and earlier entries see website.

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Tuesday Standbys

A host system runs on Tuesday evenings whereby if you arrive at the club without a partner not later than 7 p.m. then the "stand by" for that evening will be called in to play with you. 

 
Interesting Hands
What is the best bid for the biggest score?

Yes, pass!

Your partner will be assuming you have some six or seven points, so you are not worth a jump to five diamonds.  Realising this, a bid of four diamonds would work reasonably well.

But consider the alternative.  Pass, you have two possible tricks of your own and your partner should have strength in spades opposite your singleton and on point count you should be able to defeat three hearts and you might not be able to make game.

The full deal is above, three hearts doubled = 1100.......whilst bidding four diamonds and the bidding continued Pass 4 Spades Pass 5 clubs Pass 5 diamonds All Pass.  Even making with an overtrick only scores 420.  So think about the alternatives before making the 'Obvious' bid.  The first thing to come to mind is not always the best.

Excerpt abbriaviated from The Complete Book of Bols Bridge Tips.

A COMPETITION

WHERE IS YOUR COMPETITIVE SPIRIT?
Above is a hand submitted by Len Armstrong as an entry for the competition
Win a 'Free' night of Bridge.
If you have a 'good', 'interesting' or 'unusual' hand that you can submit, with the bidding and plan of play etc. that we can put on the Web Site and ask others to submit their solutions for the best result and bidding etc,
we will give a 'Free' night both to the provider of the hand used and the best/nearest solution giver.
Send hands and solutions by email or hand them (legibly written!) to a Committee Member.

NO ONE SEEMED INTERESTED - SO HAVE DISCONTINUED THIS COMPETITION.

A COMPETITION