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| Sussex Pairs Final |
| The final of the Sussex Pairs took place at West Sussex Bridge Club on March 14th, 2010, directed by David Galpin and Norman Hardy. The 42-board event was won by Neil Watts and Nigel Urban with 61.8%, followed by Giles Faulkner & Andy Ryder and Andrew Southwell & Matthew Hoskins. As Neil recalls, the winners did themselves no favours on Board 21 :- |
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| At 6 out of 11 tables, the contract was 2♥ played by North following the sequence: 1NT – No – 2♦ – No – 2♥ – all pass, with West frustrated but silent. At Neil & Nigel’s table, West, unable to contain her frustration, doubled 2♥, and reaped a rich dividend. East ‘rescued’ into 2♠ and South competed with 3♦. It is not too clear what that double should mean - a normal balancing double on a hand not strong enough to bid on the first round or penalty-oriented, typically a strong NT-type hand with at least three to an honour in the Heart suit. Neil, sitting North, did not ask (mistake No. 1) but East might perhaps not have been able to give a helpful reply. Neil decided to go back to Hearts (mistake No. 2), and to add on ‘one for the road’ (mistake No. 3). Four Hearts doubled was two off for minus 500 and a top for East-West. Sussex will be represented in the Corwen Trophy by Giles Faulkner & Andy Ryder, Andrew Southwell & Matthew Hoskins, Karen & Malcolm Pryor and Julian Mitchell & Peter Clinch. Pyers Pennant (Organiser) |
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| Charity Simultaneous Pairs |
| Congratulations to winners Joan Hootman and David Galpin who came top of 138 pairs who competed in 8 heats held across the county in the week beginning March 1st. Many thanks to Andrew Southwell who selected the hands and wrote the commentary and to organiser Norman Hardy who also merged the scores from the heats. |
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| Inter-Club Teams of Eight |
Congratulations to hosts Eastbourne Bridge Club who beat 11 other teams to win this year's Inter-club Teams of Eight competition on Sunday March 7th with a total of 175 VPs. The winning team consisted of Sandy Blunt, Tom Brogan, Alan and James Hobden, Pyers Pennant, David Howard-Houston, David Benjamin and Mark Denny. Horsham were second with 169 VPs and the Avenue were third with 145 VPs. |
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| Best Behaviour at Bridge |
 Best Behaviour at Bridge is in operation at all county competitions. Click here for full details. |
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