| Linda Ashworth Trophy |
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Stephanie Clark was the inaugurlal winner of the Linda Ashworth Trophy, presented by Chairman Steve Clifton at the Annual General Meeting.
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| Welcome to Bude Bridge Club |
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Bude Bridge Club meets for Face-to-face Bridge on Tuesday evenings and Monday afternoons at the Parkhouse Centre.
Tuesday evenings - Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints - please arrive at 6.45 for a 7 p.m. start.
Monday afternoons - relaxed, hosted Duplicate bridge without Masterpoints, no partner required.
pPlease arrive by 1.45 for a 2 p.m. start.
A cup of tea and biscuits will be available,
HOWEVER, please note that visitors are asked to book in advance to avoid a half table.
Please contact Val Ridding if you need a partner for Tuesdays (see below for details)
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| West of England Champions! |
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Many Congratulations to Steve Clifton and David Clarke, members of the Cornwall ‘C’ Team that won the West of England County Championships 2025.
They won all seven of their matches , against Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Avon, Wiltshire, East Wales and Herefordshire.
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| Members’ Breakfast at the Weir |
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All Club members are invited to meet for a chat in a sociable setting.
Do come and join us on the first Wednesday every month from 10 am at the Weir.
Join us for breakfast or just a coffee. Share your ideas about events and Club organisation.
The next open breakfast meeting will be on Wednesday, May 7th @ 10 am.
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| April Problem of the Month |
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You are in 6 Spades.
On the lead of the 3 of Hearts, how many finesses do you need to take to make your contract?
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After South's One Spade, North's 2 NT is Jacoby, agreeing Spades and forcing to game.
South's 3 Diamonds is a cue-bid, showing first round control in Diamonds and denying the Ace of Clubs.
4 No Trumps is RKCB (Roman Key Card Blackwood), 5 Hearts showing 2 Key Cards without the Queen of Trumps.
The answer to the question 'How many finesses should you take?' is - none!
If you take any finesse, you will go off..
You take trick one with the Ace of Hearts, You lead the Queen of Spades and overtake with the Ace.
At trick 3, lead a Diamond to the King.
You now eliminate the red suits, ruffing a heart, cashing the Ace of Diamonds, ruffing a Diamond, ruffing the Queen of Hearst and ruffing a fourth Diamond.
At trick 9, you exit with another Spade.
West must either give you a 'ruff and discard', or lead a Club to your King - Jack.
Thanks to Andrew Robson for this puzzle. |
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| Interesting Hand of the Week |
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Two pairs bid the Small Slam on this hand, but how do you bid the Grand Slam?
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The bidding has shown South with 18 High Card Points and at least 2 Hearts.
If East/West had been really adventurous, they may may have reached 4 Spades (which only goes off 3 Doubled, for -500.....)
However, North can see 33 HCP combined, plus the Void in Spades, so they are always going to bid at least a Small Slam.
The simplest solution is for North to bid 4 NT, Roman Key Card Blackwood.
They receive the response of 5 Clubs (showing 3 of the Key Cards - Aces plus King of Trumps). Note that some Pairs will have an agreement where 5 Diamonds shows 3 of the Key Cards.
But how do they find out about the King of Clubs?
How about this.... after 3 Spades from West, North bids 4 Spades. This cannot be a 'true' bid, so is asking partner for more information.
South bids 5 Clubs , their lowest Ace, and North 5 Diamonds.
South bids 5 Hearts, showing their Ace.
North bids 5 Spades, showing their Void and South 6 Clubs, showing their King.
North can now safely bid 7 Hearts |
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