An exciting Board  from Monday Night 

Board 3

Lets look at a possible auction 

1 3H Normal preempt with 7 card suit  
2 3S A light overcall at unfavourable colours but you need to take a chance sometimes.    
3 4H North makes a poker bid of 4H – she is not quitting 
4 5H East is hoping for slam. 
5 5S West is minimum 
6 6H North has her bid  
7 6S East could  x but it feels wrong so bids 6S- bid 1 more with a void in opps suit- TIP 
8 X  North has bid enough and doubles  

What would you lead ? 

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If you intend to use the Standby system please arrive at the club a minimum of 15 minutes before the start of the tournament. 

Word had spread and over 50 people attended this second seminar presented by Barnet Shenkin. 
Once again Barnet regaled us with hilarious stories about the great characters of Bridge, whilst using some of the hands they had played in memorable championships, to show us how these icons found the awe inspiring leads and how they worked out how to get there.  However we didn't need to despair because even these mythological creatures made costly mistakes leading to disaster! We were joined on this occasion by a number of our young players who hopefully were inspired by Barnet's accounts of tournaments he entered as a 14 year old. Not sure if they would even have known of some of the names of these founders of the modern game of Bridge, most of whom had died before our Junior members were born. But hopefully they will go away and look up "Culbertson" "Hammen" "Lightner" amongst others. The feedback has been excellent and we all went away with a "Bible" of tips to help us with our leads - providing our partners remember the same tips we do! 
see our Picture Gallery for more photos from the day 

Click on the links below to find out more.
13-14 June East District Carlton Congress
21st June (one day) Kelso Congress only a few places left
24-31st August CBC Festival of Bridge 
6-9th November Scottish National Congress
13-16th November Kelvin Bridge Congress
26-28 February 2027 Western Congress
1st-8th May 2027 Scottish Overseas Bridge Congress (Turkey)

Visitors are very welcome up to 6 visits a year. If you bring a visitor please

• Introduce them to the TD so they can ensure that the player's name is entered into the player data base. 
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• Thank you!

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