Seven tables. Winners were Jim and Irene, runners up Stephen and Colin , 3rd spot going to Mairin and Sandra. A very well done them.

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Board ten gave west an awkward problem after partner opened 1♦ and there was a 1♥ over call. The nice club suit tempted a few and they responded 2♣, not unreasonable, you can give yourself a length point or two. Anyway a couple of the easts with nineteen points had no problem with the heart stop rebid 3NT and after a heart lead there were lots of tricks when clubs broke 2-2.

Meanwhile two wests replied 1NT. This action is flawed because the overriding rule is that in a competitive auction you must have a stop in the opponents suit. As you might expect this did not have a happy ending because now a heart lead against 3NT was through the ♥K and the defence took the first five tricks.

Still those in 3NT by east had an opportunity to shine. See how if you play the ♣5 from hand the suit gets blocked and although dummy's clubs are high you get stuck in hand unable to enjoy the winners on the table. Sadly nobody found the unblocking play of ♣9♣8 underneath ♣A♣K to enjoy the three overtricks available. This helped the two pairs in 5♣ who had an easier time for their eleven tricks to join the five way split tie of +600

Board 18 looked like a hand that might have escaped from last weeks April fools day Goulash, when south picked up a Jack high nine card suit and east opened a weak two in hearts

In the illustrated auction, Mairine overcalled Colins 2♥ with a sensible 4♠ and Stephen did well to compete to the five level in hearts. Sandra too judged accurately and despite only holding ♦A, the singleton in partners suit offered potential ruffing values, so doubled 5♥ to end the auction.

Meanwhile Mairine lead her singleton ♦6, despite potentially ruffing with the ace of trumps. Actually this can work well on some lie of the cards and promote a trump in partners hand. Sandra took her ♦A, and fired back her own singleton ♠7 Colin won, played a trump which south took with ♥A. Mairine cashed ♣A to ensure 5♥ was defeated and then lead a second spade. Colin was up to the task and ruffed with ♥J. See how if he casually discards on his ♠A Sandra can ruff for an additional trick. So 5♥ was only one light for +100 to N/S, not much consolation when the rest of the field were enjoying their ten tricks in a vulnerable 4♠ . That was zero match points for Sandra and Mairine ,still despite this set back they persevered to take third place . 

A good twenty one entries this week, winners were Sarah and Marina with Karen C and John R the best No fears pair, very well done them .

Board twelve was one that separated the active from the passive. Our auction below fell into the the latter when both of us underbid and ended up in a rather insipid 2♥  which was generously allocated a single star.

Meanwhile the winners, Marina made a weak jump overcall in hearts. I like  this action at game all, the seven hearts with great intermediates and a void offer a measure of safety while the very few points mean the opponents are more likely to have something their way. No problem for Sarah she had ''the coconuts'', the perfect cards and an easy raise to 4♥ for all three stars, nicely bid