It is with great sadness to announce the passing of long standing member John Molloy.

John had a long career in the Diplomatic Service in Asia mainly in Singapore where he learned to play bridge.

When he retired to Doncaster he came to lessons at the club to refresh and learn the difference between contract and rubber.

He was a true gentleman and lovely to play with, His mantra was never have to say sorry or have a post mortem after each board. Even in the last 6 months when he really struggled with his breathing he never wanted to stop coming to the club to play Bridge.

He used to play golf  and loved watching sport and was a supporter of doncaster's  ladies and men's football and rugby teams.

At home he would often watch 4 different sports at once on 2 tv screens phone and computer.

6 months ago he travelled alone to Canada to visit his family which surprised everyone including his son and Family.

He was a very independent man and will  sorely missed be the club especially by the Friday night session members.

The funeral will be Family only when they come over from Canada later this Month.

The annual Friendly match between Doncaster and Retford took place on Sunday 23rd August. There where 16 players in each side playing 24 boards.

After 12 boards a break for tea and cakes was taken. Scoring was made after each session of 3 boards and it was a very tight match until the last  round which Doncaster won with a 44 imp swing for a 16-4 victory avenging last years win by Retford.

A big thanks to Geoff Kenyon who Directed the event and all competitors for making it a nice Friendly  Sunday Afternoon of bridge and cakes.

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This was Board 26 with East declaring a 4 Heart contract. South led the Club 3 and North won the Ace and Queen of Clubs continuing with the singleton 2 of Diamonds.

Declarer has to play the trump suit for the loss of only one trick (to the Ace). A small Heart is led and the Heart 10 is inserted. This works as the only card to beat the 10 is the Ace. The Queen is picked up by another small Heart lead from the East hand and all is well.

The hand record reported that only 9 tricks were available to East in a contract of 4 Hearts. Can you solve this problem and describe the defence which beats the contract?