The third Saturday of the Northern Bridge League was played on Saturday, 17th September.
The Lincs teams were:
“A” team 1: Rodney Mitchell and Edward Harris, Ron Wall and Brian Smith
“A” team 2: Mark Wardell and Jackie Pfister, Kiat Huang and Aaron Hutton
“B” team 1: Roy Brixton and David Hall, Cos Corry and Chris Barnard
“B” team 2: Paul Yarwood and Andrew Tomlinson, Patricia Donaldson and Louise Lewis
We had a decent result! In the A division we won 3 (by small margins), drew one and lost one (by a small margin). That meant that in the league table for the day, we were above Scotland, Yorkshire, and Manchester. Not bad but using football style scoring (3/1/0 for win/draw/loss) would have placed us top. So, after 3 of 4 days, we are 4th out of 6 in the league. Assembling the B team was a problem due to holidays and dropouts. This resulted in some new pair combinations put together at the last minute. Despite this it was not a bad performance. There was a 14-6 win against Yorkshire, and we avoided the bottom slot in the day’s league results.
Full results are at:
A Div: https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoq/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20220917_3&club=adamwiseberg
B Div: https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoq/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20220917_1&club=adamwiseberg
It is worth looking at hand 29 (same in both leagues). The commonest contract was 6H going one off. There are several ways to make it is but not easy to work out the best way.
League tables are at: http://www.manchesterbridge.org.uk/NBL/r2022.html
Rodney
We played the second Saturday of the Northern Bridge League on the 20th of August. The “A” division added a team representing Scotland to the league. This was welcome as it made an even number of teams and avoided a long sit out. The Lincs team had no wins and just 1 draw, but all the matches were close and with a few less mistakes we could have won most of them. In the “B” division we had to call up a last-minute substitute, and grateful thanks go to Cathy Platt for stepping in. This did not help the fortunes of the team and Lincs remain in last place in the league. Thanks to all who took part, assembling teams to play on an August Saturday not easy and requires some dedication to county bridge in those taking part.
Results for Div A https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoq/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20220820_1&club=adamwiseberg
Results for Div B https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoq/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20220820_2&club=adamwiseberg
Rodney
The first Saturday of the Northern Bridge League was on the 9th July. The Lincolnshire teams involved were:
Lincs A Division
Rodney Mitchell and Edward Harris
Ron Wall and Brian Smith
Mark Wardell and Jackie Pfister
Kiat Huang and Andy Lewis
Lincs B Division
Roy Brixton and Margaret McLeod
Stuart Knox and Keiron Baron
Paul Yarwood and Rose Davey
Patricia Donaldson and Louise Lewis
The opposition A Division teams were Manchester, Yorkshire, Merseyside and Cheshire, and Lancashire.
The opposition B Division teams were - Manchester, Yorkshire, Merseyside and Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria, Westmorland and North East BA.
In the A Division, both Yorkshire and Manchester fielded very strong teams that included international players. The Lincs team did reasonably well with wins against Lancashire and Merseyside and the predicable (but not massive) defeats by Yorkshire and Manchester. We currently stand mid table in the league. The mood was very positive in the post-match discussions, and we identified several areas that could be improved. Full results at:
https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoq/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20220709_2&club=adamwiseberg
In the B Division, the Lincolnshire team had a hard time. We had planned to play in the C Division, but after a chaotic week caused by teams dropping out at the last minute, we agreed to play in the B Division to avoid long sit outs in both B and C divisions. Playing against strong opposition is always good for improving bridge skills. The team won their match against Cumbria and drew with North East BA. The second teams of Yorkshire and Manchester are stronger than a lot of counties first teams and are currently top of the table. Lincolnshire are at the foot of the table. Full results at:
https://www.bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwoq/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&event=20220709_3&club=adamwiseberg
Kibitzing is enabled on RealBridge for the matches and we had the odd viewer on Saturday. The link for all RealBridge kibitzing is: https://kibitz.realbridge.online/
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The third Saturday of the Northern Bridge League was played on Saturday, 17th September.
The Lincs teams were:
“A” team 1: Rodney Mitchell and Edward Harris, Ron Wall and Brian Smith
“A” team 2: Mark Wardell and Jackie Pfister, Kiat Huang and Aaron Hutton
“B” team 1: Roy Brixton and David Hall, Cos Corry and Chris Barnard
“B” team 2: Paul Yarwood and Andrew Tomlinson, Patricia Donaldson and Louise Lewis
We had a decent result! In the A division we won 3 (by small margins), drew one and lost one (by a small margin). That meant that in the league table for the day, we were above Scotland, Yorkshire, and Manchester. ..........
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