We are sad to announce that Victor Silverstone died on 13 November and send our condolences to his family and friends.

Victor represented Great Britain at the 1969 European Championships in Oslo, Norway with partner Willie Coyle and teammates Louis Tarlo, Claude Rodrigue, Sam Leckie, Victor Goldberg and NPC Tony Priday, finishing 9th.
He played again in 1973 in Ostend, Belgium again partnering Willie Coyle with teammates Tony Priday, Claude Rodrigue, Rob Sheehan, Irving Rose and NPC Louis Tarlo, finishing 8th.
He finished 29th out of 158 in the World Pairs in Stockholm, Sweden with Willie Coyle.
In 1981 he was part of the victorious GB team which won the Common Market (European Union) Championship his partner being Chris Dixon and teammates Tony Forrester, Roman Smolski, Gus Calderwood and Brian Mervis.
In 2012 he was part of the Scottish Senior team which won a bronze medal at the European Championships. His teammates were Willie Coyle, Derek Diamond, John Matheson, John Murdoch and Ian Sime. That team went on to Bali and finished 5th in the Senior Bowl.
Victor made his debut for Scotland in the Camrose (Home International Championship) on 20th November 1965 against Wales, partnering Willie Coyle and winning 12-6. His last appearance for Scotland was on 18th March 1989 also against Wales, winning 59-28 completing a 23-2-13 record.
Victor then went on the represent England on 6th January 2001 in a thrilling 45 all draw against Scotland.
Victor won the Gold Cup in 1969 when S Leckie, V Goldberg, W Coyle, V A Silverstone, T N Culbertson, H W Kelsey beat R A Priday, N Gardener, Dr M Rockfelt, J Sharples, R Sharples, 124-108. He won again in 1973 and 1985 and was runner up 1972, 1982 and 2000.
The Hubert Phillips Bowl was won in 1989 with Janice Phillips, Geoffrey Breskal, Gus Calderwood and Dick Shek and the same team were runners up two years previously.
Victor won the Lederer in 1977, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1995, 1997 and 2013.
He won the Four Stars in 1981 partnering Chris Dixon and with T N Culbertson and I G Thomson as teammates and the Two Stars in 2001 partnering Lynton Stock.
Tollemache success was achieved with Middlesex in 1978, 1994, 2000, 2010 and 2015.
Stoney won the Middlesex Cup on eight occasions and the Middlesex Pairs in 2010.

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With thanks to Harold Schogger.

Do you have children, grandchildren or other young relatives of school age? An exciting new project has been launched to bring the many benefits of learning to play bridge to children in schools in London and surrounding areas, as part of a wider initiative in the UK and Ireland. New Tricks, a UK registered charity (www.newtricksschools.org), is part of a drive to enable the teaching of minibridge in primary schools.

If you would like your young relatives and their friends to benefit from this project via their school, please make contact with Sue Johnson via the New Tricks website (link above) or by email: sue@newtricksschools.org.  The charity will provide you with details to send to the school or they will make the approach directly if you provide a point of contact.

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Undos are allowed in the bidding only. Undos will not be allowed during the play. To avoid misclicks, go to settings, then toggle confirm cards. This will then mean that you will need to click the card twice and so avoid playing the wrong card. This advice is in line with EBU and MCBA guidlines. To avoid bidding errors you can also toggle Confirm bids.