The Petersfield B team of Tim Smith, Tony Truluck, Steve Scott, Simon M Taylor, Mike Fithyan & Stuart Burnett played a Young Chelsea Team in the semi final of the Nicko Plate.

 They were +20 after 8 boards; +25 after 16 , had a bad third set so were 6 down after 24. and only won the last set by 5 to lose 68-69!

Very frustrating because after 31 boards it was 68-68. On the last board Stuart made 3NT but didn't make the overtrick. Then Tony & Tim defended the same contract - played that way round meant Tim had the opportunity to get it down - which he missed. Then Tony missed the chance of holding it to 3NT so they got an overtrick and they lost one imp and the match!!

Hard lines.

Congratulations to Gabriel, James Bond, Mike K and Phil Mitchell on coming 16th in the EBU Summer meeting Brighton Bowl teams.

Now you may think that 16th is not worth reporting BUT when you consider that there were 66 teams and the NGS rating was 60.12% (wow), it is an achievement, so well done.