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The final 4 matches of the Open Teams at the Gold Coast saw a number of Kiwis make the top 6 and the play-off stage. Thomson in second place contains Tom Jacob, Brian Mace, Hugh McGann and Michael Ware while in 3^rd place were Ashley Bach, Johnny Davidson, Leon Meier and GeO Tislevoll. In the 6^th place Ziggy team were Matt Brown and ex-Kiwis James Coutts and Liam Milne.

Today’s hand features a really tough slam played and made by Tom Jacob. How would you play the hand as West in 6 on the lead of 3 from North?

 

Naturally, if you touch trumps, the news is very bad and in fact, the contract cannot be made. However, Tom won with dummy’s A and cashed two high clubs discarding two spades and then played K and a diamond to his king. These were the four hands:

 

He then ruffed a diamond in dummy and ruffed a club with the A. These cards remained:

Tom now claimed four tricks on a cross-ruff. Very well played.

Annette and Stephen Henry were in the 13^th finishing team and Geeske Joel in the team two places lower.

Under 1500 mps
The highest placed Kiwis in this 42 team event were 14^th placed Sally Ann Murphy, Derek Snelling, Donna Upchurch and Nebojsa Djorovic.

There were no top 20 finishes by Kiwis in the Intermediate competition.
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In 4^th place were Peter Daffurn, Victor Kooter, Joy Williams and Guy Kalma and other high-finishing Kiwis were:

5^th       Sue Skarupsky, Sue Hunt, Marilyn Kennedy, Anna Chappell
10^th     Jan Lenton, Daryl Dowthwaite, Deborah Matthews, Lizzy Hornsey
12^th     Barbara Imlach, Annette Martin, Derek Bartosh, Jan Bennett  

                              Kiwi "Hatters"                                                                    "Mr Balloon Man"
   Hat Tricks

     
Winners of the "Mad Hatters" parade were the Te Aroha "Hat Tricks", Tim Rigter, Charlotte and Tyrel Glass and Rochelle Van Heuven. Another colourful contribution came from Andrew Michl, Peter Ramsey, Kinga Hajmasi and Candice Smith while in 3rd place was Wayne "Mr Balloon Man" Burrows. 

The remaining two days see the Teams finals and Swiss Pairs events.
Richard Solomon

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