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Congratulations to Susan Humphries- Michael Whibley and Liz and Blair Fisher who won their sections in the Bobby Richman Open Pairs. Andrew Janisz and his Canadian partner, Mark Siegrist, came very close in Section C while Matthew Brown was the highest finishing Kiwi in the overall event finishing 5^th in Section A with his Australian partner, Andrew Spooner.

Meanwhile, in Restricted Final A, Pam Whitehead and Stuart Grant scored an excellent 62% in the third round which brought them up to 2^nd overall, an excellent result. Young Kiwi player, William Han, came within one board of winning the Novice event after he and his partner had led for much of the competition. They had to make do with second. Here are the Kiwis in the top 10:

Weekend Match Point Swiss Pairs

2nd	Alister Stuck – Andrew Tarbutt	133.72
9th	Michael Pemberton – Chris Ackerley	114.81
10th	Greg Buzzard – Harry Shepherd	113.37

 

Bobby Richman Open Pairs Final A                                  Final B

5th	Matthew Brown – Andrew Spooner	162.46		3rd	Jan Cormack- Kathryn Yule	164.19
9th	GeO Tislevoll-Terjie Lie	160.81		4th	Barry Jones- Jenny Millington	106.84
10th	Michael Ware – Nick Jacob	158.96

 

Final C                                                                       Final D

2nd	Mark Siegrist- Andrew Janisz	111.19		1st	Susan Humphries – Michael Whibley	181.01
				2nd	Sam and Jo Simpson	170.66
				4th	Pat Carter- Julie Atkinson	166.41
				5th	Wayne Burrows- Peter Hall	159.45

 

Final E                                                                               Final G

10th	Fuxia Wen- Ian Berrington	150.47		2nd	Anisia Shami – Owen Camp	165.83
				3rd	Brian Cleaver – Debbie McLeod	165.20
				10th	Judith Roose-Driver- Johan Roose	158.13

Final F nil

Final H                                                                       Final I

1st	Liz and Blair Fisher	129.63		5th	Susan Laurenson- Jenny Delany	159.26
9th	Hayden Seal - Jan Davis	145.73		7th	Bruce Anderson- Kathryn Tennant	155.29
10th	Lorraine Inglis - Judy Plimmer	143.99

 

Intermediate Final A

7th	Carol Joseph - Richard Stuart	159.98

Intermediate Final C

3^rd             Ann Deaker- Anne Simpson   164.64

5th	Lyn Mould – Erica Tie	160.33
10th	Gail Tippett - Paul Maxwell	158.24

 

Restricted Final A

2nd	Pam Whitehead - Stuart Grant	167.81
8th	Nick Edginton- Rhonda Graham	156.98
10th	Alan Mace - Hattie Curtis	152.85

Restricted Final B

6^th     Anna Chappell – Marilyn Kennedy     160.09

Restricted Final D

4th Denise Mayhew - Dave Garrett 167.17 5th Robyn Findlay - Jan Stupples 165.61 6th Sam Gurney- Caroline Caseley 163.81

Restricted Final F

6th	Margaret Wilson - Angela Signal	154.26
7th	Peter Daffurn - Laurie Belfield	153.89
9th	Patricia Murphy- Bee Campbell	152.22

Novice Pairs Final A

2nd           Sebastian Langdon McMillan- William Han  173.65

MONDAY BUTLER SWISS PAIRS (73 tables)

North-South

9th	Claire and Noel Woodhall	72.91
13th	Margaret and Harold Orsborn	71.08
15th	Linda Cartner- Jonathon Westoby	70.53

East-West

16th	Alister Stuck- Andrew Tarbutt	71.23
17th	Annette and Stephen Henry	70.66
19th	David Spencer - Trevor Robb	69.21

 

Just one hand today, one to reinforce the well-known saying that “the 5 level belongs to the opposition."

 

In the above auction, East has a nice 2-suited hand but how nice opposite what could be a very weak dummy? Playing Teams, it is often correct to just take the plus no matter how small it is while in Pairs, +300 would not be a great score if 5 was making.

Yet, is it? It will sometimes but with a likely loser in each minor, the chances of 11 tricks in spades are not great…unless West is stronger. That then brings us to another saying: “the player in your partnership who bids to game should be the one making the final decision unless their partner has anything special about their hand”. 5-5 in the majors is good but not great. West will need aces to make 5 and with one or two will double 5.

So, leave the decision to partner..and this time partner will pass. +50 will not be a great score as inevitably in the field, some will play 4 which is unbeatable. With those heart honours, East might double increasing the penalty to 100 though on some days, that will convert -400 to -550!

Such decisions are not easy and freak hands test our belief in these guidelines. Here, the saying about “the 5 level belonging to the opposition” is certainly true.

Tuesday is the start of the Teams events…and the sun is once again shining!

Richard Solomon

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