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New Zealand Youth on Real Bridge
NZ in Under 26 RealBridge International Competition
Last Sunday night, 4 young gentlemen; Thomas Freeman-Greene, Hamish Jelleyman, Galen McGinlay (our South Island rep.) and Alex Shan embarked on their first international assignment in a fun event organised by the people at RealBridge. They can all hold their heads high after a gruelling 30 boards that kept them up to almost midnight, particularly tough with some on the team still at Intermediate.
After a promising mid-table showing in the opening rounds, the more wide-awake opposition from Thailand and Europe got the better of our lads. One of the bright spots in R1 versus Norway was Hamish's forcing bid of 3
on this hand helping Alex find game while the opponents stopped in 3
at the other table.
Alex at play
They are looking forward to the next chance to redeem themselves in hopefully a more friendly time of day.
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South |
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Hamish Jelleyman |
Alex Shan |
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Pass |
1 ♠ |
Pass |
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2 ♥ |
Pass |
2 ♠ |
Pass |
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3 ♣ |
Pass |
3 NT |
All pass |
Rather strangely, perhaps because of Alex’ first bid, South led the 
9. North won and switched to a club. Alex did not find the Q but had a comfortable 9 tricks anyway. (6 hearts, 2 clubs and A). Meanwhile, at the other table, West made lots of overtricks in hearts but the contract was only 3, 5 useful imps to the Kiwis.
Thanks to Paul Coleman for the above report.
Other Youth Activity This Weekend and coming up very soon.
See the next posting on this site. https://www.nzbridge.co.nz/blog/8567/Other-Youth-(and-Novice)-Bridge-Activity-this-weekend...and-soon-after.
Richard Solomon
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