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We came sixth in the Womens' Butler. Seriously! We lost to Schroor and Kaplan, who came first, we lost more to Driscoll & Greenfield, who came ninth, we lost by a little to Bashar & Moses (first) and Chadwick & Sharp (eighth), and lost by one to Weal & Yule (third) and had a wonderfully fun match against Lusk & Tully (draw, fifth). Actually, the match vs Weal & Yule was a riot - Weal & Yule are from New Zealand and were looking forward to holding up the bar as soon as the last board was finished and being confortably ensconced with decent red wine (or beer) by the time the scores came out.
Pairs was OK. Grumpy grumpy players oh no. Strange strange bridge oooh yeah. One thing I have to say is: if your opposition are playing funky att/count/att depending on the choice of lead, don't ask them what the lead means. Second board after sitting down this afternoon, we were not in the sensible contract of 3NT, instead being in our 4/3 heart fit, making because the trumps split 3/3 and LHO believed RHOs' signals and failed to cash before I pitched it. According to deep finesse, I should make anyway on this deal, but I fear that the clubs do not split 3/3 and so I wouldn't get a club ruff. Instead (poor south!) he lead a club when he could have cashed - into my AKJxx, so I didn't need to ruff them at all.
Pairs was OK. Grumpy grumpy players oh no. Strange strange bridge oooh yeah. One thing I have to say is: if your opposition are playing funky att/count/att depending on the choice of lead, don't ask them what the lead means. Second board after sitting down this afternoon, we were not in the sensible contract of 3NT, instead being in our 4/3 heart fit, making because the trumps split 3/3 and LHO believed RHOs' signals and failed to cash before I pitched it. According to deep finesse, I should make anyway on this deal, but I fear that the clubs do not split 3/3 and so I wouldn't get a club ruff. Instead (poor south!) he lead a club when he could have cashed - into my AKJxx, so I didn't need to ruff them at all.
