A great last qualifying day for a young team of mixed Australian/ New Zealand players saw Bouton climb up to 4^th in the Open where the top 6 teams qualify. The team includes Dunedin’s Vicky Bouton and Brad Johnston and ex Wellingtonian Fraser Rew.

In the Restricted section, the Royle Epsom team of Kinga Hajmasi, Andrew Michl, Barry and Jody Whale stayed on top of the ladder and finished 1^st qualifying for the final. The top Kiwi results were

 (Kiwis in bold)

Open (226 teams)

4. Bouton	Vicky Bouton, Stephen Williams, Fraser Rew,Jessica Brake, Brad Johnston	160.61
11. Ware	Michael Ware, GeO Tislevoll, Matthew Brown, Pete Hollands, Andrew Mill, Tony Nunn	155.33
12. Davies	Kate Davies, John Patterson, Murat Genc, Wayne Burrows	154.22
17. Jacob	Tom, Steph, Nick and Ella Jacob Stephen and Annette Henry	151.95
19. Badley	Duncan Badley, Paula Boughey, Alister Stuck, Andrew Tarbutt	149.30
28. Cartner	Linda Cartner, Jonathan Westoby, Fuxia Wen, Ian Berrington	143.09

Seniors (36 teams)

6. Guy	Lindsay Guy, Steve Gray, Robyn Freeman- Greene, Dale Lacey	137.93
8. Palmer	Barry and Glenis Palmer, Neil Stuckey, Christine Wilson	135.45
18. Oyston	Pat and Martin Oyston, Lyn Hall, Anita Thirtle	122.53
22. Woodhall	Noel Woodhall, Andrew Janisz, Elli Urbach, Ferenc Budai	120.07

 

Intermediate (86 teams)

1. Hajmasi	Kinga Hajmasi, Andrew Michl, Jody and Barry Whale	165.66
6. Humphrey	Bill Humphrey, Paul Carson Wenmoth, Anna Chappell, Marilyn Kennedy	151.45
17. Snelling	Derek Snelling, Sally-Ann Murphy, Alison and John Ruddell	137.20
13. Deaker	Ann Deaker, Marilyn Copland, Erica Tie, Lyn Mould	137.15

Restricted (88 teams)

3. Kalma	Anna Kalma, Rochelle Van Heuven,Charlotte Jager, Tim Rigter	153.05
5. Bowers	Nicky Bowers, Joy Watkinson, Dave Garrett, Richard Stuart	151.56
8. Bannister	Jane O’Brien, Chris Hagen, Ian Bannister, Fran Martin	145.25
10. Chatterton	Dawn Simpson, Jeanette Chatterton, Suzette McIlroy, Junette McIntyre	143.94

 

“Sub Moysian” Day

Do you enjoy playing 4-3 trump fits? They can be neat contracts, less so when you encounter a 5-1 trump break! How do you fancy a 3-3 trump fit at the 4 level? They can be OK too, as long as trumps break 4-3. Kris Wooles had the pleasure in this event:

 

3 was explained as a limit raise which put Kris off defending 3x (+800). Instead, after bidding and then being forced to rebid his three card heart suit, he received a club lead in 4. He won, ruffed a club in dummy and drew trumps as best he could (three rounds). North won the third round and switched to a spade, ducked to the king. Kris won the spade return and with a second unavoidable trump loser to come, had to find the Q to make his contract. He realised North did not have their bid and finessed correctly for a hard-earned +420, limiting the loss to just one imp as the more normal 3NT contract in the other room scored two overtricks. Relief though no adjusted score as North’s action was an adventurous bid and Kris had been given the correct system explanation.

Pre-empting to the” max”

Contrast the auctions at two tables in one match from Round 7.

 

Space is what North-South need on this board and in the above auction, that is just what Fuxia Wen and Ian Berrington were allowed to have. Ian’s pass of 4 allowed his partner to jump to game. He did well to raise to slam on the basis of his void club. Contrast that with:

            West              North              East                South

            Jonathan                               Linda
           Westoby                               Cartner

                                                                                    1

            3                   3                  5                   Pass

            Pass                x                      All Pass

With 1 a possible 4 card suit, North decided to take the money. This wrong decision got even worse when after a high heart start, North switched to a diamond. +200 did not sit well with -920 at the other table…. a 12 imp gain for  Cartner arising from aggressive pre-emption at just one table.

For the majority, it is back to Swiss Pairs on Friday while the top six in the Open and top two in the other categories fight it out to find a winner. We wish the Bouton and Hajmasi teams well.

Richard Solomon

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