By Valerie Rhead
EVEN EXPERT PLAYERS MAKE MISTAKES
Everyone makes mistakes at bridge—even the experts. Over Thanksgiving, my favorite partner and I were playing a few sessions at the Ottawa Regional Tournament. In one round, our male opponent looked familiar but I couldn’t place him. Perhaps we’d played against him in another tournament.
They handily won the first hand. The second hand was a different story. It was apparent that something had gone wrong. We put them down four tricks. The discussion that ensued showed that there had been a bidding error. They hadn’t played together for a while. The woman partner had forgotten that they used a certain convention. They both laughed good naturedly about it. The woman turned to us and said, “Well, you can tell your friends that you put Jerry Helms down four tricks.” That rang a bell. Jerry is one of the experts who writes regularly for the “Bridge Bulletin”, the monthly magazine that goes out to the 160,000 bridge players that are members of the American Contract Bridge League. No wonder he looked familiar. His picture is in the magazine every month. He had been hired by the Ottawa tournament to give players a bridge lesson each day between sessions.
So mistakes can happen to everyone. We just hope that as we play more bridge, the number of errors we make goes down. But as this story shows, even the experts can mess up. We attended Jerry’s lesson the next day and found it very interesting.
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ON THE TOURNAMENT TRAIL: Silver Points, Barrie, One Day Sunday Swiss Team Event Nov 1, 2015 saw Gail Lederer, Nancy Barber, Carol Anne Robinson and Pat Beecham earn points for their efforts.
HUNTSVILLE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB
Games for the Huntsville Club are Tuesday evening 7:15, Trinity United Church 33 Main Street. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early. Call Betty 705-789-2560 [email protected] or Susan at 705-789-7156 [email protected] for information and partnerships. For the winter, the game is now held downstairs in the warm basement. To avoid the long stairs, enter from the door on Main Street. Circle your calendar for the Christmas Party Dec 8, 4:30 at Tall Trees, game back at Trinity.
The following results are for Tuesday, Nov 3 with 7 tables playing a Howell movement. 1. Betty Fagin and Brian Brocklehurst; 2. Liz Barnes and Rod Dixon; 3. Chris Karn and Vern Foell; 4/6. Ann Cassie and Bruce Cassie; 4/6. Jim Smith and Ralph Mitchell; 4/6. Beryl Clayson and Paul Clayson
MUSKOKA DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB (Bracebridge)
Games at the Bracebridge Club are at the Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Taylor Road 7pm Monday evenings. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before game time. For information/partnerships, call Brian at 705-645-5340 [email protected]
Circle your calendar for the Winter Party Nov 30 5:00 for 5:30 Curling Club, game back at Knox.
The following results are for Monday, Nov 2 with 9 tables playing a Mitchell movement. North-South 1. Mary Luke and Donna McIntosh; 2. Mary Hogarth and Albert Eatock; 3. Bev Parlett and Vern Foel; 4. Kel Andresen and Jim Smith; 5. Betty Fagin and Brian Brocklehurst; East-West 1. Liz Barnes and David Bryce; 2. Val Rhead and Peter Rhead; 3/4. Art Insley and Don Evans; 3/4. Betty Rintoul and Bev Howard; 5. Laura Hawthorn and Myrna Rosemeyer
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