Duplicate bridge results and tip: A new product for reducing stress

By Val Rhead

On previous occasions, I have remarked that a person who plays both golf and bridge is a masochist. Bridge is a partnership game and sometimes there can be a level of stress. Well, the pharmaceutical industry is always looking for new products and it has come up with a bottle of over-the-counter pills that reduces your stress at the bridge table. The bottle contains assorted red, white and blue pills. The directions read as follows:

When partner, holding three card support and six points, fails to support your opening “One Heart” bid and you miss game, take one red pill.

When partner, holding six Spades and zero points, fails to get you to a Spade contract after your One No Trump opening and you go down a bundle, take one white pill.

When partner forgets to complete your “Transfer” bid and leaves you to play Two Hearts with a four card Heart fit, take one blue pill.

When partner bids “PASS” after your “take out double” and the opponents make a huge score, take one pill of each colour.

When partner bids “PASS” after your strong “Two Club” opening, swallow the entire bottle – you need major refurbishment.

For availability and the list of side effects, ask your pharmacist about the new red, white and blue bottle of “Game Stress Pills” on April 1^st.

If you wish to promote an activity in your bridge group or ask a bridge question, send the information to [email protected] and I will include it in this column.

CFUW MUSKOKA BRIDGE FOR BURSARIES FUNDRAISER
SPRING LUNCH AND BRIDGE/CARD/SCRABBLE PARTY, ALL WELCOME
12 NOON FOR LUNCH Friday, April 21, 2017 $25 per person
Gravenhurst Senior’s Centre 480 First Street North

A great opportunity to enjoy companionship while supporting young women in Muskoka to go to college and university. Arrange your foursome and bring the supplies for your table. To register, please provide names to: Mary 705-646-8881 [email protected]

HUNTSVILLE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB

Games at the Huntsville Club have returned to the Summer schedule Tuesday 7:15 start, Trinity United Church 33 Main Street. Please arrive 15 minutes before game time. For partners and information call Susan Marshall 705 787-5454 or email [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE: For the rest of the winter, the game will continue downstairs in the warm basement. To avoid the long stairs, you also may enter from the door on Main Street.

The following winners are for Tuesday, Mar 28 with 10 pairs playing a Howell movement. 1. Liz Graham and Dorothy Russell; 2. Chris Karn and Vern Foell; 3. Liz Barnes and Rod Dixon; 4. Beryl Clayson and Paul Clayson; 5. Jim Smith and Ralph Mitchell

MUSKOKA DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB (Bracebridge)

Games for the Bracebridge Club are Mondays 7pm, Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Taylor Road. Please arrive 15 minutes before game time. For information or partnerships, call Brian at 705-645-5340 [email protected]

The following winners are from Monday, Mar 27 with 12 pairs playing a Howell movement. 1. Mary Luke and Donna McIntosh; 2. Kel Andresen and Jim Smith; 3. Bev Parlett and Vern Foell; 4. Lyn Walisser and Don Evans; 5. Gail Lederer and Hazel Bowes; 6. Liz Barnes and David Bryce

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