Board 1. We went down one at 1NT. Despite the negative result, we scored two points out of the possible three.
Board 2. Our opponents bid 3D, making 4. We tied with two others for top board, as one opponent pair, John & Jo, bid and made 3NT.
Our two points gave us six for the round vs. Ann & Nancy.
Board 4. They bid 2S, making 4. Our -170 tied for top board, as two of the other N-S pairs got the bid and went down for -200.
Board 5. We set 3NT by two. I led from my 6-card heart suit, with Ron taking his Ace. He led back a heart, knocking out Ed's only stopper. This left me with four good hearts, but only the Queen of diamonds available to get back in, which I did on the 9th trick. I then took the last four tricks with my good hearts. This hand was noteworthy in that both sides bid and made a game! Kudos to Arlene & Mike for bidding and making a game as N-S, and to James & Clarence for doing so as E-W.
Board 6. This was a memorable hand. Ron opened 1D and I had six diamonds headed by the Ace, plus a powerful hand. Slam was definitely worth exploring, and I couldn't think of anything to do but go right to 4NT. When Ron bid 2H telling me we had all the Aces, I wanted to bid 5NT asking for Kings, but then I realized to my chagrin that his response probably would take us past 6D, preventing us from stopping at the small slam. So, I went right to 6D. When we took all the tricks, I feared that we had bottom board. However, the results show that nobody bid the grand slam, so we tied with two others for top board. The 4th pair made 7NT but did not bid a slam! It seems there should have been some way to get to the garnd slam, but nobody has come up with how it could have been accomplished.
We had a good round vs. Ed & Linda, scoring 6.5 pts.
Board 10. We played 2H and made 5, tying for bottom board. Only one pair, Jo & John, bid the game.
Board 11. They played 2NT and made 3. This gave us top board, as everyone else but Dennis & Brent bid and made the game.
Board 12. We set 5C by one. One N-S pair stopped at 4 for top board. Two N-S pairs competed and scored a part score in a major suit.
We scored 4.5 points for the round vs. Dennis & Brent.
Board 13. They played 3Nt and made 6 against our poor defense. (Or, it coud have been Jim & Kathleen's brilliant play, who knows?) Ed & Linda, who were having a horrible day, failed to bid the game and so were bottom board among the N-S players, while we were bottom board of the E-W pairs.
Board 14. We went down at our overly-ambitious 3NT contract for bottom board. The other boards stopped short of game.
Board 15. They played 3NT and made 4. Same with two other boards.
We totalled one point for the round vs. Jim & Kathleen.
Board 16. We played 2H and made 3. Same with one other board, while two pairs bid and made the game.
Board 17. We went down one at 3C. One pair bid and made a major suit game, while another went down 2, so we were right in the middle.
Board 18. THey set our 3H by one, giving us bottom top board.
We socred a paltry 2 points. vs. Bob & Karen.
Boatrd 19. They bid and made 5H. One pair made 6, and one only 4, so were right right in the middle.
Board 20. We played and made 2S, the only E-W pair to get the contract. Two points for us.
Board 21. They played 4H, making 5.
We scored 3.5 for the round vs. Jo & John, the top team.
Board 22. Arlene & Mike got overly ambitious with a 3NT bid. I doubled and we set them by 3, for 800 pts. Even without the double we would have had top board.
Board 23. They bid and made 3NT, but we got top board as the others made either 4 or 5!
Board 24. We bid and made 2NT, for one point.
Total vs. Mike & Arlene was 7 pts.
Board 25. They played and made 4S, while the contract was set at two other tables.
Board 26. They played and made 2H. Two pairs went down, while one made 2.
Board 27. They played 2NT, making 3. We were right in the middle.
We scored 3 pts. vs. James & Clarence.
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