BRIDGE SCORES 30-10-26


N/S PAIRS       PTS     %

1ST DIANE & ALAN (1)     39.5 54.86

2ND NESS & ROB (5) 39     54.17

3RD PEGGY & JOHN (3) 36.5 50.69

4TH AUDREY & VALERIE (2) 34.5 47.92

5th DAVE & JOHN (4)     30.5 42.36


E/W PAIRS

1ST SUE & GRANVILLE (5) 37.5 62.50

2ND BOB & PHIL (3) 35.5 59.17

3RD VAL & GRAHAM (4) 30 5 50.83

4TH DAVE & ROY (2) 30     50.00

5TH JACKIE & JOHN (1) 25.5 42.50

6TH APRIL & STEVE (6) 21     35.00


THIS WEEK THERE WERE 5 ½ TABLES WITH E/W SITTING OUT ON TABLE 6. THERE WERE 18 BOARDS IN PLAY, AND N/S PAIRS PLAYED THEM ALL. E/W PAIRS PLAYED 15 BOARDS IN VARIOUS COMBINATIONS. WITH A TOP ON THE TRAVELLER GIVING 4 POINTS. N/S PAIRS PLAYED FOR A MAXIMUM OF 72 POINTS (18 x 4), AND E/W FOR A MAXIMUM OF 60 POINTS (15 x 4). THIS EXPLAINS WHY THE N/S TOP OF 39.5 GAVE AN AVERAGE OF 54.68%, AND THE E/W TOP OF 37.5 GAVE 62.50%.

LOOKING AT THE BIDS MADE THIS WEEK, THERE WERE (QUITE UNUSUALLY) A LOT OF BOARDS WHICH HAD VERY SIMILAR BIDS, AND THE SCORING WAS DECIDED BY AN OVERTRICK OR A DEFENSIVE TRICK. AN EXAMPLE WAS BOARD 2 WHERE 4 E/W PAIRS WERE IN 4H, ONE OF WHICH WENT 2 DOWN, THE OTHER 3 WENT 1 DOWN. THE FIFTH E/W PAIR GAINED A TOP WITH 3H MAKING. 

IT WAS A SIMILAR PATTERN ON BOARD 6 WHERE EVERY SOUTH DECLARED 4H EXCEPT FOR PAIR 5. THEY DECLARED 3H, AND MADE 11 FOR A BOTTOM. N/S1 JUST MADE, WHILE THE OTHERS ALL MADE PLUS 1. BOARDS 7, 8, 10 AND 11 FOLLOWED A SIMILAR PATTERN. I THOUGHT IT WORTHY OF A MENTION, AS THE BIDDING USUALLY FORMS QUITE A NOTABLE “SCATTER PATTERN”.

ALSO, THE N/S SCORES WERE VERY CLOSE. THE SCORES FROM 39.5 POINTS TO 30.5 POINTS ARE THE FIRST TIME I CAN REMEMBER THEM BEING IN THE SAME RANGE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS. 

 

GRANVILLE