South African Bridge Federation
Congress 2016
Daily Bulletin #6
Thursday 19 May
Let’s Play the Pairs!
On behalf of the Executive
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WELCOME
Committee I wish you an
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enjoyable and successful Pairs’
Tournament in Hazyview.
Helen Kruger
President,
South African Bridge Federation
I would like to extend a warm
welcome to all those joining us in
Hazyview at Congress 2016 for the
Pairs’ Tournament. The Teams’
event has nearly run its course;
results can be found on pages 2
and 3 in this Bulletin.
The Hotel has arranged theme
evenings for our dinners and a
cafeteria style restaurant for those
who would like a light lunch.
To my executive and committee
many thanks for the long hours
planning and organizing this
congress; a very special thanks
goes to Roz Bernstein who once
again took on so many of the jobs
needed to ensure that all runs
smoothly.
Heidi Atkinson is both the
Tournament Organiser and our
Chief Tournament , along with Sid
Ismail, who just returned from a
Tournament Directors’ course held
in Prague. This year Peter Bircher
will be your scorer, and we also
have Stephen Rosenberg doing the
Daily Bulletins and assisting with
the Tournament Directing. Lorna
Speller has joined the team as a
shadow Tournament Director
which I hope will help her grow
into a future Director.
I would be remiss if I didn’t thank
Willem Fick and the Hotel staff for
all the help in organizing this
tournament.
PLAY-ofthe-DAY
contributed by
LEIF STABELL
In the last session on Sunday,
many South players found
themselves in 4♥ on board 23 with
no opposition bidding:
(dealer East/Game All)
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♦ 83
♣ QJ
♠ KJ5
♥ KQ1072
♦ KQ5
♣ 74
West leads the ♦J to East’s Ace,
and many East players failed to
find the club switch at trick two,
but continued diamonds instead.
You win the ♦K and surely now it is
just a matter of overtricks? What
card do you play at trick 3?
Did you say the ♥K? Sorry, but that
is not good enough when West
discards a club:
♦ 83
♣ QJ
♠ 942
♠Q
♥♥ J9643
♦J1072
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♣ K109
♠ KJ5
♥ KQ1072
♦ KQ5
♣ 74
The correct play is the ♦Q
discarding a club at trick 3, then
give up a club. Ruff the club
continuation in dummy (nothing is
better for the defence), cash the
♥A and when the 5-0 break comes
to light, play a heart to East’s 9
and your 10. You are left with
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♥♦♣♠ KJ5
♥ KQ7
♦♣At this stage, you know that East
still has J64 left in hearts. If we
reveal that nobody is void in
spades, do you see how you can
ensure 10 tricks at this stage
without having to guess the ♠Q?
Play a spade to the Ace and a
spade towards your KJ. If East is
void, it will not help him to ruff, so
your King wins. Exit with the ♠J
and claim the last 3 tricks in
hearts.
This time, the ♠Q is singleton so
any line works. 4♠ is seemingly a
better contract but is three tricks
off if EW find their heart ruffs. [See
Bulletin 3 Page 1!]
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A Post Script to The Yanks are here! I forgot to mention that, on the last two occasions that Bob
Jones played in the Teams at Congress, back in the mid-1990s, he won the event, partnering Bernard Donde on one of those
occasions! Will history repeat itself? Or will a champion arise to defend South Africa’s honour on home soil?
See below for your answer!!
The Final Teams’ Honours’ Board
Heartiest congratulations to the winners in each hotly contested section! Your performances are as much a tribute to your
stamina as they are to your bridge-playing skills. Well done to all teams. As Skopl Topl used to say “MAYFGR” [May All
Your Finesses Go Right]! The final standings at end of the seven matches and 84 boards are shown below with the final
Head-to-Head between the APTEKER and der KINDEREN teams still to come.
CHAMPIONSHIP
POSN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
TEAM
7
1
3
2
6
8
5
4
CAPTAIN and Team
ALON APTEKER, Craig Gower, Chris Bosenberg & Neville Eber
ANTON der KINDEREN, Glen Holman, Chris Castelein & Hennie Fick
LARRY CHEMALY, Tim Cope, Anders Morath & Sven Bjerregarde
ROBERT STEPHENS, Bernard Donde, Tas Nestoridis & Val Bloom
JAMES GRANT, Kathy Driver, Diana Balkin & Maureen Holroyd
PATRICK HAMEL, Jean Luc Palmieri, Gabriel Melin & Jean Marcel Mejean
DI ADRAIN, Roger Wilson, Denise Nordengen & Carol Grunder
ORA LOURIE, Bob Jones, Virginia Swift & Joe Barbary
CUM. VPs
108.57
103.49
101.05
65.32
62.66
57.89
38.12
22.90
TEAM
7
3
1
6
8
4
2
5
CAPTAIN and Team
LEIF STABELL, Andrew Brooke, Vanessa Vos & Johann Muller
ROZ BERNSTEIN, Sharon Lang, Helen Kruger & Kit Gilmour
NICOLA BATEMAN, Merle Modlin, Imtiaz Kaprey & Martin Grunder
JENNY GAUTSCHI, Peta Balderson, Trish Crosse & Bev Hewitt
PETER WARD, Stephan Winkler, Di Rosslee & Chris Child
YUNOOS OMAR, Ebrahim Ismail, Mohammed Dawood & Yusuf Daya
PHILLIPE LAGACHE, Danielle Boyet, Denise Bauquier, Dany Baron & Gerard Sort
MARGIE BARTLETT, Betty Lechmere Oertel, Amanda Morgan & Hanlie Phillips
CUM. VPs
104.51
91.1
83.23
77.32
68.59
60.66
55.05
18.53
TEAM
1
4
5
6
7
8
3
2
CAPTAIN and Team
WILSON McLEOD, Jeanne McLeod, Ingrid Wheeler & Sue Botha
CHARMAINE LIPSCHITZ, Renee Kenny, Jenny Foaden & Marina Breytenbach
MARITA WARE, Fiona Smith, Mignon Leigh & Vanessa Armstrong
AVRIL KOTZEN, Merle Bracher, Erica Golan, Ann Sturrock
JULIAN GRUFT, Paul Mestern, Maureen Narunsky & Joy Swiel
ALAN LEWIS, Jenny Lewis, Charmaine Lobel & Sheila Francis
OMPHETSE MOEDI, Letsogile Mafa, Diniar Minwalla & Nancy Minwalla
EILEEN MESTERN, Pat Reid, Penny Gruft & Judy Knipscheer
CUM. VPs
92.20
88.67
80.44
76.76
69.63
68.49
64.87
17.94
CAPTAIN and Team
GRAHAM BURROWS, Johan Bouwer, Mary Mutch & Beth Oldacre
AMANTLE RAMOSEKI, Mbakisi Malilo, Tebogo Kubanji & Glod Maele
PAMELA de VILLIERS, Helen Maddison, Sylvia Starker, Yvonne Burnett, Ben Cilliers & Paul Kloeck
WILF SPERRYN, Ann Miller, Di Knowler & Kraft von Aulock
LEX van VUGHT, Joan van Vught, Sandy Wentzel, Rob Solomon, Roxy Kelly & Kitty Phillips
PRISCILLA MAPHORISA, Margaret Nchenje, Rossah Ditirwa & Alison Davies
SUSANNE BRAATVEDT, Anne-Marie Waterman, Janet Colebank & Delys Shepherd
SAMINA ESMAIL, Mahmudah Deen, Marc de Borchgrave & Howard Cottrell
NEELS KLOPPERS, Vanessa Woltersdorf, Jenny Audouin, Moira Clarke, Vaun Robson & Deirdre
Ingersent
SANDRA VANDERWALLE, Greg Jones, Ros Hulley Miller & Sugar Rhodes
KEOAGILE CHAMO, Meshack Kgosidialwa, Dikgang Modisaotsile & Batsho Manyanda
CUM. VPs
110.79
97.98
94.07
86.09
79.61
78.79
64.15
50.24
46.51
CONGRESS
POSN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
PLATE
POSN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
PRESIDENT
POSN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
TEAM
9
8
4
5
10
7
11
2
7
10
11
1
3
40.90
31.83
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The lunch-time Lectures-on-the-Patio will
continue to-day with a talk, an analysis of hands,
both bidding and play, and a Q & A session
conducted by
CRAIG GOWER.
Congress is in part made possible by the generous ongoing sponsorship that the S A B F receives from
The TEAMS’ QUALIFIERS
For the benefit of those players joining us for the Pairs’ event, we are repeating the final standings at end of the Teams’
9th qualifying round. The Qualifiers covered 126 boards and nearly eighteen hours of play.
SECTION GREEN
POSN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
TEAM
2
7
5
1
3
9
6
4
8
CAPTAIN and Team
LARRY CHEMALY, Tim Cope, Sven Bjerregarde & Anders Morath
ORA LOURIE, Bob Jones, Virginia Swift & Joe Barbary
LEIF STABELL, Vanessa Vos, Andrew Brooke & Johan Muller
NICOLA BATEMAN, Merle Modlin, Imtiaz Kaprey & Martin Grunder
JULIAN GRUFT, Paul Mestern, Maureen Narunsky & Joy Swiel
OMPHETSE MOEDI, Letsogile Mafa, Diniar Minwalla & Nancy Minwall
SUSANNE BRAADVEDT, Anne-Marie Waterman, Janet Colebank & Delys Shepherd
WILF SPERRYN, Ann Miller, Di Knowler & Kraft von Aulock
SANDRA VANDEWALLE, Greg Jones, Ros Hulley Miller & Sugar Rhodes
CUM. VPs
151.76
118.04
115.88
103.20
100.75
81.17
66.09
50.68
33.95
CAPTAIN and Team
ALON APTEKER, Craig Gower, Chris Bosenberg & Neville Eber
DI ADRAIN, Roger Wilson, Denise Nordengen & Carol Grunder
ROZ BERNSTEIN, Sharon Lang, Helen Kruger & Kit Gilmour
YUNOOS OMAR, Ebrahim Ismail, Mohammed Dawood & Yusuf Daya
CHARMAINE LIPSHITZ, Renee Kenny, Jenny Foaden & Marina Breytenbach
AVRIL KOTZEN, Merle Bracher, Erica Golan & Ann Sturrock
AMANTLE RAMOSEKI, Mbakisi Malilo, Tebogo Kubanji & Glod Maele
SAMIMA ESMAIL, Mahmuddah Deen, Marc de Borchgrave & Howard Cotrell
NEELS KLOPPERS, Vanessa Woltersdorf, Jenny Auduion, Moira Clarke, Vaun Robson & Deirdre
Ingersent
CUM. VPs
153.93
118.22
113.10
91.47
83.45
78.52
78.51
74.68
29.64
SECTION NAVY
POSN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
TEAM
1
2
4
6
3
5
9
8
7
SECTION ORANGE
POSN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
TEAM
8
1
3
2
5
4
7
6
9
CAPTAIN and Team
PATRICK HAMEL, Jean Luc Palmieri, Gabriel Melin & Jean Marcel Mejean
ROB STEPHENS, Bernard Donde, Tas Nestoridis & Val Bloom
PETER WARD, Stephan Winkler, Di Rosslee & Chris Child
JENNY GAUTSCHI, Peta Balderson, Trish Crosse & Bev Hewitt
WILSON McLEOD, Jeanne McLeod, Ingrid Wheeler & Sue Botha
MARITA WARE, Fiona Smith, Mignon Leigh & Vanessa Armstrong
PAMELA de VILLERS, Helen Maddison, Sylvia Starker, Yvonne Burnett, Ben Cilliers & Paul Kloeck
DI SENDIN, Jane Underwood, Trish Curzon & Judy Deuchar
KEOAGILE CHAMO, Meshack Kgosidialwa, Dikgang Modisaotsile & Batsho Mmanyanda
CUM. VPs
141.24
133.53
111.60
87.02
77.36
72.62
68.88
68.78
60.49
CAPTAIN and Team
ANTON der KINDEREN, Glen Holman, Hennie Fick & Chris Castelein
JAMES GRANT, Kathy Driver, Diana Balkin & Maureen Holroyd
PHILLIPE LAGACHE, Danielle Boyet, Denise Bauquier, Dany Baron, Gerard Morin & Bernard Sort
MARGIE BARTLETT, Betty Lechmere Oertel, Amanda Morgan & Hanlie Phillips
ALAN LEWIS, Jenny Lewis, Charmaine Lobel & Sheila Francis
EILEEN MESTERN, Pat Reid, Penny Gruft & Judy Knipscheer
GRAHAM BURROWS, John Bouwer, Mary Mutch & Beth Oldacre
LEX van VUGHT, Joan van Vught, Sandy Wentzel, Rob Solomon, Roxy Kelly & Kitty Phillips
PRISCILLA MAPHORISA, Margaret Nchenje, Rossah Ditirwa & Alison Davies
CUM. VPs
127.14
116.70
109.88
103.12
89.73
78.30
77.80
73.15
39.70
SECTION PINK
POSN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
TEAM
1
2
7
8
4
6
3
5
9
E. & O. E.
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