BRIDGE
UNLUCKY Louie has been spending time with his precocious 6-year-old granddaughter.
“We watch TV together,” Louie told me. “Not to brag, but those problems Dora the Explorer takes a half-hour to solve, I can do in 12 to 15 minutes.” “Quite impressive,” I admitted. Louie’s problem-solving skills at bridge are a bit suspect. As declarer at today’s four spades, he took the ace of diamonds, led a trump to dummy and discarded his losing heart on the king of diamonds. Alas, West ruffed and led his last trump, and Louie was stuck with three club losers. Down one.
Louie needed The Map or Backpack or help from somewhere; he went down at a cold game. To succeed, Louie simply takes the ace of clubs at Trick Two and concedes a club.
If East wins and shifts to a trump, Louie wins with the ace, ruffs a club in dummy and discards a heart on the king of diamonds. West ruffs, but Louie is sure of 10 tricks: seven trumps in his hand, a diamond, a club and a club ruff in dummy. DAILY QUESTION: You hold: 5 3 2♥ ♠ AQ 9 6 5 4 Q J 8 4.Your partner opens ♦ ♣ one diamond, you respond one heart and he bids one spade. What do you say?
Club results
WESTVILLE: May 16 1 Ron Haworth/ Roger Blumenthal 2 Bridget Brookes/ Narendra Patel 3 Aubrey Meier/ Mills Coetzee May 9 1 Tessa Antoni/ Pat Mitchell 2 Cheryl Webster/ Helen Gibson 3 Narendra Patel/ Marina Bouic
DURBAN DUPLICATE: May 15 1 Chandoo Sunderjee/ Johan Bouwer 2 Steve Tearnan/ Merle Frey 3= Neville Gabriel/ Kishore Mehta 3= Harriet MacDonald/ L Honey
HIGHWAY: May 15 1 Di Knowler/ Kraft VonAulock 2Aubrey Meier/ Jill Standen 2 Dennis Fraser/ Diane Pegg
MUSGRAVE: May 15 NS 1 Joy King/ Don Pender 2 Denise Movson/ Rhona Goodman EW 1 Clare Gild/ Linda Berman 2 Robin Fisher/ Michael Spencer May 12 N/S 1 Kathy Walker/ Rosemary de Jager / 2 Phyllis & Phillip Levinsohn E/W 1 Robin Fisher/ Greg Spencer 2Dee Larsen/ Wimby Skinner May 8 N/S 1 Judy Sabatta/ Sue Onody 2 Joy King/ Don Pender E/W 1 Robin Fisher/ Michael Spencer 2 Irene Friedman/ Mikki Norton May 16
N/S 1 Mette Bunyan/ Michael Spencer 2 Phyllis & Phillip Levinsohn E/W 1 Essack Adams/ Natalie Pinfold 2 Don Pender/ Mike Rice May 17 N/S 1 Roger Blumenthal/ Claire Mangan 2 Mette Bunyan/ Greg Spencer E/W 1 Toni Herz/ Estelle Spain 2 Jenny Palzenberger/ Thor Krige
UMHLALI MONDAY: May 15 Red 1 B Noble/J Kaljee 2 M Armstrong/ N Southwood 3 H Lynn/ D Roth Yellow 1 J Ferguson/ C Kegel 2 W Loker /D Sparks 3 N Lamb/ C Kietzmann Blue 1 S Parry/ S Ratcliffe 2 Y. Patton/ K Schreuder 3 L& R Sly
ORIENT: May 12 1 Lindi Honey/ Harriet MacDonald 2 Mahomed Bharoochi/ Yunus Docrat 3 Ahmed Solwa/ Hassan Docrat TEKWENI: May 13 A 1 Kristina & Fritz Niedinger 2 Norma Knowles/ Barry Illing B 1 Sue Budd/ Mike Rice 2 Denise Lord/ Lesley Wood C 1 Jeanne Brewis/ Jill Laverack 2 Sue Mars/ Sandra Moodie D 1 Mags Hathrill/ Lesley McAlpine 2 Maureen Kivits/ Marian Boulton
TWO HEARTS: May 13 A 1 Trevor Pepper/ Mark Oliff 2 Denise Movson/ Rhona Goodman 3 Sarp & Tiena Adali
B 1 Steve Tearnan/ Alfreda Frantzen 2 Lily Vermeulen/ Gabrielle Storm 3. Celia Dobes/ Phylis Levinsohn
TWILANGA: May12 N/S 1 Michel Mamet/ Alison Tatham 2 Flo Tunnington/ Stan McMenamin 3 Colleen Barker/ Marie Lou Roelandt E/W 1 Martin Korevaar/ Liz Wiggett 2 Lily Vermeulen/ Pauline McClure 3 Barbara & Barry Doyle May 5 N/S 1 Anne Cameron/ Cavell Love 2 Di Bresser/ Eileen Lee 3 Lynda Van Rooyen/ Pat Thompson
E/W 1 Pauline McClure/ Lily Vermeulen 2 Marlen Melville/ Sheila Dobson 3 Flo Tunnington/ Stan McMenamin
UMHLALI COUNTRY CLUB: May 12 A 1 Kitty Phillips/
Jeannette Boorsma 2 Bev Noble/ Jan Kaljee 3= Bernt & Gesie Weingerl 3= Sarah Preller/ Moira Armstrong B 1Heather Lynn/ Dan Roth 2 Bill Doble/ Shirley Jamieson 3Rose Heenan/ Netta Southwood C 1Jean Gittings/ Fleur Teare 2 Jamie Ernst/ Joyce Mott 3 Chris & Danny Macdonald ST JAMES: May 12 1 Glynis Malcolm-Smith/ Anky Willemsen 2 Harriet MacDonald/ Doreen Tiernan 3 Allan Kelly/ Lynn Matisonn KZN BRIDGE CLUB: May 11 A 1 Roger Wilson/ Di Adrain 2 Brian Thomas/ Graham Burrows 3= Marita Ware/ Mignon Leigh 3= Merle Frey/ Val Stephenson B 1 Rosie VanStraaten/ Fiona Finlayson 2 Rhona Goodman/ Denise Movson 3 Yvonne Stacey/ Anneke Furniss C 1 Barbara Brown/ Sue Cardwell 2 Pru McKenzie/ Patti Harris 3 Anne Sommer/ Clare Gild
BEREA: May 10 1 Mark Oliff/ Frank Chemaly 2 Brian Thomas/ Roger Wilson 3 Harriet MacDonald/ Doreen Tiernan PARKHILL: May 11 A N/S 1 Maggie Jarvis/ Gwen Liddiard 2 Pam Sargeant/ Don Pender E/W 1 Mal Taylor/ Stephanie Pattinson 2 Martin Korevaar/ Ken Broadbent B N/S 1= Anthea Cotterell/ Glynnis Bilson 1 = Bob Mackenzie/Joan Deare E/W 1 Minky Birkett/ Melanie Melvill 2 Angie Tory/ Jean Braddick
MT EDGECOMBE: May 15 A N/S 1 Rosie van Straaten/ Fiona Finlayson 2 Liz Wiggett/ Judi Stead E/W 1 Stephanie Patterson/ Mal Taylor 2 Tiena & Sarp Adali B N/S 1 Pat Thompson/ Jenny Jackson 2 Beryl Fredericks/ Flo Tunnington E/W 1 Rita Gawron/ Angie Meugarten 2 Joan King/ Clarita Jillian C N/S 1 Amy & Anton Stein 2 Lesley Wood/ Sandy Hall E/W 1 Agnes Livingstone/ Katie Paton 2 Christine Horley/ Glenn Attree
KLOOF: May 17 A 1 Jan Chetwynd-Palmer/ Linda Stead 2 Neville Mitchell/ Betty Hall 3 Marita Ware/ Di Knowler B 1Margaret MacCallum/ Marlene Clegg 2 Sue Cumming/ Sandra Redman 3 Robin Harrison/ Beryl Bowden C1 Colin Russell/ Peter Pfaff 2 Jean Bulley/ Carol Dixon 3 Ginny Rowan/ Leigh Dunsdon D 1 Gail Cope/Rosemary Houghton 2 Susan Schnell/ Claire Schnell 3 Sheila Wright/ Wendy Drake LE DOMAINE: May 12 A 1 Ron Haworth/ Cheryl Webster 2 Nilo Zolezzi/ Peter Pfaff 3 Pam Haworth/ Jill Standen
B 1 Beth Porter/ Sheila Griffiths 2 Lyn de Matos/ Chris Woodburn 3 Sue Schnell/ Tessa Hedge C 1 Lorraine & Colin Field 2 Gill Taylor/ Lu Chollerton 3 Anne Snelling/ Geraldine Batho MIST BELT: May 11 A 1 N Mitchell/ M Quail 2 R Haworth/C Webster 3 C Russell/ N Zolezzi B1 D & L Gibbon 2 A Caine/ M Oliver 3 B van den Heuvel/ D Pegg C 1 R Houghton/ G Cope 2 R Johnstone/ A D’Oliviera 3 H Fennell/ K Barbour