BULLETIN #1, CACBF CHAMPIONSHIPS-TRINIDAD, SUNDAY-MAY 30th,BRIAN SENIOR
TRINIDAD PAIRS DOMINATE OPENING CALYPSO PAIRS!
Three Trinidadian pairs took the honours in the opening event of the Championships, the one-session Calypso Pairs on Friday afternoon. First were Pamela Mapp and Pat Howard with a score of 65.47. They were just ahead of Herman Araujo and Michael De La Bastide, with Antonio Nadur and Fred Sabga taking third place.
Board 15 was one of the livelier deals in the Calypso Pairs competition.
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BOARD 15 |
ª Q 6 |
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VUL: N/S |
© - |
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DLR: SOUTH |
¨ A K Q J 9 8 6 |
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§ Q J 5 3 |
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ª K J 3 2 |
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ª 8 |
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© A 10 9 6 |
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© K Q J 7 3 2 |
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¨ 7 2 |
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¨ - |
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§ 9 6 2 |
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§ A K 10 8 7 4 |
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ª A 10 9 7 5 4 |
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© 8 5 4 |
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¨ 10 5 4 3 |
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§ - |
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Hackett |
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Mavromichalis |
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WEST |
NORTH |
EAST |
SOUTH |
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Pass |
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Pass |
1§ |
1© |
1ª |
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2© |
3¨ |
4© |
5¨ |
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Pass |
Pass |
5© |
Pass |
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Pass |
6¨ |
Double |
All Pass |
Paul Hackett opened a strong club and Brigitte Mavromichalis showed five or more spades and 4-7 HCP with her 1
ª bid after the overcall. The diamond fit was soon found, but the key to the successful auction was Brigitte’s forcing pass over 5©, encouraging Paul to go on to the slam. Bidding and making 6¨ was already going to be a pretty good score but when East doubled it got even better. +1540 was a huge score for North/South.
HACKETT TWINS LEAD QUALIFIERS
Former World Junior Team Champions, Jason and Justin Hackett led the qualifiers to the Championship Open Pairs Final, which will be held over two sessions today. They finished almost 2% clear of Charles Williams and Hamar Dayes of Jamaica. There is a carry-forward from the qualifying stage which gives the leaders a start equivalent to two tops in the final over the last placed qualifiers.