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On Tuesday 15th July, we held a multiple (?) teams session at Hedge End. The winners were Steve and Heather, with Tony and John equal second with Roger and Ken. Also present were Ian & Clare!

On Tuesday 29^th April, we held a multiple (?) teams session at Hedge End. The winners were Roger and Ken with John and Janet coming second. Ian & Clare and David & Rosemary made up the numbers!

Congratulations to Stephen & Heather - winners of the Spring Handicap Pairs. For full results, click here

Hedge End lost to Bournemouth A in the 4^th round of the Nicko.

Congratulations to Sheena and David – Mixed Pairs Champions 2008

Congratulations to Hedge End who beat Southampton B in the 3^rd round of the Nicko. The team was Tony P (captain), David D, Tim S and Dave W.

There were 12 pairs participating in the National Pairs Heat out of the 7 tables. The non-competing pairs were David and Rosemary S and John G and Janet S. The qualifiers are:

Dave W and Lesley L;

John M and Pauline S

Ian and Clare F

Stephen H and Karen D

As David G could not play in the semi-finals, Stephen and Karen qualify as reserves.

Hedge End lost to Southampton in the semi-final of the Solent Trophy. The scores were tied after 24 boards on 69 points each. However we lost the tie by losing 12-3 points on the 4 play-off boards.

An interesting hand, which cost us the match. I was sitting South with a very powerful hand. The bidding was as follows:

West Pass; North Pass; East 1H; South Db;

West 2H; North 2S; East Pass; South 3NT;

West Pass; North Pass; East Pass

North’s cards were: S K Q x x

H 9 8

D J x x x

C K x x

My cards were; S A x

H A K Q 2

D A K 8 x

C J x x

From my hand, I could count 8 tricks 3 S, 3 H and 2 D. The diamonds looked the best bet to yield the 9th trick with clubs being the danger because of East’s opening bid. There was also the possibility of long hearts with East – however not too long because West had supported them. I won the 1^st trick with AH and then played AK of diamonds, West throwing a club on the 2^nd diamond. East has a minimum of 8 cards in the red suits and therefore has no more than 5 in the black suits. I played AKQ of spades on which East and West followed and I discarded a club. I then followed with K and Q of H on which surprisingly West followed. East therefore had started with just 4 hearts, 4 diamonds, 3 spades and 2 other unknown black cards – probably A and Q of clubs. I decided to put East in with my last heart sot that she would have to lead up to my J x of diamonds or up to my K x of Clubs. And what happened? West had the last heart, cashed his spade and led a club to take me one off.

East had psyched!

The qualifiers in the Hedge End heat of the pottage were:

· Jeremy B & Andy H

· Paul F & Mark A

· Stan C & Jim P

· David & Rosemary S

Congratulations to Hedge End who won the Jubilee Cup for teams of eight at Romsey on 25^th November. The team was Lesley L (Captain and Chief Instigator), Dave W, Sheena L, Tony P, Stephen C, Heather B and Clare and Ian F. After 4 recounts Hedge End’s initial large win was reduced to 7 points.

Congratulations to the Hedge End team who beat Gosport in the 1^st round of the NICKO tournament. The team was Tony P (captain), David D, Tim S and Dave W.

Season 2006-07 Winners

· Ian F - 2007 Individual Champion

· Paul F - 2007 Grand National Handicap Champion

· Tony P and Angela S-N – 2007 Spring Handicap Champions.

· Stephen C and Heather B – 2007 Mixed Pairs Champions.

· Roger J and Ken E - 2006 Club Pairs Champions.