0 CA We gave you advance information in the November E.B.U. Quarterly. From this many people, including internationals, have expressed their intention of playing in one or other of the Tournaments. We feel you will have a wonderful holiday, particularly when coupled with your special hobby.

THE 0 CAN BRIDGE TOURNAMENTS will be held at the

AQUAMARINA, ARENAL D'EN CASTELL 31at AUGUST -14th SEPTEMBER, 1972 14th SEPTEMBER- 28th SEPTEMBER, 1972.

Cost per person which includes, hotel, air travel and entry to Tournament :-

Hotet London £74 £64

Manche ter AOUAMARINA TOPACIO

£76 £66

Each Tournament l imited to 120 pairs.

The Champion hlp Pairs will be the main event for both Tournaments.

The First Tournament will be for " The Menorcan Cup" The Second for " The Menorcan Bowl " .

The Prizes for both events will be : 1st PRIZE £125 2nd PRIZE £75 3rd PRIZE £50 4th PRIZE £25

and PLACE PRIZES - 5th to 12th £10 13th to 20th £5

In addition a Te m of Four Event will be arranged : 1st PRIZE: £75, 2nd £50, 3rd £25, 4th £10. If required , an Individual Event and an Open P Irs Event

will be arranged. Tournaments will be under the direction of E.B.U. Directors. Brochur will be obtainable in M rch from th Honorary Secre n or your county or ar a a ci tlon : or you m y nd your entry with cheque to Pat R1ch rd n, Alb ny Tra el Service • 7 Prine s Street, London W.1

• • • • Sdleakea ... 0.1» IIIJIIWIL

FoUowina varioua applicationa a full Hceace WM pat.~! 110 published in Enaland by Roben Hale.

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4!1!!-~ tiD~ with neeeu ud South's Four Spade bid ncceedecL s.t 1ecl the ace of hearts and could do no better than

lll!lll!!l'itf:'~~,i:~ Declarer won ud plaJed four rounds of trumP~~ ud "j tiD dllcard three clubl on dummy's diamonc:ls.

PeDc:barz opened One Spade, Deery overcalled Four Hearts. • .z:;=~ A._.... boud lnnltably, but the Enallsh pair compounded 1 wlda a mlatruatful defence. South led the ten of spades

two liPide tric:b ud switched to the kina of diamonds. South tiut aa unbelieviq orth continued with a second diamond

dedaNr aeeded no more than a trump division . ....,. from the end Enaland had their first break :

~~;• ~fo5s7 853 OAJ96

A 6 Q987 Crowbant and Rosenberg played Three o Trump from the West

.,._ aa openlna I d of the three of h rts for the queen and tina. Clowlaant dec:lded that his best chance lay in a 4-3 divi ion of the hearts and

the spade suit at once. Ro nberg toolc a more pessimistic view and ~-- the poulbllity of nine tric without lo 'ng the lead. After winning

beut be led two top clubs and was encouraged when North /layed an hoDour on the second round. With J 10 x of club in the ortb ban he could maaqe with four diamond tricks. The kin of diamonds and a econd diamond on wbk:b orth plafed the ten and declarer went into deep contemplation before fi.neuina the J&Ck. The j lo t to the doubleton queen. ortb bad J 10 :a: in clubl and declarer misht have made eight tric in the two minors. The hearts were 4·3 and Crowhurst did make nin tricks.

And on th next bo rd the oth r Irish p ir were in a hopei slam contract to aive Engl nd a total of 26 IMP' on the two boards and a final scor of 2-4 (63-15).

Enaland won the econd match, a low coring contest, 4-2 (44-27) leavin all to play for on the Sund y afternoon. This time En land m de the' running and w re h d d for a S-1 ictory when the Iri h too a gamble on the 1 t board, searchin for point .

(J. Sharplea)

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In fact he won the 1rst nd ml ht till h ve calculated that ince declarer had sho n a t"" • uit d hand and hi pad were now kno n to be even, h could be expected to hold five diamonds and therefore no hear . A diamond return ould ha provid d for thi po ition- but W t returned a heart.

Declarer now had hi chance. He won the ace of bear and d" carded a diamond from band. Since Ea t could not ha e three diamon there w no po nt in a diamond fin e. And ince \: t might ha e be n expected to lead a sinaleton heart before a doubleton club he coufd ely afford to ru1I a econd round of hearts. Had he done o he would h e continued with three more rounds of trumps. Then th ace and king of diamond before throwing W t in with his last trump to force a Ie d into the diamond tenac •

But declarer neglected to ruff the second heart and England lo t 11 IMP' for a 5·1 win. And t he We h continued in the same ein with another ubstantial gain on the first bo rd of the final match :

Lo all. Dealer orth.

w t 975

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orth • J 10 6 4 2 " 10 0 954 . 8642

South KQ83

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Hamilton and Samuels, We t and East for Wal orenion of the Preci ion Club :

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E t + A \J AK98 3 0 AKJ 106 3 . 3

, were accurate with their

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After a pade lead the contract called for careful handling. The a of diamonda and a diamond to the que n were followed by a h rt which produc d tbe tell-tale ten from orth. Declarer dra the remainln trumf diacardin& a bladt c:ard from dummy befor playing a cond high b rt. AI the trum are now l!Qed out, dummy' third heart being carefully pr ed and both South an the duiDJII)' are reduced to thr club and one heart. A club fi

ao folio eel by the third heart from dummy and South must 1 d a furtb r club to at e declarer hi second fin and the contract. Samuela maDQed the haDcf well to ai· e his de a good &tart when Sowter nd Daugbton ere out of the lam after a Blue Club aequence which went :

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AL OF -CANNES 21at to 28th APRIL 1972

40,000 FRANCS £3,000 IN PRIZES 11 lind, 2lrd APRIL- PAIRS TOURNAMENT

fiNt "'- 3,000 ... ._.., 2,000 ... TloW 1,500 ln. PriUI to 2 !'Ieee

2111 APRIL- MIXED PAIRS ...., ..._ 2.000 1n. .._... 1,500 ... n.w 1,000 tn. Pnuo to 15111 ,....

2711, 2111 APRIL -INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION flnt "'- 1,500 ... ._.., 1,000 ln. PriUI to IStlt !'Ieee

BAIDGEARAMA Each Ev.nlng. France v. Italy with partlclplitlon of the complete BLUE TEAM

Special Terms at the Hotel MaJestic Demi pension- Single 100 frs., Double 170 frs. Full pension -Single 125 frs., Double 125 frs.

Further details from : HAROLD FRANKLIN, 4 Roman Avenue, Leeds 8 and MADAME NADINE ANSAY, 137 Avenue Victor Hugo, Paris 16

WHITEL W CUP For the s cond time in three years, Mrs. A. L. Fleming (Mrs. H. Flint, .

H. R. E ans, Mrs. P. Gardener) won the Whitelaw Cup when they beat Mrs. D. Gough (Mrs. E. Rainbow, Mrs. M. Law on-Brown, Mrs. M. C1 of Southern Countie ) In a hard-fought final in which the lo ers led for the first half.

In the semi-final Mrs. Fleming beat Mrs. G. S. Francis (Mrs. w. w. Brown, Mrs. P. D. Au twick, Mrs. M. F. Ledward of Bucks. Berks. and Somerset).

Mrs. Gough beat Mrs. B. E. Evans (Lady Wheler, Mrs. D. ChattY, Mrs. E. Gray of S es).

• • • • LADIES' PLATE

Winne M V. Daly (Mrs. K. Garfi Jd, Mrs. J. Durran, Mrs. F. H. Ad on). Runners-up-Mr . M. Edw rds (Mrs. V. Coop r, Mrs. E. Philip , Mrs. M.

Krauth, A. Kirch of Surrey) . • • • • JOHN HIR PAJR TROPHY

Winn rs- Mrs. C. G. Alng r and Mrs. A. Mlln (Surr y). Runners-up-Mrs. R. A. Harris and Mrs. P. M. Hay of K nt.

CITY OF YORK

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