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2007 CALENDAR

  Tuesday evenings at 7.30 p.m.- seated by 7.15 p.m.

  Thursdays at 10.30 a.m. - seated by 10.15 a.m.

  Saturdays at 01.00 p.m. - seated by 12.45

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2007 SPECIAL EVENTS:

15th-29th JANUARY - Summer Festival of Bridge, Canberra.

FEBRUARY:  Tuesday, 6th: Kellerman Pairs - red points

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         MARCH:  Tuesdays 6th and 13th:  Mixed Pairs Championship - red points.

APRIL:    Tuesdays 3rd and 10th: Championship Pairs - red points.

               Tuesday 24th:  Anzac Day Pairs - red points.

JULY:     Tuesdays 17th, 24th and 31st - GNOT- gold points.

               Sunday, 29th July:  Ingleburn Congress - red points.

SEPTEMBER:  Saturday, 22nd:  Novice Pairs.

OCTOBER:      Tuesdays 9th, 16th and 23rd: Teams Championship - red points.

NOVEMBER:   Tuesday, 20th:  AGM 6.30 p.m. followed by duplicate.

DECEMBER:   Tuesday, 4th: President's Pairs.

                       Wednesday, 5th:  Christmas Party.                                      

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EXPERTS DON'T GUESS  by Marc Smith (article in Australian Bridge Dec 1997)    

Bidding: 

W	N	E	S
-	1D	1S	1NT
Pass	2S	Pass	3D
Pass	3NT	All pass

TRICKY 3 NT

	North
West	10 AQ74 KJ64 AK86 J52 K9874 J83 K106 1082 A93 QJ72 53 AQ63 952 Q75 1094	East
	South

West led a low spade to East's king.  Declarer ducked at trick one, and won the spade continuation.  A diamond to the king lost to the ace, and East cleared the spades.

It appears that declarer can take an unlikely double finesse in clubs or risk the heart finesse.  Neither appealed so the 10C was led, but West followed low smoothly, declarer rose with king, cashed AC and JD before crossing back to hand with QD.  On exiting with the last spade, East was forced to win.  He could cash his last spade winner, but then had to concede the remaining tricks to dummy's A-Q and the 13th diamond.