Thursday, September 11, 2008

Snakes Secure Second

The Snakes won a close fought encounter against the Masters last night to maintain their spot at the top of the ladder. With only one week to go and with the last round involving first against second the Snakes cannot now finish worst than second. Of course they will be hoping for another win next week against Central Climbers, a team they have beaten twice already in this event. Central Climbers may be coming into form however as they sucessfully defended their second spot against previous leaders First Sun.

Lower down Western Gals and Judy + North Shore both won against teams below them meaning that for the first time in the event there was no change to the ladder positions.

It was a cruel slam hand which decided the fight for the top spot. You hold xx Kx AKJxxx Axx. Partner deals and opens with the auction starting 1s - 2d - 3s. After that you find out that you and partner hold all the aces and all the kings. Do you sign off, bid slam or grand slam? Who knows? I'm waiting for someone who knows more about biding than me to write the hand up! What I can tell you is that tuckaway opted for 7s. Cruelly that cost 22 imps as there is always one loser (a trump) and the hand was played in 4s on a slightly different auction at the other table. The Snakes won 32-19 so the result would have been different if tuckaway had opted for 6s!

Ladder Positions after Round 8

1. Snakes: susiecue, janwhy, nikzti, suescott, jonz, boatman.
2. Central Climbers: gerry, tarakiwi, kermit, cascade, diatribe.
3. The Masters: mastersg, tuckaway, clientje, cyber, ikanarat.
4. Western Gals: seychelles, Lmu, blinkers, sandrac, jenter62.
5. First Sun: mumofthree, kiwiannie, acolitecs, davetaupo, carriemac1, glennis.
6. Aussie Flavoured: oakura, argyll2nz, masham, wdavis, kelvingt.
7. Judy + North Shore: phoenix4, hairy_scot, oshlyn, dave27nz.
8. The Mavericks: tigerboy, andrewnz, buch99, clarkson, ickool.
9. Trans Global: kotuku, hermman, mpemble, tfacol.

Results of matches on 10/9/08

The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/ikanarat lost to
Snakes: jonz/boatman & nikzti/suescott 19-32

Central Climbers: gerry/tarakiwi & kermit/cascade beat
First Sun: mumofthree/kiwiannie & carriemac1/davetaupo 48-17

Western Gals: Seychelles/lmu & sandrac/blinkers beat
Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & argyll2nz/kelvingt 59-17

Judy + NS: pheonix4/jenter62 & oshlyn/dave27nz beat
Mavericks: tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/tinycrab6 40-20

alanz/ant & noelwz/ljs beat ickool/pascalls & diatribe/zog 21-17

Trans Global: mpemble/tfacol & hermman/lixixing beat glennis/gillyfleur & crowie_11/varange 36-18

alanz/ant & noelwz/ljs lost to ickool/pascalls & diatribe/zog 29-46

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Kiwi Teams Ladder Draw; Round 8

Match 1: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/ikanarat v Snakes: jonz/boatman & nikzti/suescott

Match 2: Central Climbers: gerry/tarakiwi & kermit/cascade v First Sun: mumofthree/kiwiannie & carriemac1/davetaupo

Match 3: Western Gals: Seychelles/lmu & sandrac/blinkers v Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & argyll2nz/kelvingt

Match 4: Judy + NS: pheonix4/jenter62 & oshlyn/dave27nz v Mavericks: tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/derfson146

NON LADDER MATCHES:

Match 5: alanz/ant & ickool/pascalls v noelwz/ljs & diatribe/zog

Match 6: Trans Global: mpemble/tfacol & hermman/lixixing v glennis/gillyfleur & ??

Monday, September 8, 2008

Posting of Comments

Anyone can comment on this blog site and I encourage all kiwi teams players to comment on any posts. You don’t need any prior account or password.

To add your comment click on the word “comments” at the bottom of the post. This opens a new window which has a box for you to type your comment into. Once you have finished your comment you need to type the letters shown into the “word verification” box. (The blog site includes this feature in order to foil spammers!).

Next you need to choose an identity. If you have a google account set up (and can remember the password) you can use that. However most of you will not have an account and so you need to check either the “name/url” option or the “anonymous” option. If you choose “name/url” you just have to put your name in. This can be your real name or your BBO name. If you use anonymous you don’t have to put anything else in.

I would prefer that anyone who comments use their BBO name but, hey, it’s a free country and I don’t mind if your use any other name or if you post anonymously.

You should be aware however that all comments are immediately emailed to me and I will remove any comments that are:
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So, why don’t you try a comment now by commenting on this post? If you can’t think of anything to say just put “test”. That way when you do have a comment that you’re just burning to make you will know how to do it!