Click here for the Section and Nationwide results of the last Tuesday's tournament.
Warmest congratulations to Francis and Raphael, 1st in NS and Jean (Pal) and Max, 1st in EW; 2nd in NS - Nicole and Jean-Paul, 2nd in EW - Carole and François.
Please note the date of our next tournament - Tuesday 12 November, same time, same place.
(Read on for much information in the main article.)
Don't forget to renew your FFB Licences.
Big winners of the Section's Tournament were - Richard and Leon in EW - with 62.5% and Ghislaine and Raphael in NS -- with 60%. 2nd in NS: Nicole (Devaux) & Jean-Paul - with 55.83% and in EW: Jane & Hughette with 53.75%. (Click here for the full results.)
See the main article for details of other prizes that were awarded for play during the year.
Many thanks to Carole Gressier for her invaluable help with the cocktail; Maureen and Joan for their help in preparing the rooms; Anne Raynaud for duplicating the boards, and all of you who took part and lent a hand in clearing away at the end of the tournament.
For the answers to the quiz on "Strong opening bids", click here.
The October tournament will be on Tuesday 15 October.
The winners of Tuesday's tournament (23/4) in East/West were Nicole (Devaux) and Jean-Paul (Ruzé) with a massive score of 66.25% and in North/South with an excellent score of 58.75% Jane (Brooks) and Yves (Delserieys). Second in NS were Jean (Pal) and Nicole (Doyle) with 53.33% and in EW - Richard and Leon with 50.42% and, on their heels, Claude and Dougie and also Marie-Claire and Catherine (Boyer) with exactly 50%. The full results are here: RESULTATS_20240423.rtf.
And here is some additional information about the bidding convention (Convention 2012) for the quiz Quiz 20240423 (How to show the fit after a Stayman ): Une_Convention_moderne_et_très_pratique.docx.
Sincere thanks go to Joan for all her help in getting everything ready for the tournament, and to Carole and Arthur for their help with the cocktail, and to all of you for such rapid clearing away afterwards!
For the next tournament we are proposing Tuesday 21 May at 2.30 pm, preceded by a quiz at 2 pm and ending with a little cocktail, so do let us if you can attend and if you would like us to find you a partner.
See the main article for the results. Congratulations to Ghislaine and Raphael, but also to Jenny and her partner, Marie-Helene, who had exactly the same score of 60.83%! And also to Joan and Ann J., 2nd in NS with 60%, and to Pascale and Violaine, 2nd in EW with 57.08%. Also in the main article, there are the answers to our quiz on the "chassé croisé".
It was great to have 8 complete tables again - so thanks to everyone for their help with preparations and/or clearing away - and Carole and Theo for their valuable assistance with the cocktail.
We are scheduling the next tournament for Tuesday, 14 April - just 2 weeks away. A quiz will be sent out shortly.
Also attached is a poster advertising a "stage" with Marc Kerlero at the Trèfle Meudonnais over the weekend of 6-7 June. I'm sure it will be extremely interesting!
Most of the participants will have received the results from the Federation; the SAC Section results are in the main section. There were some tricky hands, and, as usual, if you click on the attachment to the FFB email called "livret", you will see the 4 hands that are commented.
Thank you all for coming and making up 9 tables! Thank you, Joan, Maureen, Anne, and everyone else who helped with preparations and clearing away; and thanks also to Christine, Carole and the young man behind the bar for their help with the cocktail.
The next (and last) tournament of the season will be an INDIVIDUAL on Tuesday, 16 June. We will go through a little quiz at 2 pm, and play will begin at 2.30. As you know, you will not need a partner, but the number of participants must be a multiple of 4, so some forward planning is required! Raymond Natanson will preside over the little prize-giving ceremony, which will be followed by a cocktail offered by the Bridge Section.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
The last tournament of the bridge season is an Individual on Tuesday 16 June at 2.30 pm. We would start off with a quiz at 2pm "The strong 2-suiter bid & the 2NT moderator" ("Le bicolore cher et le 2SA modérateur") - click here to see it or go to the main article.
As you all know, you do not need a partner and we shall be using a very simple bidding system with just the basic bids (no fancy conventions).
As usual, there will be a cocktail after the tournament - this time offered by the Section - and a small prize-giving ceremony presided over by Raymond Natanson.
There were several really good scores last month. Congratulations to the winners: Ghislaine and Raphael in NS with 61.90% and Christine and Jerome in EW with 60.71%. Guests, Christine and Alain Vignat tied with Anne Raynaud and Jean-Paul Ruzé for 2nd place in NS with 57.74% and 2nd in EW were Jean-Marc Hoffer and Michel Aubert with 58.33% followed by Joan and Ian with 57.44%. Well done to them all!
The first tournament of the new season will be on Tuesday 15 September. We will start at 2 pm with a quiz (see main article) on the theme: "Re-opening bid in 4th seat after a 1NT opening?" ("Reveiller sur 1SA d'ouverture?). It's an interesting subject. The tournament will begin at 2.30 pm, and we will end with a little cocktail (€6).
I'm sure you realise it is time to renew your FFB licence. Jenny will get back to you very soon with the amount to pay this season; you can now renew directly on the Federation site under your "Espace personnel" or by bank transfer to the SAC Bridge Section account.
