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Central West Festival of Bridge and
84th ANC in Orange NSW — 6-18 July 2024
Bulletin 11 Tuesday 16/7
Bridge
NSW
Editor: Nick Hughes, shevek3@gmail.com 0414 601 175 (text)
Half time in the TBIB Open Butler
Three 60-board days down, three to go. The
Stage Two field is starting to spread out. Top five
each way make it to Wednesday.
Lance isn't a common name these days,
but in medieval times, people were named
Lance a lot.
Meanwhile in Poland
Real World News
A good week for Spain.
Their football team beat England 2-1 to win
the European Championships, while Alcarez
beat Djokovic to win Wimbledon.
Krejcikova beat Paolini in the Women's.
Argentina won the Copa America.
In Rugby, Australia beat Wales again.
Ireland squared their series with South Africa
Argentina did likewise against France.
State of Origin is tomorrow night.
The U26 Australian Women finished second in
the qualifying, so made it to the Round of Four.
However, they did not progress to the final.
In this hand, Lauren Morgan opened a typical
Australian 3} as dealer, all vul.
After West overcalled 3[, East Blackwooded to
the unlucky 6[. 7] is a decent spot, making as
the cards lie. Their teammates languished in
game after West's weak 2[ opening was raised
to game and were pleasantly surprised to gain 13
IMPs.
Consensus was that West's 6331 10-count
should open 1[
The Australian U26 Open team finished 9th.
Trump names JD Vance as his running mate.
ANC Timetable
Tue 16
TBIB Open Butler S2 10 & 1.30
Mixed Butler S1
Paul Lavings Swiss A
Wed/Thu TBIB Open Butler S3 10 & 1.30
Mixed Butler S2
Paul Lavings Swiss B