Bridge

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 14, Issue 655, 24 September 1996, Page 16

Bridge

Results for Wednesday 1 1 Septefnber: What a wet and windy riight Wednesday was! This didn't deter some people though, it was a case of nailing the cat down so it wouldn't blow away and then off to bridge. A good turn out of 20 players despite the conditions and 20 good boards to get the grey matter working. Heather Cranston and Ron Martin weren't going to forfeit first place North-South wining with 57.47% (65.63). Betty Hammond and Rita Kaiwhare were promoted up to second place with 50.84% (50.63) • whichmeantrelegationtothird for Pauline Le Noel and Bob Tumataroa with a score of 50.63% (58.75). Elaine Goldfinch and Glenda Whale played some good bridge on Wednesday and finished up taking out the East-West competition with 70.15% (60.00). Brian Eades and Ron Frew, who actually had the night's highest score, were relegated to second place with 56.71% (66.25) while Jenny and Gordon Mottram held third place with 51.25% (47:50). Results for Wednesday 18 September Anyone who sat NorthSouth on Wednesday night would have thought it was Christmas, as most of the hands favoured that direction However, as with Christmas, some people get that much handed to them they don' t kno w what to do with it all and this was the case with some people on Wednesday night. Pauline Le Noel and Bob Tumataroa missed out on two slam-bids but made up for it by making game contracts elsewhere and consequently took first place with 60% (68.12) ahead of Gordon and Jenny Mottram in second with 53.13% (49.38) and Brian Barlev and George Drayton on 43.08% (41.88) in third. For those sitting East-West it was a case of making the most of a bad deal and this is exactly what Doug and Tephany Bennett did. They scored 63.80% (61.25) to take first place East-West while second place went to Elaine Goldfinch and Glenda Whale who scored 57.02% (46.88). In third place with a score of 55.25% (53.75) were Jim Cranston and Rita Kaiwhare.